Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-24

cured TO their minds that they themselves
could be made parties to their dones Least
OF all did 1t appear to their minds, that it
was their duty TO check the fanatics, and
put them down. But now they perceive
that it was even their duty to have done so,
before matters came 10 such pass. Tha,
they have never departed from the faith of
their ancestors but have now an abiding
conviction of the truth of the doctrine, that
man is capable of self government, and thai,
The South are fully competent to make law
tor the regulation Of their affairs, without
any assistance from the North THAT they
never had the least notion Of fighting the
South to prevent them from holding slaves,
nor have they now any such notion.
Thus will the North repudiate fanatcsm
in view of the 'bat.le of the warrior, the
confused noise, and garments rolled in
Blood" and not in view of any amount of
motive short Of this.
Thus situated, the common sense Of the
North will put down fana,icism in such a
way, that it will stay down. 1t will assert
its supremacy, and consistency, united with
interest, will compel it for the future, to
hold the reins of its own destiny in its own
hands.
The North, both clergy and laity, both
representatives and constituency, when once
you break the spell, and rouse them from
their nightmare, and they stand erect in the
majesty of their strength, will be everlasi-
ingly obliged to you for the favor conferred.
Sir, deemed i. important to show wha,
have shown, namely, that it is religious
'anatcism, and nothing else, which consli-
tutes the disease which this country is la
boring under.
The political attitude which il has assum-
ed is OF natural to it. 1t is one which i,
has been forced into and what is from ne
cessity is not of choice. II took refuge and
lntrenched itself in the constitutional ques-
ton, only because there were no seats re-
served in the Houses Of Congress for reli-
gion to occupy. And yet all the attempts
to enforce the theory, that religion is an
entirely separate thing from political gov
ernment, have never presented saints from
preaching, and fanatics from prating in the
halls of legislation.
Treat its political symptoms. It is we'll to
do SO. Only remember that all this is pre-
limnary. Religious fana.icism, in its naked
Sir, the character which the South has
established for herself, indicates what is to
be done. In the eye of the forth she has
character, from which i. is dangerous for
her at this time TO deviate. Pursuan. to the
law of honor, the South have always
promptly resented affronts. By virtue Of
this trai, in her character alone is it, that
she is standing at this hour.
Since the period alluded to by yourself,
the year 1885, when "a wide spread clrcu-
laton Of incendiary publications all over
the Soulh," took place, there has elapsed
no one successive period Of six months,
during which, writer's from the North,
welding 'lhe pen migh,ier than the sword,'
would not have located themselves in the
cities of the South, and have produced a
servile war, were it no, for the prompt deal
| ing which the South manifested on that
occasion.
Aspirants of this class, rising up in the
N Norlf,, guage their ideas of 'lhe freedom OF
speech, and of the PRESS by Northern prac-
tical estimation, and are indignant at the
abridgmenl Of liberty under the Constitution,
which the South imposes. This class Of
gentlemen have not since been idle. They
have worked Systematically ('.her madness
has method in i.,O towards definite end.
to wit, the end of involving the whole of
the non-slavehoding States in their quarrel
are the rearward, and are forcing Con-
eress and the Constitution into our face.
The law of honor is the first command
ment in the civilized code of the South
"and the second is like unto it, the religion
of the Bible, both the Old and New Tesla
ments. There are no commandmen in
our code 'sgreaer than these" The posi-
ton which the North has assumed, is an
atfiont to both of these. They say that we
shall not buy and sell slaves in Washington,
and that we shall not hold slaves IN New
Mexico and California. This is direct
assault on our honor. And when, al any
time. did a Southern man count his life dear
into himselL' when his honor was at stake?
Our religion is assaulted. We are told
that i, is sin to hold slaves, when we know
that the direct reverse is the trulh-that it
is christian thing to hold slaves. Let us
avenge our honor, by making haste to do
the exact thing which we are told, we shall
not do.
W,hou. 'being careful to answer the king
in this natter let us actually hold slaves
on the forbidden ground, and let US be rea-
dy and waiting to add the highest sanction
known to religious faith, since the Chris
,ian Era, to our religion. God has not left
himself wiihou, a witness: His law has
hackers. Tes. the law, and it will appear
whether il is in force or not. These IN
dignilies, If the North persist, must be
washed out in blood.
Il call upon the ligh, reverend, the most
learned, and upon all orders of men among
us, to vindcae the religion of their God,