Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-04-11
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n who utter such se tin ems, or embrace
diimioR' They are told there is M middle
ground-ihai II has sunk L,asah thar feet,
and they must submit or nbd These are the
alternatives. They are emphaticslly asked
whether they will yield like cravens or resist
like gallant men. This the real attitude of
things, and IN South Carolina they are pre-.
plrng for the worst. A disunion convention
has been chosen The line ,f operations is
marked out. the other southern States arc
called on 10 cone In the rescue the mine IL
charged, the train Is laid and the match is
flaming ~ the governor hands. When shall
It be applisdi--oow or a year hence by
The single hand of South Csrolin. or By the
united hands Of the rost or the South -
These are the grave questions to b. consider.
cd. We are told South Carolina is yreyor,6.
tina, she has passed tie Rub.eon, and vill
take no step backwari--no, oven with iho
bayonet at her breast. II this be true. tho
people IN all sections Of the country have food
for rJGaIon.
1t Is needles, to minee matters the South
has los, confidence IN The North abolition
violence and audlei,y are swaying the public
councils in many Of The most influential Of tho
tree States, and are bribinp, or cheating, or
awing inio submission political parties that
without their alliance could not triumph. In
an public conventions the violent snd the "a
ua,ical oycrpoVer the moderais aud the IA
tional, iIll their own folly, cruelty, or wick
rlncss producrs reaciioa. The Danions,
Maurs, and Rol,cspirucs u France were but
proln,ypes Of the Thumrsous, DouPlasses,
Girisons. and Prkrn of our country, Il
they could clutch the power. Shall the
glorious flhrc IT our Union be hurled to the
Garth by such polluicd hands, Shall the vast
mls II Wise, enlightened, ralrIulic, law.
loving citizens of all quarters uf this country
succumh 10 few madmcn and flnalics ike
ihcsci Forbid IL. Almighty God lf our
republic he destined TO f,ll, let II no, be by
such lrnobIc hands Let It rather be clovcn
down by the mighty fllcIuon Of some heroic
iyrlut. and lc, ils iulns, splendid even IA
their downfall, be the mausoleumoflhe brave,
the generous, and the tree, who will perish IN
defending u! Bullet u, no, de,Pvnd. Mover
set was
The RahIs ,lsl,. IN hi, rr,de offars,
4, tLs n9u,iug asl LasAcJ At anJ L,I.ei."
We will not believe that the people of tho
North arc willing to countcnanee these abolb
ton srgrcsuons, or ,la, those of the South
are ready To Gy oT from thei' allegiance 10
iIc government of their hiben because a
quad of abcl ton agiu,ors have. IN an unguar.
led moment, rescued a fugitive slave. or sung
hoanE7, ro an rmpodcnt foreign cruny Of ne.
rrlrs and yagalsnjs. ur even succeeded IN
rlcruug a iw ilnaticll scnalor, to d.sgtaee
places they fIl Tor a f-w years, sHi then 10
sink back into ob,cur.ty ~ profound as To- es.
cape the cualcmp, ofthr.r eonmym1n only by
hc.n. forgotten The Hale, Stewards, and
,hc r.sl of that ~, will be swept from The
public stage in fsw years, and Be as cum
plc,cly los, among things ,ha, Hsrc IS 'hc
,rraud.boys auJ Ilcseys that have folded ,hsif
plPcrs Or bllckeucd their boots.
We earnestly invoke alI tic good people u
the free States To step fJrih between the lIr.
my and ,hc dead. that the "p'dcu, mgy B,
Hoy,d." They. and they alone, can crush
lh.s foul hydra Of abolition. Unite in dis.
countenlncing and frovurr Il into silence.
Trcl, every mln as a public enemy Who ad.
here's To IL. aud brand hIm aI traitor 10 his
country. Thus can the evil bg arrested. aud
the union he maintained. Public feeling has
hscn no doub, Influenced by the false aud
fraudulent urrien,cS Of the aboiitionisis that
the iurIu,e slave law superseded lhe writ of
h1J,ds corni. abolished trial by jury, ard
rye,ed chains on the !imbl Of irccnen. Cor
rect these illschouds, cHpl"de these iallacics,
and call on every true man to rilly under tho
spotlcss hammer oflhc law and the constitution.
This will dssipale the apprcheusions Of the
psnple of the South, restore the ancient con.
cord that once existed, suppress all disunion
movements, and teach the ho,.headcd dema-
rorucs who were Snehting them that
4" Othello's occupation S gone
There is 10 time 10 be lest. Black clouds
lower upon our horizon on all sides. Asligh,
hre,1, may st them IN mminn, and cause
them To discharge the elements of ruin upon
or devoted heads. De up and doing. The
Gnune, of this consscnted Uniun--ihc ark
of th, covcnant. IN which alone our liberty
is made secure-m,y hang on the decision OF
An hour. Let tina, hour be dedicated to ia
n,cscr,a,ion-to the rescue Of our country
from anarchy. from the sirits and the ven
peance IT factions, frum sectional devastation
and seyile bloodshed for years to CONC, CON.
plr,l with which the slnguinary wars Of The
English roses were but holyday broils and
coutrntions. We have spoken strongly on
this SUBJECT, but not half ~ strongly as We
feel. Would To God We could blow a clarion
blast throughout the land Of such thrilling
power a, to muse the good and tbs patriotic
/ in al ,,ctions to the magnitude OF the dan
g,rs tha, snrround Us, and inspire them with
h. inalan, conviction OF duty to spring to their
arms to rcpel thcss mcu,ccs by hrn' enefse''
= c,nle pnation and rcbuke in the first place,
and. Il these pruve ineheciual, then by such
o,ber means Is will bc adequate to the grea,
emergency, which canno, long be postponed.
Look danger boldly in the face, and II will
quail henoaih the stern rlano, Of the eye Of