Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-08
Senator HsmmOnd's views OF Northern Con
seryausm.


Senator HsmmOnd's views OF Northern Con
seryausm.
One OF the most dspassionate and TeasOna'
bic speeches that has emanated from South
Carolina politician for many years, was deliv'
cred by Hon. James II. Hammond, at Bamwel
CouTt,House on the ooh ult IL was address. I,
ed 10 his constituents, on the preseT; aspect
Of national politics, and the true policy of the /.
South. lie explicitly renOuneed his dsunion |.
sentiments, and held that the time had not ye; /
arrived for such step and thatan ovcrwhelm. /.
ing majority OF the South would il assured I
that the government was hereafter TO be con-
duc,ed on the true principles mud construction,
of the constitution, decidedly prefer to remain !
in the Union, rather than incur the unknown
costs and hazards Of setting up seperate gov
emment To Justify these views, he assumed
that the North never "can be brough, TO con-
eur permanently in line OF policy that will
subyer the constitution and seriously damage
the South in the confedemey." On this head
he saws:
"Reckess as is political ambition, and insane
rs lanaicism ever is; have no idea that the
free States can be consolidated on the wild
project of ruling the shareholders by mere
brute numbers, either through the ballotbox
or by force of arms; whether 10 cmUncipate
our slaves, or strip us Of the fruits Of their !n
boT or TO govern us with the mildness and pn-
ternal care due to interiors. The nervous in
the South, and the abolition demNgogues Of
the North, may believeit But when it comes
TO the actual test, if neither sober sense nor
patriotism should prevail, the scene Of danger
and the love Of cotton and tobucco would, with
our northern brethren, in every crisis, override
their love OF negroes On this think you
may depend, despite the insolcnt boast of the
abolitionists of what they will do when they
get the government in their hands. The North
has only to be made clearly sensible how far
she can go, and what the South will not sub.
nit TO. She will not tresposs beyond lhat, but
will content herself with the glory Of Carrying
the alternate biennial elections us she has just
done-nlways leaving it to the democracy to
carry that which m kes the President"
In further confirmation of this view, Mr.
Hammond proceeds to review the history Of
the anti.slavery agitation, takiog its origin in
England, adopted by France, and finally spread
ing to the United States. While this feeling
has been cherished and inhamed, the South
has kept on in path of uninterrupted pros
perity, until, notwithstanding the warfare which
h,s Loor vorod ,o,inst L,r bor o,nroos boyo
JnntJod in relno EnnI"nJ nrd E,,nca b,yo
Snsn the;r mistake and sr. endeayor;nr 70 make
So1I the lnsSos n,ca sTonod hy tho;r cSror Us
,hon shows M tboi The ani.sl, yary GaIinr is Is.
cIin;nn in This country rs il has Ionn io Emo.
In"i sd TIanrr r5r ,,boli,;nni.,. or III.
iconrtrv ba contends hive m r,llv;,y noint
for The furure and cannot nroboblv og1io be
united m onv one man. He ,bos clesrIv em.
bodies the propositions:
Tb,s tbeso ,u.o not;ons- Frorca ocd Emo.
ij,pd whose odontion of this abolition crotchet
olore mode il resnoc,oble and in nGnen.iol
have ,bororobry ra,orncod if nr,cticollv.
and almost in iheorv The nress Of EnnL,nd,
n.rbons tho GREATEST noyer of the worIJ sus.
toins these novemenis. while in France the
ne,ysnon ners are openlv discussina the oncston
of ;nrortino negro slaves. bv name. into Alice.
rio thinI, if NAV be GrirIv said that in Eu
rono obolition has rpn lis course Brouoham.
paLrorston Russell and NIL the old nolitical
ar;.a,ors aro b,nona tber harms nnor the wl.
Is,,s EnaI tho son If W;lhorForca tho f, mat.
:, a,,o. af n,oI;a si,ror,, ,,b;ch Mo- ,bbnr
H. irra,on.I,y ,ba Rritish 9ovornmant o,pnlv
surr,ndarad w ;ts cI,;n, to tho r;qht Of serrrh-o
,,o; w. ;,l,, ~ ,rt Jo7yn tbe Airc,
so' up n'I' h;oh al ,ttor,rts 70
J ~ @ n."ha,,, ha ;Jls GnS ,hsre iI noth.
~ !. "", roo"uS ~ oiI tl;s r. ,vs ~ corrsct
"s W 81 r. f.;oon sl.rar,, IF Il i sns.
=" oul ". ", ii.';a, or tha p;h,o. # ro;ther
,"'''eu oy .he a',,J .I;a'a,h,, nnnoso IL. r.
"e,'a''sy ,oaJ il ~ soc;ol rnoI;t;coI and
40 W. "eo IaGt ~ .a r,nrlJ tlnn il r,,s in.
;al1a ,Lat aoanar ~ I,tsr Tbe ,holit;on cru
sads ,nrst sd; d;e outlNand whv NOT nowa
Ic ~ n''s' -. M ,aaa a,otoI - o,,
If there is truth in what l have stated to you
Ill the abolition n lever mas neally OF qu''e eA
hausted ltseli IN Europe-l time ana 'ac!s
hn DrOVpu there that II an aDSurQltV-U