The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1859-12-22
Execution in ElIIgy.

John Brown was hung in effigy at Williams.
town, and also at Bolton, South Carolina.-
4 Southern Exchange. &
| As Southern journalist, a National Demo
crat and an advocate of the perpetuity of the
| Union, we enter our solemn protek. against
such proceedings as are set forth ins5ee above
dsgraceful and degrading taragrspA. John
4 Brown was tried for treason was found guilty,
condemned and, thanks be to law aud order, was
duly hung. - ,5fst+,e,
While we rejoice in his timely death upon
the scafiold, We must be permitted to deprecate
any actipn upon the part of the South which
will in the lepst tend to place us upon footing
with the fanatical abolilitloniss of the North.
| As soIlhcrners By BIRTH and adoption, we have
only to stand upon the CONSTITUTIONS and the
laws OF the land, as our sure defence against
the mad waves Of fanaticism which must sooner
or later lie lost sight Of in the love we, as
American citizers entertain for the land Of
Washing ton-- the home Of the free aud .of tie
brave. AS southerners, We should demand our
rights and redress our wrongs as rational think
ing men. and not resort to acts becoming that
class OF beings who have no appreciation or
care for the rights Of the States as great parts
OF the Nation. Executions IN ErFrGY y nav MAJ,
be enacted by those Of distant chimes but lie
true Southern gentleman should irown down
everything Of the Kind as unbecoming, degrapa-
ing and disgraceful to a great and enlightened
people. BY rcsorling to such acts of violence
in the South, we a. once place ourselves on an
exact footing with crazy Abolitionists of the
North, and thereby weaken our claims upon
the sym'pathics Of millions residing North Of
Mason u Dixon's line who ever stand ready to
aid us in the hour Of peril. "..'" '.-' No 49,
For one, we have no fears flat this great
UNION Of ours will ever'be dissolved, provided
conservative men North and South will stand
hard by the Constitution, ana yndicate The
majesty OF the laws that now cement lis togcth-
er as great and prosperous nation The idea
entertained by some sou,hcrncrs of fighting
the Devil with fire, is an absurlity too mon
strous to be cherished by rational men for a
single moment. Then let the South deprt cate
nil acts Of violence, and show The miserable
fanatics Of the North how good and pleasant a
thing it is for brothers of the same great family
to dwell together in unity. By entertaining and
carrying out such a policy, the Union will be
preserved and no evil shall, come near our
dwellings.
In brief. let us contend for our rights within
The Union in strict accordance with law and
order; for by so doing wen shame the Devil,
vindicate our sclt.respcct and cause our chill
dren to inherit land, the value of which fig
ures can never compute. In the main, the
people OF nearly all the States are Violently
opposed to dissolution of the Onion; there
fore. We consider it suicidal to the interests of
the South for her people to initiate the mad
policy of q few crazy Northern fanatics (l,y
Executions in Eiiigy,") who fall very far
short OF representing the real views.and wishes
OF the great people among whom they chance
to live. Burke tells us, all things, wisdom
is the most terrified with cp,demical fannticism,
because, of all enemies, it is that against which
she is least able to furnish any kind of re-
source"
Entertaining such views as these, We conclude
by again entering our protest against the pro-
ccedngs calling forth this article, to wit: the
" EXECUTION IN Err1oY" of old John Brown on
Southern soil, where his name should never
more be mentioned except as an example of
terror to evil doors.