Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-26
nrhe south In Danger"

The vicksburg HRiS very pertinently remarks that
the periodical danger 10 the South " Is fast coming
about in the Democratic Calendar. As another Presi'
dental canvass draws near, the South" must begin to
shake in its shoes for its safety, the Democracy must get
out the old spawned hobby of Slavery agitation, and en-
Ter the lists for smother triumph. No matter that the
Door old animal ha, been rode TO death long ago, he
must be galvanized into life again, and run a quarter
race for the spoils.
The South IS IN danger, will be the cry Of the lusty, Of
srefed Democracy. Support the Democratic party To
save IL, Why, according to Democratic orators, the
linton ha. been kept together for the last twenty years
NV the Democratic party, and it has only doled ont the
preciou. boon Ieh by our Fathers, by four years in
,t,lmeuts. II is given US by pesce-meal, and dissolution
and civil war are held iH tsrroreDi over the heads of all
who do not. with a blind submission, bow down to the
great Juggernaut of Locoiocoism.
IN, South is IN Danger say they, vote for us, or We
will destroy the Union. We must rule or we will ruin
the land. And the peacc-loving citizens, terrified at the
portentous threat, vote against their consciences-sol
,hsir record. outrage their moral sense, 10y voting TO keep
n corrupt, utterly reckless, demoralized organization in
power, Just to save the South and the Union. And thus
it.sits, like the old man OF the Sea, upon the bowed should
ere of a PROSTATE people. Save the South by all means
save the South, vote for the Democratic candidates or
,he Union will be dissolved. We warn YOU men of the
opposition, remember if YOU do not, the country must be
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plunged into civil war.
The Democrats keep the Slavery question for every
emergency, as the old Deacon kept the sheep for wash.
ing. The good old man had Joined the Temperance So
ciety, but had stipulated with the parson, that he should
be allowed TO take a drink of something warm when he
washed sheep, TO keep him from taking cold. The neigh
bors we're edited after that, by seeing the old Deacon
some three or four times a day, take an old sheep which
be kept tied in the front yard down to the river, and
duck II. of course, after every ablution, the good old
Deacon took bis bitters, to ward of the psEnicious effects
Of the cold water.
Thus the Democrats keep the slavery question always
at hand, for political purposes. Whenever there is an
election coming OFF, the slavery question is brought out,
aud the Democracy are declared the only true friends OF
the South. AL who oppose the Immaculate Democracy are
unsound on the slavery question. No matter if the man
Is Southerner by birth-no matter ii he owns an hun
dred slaves, and his interests and fate are identified with
Southern Institutions loud-mouthcd demagogue, fresh
from Yankee land, who never owned a slave or paid a
dollar of taxes, can call him an abolitiouist, and the taunt
will be approved and applauded by Democratic hearers
and readers. We heard this in 80, we heard it in 81
and We will hear it again in 1850. And yet, people e,
bing aud inipoverishing the country and bringing ruiz
upon us as n nation, and the eternal agitation of SLAYER,
4. the means by which they keep Themselves in power
Good people and true patriots become intimidated by
the constant threat Of disunion, and give their support
TO the agitators for the sake of avoiding the dire calami
ties which they portend, il the Democratic party is de
feated. But we have all heard the cry of rolf so often
that it don't brighten us any more, and we trust the
shameless ~mendacity of the eternal agitAtors of the slave
~ question will be fully appreciated and corresponding,
despised in the coming canvass. Conservative men
North and South, are awake 70 the trick, and we trust
will foil the political jugglers this time.