Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-05

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Slavsky Agitation Must Cease.
Ths lbllswiag Is the conclusion OF = late article
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On . psrely slavs question the North mus. unite.
: u the SSth always uill and the practical fact to
Be noticed w. that the North IL the stronger. IL
tha.Ssse Stsaes could but learn wisdom. they
mould, % the weaker section. cease 10 tender 10
sues 81 sectional characser; for 10 20 teswar on
such grounds. % simply 10 invite their defeat.
Nes. there Is. re should Say. great deal Of
soand truth inthe above extract. It's not oniya
great tratA hat Il 10 . significant warning, which
sthe South oukas 70 hsed
Without agreeing to the declaration IL the
Times. thar the South 'tenders' issues of sec
tionai character ID 10 sufficient 10 know that such
issues really exists Il makes no difference by
whom they have been ".endered," or how they
have been raised The naked fact starcs us in the
face, that such sectional isues have been made;
and that the fame Of sectional luminosity. 10 10th
sections Of The Unioa. will never z, out for the
want VI tanning. provided the people submit to IT,
There will be- always politicians in both ends Of
tuo OatBop Nfthuk W oaNauce eoif bHu reihru
aims by stirring up sectional strife. They know
tina. the country Is injured by it-but they are
willing to see the country suffer. provided their
own little schemes " personal sgrAndizemcnt be
promoted.
Bet 1t IL time now that we should appreciate
the fact so significantly stated by the Times. OF
course. We would council no submission u wrong.
Bot We world insist upon il that thepeople-in
whom alone resides the power of correction
should discountenance and put down every use
iess and unnecessary exhibition Of sectional feel
ing Even were tho South In the majority what
is the necessity for III What good result would
BE- attained by in But A. the South is in the mi
nority-ss Il 10 tho weaker section, and becoming
comparatively weaker efery day-does not a sound
regard Tor our own safety require that pe. AS far
a. possible. should abstain from participation in
the controversy, except where our rights and our
feelings are directly attacked 1t seems to us.
clearly, that this 10 oar true policy.
There win always be. as matter Of course.
pestlent little organization Of Abolitoniss in the
Northern States. whose clamor cannot be stilled.
But we oaly give countenance aud encourage
ment to them by listening to their ravings 1t is
opposition slons that keeps the alive. severe
ignoring Of shciI existence world be the best and
nos, efectual means Of stopping their insane con.
duct.
S. far as the South Is concerned, let us take for
az example the question Of re-opening the African
slave trade. Suppose We admit that the slave
trade With Africa ought to be reopcned-tha, the
laws forbidding Il are unconstitutional and wrong
that it 10 the interes, OF the South tina, the trade
shonld be opened and conducted it was a, first.
Admit all this and get il there ane man in the
Union who believes that the laws f5rbidllng il
will ever be repealed' Does not ever, body know
that The North is unanimously against i,--snd
that it has power 10 enforce its wishes upon the
subject Does not everybody know thaiihe South
is far from being unanimous III its favor, What
possible prospect u there. then, that the protest
can ever be accomplished. Vii! "4g,a'ion" on
the .ssjecs convince even the euemlc. u the pro
position in the S0uth. mach less ih.e n the North,
And il not, does not the South lese ~ the agi,a-
tA,iop, in that it pruvokes other 'ag a,sn in IN,
North. and gives riss to . continual series Of at
tack and defence. and elimination and recrimina-
ton. and bad blood and iil-ieelibg in both seq
toesf
We bad one great settlement. Of the slavery
question in ls50. the strict observance % which
both Of the great parties OF the e'un,ry were SOL
emily pledged. It was broken up aud violated
by that great demagogae, Stephen A. ponsla.,for
political purposes Let US now have another set
Element which shail be perpetual. Clay is dead
but there are others patriotic if no, as able
The security Of the South demands peace and
quiet. rs matter Of the very first necessity. lie
10 no true friend Of the South who needlessy pre-
vokes sectional disputes and wfausles.