The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-10-22

teen original States, who, since indepeu.
dence, have been the creators Of so,er
eigntics-who created sovercigu,ies to he
equal not to he superior to themselves
She asks only for equality out of her
l,mis. Only for peace within her limits.
Enthusiastic checrs.) She has every
guarantee of original right, Of sovereignty,
OF constitutions, and Of laws and yet a
black power without her limits, assumes
to say, and does say, and persists in say
ing, tLat slave property shall not lie
Peaceably and safely enjo; Q within the
limits which she reserved from her origi
nal vast proportion s-'hat the consti,u-
ton and laws shall not reign any where in
respect TO these rights on the suffice, of
slavery. 1on nigh, as well own a thou
sand dollars floating on a chip on the Ohio
river, AS To- own slave worth a thousand
dollars on the banks OF that stream IN the
limits Of Virginia. Is this to he borne
much longer? If Kansas may complain
of her wrongs, may Virginia not sull more
complain If sympathy is reused for
rights in the Territory, may We not he
pardoned Tor having sympathy for our
own rights in S:a,el Enthusiastic
cheers)
Now what is ;he issue--the alterna
tive With civil war raging in Kansas
about slavery aud its rights: with "a Black
Republican mob seizing all the powers of
the sovereign State Of California, and
banging and banishiug pcaccable citizens,
and imprsOpng Supreme Judges with
inccndlary revolution attempted in tue
popular branch of Congress, and for
tine, aye, for session Of Congress sue.
cessIu, aud within three votes OF being
finally successful with the black knight,
with vizor down, slanding astride the
limits OF Virginia, and forbidding and pre-
venting the reign oi law for the protection
oi property and for safety in our limits
Is this state OF things, with these ma.a
Zlnes read. 10 explode, with these burn.
ing plonghshares under our feet, whilst
the strength OF Fillmore is nothing, whilst
the old Wing party is dissolved, willis,
but two antagonisms are left, when the
whole issue is slavery or abuliiihpiSm, Ere.
mont or buchanan, Democracy or De.
monism-teIl me, whether the issues are
not terrible, for sheer scctionalism TO rear
black flag in sixteen States of the Union
only, where there is numerical majority
OF IL people without n tie or ASSOCIATION
with the property to be protected, and
when II dares not raise its standard in the
other fifteen States for fear OF their peual
Awsa They are tesriul issues; they are
issues OF peace or war--of civil war, OF
blood, disunion and death. Tremendous
cheers. Sir, to tell me we should sub
nit to the election Of a BLACK Republican,
under circumstances like these, when the
= election would he an open, overt procla.
= ma'ion Of public war, is to tell me lha,
Virginia and her fourteen sister slave
: States are alteady suhjugated and de
graded (cheers) that the Southern peo.
ple are without spirit and without purpose
. TO defend the rights they know and dare
pot uIaiylaip. (Chners.)
| When III Charlestowu, kanawba County,
, last year, was told by the best autho Y
that that town was paying $50 night t.
guard against the escape Of fugitives from
the salines of Kanawba. Was ever
stamp tax like thstl Yet such is the lax
already levied 10y Black RepuLIicanism
upon us, from without our borders and
within ouE limits. What would be our
bHrthens, II the whole executive power of
the federal government, great as il is,
should be put into the hands Of Black Re.
Publicanisin, 10y a proscnptive sectional.
ism, tor The very purpose of invading our
property in our very homes, at the hazard
OF our liyeSt 20 soter, rational minds
expect us 10 wait, and submit moment,
II tie trust Of that power shall be contided
to demonIsm for such purposel (Cheers.)
Should john Z. Fremont he thus e,cc;e,.
F. 10y Black Republicans, tell me, men who
2 are Jealous OF your rights, would you dare
trust him and his party after the procIa.
nation they have made, after the blood
they have shed, after the losses and bur
thens they have already imposed? (Cheers)
| know not what you will do. for We
have enemies in our midst, whom it be
hoores us to guard against with no less
vigilance than against lhpse beyond our
limits; and we have men who set them.
} selves up Tor the only true conservatives,
who are wolves in sleeps clotling-men
{ who pretend to be for Fillmore, but who
would throw up their caps if John C. Ere.
Dppt were elected. do not hesitate to
say that believe there are MANY voters
N the State Of Virginia. raady TO follow
the .'ender of the parry in this town who
Tade iba, execraJle speech at the African
, ehurcii, IA his treason 10 bIS State, his kin
dfsd and bis home, which lac openly pub
l'shes. (Cheers.) ! wish be had been
battling tor F'llmoEe alone; bpt the effect
OF h's blowsas TO ieudto The election Of
Fremont Fillmore is an angel OF light
compared TO Fremont (Cheers.) God
only knows what the real intent Of the
speech was, but | have no hesitation in
saying that ! regard John Minor Potts as
utterly needless of The effect Of that speech.
whether il tends to elect Fillmore or Ere
mont, so democracy would be defeated. -.