Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-12-12
Tha Msssags-Sscessioa

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and it ought to be the last. In it he has
s1tisfed NJ party, nor even secured decent
Fcspect for his own asserted views, but
has manifested his utter incompetency to
deal with any important affairs Of State
He is about to retire from Office with the
well earned contempt of all parties. and
without even a respectable clique Of follow
ers and supporters. His Cabinet is divid-
Cd against itsslf, soma Of its members
openly avOwing their reasonable secession
doctrines, and debating secession editorials
70 tie administration organ publish
ed st Washington. whilst the odd pub
lie functionary" las not the energy to PIE
vent the mischief or to rid his cabinet Of
the obnoxious members, but can only pro-
test in the feeble accents Ct dotard who
is half conscious that all energy aud power
have departed from bin.
In the opening part ef his message he
reiserates afalsehood o~ftcnrepeated by him
before, and as often c~ontradicted: viz, that
the t:Oables and terrors Of the South arc
tic reselt Of years Of Northern as5ces sion.
The North never has been tie agsressor.
but on the other hand It's continual Weld
ing to Southern arrogance has made the
dave masters believe that there would be
no end to cur fcrbearance, and they arc
now both scared and enraged to find That
there may bea limit to our willingness to
submit to their yoke.
The last phase Of thu political struggle
Sas inauguratcd because the south openly
and shalnelessly nullifed the ansi-slavcry
part Of the Missouri Compromise, after
reaping all the benefits of their part of
the contract. This was followed by the
wicked attempt to drive free settlers out of
Kansas at the point of the bowie knife,
and 80 to secure By armed violence, what
their legislative knavery of 1854 seemed
likely to fail Of accomplishing, viz: the
erection of tlave states upon the territory
dedicated to freedom, If personal agrees
siOns are talked Of, there is a long list OF
Outrages Of all descriptions hcaped upon
the heads of peaceful and respectable north
ern citizens. South Carolina publicly
hullifed the provision of the Constitution
Of the United States which provides for
the security Of citizens of one state while
In another. In violation of law, with 10
senblance or pretence of right. she passed
an act to imprisOn every cOlorel seaman
coming into Ter ports upon northern YES
sels snd TO sell him for jail fees if these
were not paid BY the master Of the YES
SCI Massachusetts, sent one of her most
conservative and influential citizens. Judge
Hoar, to Charleston to test the right to do
this by a suit in the Z. S. Courts. Judge
Hoar was mobbed and driven from the
State, and narrowly escaped with his life,
and the outrage was approved by the pop
ulcoe and the influential men of South
Carolina in such q manner as to show
that the State was responsible fer the
deed, and would not permit the constitu-
donality Of the law to be tested by trial in
The Federal courts although the very judges
xko would have tried the cases were, a
majority Of them, Shareholders.
From that day to this, scarce a month
has passed without some unofending
traveller from the north suffering violence
and sometimes death, on the mere suspicion
Of being an anti-slavery nan. till it has
at last come to such a pass that even well
known merchants have had their political
preferences wormed out Of them by dint
Of cross questioning. and then have been
abused in the most outrageous manner
and forced to fly for their lives If they
esned to a preference for the Republican
pary-thinking themselves fortunate if
nothing worse befell them than tar and
feathers. Attention has recently been
fastened upon this subject anew, By the
experience Of q well known member Of the
firm Of Straight, DcaiDg ( Co, Of Ciz-
einnah.
These are facts which ev1rJ body krovs,
and there Should be no need OF calling
pubic attention to them. bat when the
President rc-iterates to Congress the false
and stale charge that the North Is the az
gessOr. Northern men sternly recall these
outrages and insults and say that to have
to endure them and then to be illuminated
as themselves the aggressors is no better
than slavery, and when men of Northern
stock begin to ponder these things serious
y. as they are nov dOing. it is tine for
vrong-dccrs to beware.
70 offset these constant outragcs upon
tAe North, treating rs as If We were actu-
ally a hostile country, what northern ag-
gressOns can the HOtspurs point Out?-
Have southern men been mobbed or tarred
and fcathered? No. Have they been
hindcrcd from testing the validity Of the
laws Of any northern State in the federal
sourtF? Never. What then is the az
gress;Une 1t is that we, in obedience to
the spirit Of the age. practice free discus
son and say both in print and in speech
that slavery rs what Jefferson, Washing
Ton and all tho Southern patriots of the
last generation declared it, an unmitigated
evil that ought not to be extended beyond
liz present limits. We believe VIC have
thu Constitutional richt 70 prevent such