Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-01-17


ers how well they talk down in Alabams,
we quote the valiant editors burst Of slo-
qusnce. He says -
The time has come when the people Of
the slave-holding States must determine
whether they will consen, to course of
action Oh the part of the Federal Govern
ment, calculated and intended to abolish
the institution OF slavery. We cannot, if
we would, close our eyes 10 The inevitable
tendency OF the movements at Washing
ton. The right to interfere with the rela
tions of master and slave, as recognised
and guaranteed bv the Constitution, is in
deed dsclalmed in words, but the dctermi-
nation TO couple those relations with a sub
ordinate positi n in the Oonfederacy, and 10
impose degrading conditions upon the slave
holding States, s boldly avowed, and tho
appalling truth stares US IN the face that
the power of numbers is arrayed against
US. In this condition Of peril it well be-
comes every slave holder to enquire what is
to be done. Are we quietly to told our
arms, and close our eyes while tho mighty
fraud is being consu .ninated or are we
rather 10 call upon our ablest and wisest
men-the heads of families owners of
the soil TO meet in primary assemblies,
and soberly, and ihough,tully, and earnest
! ly consider of the actual condition of things,
relating 10 their honor, their hearlhs, and
! their hre-sides We are no alarmists, but
we should be false to our trust, and iaithless
10 duty, were we to give utterance 10 the
watchword 'all is well We tell our
friends, citizens Of Mobile, and Of the State,
merchants, planters, artlsans--all is NOT
well-and il becomes them TO realise this
momcntous truth, and take such action fup-
on it as will be sanctioned by tn cir delber-
ate judgments.
II we ght be allowed to make sug-
geslion on the subject, il would be that pri-
mary meetings be called at once, in every
city, town, village, and hamlet in the State,
no, for the purpose Of exc ting the public
mind by rhetorical dispIays-nct with the
object of listening to parlizan harangues,
but 10 consider, man with man, upon the
common danger, and soberly, and earnestly
to inquire into the best means by nhich il
may be averted We cannot but llnger on
the hope that the voice Of the Southern
people, thus embodied and presented 10 the
representatives of the Free States, would
90 up with such potency of authority as
might induce them 10 pause in their course.
When they see a great and generous peO-
! pie d'scarding all political distinctions, and
uniting heart to heart, and hand 10 hand,
not in a war of aggression on the rights Of
othe 5, but in defence Of their own rights
and honOr-w hen they shall be made to
know that those rights, and thai. honor will
never be abandoned, but on the contrary,
that they will be defended ~ the last ex-
trcmity, and that our z OriOns Union, with
! ali its golden benefits, and all its halloved
associations and rccollectIOns, may be dash
ed to atoms in the conflict, and its fragments
scattered to the winds, we cannot but hope
that the hand Of aggression may yet be
stayed-tnat better and Juster, and more
liberal sp rit may yet be successfully invok-
to save US from The drest of calami,ies. -
But it is IN vain. even to hope for these re-
suits, unless we show ours Ives deter mined,
at whatever cost, 10 stand immOyahly by
our rights and honor.
II this is not precious discharge, we
are no Judge Of bombasiic fre-wood. But
| this is very tamc and moderate in compari-
son with certain pugnacious " Governor
Troop" OF that State, from whom two let
ters are published in the Register, which
the Hotspur editor, with all his Southern
chi,alry very prudently says he cannot ex-
actly endorse. The Gov. says
Ifyou are divided you can do nothing
perfect unanimity is not to De hoped for,
but an approach to 1t might be realized,
ami if realized, what then l say, Il per-
itct preparedness for the last resort, by the
establishment in every State. without de-
lay, of Military Schools Founderes, Arm
cries, Arsenals, Manufactures Of Powder,
&c. Have you not seen that our adversa-
ries ar. constantly growing stronger, and
ourselves comparatively weaker, in all the
clements of power-population- eath-
education-miIilary resources Of all kinds
and these sustained by Government
strong in its military and naval power
ready for combat ut any lime, and IN any
place, and already the terror of the world
Have you not remarked also, that in the
very proportion our weakness was d sclos-
ed -, il tie same proportion our adversary
a lvanced, until he assaults us to our teeth,
and al our frssides say then, ceasiag
all bluster and bravado. prepare to meet
them on that last field, for which, II you be
well prepared, they will receive harder
blows than they can give, and they know
it. General lafayette would hot have
been deferred by the fear of death, from
carrying into praclice his anti-sIavery no
tions, but most men will and it is only the
dread Of death, that in the Uslted States
will stay The hand or stop the Vaccinations
OF the Fanatic. That dreai you must pre-
sent to him H. visible palpable FORM
| They know you have courage, but where
is The flying artillery, the most formidable
arm in modern warfare here the munlt-
ions, the arms. the discipllno-and where
the science to serve them IN the field IL
united and ready for tie last recourse, the
Union might yet be saved by the very
knowledge Of our adversary that TO bloody
feld-more than that Of Ghengle or Tanner
lane-mi2hl be added the loss Of Union,
and the loss of the very object they seek to
accomplish. Victory is not always to the
strong. aud Alexander conquered the world
with little more than Thirty thousand men.
II To be sure, e the abolitonlsts seek disun-
ion, they may have dIsunion Ivy peaccable
means-nothlng would be more easy, and
as peaceful as easy, because We want no
heter constitution Tor our Government, than
that which governs the abo'l,lC nlsts and
ourselves but if the Union is to be dssoly-
ID al l., c,rca--tbat is tn saw. ifIhe abolition