The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-01-08
CAROLINA SPARTAN
From the Washington Union.
THE DANGERS OF THE CRISIS.

IHE DhNGERS Uf IHE CRlSlS. d,
Partaking, as l do most sincerely and
heartily, in the recent triumph of the ma
tional democratic party, cannot anticipate,
/ can scarcely hope, the victory is decisive
or that its consequences will be permanent
1t is worse than unless TO disguise the fact
since it will only lead to false confidence
Of strength, which generally results, if not
in discussions among the voters, mt least in
total disregard to that unanimity by which
alone we can reap the fruits OF victory and
guard against future defeat. 1t is worse
than useless to disguise the fact that in the
election which has just terminated. n ma
jority of the people of the United States, at
least of those who cast their votes, was op.
posed TO the successful candidate, and that.
had they all united on one candidate. he
would Inevitably have succeeded. Isitnot
quite probable they will do so at the next
presidential elections! 1t is true they now 0p-
pear TO be animated by a bitter feeling of
hostility. But when we revert to the recent
electioneenng campaign, and find them act
ing IN concert in New England, in Pennsyl.
vania, and, IN fact wherever such n union
afforded them the assurance or the nope of
success. is it not probable, more than proba
bic, that this union will be consumhated
in 1860, and the democracy called on to
meet IN combination those elements of op-
position which by great exertions thev have
separately deieatedl
These combiued factions-I cannot DIG.
MY them with the name OF the parties.
since they have no common or fixed princi.
ples-have at least one bond of union
namely, hostility TO the great democratic
party. a common hatred is often strong
er bond of union than that of kindred. al
fection or affinity of blood, and, in nv
view, it is quite rs likely that the enemies
of the constitution and tho Union will ulti
mately amalgamate, as that their friends
will become disunited. But, setting this
aside, though il is hoas.ed and that Justly,
that the enemy has been routed, "horse.
foot, and Dragons" it appears very evident
that they have already rallied, or are about
to rally again. Far from being discour.
aged by defeat, they seem only inspired with
new confidence; and the democracy, while
triumPhing in their victory, should prepare
betmes for new encounters. They won
the victory by union, and by union alone
can they hope TO achieve others.
THIS is most especially true of the demo.
cracy of the South; and it is with serious
misgivings have recently observed indica-
tons OF want of pnanimity in that quarter.
which may eventually give rise to IA contro.
versy that will widen the breach, and end
IN destroying all future concert Of action.
The South ought to know that its safety. at
least while in Union, consists in its own in.
dissoiuble union. While marsbalIed il
one great phaIanx, and presenting one un-
divided front, II may bid defiance To all
the arts OF british statesmen, all the influ
ence OF the British and Anglo American
press, all the efforts Of foreign and domestic
incepdlary PhiIanthropists, and all comb
nations OF sectional politicians, who, being
unable TO reach the summit of the iemnIs
seem determined on levelIing it with the
dust The South, it is true, is in minori
ty, but so long as it remains consolidated
minority it may defy the world. Well did
that great statesman, the pride of South
Carolina, (who ought to be, and one day
will be, the pride of this great confedera-
ton, let 1t spread as wide as it may)-well
did he say, that while the South was unani.
nous on the presidential question, it had
nothing 10 fear. | hold it a moral impos-
sibility to combine the other portions of the
Union in a sectional confederacy. 1t has
often been tried, and always failed. Even
had the black republicans succeeded in the
recent election, that success would only have
been prelude TO dissension and anarchy
In their partcolored squadrons. The com
mon hatred of the democracy would have
yielded to personal rivalry, and the contest
a.
goddesses for the golden app'e-in feuds
and jea'ousies that shook the throne of
Olympian Jove.
One OF the invariabe consequences Of a
strict union Of the South is, that it draws
with it tho support Of very many citizens of
the North, who, though they may not, per-
haps, make quite so much noise in the
world as somO bowling demagogues, exer-
else secret influence in the recesses of
every community that happily counteracts
their efforts, These men are actuated sole
Iy by q love Of their country, and desire
10 preserve the Union by adheripo 10 those
compromises which alone give il beino
They maintain the rights of the South be.
cause they are guaranteed by the constitu
tion, and they know very we'll that the
rights Of all the States are embarked in one
bottom. When they see the South ralyinp
as one man in defence of their rights and
property, they not only sympathze with
them, but readily and earnestly give their
aid to those who, whilo calling on Hercules,
either remain passive or become traitors to
themselves md accomplices in the ruin and
desolation OF their households. Any man
who consuIts his own heart must become