Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-12-06
sectionaIism p owed upon the South.

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and men Of easy virtue Who are ready to sell
ont lbe North on the best terms they can, as
thev dill on the Kanzas Nebraska bill; to charge
upon their opponents the sin and crime Of sec
tionalism. Every man ofintelligenee knows il
is utterly false, but it is reiterated 20 often and
so iercely, that thousands really begin 10 think
il must be true.
To all such we ash a careful perusal Of the
following article which we Hnd in the New York
Courier 4 Enquirer Of the Gath ult. The ed
itor OF that paper is well known as one Of The
most conservative and UnIon loving men in that
city, and his views so clearly and ably put
forth, are worthy Of special consideration at
the present time.
The South charges the North with being
Sectional. and with aiming to organize a great
Sectional Party. We Of the North Indignantly
repel and repudiSte the charge; and insist,
that the South has ever beer and is now, thor
oughly Sectional on the question Of Slavery,
the Tariff, and every other question affecting
its interests; and that in this Sectionalism it has
ever presented a united and undivided front;
while we Of the North, looking only at these
questions in their national bearing, have always
been divided according to our reSpective opin-
ions Of Constitutional duty and the supposed
interests Of the whole country. But mere alle-
cations by the South against the North, or by
the North against the South, prove nothing
Let us look to facts; and by them deter mine
whether the North or the SOuth is most OBJ.
ncxious TO this grave charge Of Sectionalism.
We purpose not to give the reader history
Of the past to prove how entirely sectional the
South has ever been; and how, by presenting
an undivided front in their sectionalism and
ostracising every man among them who has
ever dared to oppose it, they have maintained,
consolidated, and extended their power. 1t is
only necessary to point to the fact, that through
the united sectionslism Of the South, three hun
dred and fifty thousand slave holders, have al.
ways governed, and do now govern nation
of twenty five millions Of souls. We content
ourselves at this time, with giving the present
creeds of the two sections Of our country upon
their constitutional obligations on this all-ab-
sorGing question Of Slavery,
What the South require and demand Of the
North, may be gathered from the following &C
ton ofthe people OF Georgia. 10 a convention
over which Gov. Cobb recently presided. II
speaks the universal Southern sentiment:
Resolved. That our delegates to said Con-
vention ought, in our opinion, TO be instructed,
by those who shall appoint them. to insist upon
the adoption Of platform of principles as The
basis of a national organization, prior to the
nomination Of candidates, and that said plat,
form shall, among other things, include in sub.
stance the following propositions:
First The recognition and adoption of the
principles established in the Kansas- Nebrasks
act.
Second. That neither the Missouri Compro
mise nor any other ant-Slavery restriction
shall hereafter be extended over any territory
of the United States,
Third. The prompt and faithful execution o
the Fugitive Slave Law, and its permanen
continuance upon the statute book.
Resolved, That no man ought to be helt
and considered member of the National Dem
ocratic party, who does not recognize, approx,
and adopt the foregoing proposition; and tina
the Democratic and anti Know Nothing part
Of this State, through its said delegation, ough
not to affiliate or act in said Convention will
any delegates who shall disapprove and vot
against the same.
Resolved That if said propositions shall no
in substance be incorporated in the platform
adopted by said Convention, the delegation
from Georgia ought in the opinion of thi
meeting to withdraw from the Convention, ant
take no further part iu the nominations or othe
proceedings of the same, and that our dele
gates be instructed so to act,'
Now contrast this language with the follow
ing extract from the speech Of William II. Sew
, ard to the people Of Albany, Immediately pre-
cedipg the late election in this State:
,, 'Do you say that you cannot abolish SLAYER
in the privileged States? We have no neeC
=. no purpose, no constitutional power, no duty
do so. Providence has devolved that dut
on others, and the Organtc law leaves
wisely TO them. We have power TO avert IL
( extension Of Slavery in the Territories of II
: Union, and that is enough, Do you doul
that power? Did not the statesman Of l7s
known the bounds Of constitutional powerT
We might here dismiss the subject. leavin
to every intelligent reader the duty of arrivin
at a sound conclusion as to the sectionalsm
the South and North, for most assuredly,
Mr.. Seward in despite Of all the ultraism wit
which he is charged, can hold such languag
e to the people the North, and that too, in fu
b. consonance with their feelings and practice
!. we need scarcely heed the cry Of seetionalis
# whsn put forth merely as blind to cover Il
e more universal, long practiced, and nevt
r yielding sectlonalism Of the South. But W
- too, claim the right to be heard upon this que
ton. Twenty eight years Of jealous and pc
. serving labor in defence Of the constitution
0 rights Of every section of the cOuntry-a lab
In whioh there has heen no waning and