The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-10-22

elected instead of another? Never will l
say that that is wrong. Fremont is moth
ing. (Cheers.) He is less than nothing
IN my estimation. Enthusiastic cheers
lie Is but mere personation of Black Re
PublicaniSm. the bearer Of the black flag.
lCheers.) The question will not be, shall
Fremont reign over you and me but it
will be, shall the black flag be erected,
shall the higher law be executed by the
President of the United States over the
reign of the Constitution and the laws q
Shal! property be invaded with impunity?
Yes, you will find hundreds that will saw
they begin already 10 say, "Oh. wait I!
wait for some overt act--wait for him
10 do some wrong" Tell me, will any
person entertaining feelings of self respect,
having the spirit and courage of n man,
wait to prepare for war whilst its cloud is
IN the horizon, until after the declaration
Of war is made Tell me if The hosting
Of the Black Republican flag in the hands
OF AN adven,urer, born illcgi;ima,ely in
nelghhoring State, if not i'll bego.ten in
this very city-teIl me if the hosting Of
the Black flag over you by French.
mans bastard, whilst the arms of civil war
are already slashing, is not to be deemed
an overt act and a declaration of war2-
Well, sir, you will not only hear the cry,
wait, wait, and that too in the sacred
name ofthe nion-that can only be saw
Ell 10y action now-iney will say wait,
wait, wait, not on v in the sacred name Of
conservatism, which they are crushing
but they will 90 further. Ny friend (Mr.
ScotO asked this evening what Southern
man would dare to take Office under Ere.
mont! tell him, man after mani can
lay my finger upon them, that will say,
Oh You will allow us to take office, be.
cause we will go in 20 protect your rightsm
Ihcy will have us wait that they NAV
have the privilege Of holding office. If
YOU submit to the election OF Fremont, YOU
will prove what Seward and Burinoame
have said, to be true-that the South
cannot be kicked out Of the Union. There
will be no limit to aggression. There will
he an unlimited, degrading submission.-
In this state of things what do we see
The farce of legerdemain played by par
ties, pretending to he opposed TO each
other, every day, at every convention, and
every meeting Of the people-pretendng
TO quarre! and then fuSing-those that
style themselves old line Wings calling
themselves the "o,her" party, aud the
know-Nothings calling themselves the
"tother" party. daughter and cheers.)
The Wings hold Convention, and you
see 1t full ef Know Nothings aud the
Know n Nolhings hold Convention, and
you see it full Of Wings and they claim
tC be the " otLer" party or the "tother'
party according TO the circumstances,
while .hey are all fusing in the North aud
distEacting the South. How long are
you Southern people, TO be honey fuggled
caio!ed, and cheated out Of y0ur rights
and peace and social safety, ty this sort
of legerdcmainl | believe, confidently
believe, that the God of nations has an eye
over the destinics Of this land, and that
the eyes Of the people will be opened he
fore the day ofeleclion, and that they will
not be allowed TO strike the blows Of blind
| giants upon the Constitution, and thereby
involve all in one indiscriminate ruin
cloud cheers hope and trust in God
that we shall be saved from such calam.
ity. kCLeers.) HE is deadly enemy
TO his country; he is a bastard he is
demon; he is guilty Of The sin of Cain; he
is the worst of murderers--a fratricide.
who would, without sufficient cause, light
The flames Of Civil war. But,
Rather than wear dishonored chains,
Or follow captves at the trophied car,
Give US again the wldasss oS our woods.
| And the fierce freedom of our great forefa-
thcrs.
tremendous cheering.) would preach
peace. would vote for peace peace
and honor, (Cheersl Look up 10 heaven
or turning, look down upon the earth of
our native land, and ask yourselves, tell
yourselves the answer to the question,
which is everlastingly occurring to me
what will you do il this proclamation Of
war is madel Do you ask me what will
do? | say to you that reserve my an.
swer for the present. Considering the
question deliberately, calmly and being
well fortified in the thought, deliberate
ly say to you, that will do whatever you
will back me in, TO save or to die. (rre-
| "ShHOoS "Pp'"uoc'I ah HhNpR 10
threats. will remember the oath Ihave
taken to preserve the constitution and de-
fend the righ. Of the people--I will fight
for their. III must fight to save, not to
destoy. Enthusiastic applause.) War
is a terrible thing, and we all have TO re-
member that il It begins, it win not only
be the North against the South it will
be civil war OF neighborhoods for liberty
against despotism-for right against pow
er. (Cheers.) Our enemies will remem-
Der, that if they have minority in Vir-
ginia, we have minority in New Eng.
land, New York and Ohio, and every.
where North. fthey have their fifty or
sixty thousand left them in the state of
virvinia, IN every Northern State we
have hundreds OF thousands of arms that
are with US. Tremendous cbeers.) You