The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-09-03
ADVERTISEMENTS
From the \. Y. Day Book.
A Civil War-The Beginning of the
End

End.
Tho ab0litUnists have at last accom-.
p'isheI their designs. They have BROUGHT
about civil war in this country, and bv
the next steamer across the Atlantic. can
send word 10 their allies and friends in
England that the long sought end is ac.
complshed What the old tories of
Britain, by sword and baJone., could not
do, their descendants and tools in New
England, 10y newspapers and songs, have
done. to wit:-dirided this Union! Nc
one, looking back to the past history of
The abolition and Seward faction fthis
country, can fail to see that their whole
aim has been, ms Mr.. Greely once express
cd 1t, TO rear and educate generation TO
hate the South" In recording the news
OF The battles in Kansas, the Tribune calls
one party the "northcrr and the other
the southern" and talks of "the enc
my, as II the southern pcopIe were of
another country, and our natural enemies
War now actually exists in this coun.
try; the North is arrayed against the
South, and men are fighting, shooting and
killing each other in the territory Of tive
United States, with the same feroci,v that
characterized Frank and Hun last year
in the Crirea. There is no DENYING this
no getting over it with the slur tia, it
is only "party" or "strifc ut is ac-
tual war, and nothing else, and a war that
Is growing more furious and sanguinary
every day. And now the question arises,
what Is 1t for? What is all this strife and
b'"odshed about? Why, simply to keep
o'r southern brethren out of the common
territories OF this Cmon! Silt the whole
question down its real merits, brush of
all the dust and garbage that have gath
cred on it, and free it from all the aboli-
ton clap trap and nonsense about free
dom and Fremont" strip it of all the
Kites, stra"s and election nonsense, and
we hnd 1t plain, simple assumption Of
power and authority OF the North to gov.
crn the South.
The men and families of the South have
gone into the Territory of Kansas with
their property under no disguise, but sim
ply toinhablt it rs citizens and common
owners of our common country. They
have not sought to drive nor to keep anv
one ont of the territory. They have not
passed any laws to prevent any other cit
lzens coming into and living peaceablv in
1t, and whit have they met there? How
have their northern brethren met them ?
why, with fire and sword, with cannon
and ball, sent forth by churches and cler
gy from New England and New York.
The northern settlers have denied the
right of southerners TO come there, they
nave met together to pass laws against
the'r coming, and when all has failed to
prevent them, they have called for men
ana arms to come and help drive them
our: 10 the eternal shame Of the North
be 1t said, they have responded to this
call, and from the purlieus OF their cities
ahh the low dens of their villages has
gone forth an army of the lowest vaga-
ponds and hIreIing traitors that ever in.
rested any conntry. The Grcelcys and
oidd'ngs and Bee2hers have joined hands
with debauchees, like Lane and Cole, and
sent forth a bandit Of plunderers to rarsh
the FAIR plains Of Kansas. There is no
denying this, no getting over it.
The whole operation, the whole design
IS to drive the South out Of Kansas.-
They do not, they cannot pretend to say
that the South tries or wants to drive
ihem out, or that it asks anything but
mat It's people shall be permitted to settle
peaceabIy and quietly in the territory, the
same as the people of the North, but this
the beeehers, and Greeleys, and Giddings
ueclare they shall not do. They are lie.
tcrnnned there shall I've no south, but that
the North shall he the government, and
have all the territory aud all that beIonos
TO the Union.
And now since 1t has come 10 this
since war against the South is openly de.
clared by the formation os "norlhern
party" and has been actually commenced
Tor the subiugation ofthe South, let every
citizen take his stand and Ills posiiion.-
for ourselves, we do not hesitate to enroll
our names against the men and party that
have declared this war, we do not hesi
tate to join the ranks Of those who are
lighting for their rights as citizens Of one
common country and il it becomes nee
esssry, we will cheerfuily give not only
our money but our services in tie field to
sustain them.
,nat there are thousands and tens Of
thousands of others in this city who will
do the same We have not the least doubt.
and we trost that immediate measures
will be taken by cur conservative and
Union loving citizens 70 sustain, by com.
mon effort, those pioneers ia Kansas who
are fighting for their rights as citizens,
against ike northern hordes who have
been sent there TO drive them out.