The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-12-12

asSz "a 8 s
OF OARR0LLTQN, PARI
held out to them. that thes8 evils could
be remidied. their x5ehts stiQ secured
Ia hem id me Unl Pnd thHtafe
mig ssefye and petuat
on as itS %as formed, and thu ns-
NIT it to posterity. The Union man
organized inthe South, and in the North
a fusion of alI tickets was formed to
defeat the candidate of the fanatical
and piratica1 band of Abplitienists.
The ballot box has told the tale. All
Southern and all Union candidates
were defeated by the Black Republicans,
not by pluralities, but by large ma
jorities.
This starting fact has opened our
eyes, and we find that in hugging to
our breasts this hope for Union, we
have been hugging vain delusion. By
this blind affection for Union we have
been led to the brink of a precipice and
taught by our enemies the danger of our
position. 1t is not now too late to re-
tract. We have been warned in time
-"Au Is lost save honor Lincoln's
election has shown us, first, the strength
of our enemies; secondly, our weakness
in the Union; and has pointed out to
us with absolute certainty the future
of the Republican party, and shoaon as
that 1t aoiu ertend It's 4ooaoer all over, and
absorb the South as 1t has the NoTth.
The irrepressibie conflict doctrine is not
without favor and followers here IN our
own State. But now the fiat has gone
forth, and the unalterable decrae hae
been rendered, that the Union can not
and should not preserved. We have
now truly learned the estimate which
our enemies at the North put upon pa
per compacts, oaths and pledges. All
they may now grant us in the way Of
concession and compromise we should
regard as naughts Look to their past
and learn their future. We all know
and feel thatths arp 100 stro6g too fana-
tical, too treachoro s To be kept in check
Unconstitutional a endments, by CON
promises. They aspect not the Com
stitution, openly the ncts and PEN
alties imposed Congress we can
trust them no iorgex
No true Southern man asserts, Iol
can assert, that the South or single
Southern State can stay with honor il
the present Unions. The danger il
apparent, and the hour has arrived fol
us to show ourselves true and loyal tc
that State in which we were born, or by
which we were adopted.
The opinion that the Union ought to
be dissolved, is fast becoming the uni
versal sentiment of the South, and oul
| State is ready to re-echo it. There are
some amongst us who still love the
Union, but can see no way by which i
can be preserved, and our own hono
as citizens of Southern State pre-
served at the same time. From thei
ranks our State in the coming contes
will gain her firmest and noblest sup
porters and defenders. They viii
soon find by analyzing their love fo
the Union, that it is a purely sentimen
tai love, and one that viii eventual,
be merged in, and overwhelmed by
their love for their State and her insti
tutions. And when they see the fold
of the Pelican banner unfurled, the,
will be among the first to fall in unde
it, and be ready to do battle manfull.
and fearlessly for Louisiana.
We can no longer boast of commo
country-but our State is left us, an
we should love and cherish her.