Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-02-03

southern churcnes.
See again. in how many Sabbath and
day schools children are taught abolition
long ere they have read the history Of
our Union, or are capable Of appreciat-
ing its value.
Look again, and behold the literature
of the North, and especially the religious
gorhs, so constantly tainted with anti
slavery sentiments, that we are afraid to
place them on our tables or give them to
our own households until we have care
fully examined them. Sec US forced to
condemn otherwise admirable works (such
as Wise's PLEASANT Pathways,") by
reason of their false and mischievous
teachings on this subject. See abolition
documents scattering broadcast in our
homes under the franks of members of
Congress, while pretended pedlars of
Yankee notions are slyly placing insur-
rcctionary publications in the hands of
our Ignorant, though ccntcnted slaves.
| And ecen once nlorc--at your Union
demonstrations. Letters are read from
J eminent men, including one ex-President
Of the United States*-(a man whom the
South venerated for his nationality and
conservatism while President, and for
whom a large party at the South voted
for reelection to that responsible office, }
thanking God for tie exclusion Of the
South from KanSos, and announcing the
widespread and deep-scated aversion Of
the entire North to our social system.
At the same Union meetings, Cover
which I heartily rejoico) venerable ex-
Governors, presiding, feel constrained to
pander to this miserable fanaticism by
saying =" We arc all anfi-slagery." And
even you, Messrs. Editors, in late pa
per, have told us q quote from memory
that the North is unanimously onti-slaU-
cry, 1 aoW speah om their anti slagery
sentiments and the South must make up
their minds to listen.
Now | have presented known facts to
you-thus grouped together-simply to
show you that the conservative and sober
men of the South are right chen nth
sorro,o they are forced to confess that
dissolution is iaeDitaJie. Nothing but
the Hand Of God, who only can control
mems hearts, can avert this calamity.
You cannot reason with fanatieism : it
will not listen. You cannot alarm it,
for it takes its hold on the soul far deeper
than fear. Patriotism falls before it.
Religion lives only by becoming twin
sister with it. We know its history; it
has been marked with blood We see
its future course, and we stand immedii-
ately in the pathway. We hare to con-
Quer 1t, or zoe must faU Such is our
only alternative. We meet it coolly,
but fearlessly; trusting to that God who
will eUer defend the right,
Now, Messrs. Editors with this firm
conviction on our minds, | AJAX you, is it
not the part of wisdom and prudence for
US to prepare for separate and sclf-depen-
dent existence?
If so, are you right when you charac-
terise such action on the South as "fool-
ish," preposte-ous" and :" fanaticism p
Remember, when you reply to or com
ment on this, that you and aoe start from
different stand-points; you from Union
prescryed-ve from dissolution inevi-
table. Time only can decide which Of
us is right. Union meetings, so long as
they are followed up Gas in Boston, by
sectional triumphs at the ballot box, and
accompanied by statutes" and "per-
sonal liberty bills" which deny and fall
sify the resolutions passed, will not sat
isfy the South Of their safety--in the
Union. The time has come for acts-not
icoy1s. The Union, with its present access
series ofeternal discord and increasing ia
naticism-is not corth preserving, 10 the
South. We glory in its memories-we
admire the wisdom and patriotism of its
founders-we dread the evils which must
accompany its destruction. We shall be
chief mourners over its bier, and fire.
quently bedew its grave with our tears.
To Treserre d--slch as orr Fathers left
tire 'could spend our fortuaes and our
tires. And We shall hail and do hail
with pleasure every indication of a re-
turning sense Of justice, and every hope
which may arise for its continuance.
But mere resolutions will not do. We
do not doubt that the North loves The
present Union; it does not Cypress them.
Why should they not pass resolutions Of
devotion But the shield is not golden
when viewed from the Southern side.
The Union does Cypress us. 1t binds
us to people who dare TO interfere in
matters which foreign nations never
dream Of. II enables those who entered
under tho pretext of " ensuring our do
nestle tranquility" to disturb, nay de-
stroy it. We would rather be relieved
from such embraces.
Messrs. Editors, reflect, in this com
munication, the sober, settled judgment
Of the South. am no ultraist-I am
no fanatic am no dsunionist, as gen
orally understood. / love the Union.
The last instructions Of dying father to
me were, never to forsake the Union.
But " coming events cast their shadows
before ! am not blind and I fear not
to speak the truth. GEORGIA.
---s II is not quite correct to say that Mr..
Filmore's letter was reod at the Union meet
ing in New York, though IL was puJlished in
the newspapers along with other letters re-
ceived from distinguished gentlemen to whom
letters Of invitation were sent But this BY no
means implies an approval Of the contents Of
his letter by the committee or by the meeting.
The latter, in fact, know nothing about is
contents until after the meeting was over,
neither indeed did majority Of the commit
tce.-Eds. Jour. If Com.
Err Gratitude secures old friends and
procures new ones.