The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-12-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. p
secession.


The chivalry of South Carolina are
1some" They are indeed, and in truth,
and in fact, queer people, especially
when they get started." 1t was they
that made the important discovery, that
whenever one of the States of this Confed-
cracy didn't like the Union it could 'laye
it." Washington, and Jefferson, and Mad
ison, and numerous other common men too
numerous to mention, never dreamed of
such a thing, much less thought of it
The idea Of Secession was peculiarly and
appropriately the idea Of the chiyalry Of
South Carolina. They got it into their
heads about thirty years ago, and have
never since got it out again. They once
undertook to put it into practice, but Gen
eral jackson slightly spoiled their calcu-
lations He was then President, and, it
seems, was like the other individuals
named, rather fogyish in his notions
Howbeit he came down on the chivalry
like a thousand Of brick, aud the chiyairy
suspended operations until more conve-
nient season. For q time, It Is supposed,
they thought good deal about Secession,
though il must be admitted they didn't
think very loud. They rather played
mum. They kept dark and laid low. They
found it convenient TO stay in the Union,
because General jackson didn't find it
convenient TO let them 60 out.
General Jackson ceased to he President.
Years rolled on, and he died. He was
accounted by many great aid good man.
1t is quite certain that, since his term ex-
pired, there never has been a General
Jackson in the Presidential chair His
tory SO records it, and history does not lie.
Meantime, it was thought by many that
the favorito idea of the chivalry of South
Carolina had entirely exploded. Not so.
They took advantage of an auspicious mo-
meut, and issued Scire tdciHs, and revived
it. General jackson once out Of the way,
what or who was to hinder them 1t was
their orn idea. They therefore fed it,
and uurtured it, and fatteued it, and pam
pered it, until it got TO be great big idea.
They then began to scare the people of
the North with it, Whenever the chiv-
airy wanted anything that there was doubt
about getting, they We're certain to couple
their demands with a threat of Secession.
Thus they got all they wanted, and gave
what they pleased. And all by the idea
and the cry Of '.Secessiou ~ 1t operated
like magic. 1t scared great many folks
in the North. Some were badly scared.
Thcy would give everything to the chiv-
airy, and cry "mercy" into the bargain.
Others We're only scared a little. THY
would give everything, and give freely.
Others were not scared at all. They wo'd
give grudgingly-but gioc, rather than
have fuss in the family. Aud so the
ehivalry of South Carolina became a pack
OF spoiled brats that got everything they
cried for. They, and others of their ilk,
had long been IN place and power. They
had managed, with the aid rendered them
by northern dough faces, to control matters
after their own fashion. They had be-
come the ead-cooks, bott!e-washers and
general bosses of the government. They
had construed constitutional provisions to
suit themselves, and passed laws to suit
themselves. In short, they had a nice
time Of it, They behaved and acted Just
as if this government had been instituted
not for the people Of the whole country
but Tor the benefit Of the Shareholders in
general, and more particularly for the
shareholders and chiyalry of South Carroll
IA.
But, in process of time, the people OF
the North got tired Of this way of doing
business. And they resolved that, sooner
or later, they would shut down omit. They
made an Intellectual attempt to do so in
1858. but successful one in 1860. In
November last, by constitutional means,
and in constitutional way, and by having
votes enough, they elected Abraham Lin
eoIu President; and we understand that
K is thciy intention to see him duly iRau-
,urated en the 4th day Of next March.
Meanwhile the chival1y of South Caro-,