Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-09-29
The Consequences of Lincoln's Election
Something for the Northern Men to think Of.

Something for the Northern Men to think Of
Dispassionatc men are everywhere begin.
ming to ask themselves what will be the con
sequences Of the election of Lincoln, and it is
time that every man in this confederation who
has the good of the country at heart, should
be prepared to answer this momentous oucs-
ton.
The developments of the campaign are
bringing clearly to view the radical and revo-
lutionary intentions of the black republican
party The spirit and tone of its campagn
journals and documents leave no room to doubt
the thorough abolitionism of its principles
and its candidates. Helpers handbook of
treason, Lincoln's unmistakeablc abolition
speeches, and Summers rabdly and fanatical
haranguc in the Senate, are the staple exposi-
tions of the black republican creed, for the
circulation OF which every possible effort is
made Horace Greeley, whose position as
Journalist makes him ore of the master spirits
of his party, and enabled him to overthrow
Seward, its originator and leader tells the
world that he means " to labor for its cradica-
ton (thc institution of domestic servitude)
from our own, and all other Countries as long
us | live" VIM H. Seward finding himself
set aside for less prominent leader in his
party, proca'ms that Lincoln is Just as radical
an oholltiumist as himself, if not more so that
he is enlisted for life or death in the 4" ire
prcssiblc conflict" and that both belong to
the NassacEus It's school" in politics. The
black republican party of that State, fearing
that the intense, .anatcnl and destructive abo-
';'iun character oS the Massachusetts school"
wor'd no; be sufficiently evident from the
Npeeche, and acts OF ils Senators clcct-Wil-
son and Sumncrha> placed in nomination
for the gubcrnatora chair Andrews the friend
and intimate of VIM. Lloyd Garrison and
Wendell Phillips, the open aud declared sym
pathzcrwlth and defender Of John Brown and
the unblushing endorscr Of their constant re-
iteration, that they hold the compact of CON
federation to be ga compact with hell"
These arc the indclblc marks which, in
only sixty days of canvass, with prospect
OF success before them, the black republican
leaders have placed upon their followers
Let no man hug to his heart the conviction
that he can cooperate with them for a while,
and then either control the folly that guides
their action, or capcs from the misery and
ruin it will bring if they attain control of the
powers of the federal government. 1t will
then be too late to advise them, and utterly
! fruitleSs to abandon their support Once in
power, they will care neither for moderate
advisers nor moderate supporters Conscr.
vativc republicans will be cast aside cvcry-
where as broken and useless t0ols-as they
have been in Massuchusctts-and only black
republican aboltionsts of the schools of Gar.
'1Son, Phillips and John Brown believing
that repetition in the Southern States of tile
bloody masSacrcs witnessed in St Domingo
would be doing God service will be entitled
to place IN the civil service, the judiciary,
the army and the navy Of the country. Con
ccde. for arguments sake that for poitic
reasons they will not deem it fit to inaueu-
rate the bloody and might issue at once.
what will be the conrsc they will pursue -
Here We have tbc admitted facts Of their in
tended action, and in them we may sec re-
Elected in the mirror OF truth the conscquen,
ccs of Abraham Lineoln's election as Prcs-
dent.
The first step will be the appointment to
every prst ot executive 0: administrator POW
cr within the gift of the President of men
who believe that slavery is an evil and a sin;
that 1t is their moral and social as well as
htlcal duty, to make war upon it i'm cv, g
way; that this Union cannot stand half
slave and half free, and that William Floyd
Garrison, Wendell Phillips and John Brown
are right in the theories they have proclaim
ed and the policy they have Advocated
lth men holding these views as Judges and
officers of the federal courts, as postmastcrs
and collectors of customs. as district attorneys
aud marshals Of the United States there will
commence an agitation of the slavery uucs-
ton such us the world has never Witnessed
Federal officers may refrain from immediate
participation in criminal acts but the abduc.
tors OF slaves, the fomcntors of servle nccn-
diarism, and the coming John Browns. will
pursue their iniquitous labors, in the full con
hdcncc that, if arrested and brought to trial
it will be by marshas, prosecuting attorneys
Jurles and judges that sympathize with them,
and who believe that the cause in which they
are engaged is the cause of righteousness.
The effect of this fact alone upon the spirit
OF fanatic abolitionism in the country will pro-
ducc the most disastrous results Give the
criminal but the confidence that men of his
stamp will sit as judges over him if arrested,
and crime will at once become the audacious
ruler of society. So will it be with the (" ir-
rcpressiblc conflict" The underground rail
road will be brought to the light of day. the
stealing of slaves viii become a trade of which
thousands will be openly vain, hcrosm in the
act will be worshipped, and not alone Virgin
la but every SouthcrH State, will have to re-
cord its John Brown raids and the abolition
promptings to incendiarism now seen in Tex
as will be witnessed in every slave State from
the Delaware to the Rio Grande, and from
the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. In such
state Of things there will be no need to use
the army and navy of the United States to
suppress or extiayuish slavery; It will only
be necessary to defeat its employment to sup
press faction and incendiarism la such
state of things parties will be driven to the
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