Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-12-29
ICOMMUNICtTED.

Cur doom, may be scaled, our country dis
mem bered, aud engulied in an ocean Of hu-
man blood Would to God the names of
Washington would arise, to rebukc his de-
generated SONS. Would to God | were the
custodian Of the departed spirits of our
fu;hersl wuuId descend into their tombs
to awaken them to the pathetic cries of their
couutrymcn.
Tie present deplorable, and calamitous
condition Of this government can be traced
to broken compacts, and direct departures
from the meaning, genius, and spirit Of the
Constitution.
The North has made fragrant and violent
nvasions upon our constitutional rights,
such as her Personal Liberty bills. We
have, too, broken covenants, to lament, such
as the repeal CT the Missouri Compromise,
The most fatal, and rulnous course that
could haze been pursued.
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise
has, fear, been the occasion Of the present
gIoom that eDstIrouds this government
Had we adhered to that Compromise, we
should not have found in the last Presiden-
tjal election the forces of the South, (disuni-
ted and dlscordant,) contending for supre-
macy upon L collateral question, with an
united North
The conservative mass Of the North were
induced TO support the Republican party, Ia
order 10 overthrow the Democratic party,
who We're, they contendcd, the movers and
violaiors Of the Compromise that had adj
jus!ed anicably and honorably, the admis-
sion oi slaves INFO territories. Aud it is
strange that many advocates Of secession and
disso)u!ion-.i Justify the course Of Sauth
Carolina, upon the inconsistent ground, that
no faith or confidence can be reposed in any
Stipulation, token, or r0renant the North
may pledge.
The election Of Mr.. Lincoln is not, of it.
self, sufficient ground for a d!smemt erment
Of this government, cousecratcd to us, and
to liberty, by the blood of those who achiev-
ed our independence. We should exhaust
our forlearance, and Use every honorable
means to stay the tide of disunion sentiment
against the Constitution, the palladium OF
our rights and our liberties.
Lincoln has not pledged hmself during
his administrator to impede the execution
OF the Fugitive Slave law; has not commit
ted himself to tamper with slavery where it
exists under loca! law, Or the Constitution
oi States. And | ask, why not wait for
some "Dvcrt act" before proceeding to ex-
trcnIities
The argument OF Mr. Buchanan, and
those that justify the course Of South Caro-
lima cannot be sustained, unless we denounce
and discard, in toto, our entire system Of
Jurisprudence. The idea Of denying the
constitutional right of secession, and yet
contendng that the General Government is
without competent authority to secure itself
lrom diSabedcnce, and contempt, is, in my
opinion, vain, and nu@arory.
The message OF Mr.. Buchanan is conced-
Ell by t|la lovers Of peace, AID those iuiInical
to usurpei power, TO SAVIOR OF dIsunlUn, and
ii re,nqu!sA.A"mt Of his constitutional obi
cations.
Ii AN not most ogregi0usIy mistaken,
MIR. Buchanan advo;ated the acquisition Of
CaDa, III the strongest and most uncOmpro-
missing manner. lie contended that should
Spain rel ect the three hundred millions Of
iercd in exchange for Cuba, the war making
power should be removed from the hands of
SoHSIC>S, anu t'IdCcu Ill Luit vi tile LAeCu-
tive. But in his late message he declines to
exert any authority to prevent dissolution
Of our government lest war might ensuc.
Should Lincoln prove himself unworthy
cf the position he will occupy after the 18th
u March, by giving aid and countenance
10 the Northern vandals that have invaded
our homes, our hcurthS, and constitutional
immunities, then, land not until then, let
the South, like the sons Of Scotland under
tn" chralric Wallace, with one arm, and
"ue hand, strike for freedom The ConSti-
tuition, the creation of patriots Of wise ex-
perience and commanding talents, has been
praStiru:cd to vile, and Scanda'ous purposes,
to the low ends Of selfish ambition, avarice,
and personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by rapacious
politicians, who have .ienpardiSed their
homes, their country, and have bartered
through lust of power. They have placed
in peril the sunny plains of the South, the
sacred and hallowcd receptacle of the bones
Of your and my illustrouS fathers.
Piedmont, Farqujer Co.. Dec. Dist, 1860.
COMMUNICATED.
| have been as ardent lover of the Union
is any man, but nOm think it impossible
for Us to live in peace With people who are
educated, and taught by their false preach
ers, to look upon US as their enemies and
think Uf us as barbariaus.