The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1856-02-22

bower, the Nortl, viii .ipcress";s War witlfa
England is ruw+dcsircd by Seward, who is
] tue inosf dangerous man. in America, & And
: whi.s asaA'0 exhaust the4Soath of men and
1noneyNand$ With our blood and our treas
nreto acquire Canada MS freesoil territory;
hnd then, With freesoil power thus augment
: eel, 10 reduce tho South to provincial depen.
dence.3 And this w;,r<woud be popular.;ss4zsss
.Hhe Westsis always ready for war. They
fatten upon it,and are out Of danger. War
. enhances the value of al ,heir.sprodrcts--
grain, bacon,f horses, beef Their women,
i, and children arc SO far nsthe interior as to!
beat allstimes. secured, and their Young
fnenSare @aflike by nature: Nor .wouh lis
4advocatcs be few even in the South Allan
tic States, which, would be devastated ;by.
the enemy. Popular orators might be heard
at every Court House in our State, raising
the cry, 'to arlnsm who NOPE about now MS
If they never heard Of Kansas May they
ls not hear: of it when it is too late.
If our State had imposed 4 tax Of one
dollar per head on each negro'in the State,
and appledTtbe amount" to the transporta-!
tion Of armed emigrants the people would
have sustained; the delegates, and the funds
would have wrought smorc good towards
Strengthening our institutions if thus ,ai5c- B.
pied, than.i the hafbor Of Charleston was
crowded with steamships and every village
IN the State had its, armory with cupola
on the top.
The election Of Mr. Banks as Speaker of
our House will prccipitate the Kansas issue.
Tho Abolitiouistss cmboldened here and
everywhere. -.
:. venture this predi ic,ion--that in thirty,
days there will be Proclamation hy tue
President relative 10 Kansas and that in
sixty days afterwards there will also be a
: Proclamation pertaining TO the same matter
BY the Governor Of South Carolina.
ltell youtrat the battle of the, Constitu-
tion against Fanaiicism is to be fought on
the soil Of Kansas. =, =. .ss.s.,
Let our young iuen wake from their lcth-
argy Let them sorganize = in companies in
every District. A regiment of thousand
men, under the command of Maxcy Gregg,
if now in Kansas, would bear triumphant
: the flag of State equality and of constitu-
tional liberty. " :. %@
If our-inssitutionsz obtain in Kansas, the
slavery question is settled and the rights of
the South are safe. 4 fanaticism prevail.
we may put our house in order to die by
inches. - wz
& Let our people but understand the Kan
sas issue, and they will meet 1t with alacri.
ty. Let them but SEQ THAT every dollar cx-
pended in Kansas, and every blow, there
struck, in defence ofsolr, homes and fire
sides, and they will come up to the mark
like men. They have been confused at the
thrusts Of the Kansas Nebraska bill, indis-
creetlys made in our own State, and tile
tannts OF squatter sovereignty. The bill is
not rs would have had It ia every respect,
but it is a good bill for the. South for un-
der 1--WE, can 60 with our property where
before we could notsgo. q Let tile theorizers
forget etheir9theories, and practirt. what is
practicable. Every dollar expended in This
cause by our people, is as bread east upon
ashe wateES Those Of you who so see the
points of The case: should, at once put the
ball in motion. If yon cannot act with
much concert.at first, 60, 10 work individu
ally. Present a subscription list to every
man you. meet who owns a single slave
Let others do likewise. A long step willbe
thusstaken towards performing our spar in
Kansas.s
Col. ]. .. Wilson, Of our State, arrived
this nlorning,Tand tells me that the people
in his.region arg becoming alive to the is
sue. He has pledged himself to arm and
transport five determined young fellows to
Kansas, at his own expense. The exainple
Is worthy of 5mitation, and the sentiment
which ProdpeedI patriotic. ;.
The route TO Kansas is via Nashville, from
(which point IT. is but six days journey to
the promised land. -.
Trulyyours, P.sBROoKs. 4