, 1860-12-03

coin viii have precedent in Old Hickory
for doing just that thing which the cmer-
gency requires.
ABOUT CONCESSIONS.
The men who are at the head Of the &C.
cession moyement-thc disunionists 7er se
ara not tools They are striking outinto
new and untried fields, not from mere CO.
price, not from the love Of novelty and cx-
citement not from the fascination which
danger possesses. They are seeking to car
~ out deliberate purpose, entertained and
brooded over for years. They work from
ap1an- They have calculated contingen:
cies, and are willing to risk them. They
have reasoned themselves into the belief
that the Union is antagonistic to their in
forests; that it lies directly across the path
Of their true destiny: Their theory Of po~
ltical economy is embraced in three simple
propositions, viz:
CHEAP NEGROES.
NEW AccEss1oSs or SLAVE TERRITORY.
FREE TRADE.
Neither Of these can be had in the Union;
HOT could they be had without conflict,
and the issue then would be uncertain, in
new Confederacy formed Of all the pres
ent Slaveholding States. Secession, there
fore, is the only remedy secession Of only
such States as would readily tall in with
tie above three fundamental ideaa To
talk Of satisfying men who have reasoned
themselves into this belief by concessions,
is the extreme Of folly: What does South
Carolina, for example, care about the Per
sonal Liberty bills Of Massachusetts, Yer
mont and Rhode Island? She has never
lost farthing through the agency Of these
laws. What does she car, practically, il,
in some Of the free States, the execution Of
the fugitive slave law is attended with more
or less Of unccrtaintys She never has lost,
and probably never will lose, single ne
gro through that cause. What cares she
for the enactment Of laws mixing States
or counties responsible in money for the
full value Of rescued fagitiycs? She knows
that her citizens would never have occasion
to avail themselves Of the benefits Of such
lsws- What matters it TO her whether Con-
gress refuses or consents to enact 6lavc
Code for the protection Of Slaye property
in the Territoriesg She has not negro
whom she could spare to send to the Terri
tories She cares for none Of tlesc things;
and the only concession, the only compro~
mise that would be satisfactory to the
disunionists per se is the abandon.
ment OF the whole ground Of controversy
the Withdrawal Of all opposition to
Slavery, whether founded upon moral or
economical ideas-thc Inauguration Of q
policy based upon the recognition Of the
institution as Of divine authority ind in
full accordance with the precepts Of Chris
tianity and with the highest civilization
possible TO mans attainment; apolicyt that
would make Slavery as lawful in the Free
States as it is in South Carolina, and would
convert every State, county, township and
city officer, as well rs every private citizen
Of the free States, into aslave-hound, whose
duty It would be to chase down and capture
every human chattlc Of whatever age or
rex that might have the courage to attempt
an escape from bondage; q policy that
would break down the whole uanufactur-
ing industry Of the free States By throwing
our country open to the free competition Of
the ill-fed and ill-paid pauper labors Of the
old world; policy that would insure the
ultimate possession and Africanization oj
MEXICO, Central America and Cuba, either
by purchase or conquest, and that would
remove the prohibition against the African
Slave trade, and surrender the whole power
and resources Of the nation to the protec
ton Of that description Of commerce upon
the high seas- This, with the complete
suppression Of freedom Of speech, Of the
press and Of the pulpit, the surveillance o.
the mails together with the permanent in
stallation Of the Lords Of the Lash US Lord
Of the State, might prove satisfactory ba
MS Of settlement to the disunionists PER se ;
and, until the people Of the free States art
P.PsA ~ ~ @se oAs1e 'ensAn " VAC ~
nn'a'lns CONCESSIONS acre i'oln1'o ou', n1'
the metest folly to talk or think Of satisfy
Ing the men who give toncand character It
Anq p!e1eu. secession movement ...
n1 'ne's a1e %en sngagea III Inns move
view. They do not contemplate or desire
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