Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-08
The Abolition Programme.

sion auh distnctness. We have never peruscd doc.
umsA characterized by more imperturbablc GOODNESS
an6fmpertinence. spirit of ferocious and sangui-
ny desperation pervades every line, and word and
syllable. The courageous and chivalrous soul Of its
author exults at the thought Of the shedding of South
ern blood. His mid's eye already dwels with rap
turc upon of carnage and death He goats with
fendish delight upon the prospect his diseased and
guilty Imagination has conjured up, Of thu South y-
ing mangled, bleeding and PROSTATE at tho feet Of
Northern fanaticism and treason. His heart beats
wildly and proudly at the idea of the naughty slaveo
Gratis trembling like Spanes and sueng for mercy at
the hands of their Abolition conquerors. Would il
not be pity to spoil the bright and glowing hopes of
the redoubtabe Cassus and his fierce confederates
Had not the South better submit to any fate than to
send pang Of disappointment to the spirits of such
a noble and patriotic brotherhood2
But il to give powerful effect to his recon.
datous, possibly to break the hearts Of his ADM.
rers the pugnacous and bloody minded Cassus tells
US he is "sad-vcry sad"-though mot respondent"
Why any man should be sad with such an unprece-
dentedy glorious prospect before him. to us entirely
incomprchensible. Cassius, we had supposed from
the spirit and character of the programme he has so
wisely devised, would feel particularly buoyant and
joyous, seeing that he had nothing do but to jump
TO the front Of the cohorts of Abolition and march
straitway TO immortality. Surely, he does not pur-
pose to resign the glory Of such achievement as
that of overrunning the South and reducing it to
slavish subsection to the North, to other and less
worthy hands Why then should our savage hero be
"sad?" Is there nothing in the thought of an i'm.
mortality Of fame to cheer up his dropping soirts
and man him for his mighty destiny? Is not the
South open to an easy conquest? and is that the
one great aspiration of his heart and his life Why
then, repeat should he permit himself to be sad,
unless it be that the grandeur of the achievement
he has marked out for himself and the weight of the
glory that is soon to be his, necessarily op.
pressve to the thoughts and CONCENTRATIONS of a good
man like himself 1t is unnatural that sell. DENY
ing patriots and Christians should be saddened a little
at the prospect Of being suddenly exalted to the dizzy
heights of worldly greatness. And that we suspec;,
is the only why the noble Cassius is thus az
hicted.
The programme agreed upon by Clay and Greedy
and which will probably be adopted with entire una
nimity by their followers is concise, comprehensive,
bold and dashing. 1t would seem to meet the case
exactly, if it only be executed But there's the
rub. We know but little of the military qualifica-
tons of these brayng leaders They may be i'm
mensely skilfu in conducting armies and the South
may, therefore, be in more imminent danger shan il
supposes. It's well enough to keep sharp look ont
or we may be overwhelmed and taken captive before
we are hardly aware of it. There is no predicting
what Clay and Greedy are really capable Of If we
were to believe their account of themselves we
should suppose the entire South in danger of being
instantly annihiated without the possibility of escape
But then consider it possible though we would bv
no means intimate belief OF such thing. that
they, like Parker and Philips, may come to regard
discretion as the better part of vaor," aJlcr TN.
storm has been raised and ncontinently sneak off TO
their homes out of harms way. Many a brayado has
been guilty of poroonery like this, and it is possible
we say, that Greedy and Clay may find sufficient rea-
son to initiate their example.
We give an extract from Cassius letter that our
readers may understand the purposes and objects of
the Abotonists as set forth in something like Nh
official form
What then shall be dohe /. In the first place pun.
ish the traitors, example for all future times |
honestly believe that every OF the free States who
voted for the repeal Of the Missouri restriction deserv
DEATH But there is no legal way indcng the penalty
the halter, them they must escape. But one thing can
be done-break them the wheel OF public ouni9n =
Let no man deal with them in business-banish them
from the social CIRCLE and dsranchise them practically
forever. This hard but tho race of tr,orz mn,
die before can live.
q Let the elections for the most inferior Offices
turn upon the repeal Of the Nebraska bill or its
amendment that people of the Territory bsl bave
the unqualified right to slavery out To do this tho
free trader must give up his es trade-he tariff man
his tsrih-manuacturers shippug-internal Improvement
temperance, schools-a must Tor the present be held IN
absyance to the one great question Shall America be
free or slave
g. Although think the free democracy are be,, b,s.d
to achieve the end aud recognize ali
ties who will aid allies. In Congressional disiric,
where the free democrats have supposed force let
the wings and democrats re-uOmnae the free democratic
ticket And where the wings or democrats have n sun
posed larger force let the free democrats re-nonate the
wing democratic ticket to defeat the services of
all parties In the Presidential Nominating Convention
let delegate be from each Congressional district in
the Union OF that party which has the and
let them vote common candidate. Such candidate
thus nominated, eau, in my opinion, be elected triumph
anty in 1886 Let that candiddtowhether Benton Sew.
ard or Hale or any other good ciizenbe chosed without
regard to his locality in free slave State For our
party is truly national-theirs sectional
g. Let US count the All are / imagine uogy ron.
WINGED that the extreme South IL ant,ciuatiny tho ds
toO Of the American Uuonand have been aud now are ~.
ing the nation all the time for their ultimate agrau.
dzcment We must therefore, calculate what il, 10 t,c
the result OF our success. Suppose, then, republican
elected President the issue above stated and that the
uuAs Of the South 10 their madness oyora.e the more
thoughtful citizens and seco1e from Congress and de-
sars the Union dissolved Then either we must win
them In, or allow peaceabe separation circumstances
shall warrant. II we fight her, We have the advantage
OF being the government de fdeio We have tue oraG
Eauou-the ueasufy-the navy aud the army. II Veto
Tous, we could compel emancip alton. II defeated we
would be ahundinty able to maintain national exist.
ence against the world And with Canada Western Wiz.
gina, Kentucky and Mississippi (which would probably
unite With us) annexed, We would form more powerful
people than
Ia such event all the central portion Of North America
would be cure and should Northern Mexico prefer our
alliance a. she no doubt would cotton grows upon all
sorts OF soil In given latitude would even he able to
raise abundanty that plant aud the sugar cane for which
30 many seem now willing TO sell their liberties
Under the railroad system wo have less need IN
regard boundaries by mountains and water courses aud
In that respect tie lakes the ST. LiWrenoe and the
Oolumbs, TO would be what the Mississippi is
While the oceans would wash the northeast and
west, we could well bide our time TO expand our
domlnons over the feeble masters Of the South to the
Gulf Of Mexico
Bat the probabilities tia, the South would see her
only safety In the Unlou and "acquesce" 10 the mani
fest destiny" Of the triumph Of human rights aud begin 10
earnest 10 clear herself Of slavery ill at last should
become peaceably homogeneous people, aud beIty and
union" DO forever established
But have already made this letter too long
For myself am ready TO complete the sacrifice and