The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-10-12
pitch, clouds
OF locuSts warping on the eastern wind, "

Sehe'"' 'h chIel OF ueihOiblOn, nor his
-"Pitch' clouds
OF locusts warping on the eastern wnd,"
nor any other earthly power, can itself
accomplish. II done at all, it will be done
through the recreancy and vaGIation OF
the South. But, still, if his combination
IS effected, we must have this conflict.
which threatens to he irrPrcssiLlc indeed
What then will be the programme Of ac.
ton: First, the Judicilry must be re.
modelled, which, suppose, means that
as the able and impartitl men who now
grace the Supreme Cout cannot well be
elected, they must be overwhelmed by an
influx Of new Judges, to be appointed 10y
! a sectional President, with opiuions and
purposes coiucident with he ruling party
An old device Of despo,ism. Still, il
must be done for, Tyranny will have no
| check on its edcts--no barrier between
its wrath and victim. Tie judiciary, thus
arranged, leaves the way unobstructed TO
the ends in view. Mex will come the
abolition of slavery in the District Of Co.
umb'a-In the forts, arsnals, dock yards
DC, belonging to The United States.-
Then, the suppression # the trade in
Saves between the States But, still iu
/ ther, irresponsible power viii amuse itself
with stranger freaks and extravagant va.
garlcs, no matter how wild, irrational or
| destructive. Here is anOher issue il will
offer you. one which is st'lcd the Giving
issue" Of the present-th, actual, practi-
cal issue Of our day and generation, which
/ IS, anti it is settled, to override all issues
in this country. Now, wnat is it? | will
thank my friend to read l.
"But il, on the other sle of the cham,
Der they are determined shall come up,
and shall out vote at, | an, for one, ready
to meet the question, to meet it now, and
join in making up the rsre
ave will join the issue however, upon
the living issue Of the pre'ent the actual
( practical issue OF our day and generation,
which is, until settled, 10 over ride all 9th
er issues in this country; md which tends
TO the solution Of the two great questions
on the American continent. worthy OF the
consideration Of American statesmen; one
is the solution Of the .nglo American
! question, the other the olutom Of the
Africa American question In the solu.
ton OF these great questions the men oI
our own race, from the emporate zones
Of the old world, mingIin. with us, and
being Amcricanized, will lold, IN the end
exclusive possession Of the.emperate zones
OF the new while the DEFENDANTS Of the
man Of the tropics Of the Did world now
among us vii! find their homes in the
tropics o! the new an,, Sir. they will
not go-there as slaves, bu as freemen, 10
live among ireemen, whGe colour is nc
degradation.
They will go, under or instrumental
/ ity, not TO overturn the Governments to
which they emigrate, but to aid in devel.
oping the most productive regions of the
whole earth.
This question is pressing upon us now
You cannot postpone i long, if you
would. 1t is in the progress Of events,
and 1t must come on an6 for one ] say,
let its discussion come on
Here is the finale Of th, grand "irre-
pressible condict"-a chan sweep Of
"Quashie," and his whole iamily down to
the torrid zone II this visionary scheme
were mere prophecy d what might
take place in future ages, under the in
scrutable and all.wise Providence, it were
idle TO gainsay or notice il. But such an
Interpretation would leave the passage
without meaning for it is asserted that
the question rs pressing upon as no,O, in
the living, actual, practica issue Of this
day and generation, dc. Those who are
fond Of deep colouring can here behold,
in dark perspective, the sublime reality OF
Black Republics clustering in the tropics.
Like clouds Of night, they loom and bu
ry again in cimmerian darkness, race
once useful to civilization and happy be,
meath the white mans care. When will