Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-11-11

who, sick Of freedom, prefer any form Of slavery,
and in their desperation do not hesitate to make
their pious patrons in this country the laughing
stock of the world.
Thus these two nations-France and England,
whose adoption of this abolition crotchet alone
made it respectable and inauential-have tho
roughly renounced it, practically, and almost IN
theory. The press of England, perhaps the great
est power of the world, sustains these movements;
while in France the newspapers are openly dis-
cussing the question Of importinghegro slaves, oy
name, into Algeria. think it may be fairly said
that in Europe abolition has run its course
Broupham, Palmerston Russell, and all the old
political sgitatora, are hanging their harps upon
the willows Even the son of Wilberforce, the
fanatic, approves of coolie slavery, which We abb
hor But recently the British government openly
surrendered its claim to tho right of search-a
claim set up mainly to put down the African slave
trade, and without which all attempts to do it will
probably be idle. And there is nothing to sur
prise Us in this If we correct in our views or
African slavery If is sustained by the religion
of the Bible if neither humanity nor sound phil
osophy oppose it If, as we are convinced, IT IS
social, political and economical benefit to the
world, then it was inevitable that, sooner or la
ter, the abolition crusade must die out-and why
not now?
If there is truth in what have stated to you
if the abolition fever has nearly or quite exhaus'
ted itself in Europe-if time and facts have prov
en- there that it is an absurdity-it seems to me
we should not doubt that its career is about to
close here. Such is my opinion, however differ
emily those may think who judge only by appear
snces, or take their cues from agtating politicians.
I ask any ono to tell me upon what measure or
upon what man the sbolitionists of this country
can ever again muster their egioDs as they did in
1856? Kansas is squeezed dry. 1t stinks in the
nosrfils or all people. They can 40 no more tnere.
Will they try "cry" against the Supreme Court
for the Dred Scott decision? What is there IN that
to inaame popular sentiment? 1t is always up
hill business to agtate against judiciary, but es-
pecislly against the Supreme Court Of the United
States, which the northern people have been
taught to revere as the bulwark of their liberties
viii they demand the abolition of slavery in the
District of columbia They have never been able
to do much with that, though they have often
tried That issue is little too practical and TOO
DANGEROUS. Not many are bold enough to embark
ia il. They might as we'll make the question Of
disunion nskedly. Will they take up the abstract,
proposition Of tno more slave States! They have
done it. They have already split upon it. The
northwest will not take it, and the free States at
bottom, all want Cuba. They love molasses, and
banker after free trade with that rich island
Where, then, are they to go, cannot see. They
do not appear to see themselves. Will any one
state the practical question, if we offer them none
and we have none to offer-on which they are
next to rally for the conquest Of the South -
The measure or the man? 1t does seem to me
that this great FIRE is dying out for want OF fuel
That this crusade, as many crusades have done,
has exhausted itself, and that there is no argu
ment or leader that can keep it alive. Their re-
ter Hermits, their Godfreys their Baldwins, their
lion.hearted Richards, where are they? 1t seems
that they will scarcely agree even on their Louis
TX. who shall lead their last pious campaign and
suffer martyrdom.
And let me say that if the aboltionists cannot
unite the free States as purely anti.slavery par
ty in the Presidential election Of 1860, and fail
again in 1854, we shall never hear more OF them
as political party and it is only Us political
party that they are worthy Of our notice: !here
always will be abolitionists-for fools, enthusiasts
men Of morbid imaginations, bent on mischief, or
ambitious Of notoriety will always exist. But
the abolition party in the free States is now al.
ways wholly political. Do you suppose that the
Stewards, Hsles, Wades, Wilson's, Chases and their
associates, care anything for African slavery, or
Is really hostile to eur system Of labor, any more
than is the President, Dickinson, Bright, Pugh or
Douglas? do not. Their object is political pow
er. They have placed themselves on this spring
tide Of fanaticism to obtain it. If lit fails them
it, at the next Presidential election, assuredly,
if at the two next-we beat them, all this party
machinerywill fall to the ground, ,and the Smiths.
Tappans Garrisons and Psrkers, will be left alone
to their glory. But if am all wrong my facts
and reasoning are false, and my hopes delusive-
if, 1850, they beat US what then These are ;e
Yausrtuus tnsr may De asked. And the answer IS
obvious. We must be prepared; and the very et:
forts we must make to prevent such results will
better prepare us than any course we can pursue
that can see. We must be prepared, say, to
take care Of ourselves, whatever may come. It's
clear that the saveholding states of this confeder
acy, whatever hazards they may choose to incur
by remaining in alliance with majority OF non
shareholders now so inAamed against them. must
ever and at all times hold their destinies in their
own hands. They can never permit any foreign
power to legislate in reference to their peculiar
industrial system, whether to abolish or to modify
or impose undue burdens on it. Such legislation
must be resisted with all our means, and without
regard to any consequences.
If it should so happen that the free States of
this Union, being now, and always to be- in ma.
jority, do establish political line between the
two sections and the two systems of labor, legis-
late upon it and maintain it, then they will constl-
tute a power as foreign to us as nation in the
world, and we cannot submit to it. Whatever
the weak and defenceless colonies of other coun-
tries may have submitted to, before these South
ern States will be placed in the condition of ST.
Domingo or Jamaica, or one at all approximating
to it, they will rend this Union into fragments and
plunge the world in ruin. 1t is in their power to
do both, for the world cannot get on without them;
and, if ruthless fanaticism and brute force COM
bine, under whatever names, and with whatever
authoriy to ride them, they will carry with them
the pillars Of the temple of civilization, and force
q common fate on all mankind.
There are many who believethat some such
catastrophe is inevitable 1t cannot be denied that
from appearances here and elsewhere, it is entire
" possible, and it may not be unwse for all of us
to suppose it probable Although think that the
ranks Of our enemies are broken and the moral
victory won, am far from proolaiming that the
battle is over, and that we have now only to gath
er the fruits of our success Many battle has
been won, and lost again, by overweening conf
dence, by reckless pursuit. by turning aside for
the sake of spoil. Let us fall into none Of these
errors; for we are still in the very heat and tur
moil of this great conflict, and all might yet be
lost. What wish to impress upon you is, that
there is hope for effort-triumph for union, ener-
gy and perseverance.
It has fallen upon the shareholders Of the South
10 conduct this question of African slavery to its
final conclusion. Such is our fate. 1t is inevita-
bic. Let us cheerfully accept and manfully per-
form our destined parts; and do it with no distrust
of God with no misgivings of our cause or of our
selves with no panic; no foolish attempt to hy
from dangers which cannot be avoided, which
have not been proven to be insurmountable, and
,.h;ob 7 for one believe that we can CONQUER