Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-01
A UNITED SOUTH.

A VNlTkD SOUTH.
What does this mean in the mouths of our lancey
Breckenridge opponentsg II means union Of the South
upon the Disunion ticket The chin covering they have
heretofore kept upon their designs is thrown Off
They have, with accord since the late Northern
elections sounded the tocSn c alarm. Their drums are
beating and their trumpets Changing The hidden fires
are now thrown open TO the winds and the southern
heart is to be put into blaze. The lines to be
drawn the hostile sections to be put in battle array
aud the war.cry is TO be victory or death.
Men of Tepneseel men Of the land OF Jackson, are
YOU prepared for ths Thoughtful men business men!
Christian men! Bell men Douglls men conservative
men of every party you ready, are you willing to
see your great and glorious country uto "dishohor
ed fragment' Shall that which is nov the glory and
admiration of the world become n Kissing and bywOrd
to the nations Shall you live to look upon States dis
severed discordant, beligerent on land rent with
civil feuds or drenched with fraerna bloody And for
what for fanced or at least for parel disaut, aud
contingent wrongs united Souhl Yes, by ali means
united but not defiant South nor one that cuts cff all
hope of union with the North, which breaths
out war and threaeangs aud scouts the very idea OF
Cancellation and compromise.
Unite iorsoo,h upon Breckiuridge the representative
of all that is aggressive of all that defiant of all that
Is uncompromisiug Of all that is extreme and offensive
TO our Northern brethren. Tell them in advance that
maioriiies shall not avail them, that the Constitution
followed in all its forms, is but waste paper that the
ony price of peace is that the vahqushed shall be pro-
clsined the vctorsg And what is to be the rtsuY p
Oh! you cry their coward spirit will fail them their
pale ldrons will be dissolved like the hosts Of Sennach
crib their bastard knees will knock against each other
and their craven hearts will bring them submission
Believe YOU so, men OF the Soulhs Then exat your
horn and raise high your sbous OF challenge and OF
pected victory.
But YOU forget that these Of the North your
brothers in blood; that they are the OF the men
who deted the cannon Of Britain behind the clay en-
bankments at Bunkers Hlll aud laid down their lives
upon the bloody fields of Monmouth aud Brandywinc {;
that they are men Of stubborn wills aud dogged spirits
that think they know their rights and dare mlintain
them.
Away, then, with these puerile hrests-th's idle gas
conade! We are dealing with men, and with bearded
| men, and with thoughtful ren, who, however wrong
headed and fanaiica OF thea may be, are neither
to be scoded into good behavior nor scared out Of their
| propriCty.
They NAV be told that upon the election os Lincoln
there is dlrper of disruption Of the Union and they will
| be told the truth But this should be held out as fact
and not as menace Our orators who have gone North,
should appeal TO the sense Of right 10 the iOrbearauce
10 the interests POLITICAL social and MATERIAL Of the
non-slavehoding States at the same time asserting what
they believe to be the rights Of saveholdng States, and
asking fer them respectful consideration. They may tell
their Northern brethren ci the wrongs we have suffered
under the fugitive slave law Of the irritating and insult
ing conduct of mobs and public meetings in the Norh;
Of the passage Of unconstitutional laws aud attempts to
enforce them of emssares In the South preaching Sc
don and melting TO rebellion aud ask them, are these
the acts of brethren and countrymeng So may talk
ard appeal to the thougbtfu the conservative the law
abiding and law-loving portion of the people Of the
Northern States
But while this is done there what shall we do in the
sou;hH Shall we appeal to them there to forbear while
here we are blowing up the hTes ot civil War' ShaA "'