The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-08-21
MALIGNING THE snurH

MhLIGNING THE SOUTH
We End the suhjoincd report of = spcnc,,
from Anson Huringamc in the Cincinnati;
Gazette. lie ISLANDERS the South, and his
*ympathiSing audience vocirerousiy en-,
core:
At" quarter before nine Mr.. l}urlincamc,
Was 'n'r'"'nr"d T." the audience. lie wis
greeted with the widest a,,Nlansc.
lie Thanked the au,liehrs for their ,at-
'c''ng rcc"lH:T::. bnt they knew well it WIS
no personal triumph-no tribute to me as
man, bnt Il gush Of enthusiasm for that
great cause and those great principles
winch should survive when all men are in
che dust We have assembled here be-
3 cause The mcancst tyranny that ever trod on
the recks Of men in all the ages of the world
has taken possession Of the Government,
and because you desire to bring back the
Government nearer to the purity and per-
% fection with which it came from, the hands
OF oar fathers. lie then stated the origin
OF negro slavcrv-of its introduction here,
and OF the intentions Of the trainers of our
Government will, regard to it. Madison
would not consent to faint the Constitution
with the word "slavc; )" through that ac-
cident 10y which it had representation, it
became Il political power, and fell into the
hands of the few-into those of $1,000
voters.
The very same year the Pilgrims landed
at plymouth, the first slaves were imported
INTO Virginia, and the two systems, freedom
and slavery, have travelled westward, cx-
Vending themselves ever since. lie then
rontrasted most cloquently the progress Of
(" freedom towards the setting sun-of the
Intelligence, and improvement, and enter
prise that had followed in its path and Of
the dcsolaiion and wrctchcdness left by
slavery in its blackcning course. Fisher
Ames had said that it seemed as if liberty
ss,syaa always followed by an assassin, and the
assassin here was slavery.
The NORTH had furnished no little power
TO sustain slavery. She had sent South
peddlers Of clocks and pcldlers Of principles.
lsShe furnished the brain Marcy and Cush-
II in the present cabinet that was strik-
down the lives and liberties Of our citi-
ls in Kansas, but notwithstanding all the
ccssions the South is continually receiv-
,g from the North, yet while the North is
rowing richer and richer, the South is
rowing poorer and poorer.
The South is now as poor rs n half
9 N'arrod "9t--tl,e fences of old Virginia are
: Eown, her church steps were over
+, moss, her school houses with
ows or clmncys, and her fields
cn as tired land grown over with
IT, and the thistle
jadc no. books-thprc were more
;-.a lIisl,cd in the Old Fancril Hall
".'.g' Tr. BIS district than in all the
:.#. together.
Understanding the poverty Of tho
.|., BrcckcnridGe-a Clergyman
.. f those political clergyman who
-, -. in secular mattcrs-oh, no
+''." -preachnG not peace but horri-
=. 49,, y war, had threatened that the
: - I'D lurl upon the North a million
Carolina, will. NIL her Boosting,
i''N " cen able during the war let alone
. r''r;.. the British to defend herself
+, 49,. own tories, and was, throughout
H. -. II constant fear Of her slaves.
..":.'..'l, in the last war, had been too
...:t. . attack the Nortll-slle sought
20 vulnerable points in the country;
80 ed the land of the chivalry-she
5. - e Capitol Of the Nation-through
E':s lcrn land Of demigods; and what
~. - chivalry do when the British
f'.'';@ Why they ran laughter ran,
j 'r:S'i iey said they were afraid their ne
irs.,:: id rise behind them.
g.. ' g" The South couldn't raise an army
:, '"*: would supply any respectable
-, 'f troops for six wceks-their
=. - opcrty had lcgs-it was running
iN-:" Suppose hey were engaged in
= ST. ow much money could they raise
.'' -: port in the markets of the world
t'''..:', ave stock i! Ind then their SOL
= '!>;s',''1 million of men that Breckcn-
i.''.: atcned lis willi-vlere were thew
- @" from and what kinl Of men were
''sc' hey had Generals and CoIoncls
"n'r tor every man in the South was
80 other-but suppose they should
*.F' sir mcn-thc sand-liIcrs and
%'i'" of South Carolina, and try to
""' lino-for many Of them didn't
=. n straight line was--wl,at would
- - those stupid men, made stupid
., ." EN- of slavery against the men
- ;:a nth? Even in physical corn:,:; :, ;,
- ''":''n hat decided the I".,'
!. ! '1he South could r rot manufacture pistol
:. :. s"".,, or knife to stab us. Why even
the notification buttons they wore in South
Carolina. they bought in Connecticut.
A voice in the crowd cried oui, "tlley
can't make anything but canes."]
The Speaker replied to this that they
could not make even canes, for gutta per-
cha was invented by a Yankee in Connec-
ticut, and tire canes were manufactured
there now. Laughter and cheers.
The South could not build p fort,
or even house, without first seducing some
Northern mechanic to 60 down there and
= work among their negroes. They could
,,ssnot make a vessel, to walk the waters like
thing Of life;" and more than all, they
couldn't make the Yankee sailors to man
them. Cheers.
The cannon tlev had in South Carolina,