The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-11-06
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1nS5 since, Ill tue course Ot =" CoHScrsation
or discussion between us, that If Fremont
WAS elected President of tho Uaited States,
he could not and would not be inaugurated !;
aud that, because the South would, by vic.
leuce, prevent such Inauguration. May l
ask the expression Of your views Oh this
point at more extents II you do not ob-
ject, will give them some publicity, mas
much as it is manifest thnt sucl, an opinion
deliberately entertained and well founded,
may serve rs n warning to many who now
propose to vote for Fremont, and to others,
who, but for the anticipation of such a
course on the part of the South, might
hereafter conclude to vote for him. Very
respectfully yours, GEO. j. CORNELL.
PERTH AMpoY, Sept. lG, 1856.
George j. Cornell, Esq.-Dear Sir:
duly received your letter OF the OIL, instant, re-
ferring to conversation that occurred Il few
evenings previously betwee" us, in which
expressed doubt whether Mr.. Fremont,
If elected, woul,l he inaugurated President
of tho United States, aud asking an express
sion, at more length, Of my views on that
subject.
have delayed reply until now, as well
from pressing engagements us from an un-
willingness to assume to speak for the
South, which | am not authorized to do.
But as you suggested, think rather ironi-
cally, that such an opinion deliberately
pronounced might have the effects Of de-
terring some from voting for Fremont who
arc now disposed to do so, now respond
to the taunt, not in the spirit in which
suppose it was made, but in the hope,
which admit is not sanguine, that some-
thing may yet be done to dispel the deIu.
sioL that threatens to overspread the North
ern States.
The purpose for which it is proposed to
elect Fremont, is to prevent the extension
of slavery, to exclude the South from any
occupancy of the common territory Of the
Union, and to- appropriate that territory en-
clusivey in future to Northern institutions.
Such an avowal, SD Uni ust and so mon
strous. could, Of course, excite nothing but
atsonishment and Indignation in the section
then to be dispoiIcd, particularly when the
Gus occasions is remembered. IN 1920 the
sme attempt was made by the North, in
resisting the reception of Missouri as slave
State, which, after producing al agitation
that shook the Union to its foundation, was
settled by the retreat of the North, and the
division between the two sections Of the
Territory then held by the Union, and the
pretension slept nearly thirty years. But
in l848, it was revived, and the Northern
States, by their Legislatures, re-asscrted it
in the Wilmot Provso. They were prompt
ly responded to by all tho Southern L"gis-
latures, who declared that such Il measure
would be resisted at all hazards. And in
1850, the North again abandoned the pre-.
tension, and agreed that the institutions of
the territories of the United States should
be determined by the people respectively
who settled them. The ordinance uf 1877,
hy interdicting slavery i'll the territory
northwest of the river Ohio, anil leaving
the Territory southwest Of eLas river with1lt
that interdct, left the serriEoria, AREA ot tie
two sections alsnost exactly equal, and SHOW
ell that 10 discrimination was made against
either. But now the North again stt4 up
this twice exploded claim, and s.2r TIL. first
time attempts to elect President sot,=iy
for the purpose Of sustaining it.
If the North shall so act, il Ly th. yo.f:
of majority in all her States the North
shall take the fist and most important step
for the purpose, the South will have fui!
notice, and the oIly question with her will
be whether to prevent the thing from being
done by immediate intervention, OF to wait
until all the facilities Of federal power and
patronage have been employed to secure
its accomplishment. But not that only
The exclusion Of slavery from new terrific
res is, of course, founded on hostility 10
slavery. The election Of President on
that principle alone is the election Of a
ruler hostile to tho institutions of nearly
half the States. AS such, lie will select for
post officers, judges, district attorneys and
others, those who are hostile to the nstitu-
tions Of the State i'll which they live, or if
such cannot lie found there, they can be
sent there for the purpose. The Federal
Government would thus become an inccu.
diary in all tho Southern States. DO YOU
suppose, or does any man of sense suppose,
that any people would tolerate such a gov
eminent! AS for the process of dissou-
ton, it is very obvious and easy. A con-
vention Of all the SotlIcrn States, or of a
considerable number of them, can declare
the Union dissolved, and it will ,hcrcupon
I've dissolved, and if this be done before the
4th Of March next, no President of the
United States can be inaugurated then.
You are aware, sir, that if Mr. Fremont
is elected at all. it cannot be by majority
of the people; for ho is unanimously op-
posed ,hy all, the Southern States. and by
about half the people of the Northern
States. He may he, however, then elected
by the forms of the Constitution, but
against its spirit and TO set aside his cleo
ton, thus accomplished, would not be so
great a violation of tile Constitution MS his
.eiection would. for the purpose, as is de-.
clared, of destroying tho equality of half
the States, and despoiling them of their
territorial rights,
WBeasver the Union is dissolved, tile
'Districtof Columbia reverts to it's original
sPtoPrwtofs the State Of Maryland; and
that is SpHthern soil.
s:;sAs f0r tho mpctency of; tho Southern
States 10 form Al independent government,
sanda ,iaintai1 III that question is settled
when we consider that the South has a