The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-01-22
THE POSITION OF THE NORTH.

Presidential election should rather be regar.
ded by the South rs warning. than as a
triumph. They have carried the VOTE bu,
they have not carried the people. And
now let US SEQ what construction is put up.
on the vote Of the North by the highest of:
ficial authority. In his first message to the
Legislature Of New York, Governor King
uses the following language
e. have yet another duty to perform-a
duty, the obligations Of which am not at
libcry'to neglect even il were SO disposed;
and the performance Of which, in my judg-
ment, is rendered imperative by the respect
which is due to the sentiments and votes in
! the recent Presidential election of great
majority of the people Of this State, and Of
! the other Free States.
al 90 this in no partzan spirit, but un-
der the conviction that the great principle
at issue in the election, and which it SO tri.
umphantly vindicated, lies at the root of
our free institutions, and is alike the concern
and should be equally the care of all citizens
who rightly estimated those Institutions
No mere party question could call forth so
deep an interest, and SO significant and de-
cisive vote throughout tho enghth and
breadth of the State; and l venture TO be-
Iieve do not mistake its import, nor your
convictions respecting it, when assume, rs
its deliberate aud irrevcrsible decree, that
so .tar as the State of Nev York is concerned
there sAaN be henccfortA no crtension O,
Slavery az the Territories of tie United
States.
"This conclusion I most unrcservedy
adopt, and am prepared to abide hy. it, at all
times, under all circumstances, and in every
emergency"
And this conclusion Of the Governor Of
New York drawn from the facts of the Prcsi.
dental election, is emhpaticalIy endorsed by
tue New York Courier and Enquirer, which
may he regarded rs the representative of
the Seward and Fremont party Of the State.
They do not look upon the late result as 4
defeat. They treat it rather as a victory
1t is better for them than they expected :;
and, as stepping stone for futures opera
tions, they look upon it as result which
they have right to regard rs securing, in
1860, the triumph of Free-soil principles
and the Frce-soil candidate for the Prcsi-
dcncy.
What else had wc right to expect -
we went mo the contest as question of
life and death. We have come out of it
barely with life; and with life secured only
ty four years tenure. The party opposed
to us nave achieved for more than they ex-
pected. They lave approached to the very
borders of victory, when they merely intcn-
ded to lay the foundation of party for fu-
ture aggression. The readiness with Which
this party was adopted and sustained ly the
popular sentiment Of the North, notwith-
standing that Mr.. Fillmore, the representa-
tive of the old Wing party, was already in
the field, shows how sharply defined is the
anti.savery feeling of our so called brethren
beyond Mason and Dixon's line. The truth
is, that the separation, in opinion, is already
made; and it only requires political act
to define the terms, and make tho necessary
arrangements, to render the separation as
strictly legal as it is already in sentiment
Charleston Mercury.