The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-03-18
ABBEVILLE, S. c.. THURSDAY MORNJ

South are concerned, YOU lravc, ut lea>
guarantee Of good faith that ncvcs
been violated. But what guarantee
we, when YOU have this Govcrnmc
your possession, in all its departments,
if we submit quietly to what the St
cNhorts us to submit to-thc conc,
ton ot slavery in its present territory
even to the reconstruction of the SUP
Court-that you will not pIu,rlcr us
tariffs; that you will not banl:rupt us
internal improvements and bountics on
that you will not restrain us with ma
ton laws, and other laws impeding Il
cIll,lcs Of transportation to Southern
dncc What guarantee have we thai
VIII not crcate Il new bank, and cnnccn
all the finances of this country ut the n
where already, for the want of direct
and proper system OF banking in
South, they are rrinously concentrate
Nay, sir, what guarantee have we tha
will not cmancipatc our slaves, or, at
make the attempt? We cannot rel,
your fu,ll when YOU have the bower
has been always broken whenever ple,
Now, sir, as | am disposed to see
question settled us soon as possible.
am perfectly willing to have final
conclusive sentiment now, Instantly,
after what Tie Senator from New York
said, | think it not unimportant tn
should attempt to bring the North
South face TO face, and see what rcso,
each Of lis might have in the con,in",
OF separate organizations. If we never
Inire another foot of territory for
So:th, look ut her. Eight hundred
fifty thousand square miles; rs large
Grca! l'rltain, France, Austria, Prussia,
Spain. Is not that territory enough
make an empire that shall rule The wo
With the finest soil, the most DELIGHTFUL
mate, whose productions none Of Il
great countries can produce, we have Il
Thousand miles of continental shore
and 50 indcn;c,l with bays and crow
with islands, that, when their shore.
arc added, we have twelve thousand II
Of shore line. Through the heart of
county runs the great Mississippi,
father OF waters, into whose bosom
poured thirty-siX thousand miles oftribu
streams and beyond, we have tho d,
prairie wastes, TO protect us in our rea
Can You hem i'll such territory rs IL
lou talk Of putting up II wall Of fire arc
eight hundred and fifty thousand So,
miles so situated! How absurd.
But, sir, in this territory lies the g,
valley Of the Mississippi, now the real, :.
soon TO be the acknowledged. seat of
empire of the world. The sway of Il
valley will be as great rs ever the \
knew iii the ca,licr ages of mankind.
own the most Of that. Tie most vaua
part OF it belongs to us and a.hou
those who have settled above lis are II
opposed t" lis, another generation will
u different tale. They arc ours by all
laws Of nature; slave labor will 20 o
every foot OF this great valley where it
be found profitable to Use il, and those "
do not Use it arc soon to lie united with
by such ties as will make lis one and
srparalc. The iron horse will soon
gathering over the sunny plains of
South to bear the products Of its up
tributaries to our Atlantic ports, as it Il
clattcrs over the ice. bound North. Th
is the great Mississippi, bond of uh
made by natures law. She will forever
dictate her right to the Union. On I
fine territory we have a population f
times rs large rs that with which tn
colonies separated from the mother co
try, and a hundred, l might say a tlousa
fold as strong. Our population is'now 81
per cent. greater than that Of the vi,
United States when we entered in:o
second war Of independence. 1t is tw
as large as the whole population Of
United States was ten years after the c
clusion Of that. war, and our exports
three times as great rs those of the VII
United States then. Upon our muster-r
we have million Of meh. In a defensive "
upon an emergency, every one of tn
would be available. At anytime, the So
can raise, equip, and maintain in the fie
a larger army than any Power Of tire ca
can send against her, and an army Of
dicrs-men brought pron'borscback, W
guns in their hands.
If we take tho North, even when
two large States of Kansas and MINES
shall be admitted, her territory will be
hundred thousand square miles short
ours. I do not speak Of California .
Oregon; there is no antagonism betw
tho South and those countries, and ne
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