The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-08-09
.From the Washington Union.
MORE ULTRAISM.

the speech OF W.T.. hnett, OF CnarleStOn.
We are afraid this feeling is more
common than we expected in the
State of South Carolina; yet we hope
that it has not infected large portion
of her citizens. But there are too
many signs Of the maady not to strike
the attention and excite our appre.
tensions. Gen. Foote has referred to
the spirit of the toasts which were
offered up on the 4th day of July
the very last day, we should suppose.
in our nationa calendar to call forth
such demonstrations.
The danger which these men in.
woke by their disunion madness bears
q double aspect. They are carrying
out the schemes of such men as Martin
Van Buren,, who wish. from spirit o!
revenge, to destroy the nationality of
the two great parties which bind the
Union together, thus creating mere
sectional organizations. to war against
each other until the bonds of the
Union are severed by the lame Of
sectional excitement. They are at
the same time strengthening the hands
of aggression. and furnishing weapons
Of the most potent character to such
men as William H Seward and the
advocates Of a higher law. Even
now the presses of that dangerous
clique are using the speech of Mr..
Rhett to band together the forces Of
aggression, and to stimulate them to
further assaults on the constitution.
In times past Mr.. Rhctt did mischief
enough-more than he will ever be
able to repair. We we'll remember
his disunion sentiments and the disun.
ion toasts which we're drunk in the
Barnweil district in 1914. They were
scattered broadcast by the wing press;
and they fell heavily on the democratic
party during the canvass of that year.
Then Mr. Rhctt and his followers
PLAYED into the hands of the whig
party and the advocates Of the re-
strictive system: now they strengthen
the hands of the aboIitionists and the
bitterest foes of southern rights
Such men are disturbers of the public
peace. mischief makers. who weaken
every cause they advocate. ]. is IN
deed time to sound the alarm, and
arouse the people. We have dem.
onstra,ion before us which we think 1t
our duty to lay before our readers.
because we wish to impress upon the
people the necessity of coming to the
rescue Of the Union. There is i'm.
minent danger, and our brethren in
the North as we'll as of the South
should be acquainted with the signs
that are exhibited in the horizon. On
the present occasion to which we
refer, it is not one man whose speech
brea,hes discomfort and disunion; but
it comes to US in the shape of popu.
lar meeting which has taken place at
Camdcn, in South Carolina.
The positions taken in the speeches
and in the resolutions of the meeting
are all ultra. The first thing which
strikes us is, that they adopt as their
uhimatum the Missouri Compromise
line. Nothing else is specified; moth.
ing else is said to be satisfactory.
This Missouri line, which has been so
often considered with dislavor BY the
politicians of South Carolina, is laid
down as sine qua non. The great
principle OF mon.interucntion, which
would have been eagerly adopted in
1920. and which conforms TO the con-
stitution, because it denies to Congress
any constitutional power over the
subject Of slavery. is not even men,
toned in the resolutions, but is 10 be
classed with the other measures pro-
posed for adjustment as Intentionally
fraudulent and designedIv wicked"
I'd. The propositions which are held
out to Texas are held up as IL "breach
Of public faith,' when neither Of them
is to have the slightest validity with.
out the entire consent of Texas. But
these gentlemen mistake the character
OF Texas. Whilst she will sickle
with scrupulous care for her rights
and her honor, yet she is the last
State in this Union who will consent
to play into the hands of the disunIon.
lists. One of the youngest children in
the family will be the last to break up
the peace and the harmony OF the
whole. Sd. There is an unqualified
denunciation of the whole scheme of
compromise, Notwithstanding it alb
lures the Wilmot ProvIso. which has
been agitating the South for three
years past. and although it restores
the true theory Of the constitution.
and repudiates the jurisdiction OF Con-
gress over the subject of slavery.
But the spirit of these resolutions
is more moderate even than the
speeches which we're addressed to
the meeting. What. for instance, are
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