The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-01-15


E bsetGteh slhce the triu,mphant election o
hft. Bucla,,an, aud that this change i.
favorable to the Constitutional rights of the
Bou.h Without pretending TO d;scaim. IN
tl,e least their hostility to Southern institu
tions, or to.abate, in the slightest degree
their opposition whenever any measure
. favorably affecting Southern interests, is
presented, they would nevertheless per.
r seadc us that a change has really occurred
whici,, in some way, unexplained, is des
siNcd to effect u material revolution in fed.
erna politics,
Now, we take it, that these Northern
Democratic Editors, and their correspcn.
te,,ss, presume mucli-very much on South
em credulity, or what would prove still
more fatal than credulity, when they issue
such political manifestoes rs this Yea
morc-tl,cy presume too, on Southern ignor.
> .anc", or, what would be equally cupable
L Southern forgelfulncss as it regards the his
2 tory of the past.
On what this opinion Of change in
Northern sentiment, more favorable to the
South, is predicated, it is impossible to con.
lecture.
Is it predicated on the fcrocious spirit
which still pervades nine-tenths Of tue
Northern Journalist A spirit that sets at
naughty defiance all the most sacred oLli-
CATIONS imposed by the Constitution-pro-
claiming unlying hatred to everything
most dear to It's, an eternal crusade against
our institutions, aud a fixed, unchanged
and interchangeable purpose, either to en-
us from the Union, did we say! Nay
they will not allow us even this poor privi-
Iegc-the privilege of peaccable secession I!
Have they not boldly and de6antly pro-
claimed it AS their purpose, not on;y to de-
stroy our equality IN the Union, but TO
coerce us to remain in it? Have they not
declared, with all the circumstances of dc
liberation, their inilexiLle purpose, not only
to exclude lis from the soil purchased main
ly by our blood and treasure, but, when
they have the power to do It, even to rob
US of the property secured 10 It's hy all the
sanctions Of the federal compactl Have
they not said that if we resist, they will
compel us to submission? And could dis
grace be more foul, or degradation more
complete than this Where, then, is the
evidence of this change Are we to look
for it in what occurred III the very opening
of The present Congress WHO was it, or
what was it that most sha,nefully disrc.
garLed the obligations imposed by the
Constilution-disregarlcd the rights-tle
the oath Which invests representative with
office-,he oath, the sacred solemn oath to
obey the Constitu ion Of the United States,
and, in utter defiance of all tllese-territory,
people, representative, the Constitution,
oath and alI-endeavorcd to exclude, and,
for some time, did exclude delegate, reg
ularly elected and constituted such accord
ing to all the forms of law. Who was it
or what WAS it that committed this foul,
a'rocious and unparalleled outrage on the
rights Of whole people? Was it not
this same Northern sentiment, in reference
to which change is asserted? When did
it occur, aud how did it occur? Will
these Northern Democratic editors or their
correspondents inform us2 Where, too, is
tie evidence Of a changea Only five
weeks have elapsed since our antagonists
made a memorable demonstration Of the
ferocious spirit Of hostility that animates
them, on the floor of Congress in which
they succeeded, for time, in striking down
the rights Of Whole people in the person
This was done when they had majority
of votes. Can any Southern man, ac-
quainted with the history of this our great
controversy with the North, he SO infitua-
ted as to believe that the same party armed
with equal power, would not do tile same
thing? Is there mau who believes that
Gen. Whitfield would now hold his seat rs
the Representative Of tile people of KAN
sas, If Northern sentiment were fully ex-
pressed on this very subject? Did not this
same Northern sentiment actually resist his
taking his seat ms long rs it couldl There
can be but one answer to all these 1ues.
tlons, and a review of tile entire history of
that struggle so recent, on the floor of Con-
gress, reveals most Clearly the true state of
Northern sentiment ard feeling OH this vi
tat subject The trutl, is, there has been
no aplgecialle change in the minds of the
Northern people on this great question, and
10 believe otherwise would I've most fatal
slelusion. The facility with which our peo-
IAe ean be persuaded to indulge these delu-
siots, il dangerous i'll the extreme. Would
10 GoD it were SO, but we cannot and will
notshut onr eyes to stern facts and sober reali.
ties. Tho readiness with which We acquiesce
in the truth Of these assumptions may be
honorable to our patriotism, but it is GER
tSjniy fatnl to our security. We, therefore,
repeat under tho solemn conviction of its
truth, what we iisge before said in this
connectiou-" we have neither faith nor
hope'in Presidents" II the South would
enjoy either equality in tue Union or inde.
pendence out of it, she must look to her
own people--must depend upon her own
resources-in short, she must rely on the
anconquered and unconqueraLle spirit Of
her own sons. II these should not deliver
her.all will be lost.
But enough has been said for the present.
We.will resume the subject as the occasion
may seem 10 require Carolina I'nses.
Z Circuit Couyt.--A very interesting mat,
teFteas before the Court yesterday, growing
pttef memorial filed by the Hon. Rich.
lrd w. thompson, of Indiana, PRAYING the