Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-12-21

! The Hon. Henry Clay, in speech
made as long ago as 1899, warned bis
|countrymen, in strain of imprisoned
leloquence, Of tho dire consequences Of
labolitionism and northern attacks upon
southern institutions, and in reading his
lremarlts, every one will be strikingly inn
spresscd with the fact that what he then
lpredicted has actually come to pass. We
make q few extracts:
A WARNING AGAINST AnollriosIsrs.
ABOLITION should no longer be regard
Cd as<sn ishngsnory danger. Tho aboli-
tionlsts, let me suppose, succeed in their
present aim Of uniting the Inhabitants Of
the free States as one man against the in
habitants of the slave States. Union on
the one side will bogct union on the other.
And this process Of reciprocal consolida-
ton will be attended with all the violent
prcjudices. ombittered passions, and inn
placablc animosities, which ever degrad-
ed or dcfcrmed human nature. A virtn-
al dissolution Of the Union will have TAX
en- place, while the forms of its existence
remain. The most valuable element Of
union, mutual kindness, the feelings Of
sympathy, the fraternal bonds which now
happily unite us, will have been extin-
gnished forever. One section will stand
in menacing and hostile array against the
other, The collision Of opinion will be
quickly followed by the clash of arms.
HIS PICTURE or THE CONSEQUENCES.
will not attempt to describe scenes
which now happily lie concealed from our
view. Aboltionists themselves would
shrink back in dismay and horror at the
contemplation Of desolated fields, conAa-
grated cities, murdered inhabitants, and
the overthrow Of the fairest fabric of hui
man government that over rose to ani-
mate the hopes Of civilized man Nor
should the abolitionists haiter themselves
that, if they can succeed in their object
of uniting tho people Of the free States,
they will enter the contest with numeri-
cal superiority that must insure victory.
All history and experience proves tho
hazard and uncertainty Of war. Aud we
are admonishcd by Holy Writ that the
race is not to the swift, nor the battle to
tho strong.
IIE tONpUEiEH AND THE CONQUERED.
But if they were to conquer, whom
would they conquer? A foreign foe
one who had iusulted our flag, invaded
our shores, AMI laid our country waste ?
No, cir; no. ltxaull be q CONQUEST
without laurcls, without glory--a set,
suicidal conquest conquest Of brothers
over brothers, achieved by one over an
ofbor ,,ort;c, of tt,a d.aao,.I .nta e -.
mon ancestors, who nobly pledging their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honor, had fought and bled, side by side,
in many a bard battle on land and ocean.
severed our country from the British
crown, and established our national indie
pendcnce
his pEPEssE og SOUTHERN ACTION.
The inhabitants Of the slave States are
sometimes accused by their Northern
brethren with displaying too much RASH
ness and sensibility to the operations and
proceedings Of aboitionists But before
they can be rightly judged there should
be reversal Of conditions. Let me sup
pose that the people of the slave States
we're to form societies. subsdizc presses.
""hS Aei ~ PN~"hpiJ SpbhiiOutloHh, Scuu
forth numerous missionaries Throughout
their own borders, and enter into machi-
nations to burn the beautiful capitals, de-
stroy the productive manufactures, and
sink in the ocean the gallant ships Of the
Northern States. Would these incendi-
airy proceedings be regarded as neighbour
" and friendly. and consistent with the
froternal sentiments which should ever
be cherished by one portion Of the Union
towards anotherl Would they excite no
emotion? Occasion no manifestations of
dissatisfaction, nor lead to any acts Of re-
taliatory violence? But the supposed
case falls far short Of the actual one, in
most essential circumstance. In no
contingency could these capitols, manu-
factories and ships rise in rebellion and
massacre the Inhabitants Of the Northern
States.
Tue X. G. C.'s AND THE SLAvEnoLD-
ING STATES Col. V ID. Groner, knight
Of the Golden Circle, has returned to this