Gazette and sentinel., 1860-12-01
d. be faithfully carried cat!
Ia lied to you repeatedly Will

= q lunatIc attempt an assault uPoh {
you, would you believe him If !he prom
ised not to renew the attack! 80 with
our Northern people, they might pledge
and promise until the final resurrection
of the dead, and | could not be made to
believe they wOuia cease their Efforts
to destroy us. There are some who say
that with an amended Constitution we
might vet be safe; these deslred Gmead-
nents riA be granted, If demanded; but
what would an an ameuded Constitution
be worth, when, as the present Il mas
been, 7erlLed, deaouEesa cHd r!o!ateL.
| was born and reared, up To the time
when | was eighteen years u age, IN
the State Of New York, and claim To
know something Of her people, When
| first left my home, which was IL a
small town in the interior OF the state,
an A%bolitionist in the ncigborhood was
unknown. After tue lapse Of about ten
years, | returned and learned that there
were a few in the vicinity. In lS0e,
again, end for the last tune, visited the
land Of my fathers, and to my surprise
and sorrow, found not only my native
town, but the entire county, almost en-
tirely Abolitionizcd-hOrsr foot and
dragons, they had gone over II the
enemy. Those whom the gods wish t"
destroy they first make mad tell
YOU, Mr.. President, those people are
mad. but there is method an Their madness,
and their combinations are 50 systema-
tized, so skillfully arranged, that we can
not tell in what shape, or at what time
they may swoop down upon us. Inc
election of Lincoln has Embossed their
prison doors, and we know not how
soon we may have to receive them. Talk
to me about asking pledges, or guaran-
tees, or amendments from such people;
they would give them, and trampie them
under their feet as Don as given. You
might as we'll attempt to turn back the
waters of the Mississippi from their on
ward course to the undulating waves
of the Gulf of Mexico, or stay the sun IN
its .ourse through the armament, AZ to
check them in their mad career. SIR,
the only remedy is n usually applied
in connection with the treatment OF lu'
natics-lock them up, not within the
four walls of a prison, but upon their
own soil, Say TO them that we will nc
longer have dealings with maGmen,
and, TO use the language of one of then
own orators il one OF his phlIl.picS a
gainst US, they would, like the scorpion
'sting themselves TO death" In nC
way can we protect or secure ourselves
except by separation. II we wait tol
this until after the Inauguration Of Lin
coin, his army of ~ofice-holdlng ap
pointees, with their swarms Of clerks
will be scattered throughout the South
They will necessarily be in daily com
munication with US and our slaves; an
how long would it be before insured
tions would be rife in the land. W.
would then have to fight, not only tn
foe in our front, but one in our midst
But admit, for the sake q argument
that Lincoln, with all the leaders OF al
the parties North combined, were t
cUme forward with pledges which the,
honestly desire to have carried out, the!
would be valueless, because the masses
are opposed to us. Penalties for a vic
lation of these pledged might be named
but they would be dead letters. ior
cannot execute a law in opposition t
public sentiment. Admit further, tina
every thing should go on smoothly TO
a term after the election of Lincoln
within twelve months after his inaugl
ration, by bringing to bear their En-
grant Societies and their undergroun
railroads, they will have populated Wit
their lazaroni, a sufficient portion of OF
Northwestern Territory, 10 enable the
to bring into the Union a sufficient nm
Der of New States to give them a m
iority in the Senate; then with 4 wor
ing majority in both Houses, and
Black Republican President, they wi
in accordance with their previously a
nounced determination, introduce a bj
abolishing slavery in the States, whi'
after having passed both Houses, wou
be signed by the President. Admit,
you please, that the passage OF such
law, would, 10y us, be pronounced u
constitutional; yet, with the fact pr
claimed, as it would be in some shay
to our servile population; that by a m
q. jority of all the people of all the Stat
in Congress assembled, they have be
declared to be free. leave it for y
to imagine the scenes that would tn
be enacted. Again, why should We &C
tinue with such people? of what bene
are they to us? We pay into the Tre'
urv millions of dollars in the shape
an ad valorem duty upon imports
the protection purely of Northern maj
facturers. We pay into the Golfers
Northern importers millions of dolli