Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-15
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credulity any limits, one would suppose that
abolitionism, in its imposition ON the weakness
Of the latter, would confne itself within the
EXTREMIST range of the former. But its malig-
nifty is 50 frantic and its disregard of principle
so entire, that it discards even their semblance.
The late Republican m party what desc
Grafton to cover the beastly proportions of that
monster party, with its hallowed garb, was or
gained solely and exclusively and avowedly
upon the principle of hostility to the South--to
repel Southern aggression"
For five and twenty years has organized
warfare been carried on against the South.
Papers have been started and supported to this
hour, having that sole, that ayowed object.
Millions of seditous papers have been circu-
lated through the South, well calculated to
stir up bloody, servile war; thousands of
secret agents have been employed to har-
rass the South in every form of annoyance,
by corrupting their slaves and acted in con-
cert with bands of slave-stealers at the North,
who daily boast of the success of their thieving
action and of the thousands and tens of thou
sands carried off by the underground railroad
Stealing the property which their own fathers
sold to the Southern men, with guarantee of
good title. They have sought to deprive the
people Of the District of Columbia Of their
property, they have sought TO ingraft the Will
mot provso upon the whole common heritage
of the North and ofNe South.
Gigantic capital is employed in giving aid
and support to such papers as the Tribune,
Times, and Ecening Post of New York Ell id
onne genus everywhere, whose avowed pur-
pose, and whose constant effort is to prepare
the hearts of the Northern people for re-
morseless, and as wicked, as remorseless, war
fare upon the South
These papers, like thieves in the night, stole
in upon the confidence of the Northern people
by professions of being simply channels Of in
formation, and in this disguise gained the
public ear. But set of more INSCRIPTIONS
graced the records of time. They are mer-
CHESS pools of defamation. Yet these very
assassins of Southern character and Southern
interests, at every thrust they make, shout
Southern aggression" upon the receipt of
each parrying blow. Their denunciations Of
the Fugitive Slave-law-passed under the i'm
perative requisition of the Constitution itself
their open mob violence in resisting the legal
execution of the law-their passing laws pun
ishing all such Of their citizens who shall prove
loyal to the Constitution, and act legally in the
execution of constitutional law. The stealing
of negroes in transit through free State, in
violation of rights under the Constitution.
They have dissolved religious connection with
the South-the sons Of those who tore the slaves
from Africa, are too holy to commune with
the sons of those who purchased them.
At the South no paper has ever been started
for the purpose of aggression on the North
the whole aim-the whole struggle-the only
struggle on the part OF the South-is TO pre-
serve itself from a violation Of its rights under
tie Constitution. All that they ask Of the sons
OF Northern sires is, that justice, and that
consideration which their fathers gave, and
without which, the North and the South would
alike have remained feeble and unprosperous.
The sires of these Abolition sons held slaves
voted in favor Of introducing, during twenty
years. slaves from Africa-prohibted the ces-
sation of the slave trade before that time, and
left the slave trade with Africa itself, perpetu-
ally constitutional. This is beyond denial.
And yet their sons will not allow the Southern
man a mere passage way through their States
with this constitutional property.
They refuse 1.-THE Republican party to sur.
render the escaping property Of a Southern
man-nay they glory in stealing, by their ennis
saries the property Of the Southern man, from
his farm, and his very house. They refuse to
allow him change Of residence to the com
mon heritage fthe South as well as the North
With all these avowed aggressions, and very
many others, equally illegal, unjust, and afro.
cious, this Republican party bases itself for
support upon Southern aggression" But
when you ask for list Of these monstrous
grievances, 10 redress which every other in.
terest is 10 be sunk as comparatively insight
6cant, and the pandora box Of disunion itself
coveted-no reply, but echo answers where.
OF all the pretences set up, there is but one
charge which, if true, has the semblance Of
reality and upon this single string the
Tribune harps, and harps, and harps. II is,
that the great Southern aggression is mani
tested by its anti-tarif opinions. From this
solitary element is all the 7ribune's thunder
manufactured. And yet a reference to the
votes will show more Northern anti-tarif votes
than Southern. The Northern majority against
protective tariff vas larger than the Southern
majority on the same side; and yet the con.
sistent Tribune calls upon these very anti
tariff voters Of the North to join crusade
against the South, because the South agrees
with them. Why is the Tribune's thunder not
directed against the greater instead of the
lesser antitarif majority. Because the plea is
n falsehood in its throat. Its whole aim and
object is by false pretences to get party strong