Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-08-02

From the independent.
Conservatism -Sectionnsisnss

Br HORACE ofErlEr.
Words ere things "A lie msF 70
told o5liqely BY al epithci as well ss
directly by point-blank assertion
10 call your neighbor 10y some con-
temptUous or odious name. which he
has not deserved. is to libel and wrong
him as really aud deeply as to accuse
him of theft and forgery. Conscience
vindicates itself not only in the daily
walk but in the daily conversation
LIT us consrler. then. with what fair
Hess or truth those Americans who re
LIST the diffusion or farther aggraad-
izement Of Slavery are habitualiy spo-
ken OF by their political aiversarie> a.
imbued with aad animated by section
0H M.
This must imply esther. 1s,. That
they are impelled by i'll viii toward
AMI desire To injune the people of the
,laveholding States; or 81 That they
hold and promnl gate doctrines that are
not accepted 10y jHst, enlightened, hu-
inane persons generally. but are SIM
ply ;he prejudices OF district or To-
cality. In either case. who will So
berly contend that the implied charge
Is just!.
Ear in the South. where the Repub-
licans are never permitted to speak for
themselves nor be heard through their
accredited organs, it Is honestly be-
lieved by many that they hate all
shareholders, deeming them necessan-
ly base and cruel. and seek their iniu-
~ and destruction. The current South
crn conception OF an Anti Slavery
man is that Of one whom coward fear
alone withholds from invading the
South with a dagger in one hand and
a torch IN the other. Meet a South
ron for the first time, and lac generally
assures you that he does not torture
nor overwork his negroes-that he
gives them a sufficiency cf coarse.
wholesome food aud decent clothing.
lie is coniounicd by your assurance
/ y
chief end OF man were food and clothes,
you preslme his negroes might attain
1t as his chattels "a surely ia the av-
ersge as in freedom. An hours Goa
versation will prove that your several
conceptions of he matter ia dispute
are radically diilerent-that he con-
templates the need, of talking ami
NAL, while you regard primarily those
OF an immortal soul.
Here at the North, however, no one
has y oral right to be ignorant OF tho
most vital an obvious truthS-no one
nas right to pretend to be ignorant
hen lac l. not. The apostle oil Tenn
psrance does not nate the drunkard
whom he wonld wean from his lie.
basement. The Christian evangelist
does not hate the sinner whom he
strives 10 call 10 repentance. Those
who, through years OF earnest. patient
effort, iorciOly succeeded in extirpating
the saitee (wiie-burning) from British
India. were not enemies Of the Him
dus. whose customs they thus over.
ruled. The Decaloguc ana the Col
den Rule are not sectional. though
scarcely a third OF the human family
even in theory accept them. You may
trace on the map or globe those por-
tions OF the car,h in which they arc
reverenced: AMI still they remain uni
versal truths. which would havo been
worthy of all aeccpialion though Mo.
scs or Jesus had never been heard OF.
Let Us hear no more. then, Of re-
sistance To Slavery Extension "a sec
tionalism. l: the word were correctly
formed. 1t embodies an offensive libel.
Ii is word cunningly coined to con.
ceal truth--to enable men 10 uphold
Slavery vet dull the sense OF wrong
to strike hands with a giant niquity.
yet cyade the strings Of conscience. =
Slavery is scctional--a local and pc
cuiiar abuse. upheld by avarice. pride.
and lust. but condemned by the plain
est principles Of M raliiy and the IN
stinetive prompiings of the human
heart. Only those attempt 10 justify
it whose personal interests arc seem
ingly involved in or promoted by It's
perpetuation. Justice AMI Righteous
ness are conservative: whatever rest.
firmly and wholly on these may he
trusted to endure for ever; while what.
ever is based on wrong. even 10 th,
meancst and hunblest. though il may
be glorifed by politicians and yield
vast gains to the favored caste. is AZ
element Of weakness. of disorder.s ol
danger. in the state, and is inevitably
doomed to destruction. That only car
be truly termed sectional which con
,ravenes the instincts Of humanity AM
the inaexible law CT God. Tl. q.