The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-07-26

- f"oofAob " Jussiiy tns Wbote-
sale rohbing, and establish precedent for
future acts Of abolition and squatter sover-
,eignty. But this Kansas work was not finish.
led until sbolition funds were raised to pur-
chase Sharps rifles, and the doctrine fulmi.
mated from northern pulpits, that the soil Of
squatter sovereignty should be oonsecrated
tby watering Il with the blood OF all who
attempted to cultivnte it with African
| slave labor. We seem to be living at the
time referred TO by the Apostle Peter, in
his second epistle, second chapter, where
he says: False teachers" shall bring in
damnable hcresies in the latter days. and
many shall follow their pernicious ways
causing the way OF truth to be evil spoken
Of" Paul also evidently allndes to these
timcs--which he says are perilods--when
men are proud boosters, high minded, trai.
tors lovers Of pleasure, but retaining the
form OF godliness. These seducers wax
worse and worse, deceiving and being de-
eeived. Second epistle to Timoty, third
chapter. Could a more graphic description
be given of the moral character of some of
our members Of Congress, than is here
ar.-n By the Apostles eighteen hundred
years ago. The doctrine Of territorial or
squatter sovereignty is too absurd to have
engaged the talents which have been en-
Pioyei in lis reputation, had iss sfT.ss.:S;..
from less distinguished Statesman than
Stephen A. Douglas And there IS good
reason for suspecung him of being an agent
of Black Republieauism to divide the De.
mocracy in the coming Presidential election
Judging by that infallible rule" BY their
fruits ye shall know them" His Black Re-
publican arguments to establish; the politi-
cal heresy of squGtter sovereignty, stolen
from Lincoln's stump speeches used against
himself at the time they were canvassing
the State Of Illinois together for seat in
the Senate of the United States. 1t is
proven by the Honorable A. p. Benjamin,
in a speech delivered. May %, 1860, in the
Senate Of the United States, by referring to
journals and magazines, that Douglns
copied the very arguments used by his
Black Republican opponent, Abe Lincoln,
and Is now using against the Democratic
party. How plain and unmistakable Is the
providence or God manifested in placing
the motiys power that controls all the acts
OF Northern aggression upon Southern rights
in the lowest groveling passion that turks
in the human heart, avdrsec, which is easily
and successfully combatted by destroying
lie hope Of gain.
The South has only to oppose this mean
vice by the virtue of n little self denial
We say, then, suspend your intercourse for
a few months. withhold your patronage
and leave them to consume in their unholy
lustful desirers. These gentle means has
Gua put within the reach Of oil to punish
avarice, subdue the selfish, and overcome
evil with good. Much Of the unfinished
work Of abolition, we have no doubt, will
appear ut the worlds great fair, when oil
the works Of man will be judged by Him
who is too wise to err, and too good to per-
vert judgment Then will the work of
Kansas, with John Browns unfinished work
at Hsrper's Ferry, with all the Helper de.
signs Of Improvement in the programme of
barbarism, be examined by judges ap.
pointed TO award the premiums. Then
viii the powers Of darkness bejuLiiate hell
luminous with the glittering pageantry Of
kings, princes and nobles. with our North.
ern prelates, and al who call "evil good,
and good evil, who put darkness for light,
and light for darkness. and justify the wick
ed for reward with oil liars. Then will
the work Of Black Republican abolition
infdels be lost in the effulgence of more
bdazzling crimes, but far lees diabolical
mean and devilish All this work with the
workmen will now be disposed of in less
time than IL takes the telegraphic wires to
vibrate with rghtnning shrouded in dark.
ness and. infamy. And Congress, we hope,
will have. no more trouble in summoning
witnesses TO prove the corruption and brib-
cry OF its own members. Here we will
drop the curtain and turn, 10 look at some
Of the work Democracy is engaged in--not
with Boosting, but the meek and humble
exultation of truth, In carrying on a work
Of Gods appointment. We give God the
glory, and let all his works praise him.
luz "ofh oSSiSuSo ~ DeuiVCtuCJS hI'p0htS
TO be wholly defensive, as she has never from
the beginning, trespAssed upon the rights Of
any nation, or upon any Of the privileges
guaranteed by the constitution to the States
belonging to the. federal compact and is the
first civil government to defend the right OF
| all men living under her protection to choose
the mode and manner Of worshippipg God.
Joshua once said TO the e.Israelites, who were
given to idolatry, Choose you this day
whom. ye win serve, but as for me and my
| hocss, we win serve the Lord" Joshua
xxiy, Is. Here Is a coincidence Of privilege
| which Joshua, the man Of God and ruler in
Israel, granted the Israelites. This liberty
no natioa has enjoyed since the advent ot
our Saviour, until democracy broke the
chain Of civil and ecclesiastical bondage
The saviour must have alluded 10 the strif,
-stout modes Of faith that would follow hiI
assertion, where he says. came, not tc
bring peace. but a sword" christianity hav