Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-22
THE PARTY WHICH MIR. DOUGLAS
WILL "DO ALL IN HIS Pow E IO
AID"

AID"
Mr.. John Wentworth, the confidential
friend of Mr.. Lincoln, one Of his supporter
and the editor Of the Chicago Democrat, home
organ of the higher law candidate for the
Presidency, favors the peopl" with the follow
ing sentiments in reference TO the attempt!
servile Instruction in Texas:
THE States must be all frer-and ii IL Re.
publican Government is intrustrd with the
duty OF making them free, the work will be
done without bloodshcd, without revolution.
without disastrous loss of property. The worn
and will be done" =
The only thing that prevents II generalin-
surrection at this moment among the slave, ia
the border States, is their belief that in such
an event the whole power of the Federal GOV
eminent would be brought to bear against
them and crush them to pieces.
Much would depend upon the manner ia
which the whites at the South treated this in
surrectiOn when it did occur. If they should
see that their resistance was vain, and that
their only hope of safety to themselves would
be to yield to the negroes their liberty, much
of the carnage which would otherwise follow
would be avoided. But if, on the other hand,
they should attempt, as no doubt they would,
to put down the attempt by fire and the sword,
there would ensue such a tragedy as the world
has not witnessed for centuries.
Fancy four millions of blacks, with tropical
blood, intermixed with the more nervous blood of
their masters boiling in their veinS-with the
memories of a life time of freedom urging them
On-maddened by the desire for the qualification
OF long smothered revenge, and with the full con.
sciOusness that they must triumph or meet a fate
worse than death-fancy these men. animated by
this spirit, engaged in a life or death struggle
with the whites of the South, and you have a
picture Of what must occur in every Southern
State, if they resolve to destroy the only safe
guard which they now have-the Union of the
States.
" 1t Is undeniable that at the moment of diSso-
luton there are men in the North who would find
secret entrance TO the Southern States. and there
aid the slaves in the work of organizing and pre-
pairing for Instruction.
I've are not discussing the right or wrong OF
things now. We are only stating facts"
Col. Smart. the Democratic candidate for
in Maine, in a recent speech. remarked
that
He had no words to express horror Of the war
now being carried on against the South by the
Burlingames, the Hales, the Wilson's, and their
associates. These men are at this moment stirring
up, 10y the bitterness Of their speeches. new John
Brown raids. The last gang OF cOnspirators and
their bloody work ought to satisfy these a~gitators.
The insurrection in Virginia in 1882. ought to
have quenched their thirst for sanguinary opera
tiOns. The killing at that time of a family, en-
bracing ten children-the killing of a citiz1 n md
the deliberate shooting of his wife, ought to have
satisfied them"
We can understand the Indignation with which
llOl Smart pnntpmnlatas fhaSe uiaEaI ,.ts ~ a..
Black Republicans we can appreciate the feel
ings of scorn and detestatiOn with which every
patriot must read the OdiOus sentiments of Mr..
LincOlns confidential agent and we can also
conceive the indignant surprise which must iii
every Democrats breast when be reads Mr.. Doug
las speeehat Norfolk, wherein he declares his pur-
pose to stand by and sustain Mr.. Lincoln. should
he be elected President, against the South. ia
forcing h. to submit TO whatever outrage Oh her
person, property. or honor, Mr.. Lincoln. or biz
p~artizans may think proper to commit On the
soil Of Virginia, still red with the blood of John
Browns victims, in presence of the slaves whom
John Brown strOye TO incite to murder their
masters in the homes which John Brown and his
gang endeavOred to render deSolate. Mr.. Douglas.
calling himself a friend of the South tells her son.
that. if Lincoln is elected President. whose fol
lowers ayOw that they are anxious for "a general
insurrection Of the slaves :" who seek secret en-
trance to the Southern States and there aid the
slaves in the work of organizing and preparing
for insurrection :" who are doing their utmost To
''stir up new John Brown raids"-and if she com
plains or refuses TO submit TO such OutTages, he
DOuglas-the so-called Democrat-the friend Of
the SOuth-"the national candidate of the Dem
Ocracy"-will stand by and do all in bis power to
aid Lincoln in forcing her to submit to the rule Of
the John Wentworths, the Halls, the Wilson's, and
the Burlingames.
Let this declaration OF Mr.. Douglas be made
known through every corner of the South. Let
every voter in every Southern State know that
Outraees Lincoln may perpetrate against
them if he is elected President, Mr.. Douglas, 'the
friend of the South" will aid him in perpetrating
them by every means in his power. Above all
every Virginian ought to know il, and if knowing
he would still vote for a man who would thus
his State on her own soil, he is an unworthy
son of the Did Dominion Washington Constitution.
SERvn.E TROUBLE IN CLARK COUNTY, Miss.
take the following from the Mobile Msrc,r,, of