The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-12-01
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1t is war; II was proclaimed by Mr. Seward
who, if he ran away himself, left n sufficient
number of dupcs behind, who were not afraid
OF deadly conflict And during his absence
they invaded the South, and slew Southern
men on their native soil. The defeat and
determination of the first frcc-sol invaders is
not the end of it; no rchccring mind can sup
pose 80. On the contrary, do not tho anti
slavery lecturers. editors, and preachers, daily
strive to goad the South into the commission of
some unlawful act Of retaliation? DO We not
hear them saying the Southern people are
frightened cravans-that one Of their towns,
with n population of 5000 souls, was seized by
John Brown, and only some twenty followers :?
If they c0nccalthe fact when the deed was done,
(at mi,lnight) it was asserted and believed that
thousands of armed men were in the vicinity
(and more wcre IN Tie vicinity Mrn some are atrare
oO 1t Is to cxaspcratc Southern men, and to
stimulate them to commit some act of out ra &C that
may serve them in the Presidential Campaign,
Us Summers broken head did in 1856.
No. The "confiict' was pronounced an 60 ir-
rcpressiblc' Onc-and such it is. Let no one
dclude himself with the belief that We arc to
have peace again for years to come. There are
hundreds of thousands who sympathizc with
Brown: tens of thousands will participate in
the solemn ceremony to he observed on the I'd
Of December: and after his execution thousands
| will "avcngc' him. Tho spark will be blown
into blaze, and it will run along the border.
Sinful passions are the same in all agcs-and
who does not know the nature of tho /" Crom-
wcllan' bouldcr-hca,lcd Puritans. and the
covenanting Congrcga ionalits? At this moment
they are collecting arms and ammunition, and
actually cnlisting their snivclling psalm singing
| soldicry. They do not intend that their tnnati-
cal war, commenced at Iiarpcr's Ferry, shall be
snufcd out in hurry. They must recover ESQ
they say) all the Bcccher bibles riflcd by the
| Nirginans.
II,
! defence. And when hostile people stand face
TO face, with arms in their hands. it is probable
| they will fight. We have no idea that the
United States Government can put n end to the
War declared Mt Rochester, and initiated in Vir.
ginia. That Government has not even vcnturcd
to Arrest amy of the traitors accessory before tho
act. 1t has done nothing. and can do nothing
| 1t cannot even Interfere with the operations of
| the Underground Railroad. an institution palma.
| bly, vi0lative of the Constitution, and runninn
openly and dctiantly in the teeth Of Congress
sional enactmants.
| lcs; We have a terrible war on our hand,
and Mt our doors, which will give us employment,
enough, without looking abroad. 1t will 20 on
until the world is amazed at its horrors. and
until nm ovcr-ruling Providence shall ucrciful,
intcrPos" for its termination. 1t must be a
| bloody and cruel war, because it WAR fumcnte,l
Eby wicked parsons-wovcs in shccpS' clothing
| .-ln the service Of the devil. Bccchcr, Who
fell down and worshirpcd his Satanic Master
| has his reward; he has cleared 5000 OOn. -
Grccly has "pockctcd' 81, ,000, ,O0O.-Souther,
| Phil. Monitor.