The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-13
SLAVERY AND THE DISUNION QSqeSTiM
IN THE SOUTH,
WHO ARE THE sEcEsstoNis Tsr
Important Confessions from the Ie.A,n~
Secession Organ Of South Carolina,
&C., 1c, DC,
lfron the Charleston Mercury, Augus. 8

| lfron the Charleston Mercury Augus,sJ
. . a LIBEL UPON THE STATE.
slneS tne NEW YoIx HERALD has made its lar
oargae with Fremont and the bIAck republicans. i,
accomplish its eads Tie paper WITCH. a few week
ago, hels the trsmph Of hack repusIicznism incom.
patlDle With the existence u the U.iDn-whch de-
nounueo me- seward and his gang as the worst enemies
VI .ne c5untry-which stigma6sed "ugger wor-
shpPng with eoarseness Il abue soul ar to itself
winch, with saameless effonery clairas TO he :
friend OF me South and foe to abolition agita-
prs -ths paper now stands forward az the zesious
champion OF Fremont, and asserts that his election
can be accomplished without the least risk to the
I'M un,on ana whas are the faces noon which it bases
TINS CALCULATION - 1t that black repubiicansm ia
not the enemy ef the South? Is it that John
Charles Fremont is not the embodiment Of anti.
slavery; and that, as the leader of his party,
he will not be forced to sustain its policy Of
aggression? is il that the restoration OF the Mis
souri, compromise hne, the rejection of Kansas ss
slave state, and she repeal OF the Fugitive Slave
law are all measures which tho South would have
no cause to resent? No the HERALD has other
reasons Tor believing that the election Of Fremont
can De accomplished without danger TO the Union.
II says
class There IS natural aetagonism be-
tw zen The aboring whites and the saveAodr re Of the
sumption hal the political sentiments Of the Iaborins
whites oi the south at the service all occasious
2, tntn siayeaoldng neigsborsS Mr.. Toonbs and the
buchanan democracy would have "a believe this but
from certain late confessions from the newspapers of
whites OF that section have neither organs nor orators
hey have got their political opinions which be
Southern voting element were strikingly iilustrs-
ted in south Carolina, Georgia. Alabama and Mlsss
secession, on cunt OF the admission OF California
as isee state the secessopss each OF those States
were routed and reduced a surrender. Mr. Toomba
Mr. Fillmore and ar. Bschanan Will remember that in
south Carolina where their preparations Secession
were the most formidable and alarming, their defeat
more decisive than il any other Southern State.
L is he fbo -
the South are unsound on the subject Of slavery.
Now. 1t would avail little to stay the mad fanati
| cism Of the North. to show how utterly without
foundation either in reason or fact this assertion
is, certain late confessions from the newspapers Of
South Carolina TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
The non-save owners OF the South would repudiste
such an assertion as libel equally upon their com
are ndssoubly bound up with the fortunes and fate
OF slavery. Slavery ls she basis of all values and
the poorest non-slsve owner in the land has pro-
portionafe stake in s preservation with the richest
owner. He sees and feels, by the simple obser-
vation Of facts around hip and by the terrible ex
periences Of emancipation everywhere, that with
the destruction OF slavery, every other interest the
humblest equally with the greatest, must perish.
Taught by the fearful lessons Of Jamaica and Sc.
Domingo, all classes IN the South contemplate abe-
lition with the abborrence.
But what of the case cited by the HERALD? We
told that the of South Carolina, and the
defeat OF the secession party In 1851, strkinggy
Illustrates the assertion. The HERALD's ignorance
4
Carolina. III Is a fact rhich one here can deny.
| that the redhh Of the State tcas arTayed against
| The secession party. Turning back to that period
we can call t. mind the names OF few individuals
whose aggregate wealth In slaves and other property
might have been set sgainst that Of the whole se
cession party. ItNas not the non-save owners who
then overthrew The State, and sacrificed, at blow
her principles snd her safety. But the
r0rk y haring the grsafess possible stake
IN slavery, and 'rho, 6p erery argument of
griae or possession should hare been fore
fsyQ nd SfrDU
upon IL. These are facts which justice, No
less than Truth, requires to be made known.
Let not the HFRALD deceive itself and the
North by any calculations based upon the treachery
OF the poor and humble citizens Of the South Their
patriotism, n indeed, ii does not dazzle In yet a.
| true, as sohd and as earnest as any which warns
| the bosom Of men. They have never yet set the
| example of betrayal, though INSCRIPTIONS men,
even In midst, have insulied their judgment and
patriotism by appeals to their supposed hostility 70
the institution. They stand in this State, and
We believe in the whole South, ready to do their
| duty.
Those who prevented the action Of South Care
lima In 1851 will be somewhat surprised TO find
their triumph construed evidence Of her rotten
nese on the subject OF slavery and made the basis OF
the present plans of abolition Il does not surprise
| US. The submission OF the State-the abandon
ment Of high and defiant atttade-the sacrifice OF
independence IN principle and action naturally led
her enemies 10 suspect her spirit and calculate upon
her ukewarDnesp. IL broke the spell OF an honored
name, and brought reproach upon her cause-a re-
proach which. In these times OF peril, gives en-
| couragement and the hope Of impunity to the AZ.
gressor. it taught lesson which our enemies viii
never permit Us 10 forget II black republicanism
triunphs, let IL be remembered that the argument
most used and mgst successful the past submis
sion Of the South. Thus retributon ovatakes the
| steps Of TO ly.
/ [from the Charlcston Mercury, Aug I'll
SOUTHERN WEAKNESS.
/ When Joshua X. Giddngs declared, In the House
of Raprese ntitves, that " the south could not be
kicked ont Of the Union" he uttered sentiment
a.. ..lsx
pas, submissions Of the South, do not belieye that
any amount OF aggression. or, as Giddngs expressed
i IL, OF kicking uld drive her to resistance.
] This conviction, more than any other, has invited
and encouraged aggression. The argument Of the
| Union received iis first blow when the South, In
1886, submitted TO abolition petitions, aud by that
coure taught the North that Il might aggrcs- with
i out danger. Abolitionsm and disinion ceased TO
| be synonymous terms, While Northern aggression
/ end Southern submission went hand In hnad.
Bot we mistake The character Of the southern
| people, IL these things are always 70 continue.
There s point at which aggression must stop. III.
1 in the enjoyment OF abundant prosperity, they
have been slow 70 resent injustice by destroying the
S V Of s ss very as' I us
bursts from the hearts Of people burning, yet for
| bearing, under accumulated wrongs. AL revoiu-
uons cone In this sise, and like Belshazzr at the
east, the oppreaur is stricken down in the midst Of
excess and confident impuniiy. Union lovers, North
1 and South, will lot learn wisdom till toe late.
Tie present OF sundry journals in the south
coa,rihut.s greatly to the announcement Of the
l snemv. The opinion is confidently expressed, by
4 lsodpg papers AZ the North, that the election on
/ Fremont 10 the Presidency, and the elevation 20
power OF the black republican party, can be accom-
plish,d not only without danger TO the Union, but
that large masses OF the Southern people are ready
| 10 cooperate In that result. The New York Ismss
| ssys:--
10 vital indeed T. the unon to tir institution Of sa
cr ,pt erc ,hc Northern rassca in lust indignation
to rise up and place William Lloyd Garrison n the Presl
| ,er,lsI hair the south would not with trsw
The Tribune, speaking Of the election OF Fremont
| endangerng the Uuion, Gays -
she people II the Ured have 40 often heard this
nv Of Wolf" raised, that has ceased 10 alarm, and
only serves stimulate them Tell them thai the Union
s be dissolved this that man 10 chosen President
ard they viii be very apt 70 try the experiment aud
rrove the prophet false ote. VIC think tncy will do
| nor.
And even the HERALD, after comparing the nnm
| hor ~ oiavo .wnera and NON AZ ave pwnera the