The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1860-01-19
LETTER FROM HON: CHARLES JARED NIGER.
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the New York 'fn,Irs, in answer to nh invita-
tion to attend the s,h of January celebration III
= that city: s
rs PmLApELrmlA, Thursday, Jan. s. 1860. =
s ' Gentlemen ;-'rhe triumph which nu invite
%me TO celebrate was nemr the first nor the last
of The liero9 stateslneu.w ldse msulory with you
earnestly ycnerate. Gen. .lncksnn's lust vie
torv over the King Of Terr'rs tho most signal uf
nll.his .tljumphs. was, lessen of pety aud pa
triolsm admirably sugGcstve'of what ought 10
he rouIron, il not universal sentiment mt this
conjnncture. il Hbertlcidr. vitnreraion Of negro
slavery has rngendered dangers Of that dsnnion
which, he deemed the cir. 81 Of American repub:
licun canmitics. Dying Of n most painful aud
incurahle disorder in the midst of nIl his suffer.
ings, with the Bible on his pillow. looking for.
wurd with Christian resignation to departure
frnii, this fnr entrance on another and hei,er life,
i,e: administered consolation 10 his nrgr, slaves
weeping at his bedside the loss Of mnsirr who
was their 0wacr. Has. or can any nf those who
fiun the press. the pnlpi,. the forum aud the ec-
iurc room, drnouncc negro slavery as s,n res, OH
his death. bed and leave this world with rlear
"a 'concencc and we'll founded hope of blessed
Immortality Andrew jackson.
PhilanhropiSts like franklin, JAY jefferson,
and other exemplary Americans. have laudahly
sought 10 free black as well white from scrvi.
iude, by gradual iu.cious nnl conservative
emancipation. But Aboliii ioniss are not pm,mci-
paticniss. but land pirat's-robhrts Of other
meu's Trop-rty-likes sea pirates. enemies "f man.
he relcu,cssly inflicted.
The first Ab",unist III this country was that
reprohate English infdel ,irunkard. Tom Paine.
The first Abolitonist in Europe was that awful
French munster, Rohespicre. Before Willrr-
force or any of the English hegan their work Of
emancipation, Paine and Eobespcrrc united in
tile Jacnlin Club Mt Paris, proclaimed rcvu!u-
tionary freedom for Eegro slaves. togo ther W il,
the overthrow Of Christianity with an age OF
what they called reason, instead Of rrli@ion-sat
up strong minded strntnprt III bl,onlcr clothes
az tho Goddess Of Reason. to be w"rshippcd-
abolished Sundays, week days aud mrnhs-by
pacrelgious aud snngunnry vioIencr striving to
revolntiouze not only politics. but property,
rails, States aud society. from top t" bottom -
Propagating hy the guillo,nc at home and The
sabre abroad, their destructive denominations
were arrested by Presidcnnt Washington with
his Sccrctarrs Jefferson and Hamilton. snatcI,-
sng the United States by htate.strnke of Exec
utivc rnrigy-one OF the most memo, nhlc and
admirable coaDs dctat of modern hisory-from
ruinnus warfare.
OF these mscreants Of msrule, American
rout and branch Abniinnsis are luenl offspring;
with the same defiance of God Almighty, The
sanic hatred Of the Christian religion and their
neighbors, the delight III robbery and spoli-
aiions. the snrne clergy deninaizr,l. the same
shameless women Oh the town. The French snms
cu'otfes that is bare breec''ed as Rohcspi"rre
and Paine called themselves, the women with
their clothes tucked up to display their person
III public like strunpets and slc-tru,nl'rrrs.
These American disciples Of French Internal
apostles strive by public riots to tI,rr s'u-
viOurs precept-ihat on love Of God aud OF
neighbors hang all the law AMI the prophets Tor
which their nEe of reason sulIsi he'll fixed
hatred Of felIowcounrymcn. Fortunately, this
nturs alienation has not yet proved so fatal AS fear
and disgust naturally miscOnceive For much H
our Eastern have conIrived l." f'ncnt haired he
tween tiemSelv YES and their Southern fellu coun-
lsl...
means so desperate or dangerous as the hatred
Of other united pc"ple-Engsh and Irish for
each other i'll the British union, Aus,rans, Ita
ians, IIungarians aud Croa,iaiis, i'll the German
nnion Poles aud Russians in their union, and
hardly greater than that Of the G-icnns and
Alsacians in France, who, though they cannot
understand each others langung", yet are held
together by wonderful! concentration Of patriot
ic loyalty TO the same country.
Republican Loyalty founded consent and
content rs much stronger than mechanical al
legance controlled by force and conpulsion,
that no jeopardy has befalen American union
which, on the contrary, Is corroboratrd by every
STRAIN. We see now Il South Carolina Senator
with a thousand negro slaves, clinging to the
union upheld against abolition, with intense at
tnch,nent and that sal gcnrris monster, John
Brown. is almost, if not quite, the only Ameri
can traitor ever ex"cuted. Since I.brrty and
Slavery were III tied in This Republic hy nature,
by territories. hy rivers West aud seas Fast. by
language. lin cage and other ndissoluble ties. Ah
oliriunists fatter themselves. with false uncllon
laid 10 heart when they think they can dIsncm.
her such union. After the present Brown tenn,
poriry hnbhub passes away, as il soOn will. the
chief result Of Browns treason will be the cleo
tion next year Of n Uuinnst for President,
strongly pronounced agninst abolition beyond all
doubt, by large majority. No future event
can he more certain.
For Brown has been the only genuine heroic
t...1..
at slavery from distance is like dogs la, ing ai
the moon. Sincere, earnest and determined ALI,
nlitiunists would like Brown march right upon
the negro quarters storm them, aud covct mar
tyrdoH, however inevitable. Preaching. pray
dng and lecturmg at distance where there is no
slavery, bowling homcs over that mnriyr's car
cass after he was hanged, all such conrse sen,-
mentality, either preiaciory or posthumous. is
sheer nonsense OF Abolition. Lecturing Abol.
ton at twenty i've cents a ticket, or preaching
it ON saIury of 20 much year, may feed and
perhaps celebrate the play actors Of modern
speciacIes. caricniures Of Roman panemt ct cir
censrs for the entertainment Of chambermaids.
.. fddlprs aud other ralble. But hundreds of
z miles from the scene of action il is but sterile
Z lpoitroonery, although misdemennors indctuble
! hy common law. Every honest, eficacous All.
. oltionst must initiate that BeeIzelub Of their
~deuioniacal saints. John Brown, by which alone
can they either free slaves whether willing or
not ROW in prison on gibbets the seeds of an
e 3effectnnl mar,yrology. A few cergymen hang
cd iu their canonicals, will, strong minded wo-
men in short peicoat., would be spec.uclea, no,
indeed tn be desired, but which might at l-nst
.vouch the sincerity Of those who only howl mt i,
,shen there il danger. and most Of them bernusc
they reckon nm the gulibty OF ,heir auditors,
like nnti. .Masons. Know -Noihinga, or some other
liypocrit;eai falss pretense Of partisan contri.
! yapce. Without. some heroic risk OF life. like
Browns, nii the rest IL feather and pruneli..-
. ST,n hp;n otsf "a
let Mar,ipeaus English impertinence. there must
he ssmething more striking than hired preachers
iskeepingihcir precious persons hundreds Of miles
from any scene Of action raiIipg, ms no,lling is
easier Or more useless, like that at Turkish po-
: iSRsmy or rChiuese infhnlcide. y ,~... -.
the Ahotionists viii pot attest their snceri-
by msrtyrdon, the oniy other remedy for their
2 saffetjbga Isl disunion And as root and branch
/; iFsee soil, Kansas aid Societies Territorial d.v
ers IndslI other CONSTITUENCIES by acls of Assem-