The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-11-25
VOLUME X. NO. AZ.
What the South Would Do.

WnRt the South would 10.
Those crodulous Northern Democrats
who have boen induced to believe that |
leading Republicans are seeking tho violent
epbvorsion Of this Government, would do
we'll to consider tho language Of the
Southern press. Now and thon somo able
Southern journal rebukes tho mad spirit G!
tho Prcpagsndists, but, with such excop'
Gions. lhoy ali join with one accord IN the
cry of Slavery or Dsuniou.
Some men thcre arc-comparatyoly few
at the North. who desire the dissolution
of the Union but they belong 70 no party.
vote no ticket, will not even acknowledge
their citizenship, and many Of them arc
non.resistsnts. A vast majority of the
Northern pooplo arc friends of the Consti.
tuition and the Union; and mono Rro moro
consistent than tho Republicans. But Who
arc tho Disuuionsts at tho South They
are tho National Democrats" Of that sec
tion-friends of tho present corrupt Pro.
Slavery Adminstration--thc very men who
accuse Republicans OF treason, because they
will not make the promotion Of tho Slave
Interest the sole object of their political
ambition. 1t is not an uncommon thing to
find in Southern papers, such paragraphs us
the following, from tho Richmond Uhjg:
"We can only state what we Grmly and
reiigiously believe, that the Southern
States will not submit to the Inauguration
OF Seward as President Of the United
States. We go further, and say that lhe
Southern States will not submit to the in.
auguration Of any Black Republican Pres.
dent whAlever-that is, any man elected
by the Republican party, as such, in its
capacity Of n separate and distinct politi-
cal and sectional organization. III such
an event, we believe all the Gulf States,
with one accord, and at the same moment
will 90 out of the Union and set up fol
themselves, and that the other Southern
States, Virginia included, will ultimate.
ly, if not Immediately, take precisely
the same step. We confess that, unit
recently, we have never so believed
or thought or dreamed; but there is II,
mstaking the temper and purpose of th'
Southern people, and the omnous sign'
Of the times"
We would ask our good Northern Demo
Gratis, what sentiment has over been uttcrc,
By Seward, Giddings, Greeley. Hale, Smith
or oven Garrison, moro reasonable than til,
obove: Tho trainers os tho Constitution
provided that u majority of votes in tn
oloctor0l college should decide who shoC Il
DO President Of those Unitod States. Bu
the Southern press assures us that, shoulC
that decision over DO made contrary to the
wishes Of tho Slave Power, those States it
which that Power has its strongest hold
would withdraw from tho Uuiou. We have
even been told that they would resist the in
nuguration of a Republican President. at tn
point of tho bayonot, if necessary. No &c
publican will ever be elected President, w
less tho people desire it; and yet tho slave
holders of tho South, who claim auIhoril
superior to that OF tho people, "wil n,
submit" to it! Was ovor iniquity mo-
bold, or arrogance more insulting Is
rot timo that tho pride of tho Sieyo Pow
should have u fall
In view of these things it becomes Il
people of tho North seriously to consid
whether tho Union makes them moro m
chimes to do tho voting Of the Slave Powc
If SO, and tbero be no remedy but disunio
it wero madness to resist tho throntonC
withdrawal Of the Southern States from Il
Union. If this Union has no better m;ssiC
than tho propagation Of Slavery may
soon DO numbered among the things III
woro