The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-16
TIE sOICE OF THE SOUTHERN PsESS.

The following article from the Savannah Repub
i'can is gratifying and cncourag ng. That paper
has been the representative OF the old Wing party
OF Georgia for many years. IL feels now tla, the
foundation of national party is slipping from under
the feet OF all true at the South IL feels thu,
such parties can no longer save us, and that some
thing more cfectual and more completely our own
must be devised to protect and 10 insure our safe.
ty and honor. The Republican yields this point
with reluctance and caution, but it is evident tla,
IT ms lost all its old confidence in the durability and
value of the Union.-Charleston Mercury.
WORD THE NORTH
We have word, we trust in season for our
brethren "t the North. 1t may be too late, il in
deed II can be heard at all in the present fury thA,
has turned and made mad the public brain in that
quarter OF the Union; yet we shall, at least, have
discharged our duty
Our private letters, and the columns Of the North
ern press, bear testimony To state of affairs tha, is
iruiy deplorable. The minds Of, we have reason 10
believe, large majority of the Northern people
nave been lasled into phrensy, in which sober
ness, thought, patriotic reflection nre unknown
One iana,cni idea seems TO hold il in complete sub.
lection, and there is limit to the excesses 10
which that idea may lead. So blind have they be-
come in It's pursuit, that they have lost sight not
only OF all the proprietcs of life, but of tho obvious
and inevitable fruits of their own folly Ii is boldly
alleged that the Union is invulnerabc and let the
North do us il may, the South will submit, and in
deed, that "she could not be kicked out of the
Union''
There is degree Of delusion aud insensibilityin in
such sentiments rs these that is truly alarming
They are entertained in utter ignorance of the ma
ture, spirit, and feelings of the Southern people.
We belong 10 that party at the South which, while
they have quietly and siernly stood by all the con
stitntional rights Of their section, have never indu
ged IN Incorporate harangues against the people Of
,he North, nor countenanced tho movements that
have been set on foot by our own people looking to
the weakening of the bonds that unite us, or their
total disruption. We belong TO n class who, six
years ago, were denounced as "trators 10 the
South" " because we upheld tho bod that was ce-
mented by the blood Of our fa,hers. We humbly
conceive, therefore, tha, have right TO speak
10 our Northern friends at the present juucure and
-i,' adeie is some obligation on their part TO hear
aHd heed what we say.
We, then, tell our Northern friends that the
most reasonable aud moderate among them have
whOiy misconceved the true sentiments Of the
South at the present day. Weiel them that the cord
has been drawn to its utmost tension. We tell
them that feeling, deep and prevailing, is abroad
Ia the land which the patriot must contemplate
with sorrow and alarm We tell them, and with
the deepest regret, the mourniul truth, that the
bonds that bind this Union together were never so
weak and treacherous in all the struggles that have
marked our history as n people We tell them
Tint The South can be kicked out Of the Union"
nay, that they can raise the flag Of independence
and abandon il from choice. This is the naked,
solemn truth, let others blink il as they may. We
speak what we know, and we will be borne ont in
The testimony we have given by many OF our purest
ana best men who have fought shoulder to should
or Tor the Union in times that arc past. May we
not, then, appeal to the people Of the North, To
pause and reflect, to look around at the mighty in
erest at stake, and 10 re-ace their steps before it
is forever too late!
Ihis slavery agitation must cease. The South
has borne il as long she will. No future dscrim-
nations must be made against her on account Of
that institution. She had it when she fought by
your side for the achievement OF Independence. She
came with it, as eqoal, into the great family Of
republican States She will remain in il only as an
equal.
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