Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1860-12-07
From the Snuihcrn Guardian.
An Appeal to tho South.

hare shown you, people OF the Sonth what
yon have TO expect from the Union in the fu.
tyre. Let lie now impure Of you, why you de.
site longer continuance in il? Do >om deem
lqaIy honor TO be associated with people who
Lave no respect for you--nav, who hold YOU in
sovereign contempt? They have pushed inside
your Gospel ministers to mnke way for negroes.
They have twtted, insulted, and bullied your
members Of Congress. They have abused every
President who respected your rights. and every
court that d"es not acknowledge the negro To be
the equal Of the white maa. They have done
everything that detcstalior md dsdnin could
suggest. to humble you i'm the cy es of the world
by your sclfrespect, by your pride, by your
honor, then, ask you, why do you desire to
fa>ten yourselves to this body Of death any Ion
gerf Do you say, 'for reverence Of our fathers
legacy; for the glory of our great and widely
extended country; and for the perretuity of our
admirable form of government 1f you mean
by ''our fathers legacy" the Constitution, they
have denounced that with baptized lips, in terms
too pro(aEe to be repeated. and they have thrown
its thttered fragments in your teeth. - -
Who Gnve your country it's vast extent? Vir:
9nia, Nirgnnn, and southern arms. How
much do you own Of in You tried to plant
your feet upon strip of il, and you were ,driyen
from IL 10y arms subscribed for in the house; of
God. by women, preachers, professors. and stu.
dents. And when the high captain of this ne W.
tangled commissarial turned his bloody arms
chaser, they gorcd at'the alarms lie spread
among women and childrcn-did nll they could
to save his neck, placed his name in the roll Of
martyrs, and consccrated the day of his rxcca-
tl"n How much Of the glory Of the country
Go on share1 Most Of it belongs to you and
your sircs by rights, hut you get none Of it, All
that the world knows Of you, is from the reports
of your enemies, and they lebasc you. If you
would throw of your srrviliiy, and assume n
national character, the world would know you,
court you. fear you, respect you but you have
clung to the rotten Union until you have almost
brcome stencil in the uostrils Of the world
DO you know the true ctet of I.incon's over
whclning maioritics I ] tell it to you.-
Your speakers went to the North and set up the
old yell, that the Union was in danger 1t nau.
seated the Democrats, and inspi.ied the Repub-
licnns. Nune Of them believed that there was
either truth or courage i'll you. and they deter
mined TO prove it. They meant to hold you up
to the eyes Of the world as specimens Of slave
holding verify and valor.
The Democrats, who had always stood by You,
knew that they would keep down the Aboli-
tiouists if the South would prove to them by
some unequivocul net, her determination to dis
solve the Union, or to maintain her rights. With
every threatened aggression they warned the
people OF its dunger to the Uuion-said it was
grossly unjust, or unconstitutional. and That the
South could not and wond not submit TO it. 1t
came, and the South clustered n little, and did
submit to it. They Uhe Democra,s) became
ridiculous to their opponents, and lost confidence
with the people. Of course they waned with
every recurrence Of these circumstances, until
they expired TO rise no more. They regard you
as the authors Of their overthrow, and they feel
towards you accordingly. You have. then, no
friends at the North, and millions of bitter che.
mics. Why do you wish 10 continue the con-
neciion ? Your enemies will soon have every.
thing their own way. You cannot reach them
through the ballot hox or in any other way but
they can aud will reach you with n whip of
scorpions. You have them for once under
alarms, thanks be to much abused little South
Carolina for it,) but you will never alarm them
again. For several years to come their whole
aim will be to place you where you dare not
dissolve the Union When they have you hnmp.
eredsecurely. then comes the long promised vista
ton, with horrors unknown this side Of perdition.
Let me not he misunderstood. I.cannnot prom
Use you easy, quiet, retreat from the Union.
This breaking up Of governments is n critical
thing; il is apt to be attended with much trouble.
But can promise You much less trouble than
you will endure by remaining in the Union
This trouble is certain-it is ioreOrdained. The
other il contingent. So far as cnn see, if the
southern States will move off in u body, with one
heart and one mind there would Le no trouble
at all. 1t would be the most peaceful, quiet
bloo3less revolution that ever was wrought, bu,
the history OF revolutions leads me 10 distrust my
own judgment here. AS to the whipping threat
ened, only keep Sumner off, that's ali we ask
A. B. LONG STREET.