The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-10-05

'hc" o"h 4u'cI detcFiDlnatlOn ana con-
scious ability TO maintain their rights, at all
times, present and future, against any aud
every possible form of assault, and believing,
with ORn, that, $50 far as statutory lcgisl,-
ton is concerned, The South enjoys re-
pose and security" long denied to her, are
willing to wait for the future to develop its
own events; and they hope lis it a treason
able h"pc:) with OHR that that party which
has always stood up to the Constitution will
rsiill survive the onslaughts of Abolition and
Know Nothing fury, and afford us sufli-
cicnt aid to maintain our present position
in tho Union in honor and safety. If that
hope proves dclusivc, and the wish bcrot-
ten antiripations of enthusiast editors are
realized, and the threatened inlignities are
hcapel upon us, then, in BRooKs' own burn
ing words, "thc man that prepares to de-
TEND his home in advance of ORR (and his
political supporters, let us add,) will need
the light of the morning. star when l,
whets his sabre for the battle"
! ''S'S ~ ~ "" III SOUTH NIIfOlln9 WHO.
failing in their attempts to find anything in
the action OF the Federal Government for
the last five years (>ncc the admission Of
''alI'"rnli') from which to advocate .iSun-
/! ION. blood, Thunder, dissolution and death.
have rcsortcd to the probable efforts of
Abolition and Know Nothing fanatics in
| The coming Congress as 4 foundation for
stated elaborate admonitory sermons. They
confidently predict the repeal of the Ne
hraSka bill the abolition of slavery in tin,
Federal District; the prohibition Of the
interstate slave trade, and so on; and
to read some Of their ,iscourscs. one
would think these measures had ulr.o,,v
been pcrpctratcd. Now we do not ln.li,v,.
that such men mant the North to do IL
justice. They prefer that these measures
should he c"nsummatcd, the quarrel perpc,u-
ate'i, and 'iSrnplion finally cnsu". Men very
often IN emergencies contemplate altcrna-
tive resources until they come to believe
them even better than those Of their first
choice. 1t is precisely the case with pcy
SC dISun'onlsts Of the South They frs,
considered whether wc could make ont 10
"re us a separate nationality or not, and
having concluded that we could, it was nat
ural IN contemplating that alternative to
advance little, and conclude that wc coul3
live pretty ercll and still further, and de-
eide that, indeed, We could live even better !.
and so on, until they are ready TO swear that
we can live in no other aruy! We have
not come to this last conclusion vet. The
Southern people have not come to it; and
1t Will take reasons more tangible than the
trumpc'ings OF mere threatened outraccs to
drive them TO it.
Shall we take the maniac rawlings of
fanatics for the actual perpetration OF out
rages by the Government? Shall we cross
the bridge before we come 70 it, Shall we
avenge the repeal of the Nebraska Act Je-
fore it is repealed ? the intcrliction of the
slave trade, before it is interlic,e.l? the alb.
clifton of slavery in the District of Colum-
bia, bcforc it is abolished? Shall we run
because they threaten us' What sicni.
Ties their threatenings SO long rs they are
unable to execute them! If they acquire
the strength and pass the measures they
propose, shall we be bound bv them
Will we not be rs free and as strong to re-
s'st them then as now? What, then, are
we to lose by waiting TO see whether or
not they are to acquire that strength
1t has been, we know, favorte maxim
with many that the longer we submit to
the aggressons OF the North, the weaker
will become our disposition to resist. 1t is
a false maxim. In n country where igno-
rance and darkness prevails, it may hold
better; but in an enlightened country there
is no truth in it. On the contrary, the
longer we are oppressed, the moro fierce
and unanimous will he our resistance when
we do resist, and (what is by no means un-
|important) the greater will be the sympa-
thy for us among outside lookers-on. The
spirit Of an ignorant slave may be
crushed, hut Of an enlightened freeman
never! 1t is nonsense TO say that free,npn
who have the sense to appreciate liberty are
TO be broke by usage to the harness Of
tyranny.
EUa l,oI;oyo ,,;tl, T,l IN, tIok H. NJ.