The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-10-08
FANATICISM.

oF All the sentiments repugnant TO the well
fare Of any country, that of tanaticism is the
most TO be dreaded Some of the most dis
astrous wars recorded in ancient or modern
history, may be traced to this source, and
spirit of religious fanaticism ascribed as the
prime cause of their existence. In ali ages
the sword has been used to iuculcate princi-
pies rcprgnaHt &c common sense, and PERM.
cious to a free and just administration of
government.
That ihc enlightened Republic Of hme.- |
ca, ranking among the first nations of the
Glol {, may wears hence be looked upoa as
having been dcsolatcd and shor Of her
greatness by this same demon, Funa,iciom,
is by no means improbable. The signs of
the times forewarn US that we are approach
ing an era, " hen this foe Of constituted gov
crnmcnts is TO test the basis upon which is |
founded these United States. The bands
which bind them together, and which every
patriot must wish indissolublc under lust
administration Of the constitution, is threat
cncd with the strength of M onstcr whose
into the hearts of his threatened victims an
unconQuerabe dread Of his blishting and
devastating presence. The last number OF
the New York Day Book received by us,
furnishes evidence Of the fearful length to
which abolition fanaticism is carried at the
! North. Black RCpublicanism is but another
name for treason, and il is fall time the South
and the order loving people from every sec.
ton, should look TO the means by which this
rebeli0us faction is 10 b. suhjugated We
. append as extracted from the Day Book.
few of these incendiary sentiments, with
| authority for each attached:
SEPARATION.
The EoSth must separate from the south,
and organize her own institutions on SUR
basis.- '|Miam Lhyd Garrison.
DOWN WITH THE CONSTITUTION.
4" ! great many people raise 4 cry abou,
the Union and Constitution, rs if the two |
were identical, but the truth is, il is the Con.
siItution that has been the fountain aud faith |
cr of our troubles. Rec. CAPT. Henry |
Ward hi!cm Beecher.
Remembering he was n STAKEHOLDER he |
could spit upon Washington, (hisscs and |
applause The hisscrs, he said, were slave |
holders in spirit, and every one of them |
would cnslavc him if they had the courage
TO do it. So near the Fancui Hall and
Bunker Hill, was be not permitted to say
that that scoUNDEEL, George Washington,
had cnsavcd his fellow men &c. H. RAJ
mond, Black Republican orator at Fdneua
HaH.
DIsUNIoN ANYHOW.
81 dctcst slavery, and say urhesita,inuly
that am in favor Of its abolition hv some
means, il it sends all the party organizations
in the Union, end the Union itself to the
devil. If it can only exist by holding mil.
lions Of human beings in .hc most ahirct
and cruel system Of slavery that ever cnrsrl
the earth, it was great pity that il was
ever formed, and the sooner il is dissolved
the bctter.'-H W. Addison.
AcAT-LIKE TREAD.
II il had remained with me 10 use the
power OF the government, We should not
have waited thus long. but our opprcssors
would have been converted into heaps of
dead men on the plains of Missouri. But |
am willing 10 wait till tomorrow, or ill two
to morrcws, when am on trail of an cnc-
my 10 whom have dcadly hate. would
follow him with cat-likc tread, till ] could
surely strike him dcad.-E.r- Cor. RectIer.
LET THE CAPITOL BLAZE
awe urge, therefore, unbcndng determi-
nation on the part of the Northern members
hostile 10 this intolcraLle outrage, and de-
mand of thcnl in behalf of peace-in behalf
of frecdom-in behalf of justice and human.
itv-rcsistance to the last. Better that
confusion should cnsue-bctter that 6iscord
should reign in the national councils-hctter
that Congress should break up in wild dis
order-nay, better that the capitol itself
should blaze by the hand of the inccndiary.
or fall and bury its inmates beneath its
crumbling ruins, than :hat this pcrfdy and
wrong shall be finally accomplished "--Iior.
ace Gree!y
COLLISION HOPED FOR.
"Pohtlcal action is just now our greatest
cvi!-Our greatest danger. We are looking
after ballots when our eyes should be fixed
on bayonets. We are counting votes when
We should be mastering armed men. We
are looking after the interests Of civil rulers.
when we should be seeking after military
rulers. ! only hope, sir, to hear that there
has been n collision Mt Topeka only want
TO hear of a collision between the free State
men and the federal troops, and that north
ern men have fallen: and then will soon
follow the gratifying news that the northern
States have arrayed themselves against the
federal government in Kansas. And will
that be the end ! No Missouri vii! be the
battlefield, and then slavery will be driven
to the wall !'-Gerrn Smh al Buffalo, tcho
has recently IoriieR q letter an GdrOr Of Ere