The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-11-29
Overt Acts.

the South and the inequality of the
States, and the federal purity ofthc Union,
is given by Henry A. Wise:
1t obtained its own compromise in the
Constitution to continue the importation
of slaves, and now sets up a law higher
than the Constitution to abolish property
in slaves which it sold to its ncighbors.
In 1919 and 20, it deprived us of equal
settlement in moro than half the terrific
ry acquired from France.
1t seized upon Texas North $50 30 and
carved out of Texas 1900 square miles
of slave territory South 360 .3O'.
1t seized upon all the territory acquired
by common conquest from Mexico, and
deprived slave labor Of the privilege of
operating in the wcalthiest mines of
earth-the gold mines Of California.
1t had bribcd slave State with ten
millions of common funds to sanction the
prohibition of slavery in New Mexico.
1t claims to abolish slavery in the dis
tricts. forts, arscnals dockyards and other
places ccded to the United States. 10
abolish the inner slave trade, and thus
cut off the Northern slave States from
their profits Of production, and the South
ern from their sources of supply of labor.
It claims to forbid all equality and ron:
potion of settlement in the common terri
tories by the citizens Of slave States.
1t repels all further admission of new
slave States.
1t has nullified the Fugitive Slave Acts
in fourteen States Of the Union. 1t has
denied cxtradition Of murdercrs and ma
raudcrs and other fclons in several others.
1t has caused and shielded the murder
of masters or owners in pursuit Of fug-
tive slaves.
1t has refused toprevent or punish by
State authority the spoliation of slave
property; but, on the contrary, it has
made it criminal offence in the citizens
of several States, to obey the laws of the
Union for the protection Of slave proper
ty.
1t has advocated negro equality, and
made it the ground of positive legislation
hostile to Southern States.
1t opposes protection to slave proper
ty on the high seas, and has justified pi-
racy itselfin the case of the Creole.
1t has kept in our midst emissaries of
inccndiaries to corrupt our slaves and in
duce them to run off or excite them to
rebellion and insarrcction.
1t has run off Millions of slave property
by a system of what's called ''undcrgrohnd
railroads." and has made its tenure so
precarious in the border slave States as
nearly to have abolitionizcd two Of them ::
Maryland and Missouri; and it is making
similar inroads constantly upon Virginia
and kentucky.
Il is incessantly scattering fircbands
of inccndary appeals in our midst.
1t has extended fanaticism into our own
borders
1t has invaded territory by arms furn-
ished by Emigrant Aid Societies, under
State patronage, and by funds furnished
by foreign enemies in Canada andin Great
Britain.
1t has invaded Virginia and she'd the
blood of our citizens on her own SOIL
Ithas justified and exalted to the high
est honors of admiration and respect the
horrid murders, and arsons, and rapine Of
the raid of John Brown; and has canon
lied the felons themselves as saints of mar
tydom.
1t has burned the towns and poisoned
the cattle, and formed the midnight con-
spiracy for the dcpopulation Of North
Texas.
1t has proclaimed to the slaves the hor-
rid motto "alarm to the sleep, fire to the
dwellings, poison to the food and water"
of Shareholders.
1t has published its plan for the Aboli-
ton of slavery every where. TO rescue
slaves at all hazards associations
to establish preses-to use the vote and
ballot-to raise money and military equip
ments-to form and discipline armed COM
panies-to appeal to non-slaveholders and
detach them from shareholders in slave
States-to communicate with the slaves
to encourage anti-slavery emigrants to the
South and West-to seize other property
Nslaveholders to compensate for the cost
ming off their slaves-to force eman-
by all means, especially by limit
.asssinr and froWning upon slave