Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-01-29
NO. 5,
From the Baltimore Republican and Argus.
THE FOLLY OF ABOLITIONISM,

ne madness OF party was never more strikingly
manifest than IN the course now pursuing by The
abolitionists in Congress 1t woult seem that tbese
fanatics, to carry out their ultra views, wouId NOT
hesitate to rend asunder this glorious Union. and
ldelnse the South in The blood Of its best citizens
Can these men be entitled to the respect or svmna
THY of any lover Of his country Do they not rath
or merit the scorn and condemnation OF every pa.
ltro heart We do not like to use harsh lancuage.
but no other salts the men of which we sneak
Their conduct is such To call Tor the PROMPT and
decided refrobation of all who desire the perpetuifv
lof our Union and the future peace of our conntrv
Lhe action OF the House Of Representatives upon
MIR. Colts resolution has startled the people 'Iba
whole South will vibrate under its Influence a..
from some galvanic shock By what rjght doc.
Congress dare TO interfere with the private rpht,
OF citizens-righs guaranteed 10 them by the CON
siitution for which they toiled and bled Does the
House Of Representatives imagine that 1t has fhe
power OF the provisional government of France
power to overstep the constitution, and by its re-
solves, at single blow, rend asunder the strono
compact which has bound these States together -
Does ibe blind sympathy which they profess for
the blacks make them utterly careless and rockies.
OF the interests and lives of the whites So il
seems And wien remember that MANY of
these men who clainoE loudest about the mseries
Of slavery, (Which they never saw, y will with cold
untee!ing lAids. grind down the poor operatives
and, tor political elect. rob them without scrupe
OF hall their earnings, cur Contempt for their nv
pocrisy cannot find language for its expression.
Such cold blooded incendiaries should have the
scorpion lash applied to them by every honest and
independent press in the land We have repeatedly
referred to the bill Of Judge Douglass as one upon
which all who wished the question settled, might
with some notifications unite. But this would be
taking from these incendiary spirits their only
chance to become distinguished. They crave an
Immortality, even il i. be SUCH an immortality of
iniamy as follows the wretch who fired the Ephe
sian temple We hope those " no have started in
his worse than suicidal course, may be met by the
firm and indignant rebuke OF an nsu,ted country,
and be driven to Tetrace their steps and listen 10
wiser counseots. Surely. this Union. upon which
the eyes OF all "l,o love liberty throughout the
world have been hged with untningled gratifca.
on, is not 10 be sacrificed to the ianaticism Of a
meagre minority who seem to carry out the con.
Icepon OF that proud spirit who deemed it ..better
to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven :" This glo.
fiops country so full Of all the elements of power
and greatness, is no! to be converted into field OF
strife and blood and the last hope Of freedom be
buried in its dissolution, to please the morbid fancy
of the anti slavery faction We shall watch the is
sue every ready to stand by the compromises Of the
constitution are to strike down the parrcidal
hand that we may find aTayed against principles