Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-12-29
4 I.
nsn prudel
We fight all Ct.
before we hay.

lltifltti ttG Hti@'N
that the South viii So
| which she has takpnt
>he vii half until YIN 9 Y
| tinral rights. ard a strong sua,e.,tee "
ter treatment in the Tniun II tltuff. or iotfns
an iu~dereuient government Of iIer wa {
Do not the charges IN pulls ffeIiH1 az the
South. III the last folty days, ~tnltcair that
there is more danger Of our gong toe ia>f
and too far, than that we shall s'"P where
discretion may dictate
The truth is, the people Of the Norm,
with few exceptions. are thoroughly itAfnlei.
Thry never lot a nGnlent believed that Their
continual prosecutions OF The Saith woait
imperil the Union. They thought the South
didn't dare spreIe. They fooliShly thought
| that tie fear oi our %serviie population would
| keen u lr1m seeding. They ad eonc7tdea
| that all this talk about secession was mere
| blnster. They neither understood the char
| acter Of The white population OF the south.
| nor Of her slave poqutatou. lThe consefya-
tiyes Of the South have now taken hold OF
this secession movement WlthQt ever haV-
ing made any threats whatever.( A different
class of men from those who have been
threatening secession for thirty yeas now
work in the ilsnnion ranks. ihr kepabli-
can. now open their EYES with astonIshmeat
On a uinrd Union. They begin 81 seet a.
O d John Brown saw when mounting the gal
1ows. that they have Eeade a calanitouS, a
| fatal blunder. They see that, instead Of ben
| ~efttips either the black or the white race,
| tl.ey h.vp blokeu up the best government
Tint the world was ever blessed with tR-
| stead Of giving liberty 10 the African race,
| they have weakened the confidence # Tree
dom everywhere, il the ability OF even The
white rec to govern themselves. They
| have struck at thr liberties Of the white man,
| stead Of succeeding IN making a Tree man
Of the slave.
Besides. another difficulty which ttey were
not booking for low trIghtefs the Aoftt
| They beyin to see that when the South
sereles. self Representation wall compel each
| section Of the North to take care et itseIi,
New England and Pennsylvania want pre-
| lection, and the great West ard New York
| 40 not want to be taxed for the Peclal hene-
tit OF the manufactures OF the former. auh
the iron and coal Of the latter. hey now
fear that the spirit OF secession at the South
viii prove contagious, ana thai New york
| ard tie great Wet wall form one govern
ment. and California, OREGON, and all vest OF
the Rocky Mountains another, leaving New
England and Pennsylvania 70 take care oi
themselves. New York and the West Wttt
be compelled TO this measure 70 save them
selves from ruin. and all q the Northern
| States they leave behind them VII rs Fdined-
as a natural onseqHeuce. Saiiloi ma dhd
Oregon have a separate interest 81 thelf own
and will not wish to be Involved ~ ilr coI-
tlict OF these States east OF the motittthlnS-
SO the Mouth mas invested ~ a lottery, and
drawna ali eia,, haas. and she IS at a loss 10 kuo"
what to 10 with the prize. hue hit'"oG4s
gerry 81 Higher Law Tree labor, lice sell.
and Fremont, or Of "lrrePressibie G~ohiIci,
Uncle Toms Cabins. AMI Helper BOOKS,
| have exploded. The South has been dfIvea
to the wal. she. drew a concealed weapon,
| struck 6ack. and her Zoe stands Shdstiy ana
bleeding in her presence VIII she ra>s ne
wall in not haste, or vail she stand r.
| ground and dictate terms II heT raiaed
enemv?- or. il she chooses. pass the Val lei-
surely. and look well TO the itch on the n heF
side before she makes the leap!
The South SHOULD take time 10 organize
and ur:te her mole strength before she
! strikes the fra, blow. We nave a common
bond Of nnion at the South wklch the N"ita
never can have. The black links which
unite the Southern States are stronger than
iron or steel. They link together Southern
| States and Southern homes and hresjdAs iae
necessities, the uest interests. ~f~inars the
| very existence Of these States demand that
we work together, State By STATE, party by
marty, man to man, shoulder = shoulder
Precipitancy may rnln rs. Let = rtPare
for secession uuAer the protection q the
Constitution ar" the laws, and take time z
make ample preparation for it. i We have
TO live a month or two under Abe Lincoln, Il
will not be SO ruinous TO Us as to plunge head
long out Of the Union without any prepare
ton Tor it. Unite and prepare! These are
the words for the South. And We t.Iak
these will BE- the watchwords OF st. Mary
Louisiana, and the fifteen Southern States
Planters Bannsr.