The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-03-24
WILLIAM d. PORTER.
President Of the Senate.
JAM MF.S SIMONS,
Speaker House Of Representatives.

II 'shdm'irss Coniit;on.-Thc effect Of tbo
.he cohesive power Of the spoiIs. in hnl1;mn
together the dscoSdant elements Of natnnai
P'.!'es' has been long felt aud recopnize,l Lut
I"'te i,'eiy' The nakedness of venaIty hns
usually sought some drapcry in which 10 hide
"s'ii IRON the disgust which it necessarily er.
c'tcS III people who still have some r.,,or,,
1"r "'d fashioned honesty. But in the movo.
''c.t which Mr.. I'otts, of Virginia. lately un.
"ef'""k 10 'naugurate on the 22d February. in
:. .If";,n ',"a' speech IN New York city before the
United Americans" there is n contemp fnr Nil
"SPHc'a"ie disguise. shameless exhibition Of
'"e I"'' "'Ject OF the proposed coalition which
".!''eS J, 10 rank beyond all comparison, rs the
'oit!cSt hight OF andac"us political rascalitv
hnI., "'" eve" ms fast generation has yet he.
"e'u; h' time when the slavery issue Inns
swallowed up all o,iers when in truth ali no,;'
ncs nave resolved themselves into n si,nnI.
struggle OF North and South, this mos, nrotj;-
gaze OF politicians, who, if he had nny Claims 70
Ie'lani,itY: would long since have had decency
s."I. "J.gt 10 40 what he pledged himself, in de.
lau.t OF hcn'''ng Capt. Tyler to do,-lo die
actually offers to unite with the black repmiIi.
cans III the coming Presidential contest IN m
snort TO "vcrturn the democratic pnrtv and
TAX! take possession Of the governments To effect
LIE nr result u: slavery question III to be "ipnor
ei.' In other worlS, this mcnsirous co,i;,;a',
ike any other coinbnaim of fre.boo, nrs ..,''
'n'rrasSed by no question of principl. ;s to
strike only Tor pay, aud having cnuturcd I'm.
government. its Offices are to br ,ivi.l.d anon,
The v'ctn's. like the proceeds of any other smc
.r>s'', '"ray. The nl'"Iiii"nisis through their
great leader, declare that the war L,t w.ou H.
North and the South must 90 on mill tie
->'r'h rs all pr".slavcly or all anti slavery For
,'ore thnn quarter of n century the,, Louo
peen steadily advancing 10 the accomplishment
thSIr purposes. Antl.slavery agitation has
.n" ""ei one great national organization
utter another, until at last the siu,l fnbrc ,yh;,
mas dctcd Its progress is shaken from ia fn.u.
u',,"ns' ana now the rock upon which they
sPit - TO Oe avoided by an uupr;nc;nled .i
nance IN which the incendiary and his vic.
' .,nl. forgetting everything but the appetite for
ri,i".;" r.', sna'' s,and shoulder to shoulder in a
glorious struggle for place and paw Is ont;.
.smr,,very "g'tat,"n to cease? Nobody expects il.
1 J. ne mana OF the aggressor is not TO he stove1
i"s nh'un'ght torch that menuces our dwelling
~ not 10 be extin.nished. The storm thai
.reate,'s 10 overwhclIn us will still rage on. hut
80 ,,i Slow ol Chioi-saving ardor, kindlci by
"'"u'''h e!"1nence upon Washingon's biribJav
we must forget the dangers that surround MS
VII. '"solchcc "f our enemies, the rapid slr;des
WIN whch they are advancing TO the de-
aI'"c',"n ei all that We should hold most dear
~, "'a:r .''at the officers Of the government
o"ce 'he reward of real greatness md b;cb
merit, In"y be ParcelIed out like 80 mnuv nr;zss
M M g"t em'rrl'ise among the black republicans
"' Lhe North and venal politicians of the
no"I"' VINO are willing to play into their hands
Ao' consideration.
h,en.'y' @ wa. was there ever anything in the an.
aS 81 Poi,t!cs ancient or modern, more shame.
less than this Infamous move of despcrato no,;,;.
cal ganesters? The cool assurance with which
II Is promulgated. marks ours rs tie very Ave
oi brass: The whig party, sustained bv tie
power o. o'd associations and memories Of bet
Ter daye. long resisted tho enemy tbat nreyed
upon its vitaIs. The national democracr Ill,
occurring to time not very long past, when its
victorious STANDARD waved over a homogeneous
party still endeayoss with old watchwords to
harmonlze % its jarring elements, bu, The fiat has
e tas. ,otsr 't ana this last hope Of nationality is
sad Of a deiesiable union of confessedlv ren,o.
nant paris, Which with no past to conteropIaie
no o'd memories to dwell upon, 10 great na,nes
20 cherish scorning at the outsc. to be encnm'
.os. 1e6sa will WITH principles derives all lis vitality from
Of more virluous organzationsf"E "Enfs,Las t"e "yes
spirit Of A.e South. ''"