The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-10-23
WHAT WILL THE SOUTH DO IF FREMONT IS
ELECTEnl

when VIC sift the political opinions
when we look to the great Object of tile
Black Republican party, taking the public
proclamation Of its acknowledged leaders
as the exponent of their intcntion-whcn
we step behind the political rostrum and
witness their holy horror of slavery, as evil
dcnccd by thousands of sermons and pam
phlcts polluted with lies and falshoods, and
holding up to scorn and rid:cuie the insli-
tuition OF slavcry-when VIC behold the i'll
crcaslng power of this party, and hear it
rrocIaiming opinions utterly at war with
the Constitution and our rights, and when
We believe that power, and not justice, will
be the measure of its demands upon us, we
are at no loss TO know what the South should
90 If FREMONT is elected; but what she
will do, is question to he decided by the
patriotism and intelligence of her people.
We believe That FREMoNT's success should
be dissolution Of the Union. Any one
taking calm and dispassionatc view of the
ISSUES between the two sections, cannot
avoid the conclusion that the South must
submit to insult and trcachery-must con-
sent to remain i'll the Union under the DO
l'tlcal dominion, power and control Of a
Northern rabbIc, or dissolve her political
co-partnership with the North, establish
Southern confcderacy, and lay the corner
stohe Of that policy upon which she is to
work out her true destiny.
Which alternative shall VIC acccpt.-
Shall we consent to be governed by the
renegade FREMONT, with SEWARD, G1D-
D1Ncs, BANKS, WILSON and HALE, or
others OF like stri pc, as his cabinet, who
have but the. single political idea, that Of
using every means honorable or dishonora-
ble, right Or wrong, to propagate measures
inimlcal to our interest, and tending to
Southern ruin, and Northern aggrandize-
mcnt! We cannot shut our oycs to the
grand object which this party have in view.
we take the avowed intentions Of its lead
ers as the index of their policy. Senator
| HALE declares that the election or For
MONT will be step in tho direction of GEN.
eral emancipation. Senator WILSON savs
that the fundamental object in the election
OF FREMONT, is to lay the foundation Of n
policy that shall emancipate thrce millions
anu half of slaves. And Mr.. sEwAnp.
The grand high priest of Fremont and ab.
oi'llon'sm, says, upon Mr.. FREMoxr's cleo
ton, slavery will be overthrown either
peacefully and lawfully under the Constitu-
tion, or it will work the subversion Of the
Constitution with its own overthrow
Speaker BASks has said, that what ever
party has the ascendancy, that the power of
sue'l party shall be invoked and exerted
through Congress, 70 compel the minority
TO submit te itsmapdates. Their watch
words arc. 20 more slaxe states-down
with slayery-it is natiopsi blot, which
|.itisolr mission TO wipe out. ]" sacl are
the polisical dogmas Of these pffieious y,
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