Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-08-10

The Hon. L. n. Keitt, Of South Oarolina,
10 rampant. He sees among the certain
things of the no-distant future the election Of
. Republican President and is sounding the
alarm. He wants the South to 80 strait out
of the Union, without waiting for an covert
act" Of aggression from the North. Lincoln
he looks upon IS plebeian-a ''mud- sill'' -
and is Mortified at the idea of such man
occupy ing the Presidential chair. He says:
at is humiliating, if not disgusting, to see
party in this country putting forward man
for the Presidential chair once occupied by
Washington and jefferson, whose only
achievements have been that he split few
hundred rails in early life, and, at later
period, villified the armies Of his country
while lighting her battles on foreign soil;
and, to crown all, charged one hundred dollars
night while advocating the principles Of his
party, and his own claims to its nomination
for the highest office in the gift Of the republic
sAnd how can the South be saved from
injury, if the Republican party succeeds in
the coming Presidential electionl answer,
only by dissolving the government immedi'
ately. If this party succeeds, loyalty to the
Union will be treason to the South.
"The South now stands upon the Constitu.
ton. and her standard is in tho hands Of
Breckenridge and Lane; let her sons rally to
it and under il, move on to Equality IN the
Union. or independence out OF it.
eBut, should the Black Republican party
obtain power, and the South remain passive
what thenp While invoke cooperation
while appeal to the States around US t
| be true to their honor-yet, if these fail,
will counsel the State alone, If necessary, ant
/ at al hazards, to secede irom the Union. An,
fate is better than degradation and . slov
consuming tyranny. The deralgovernmen,
might be abolished tomorrow, ana the Sout'
would only know it through the removal Q
burthens and the withdrawal Of oppression
Every volume Of the Federal Statutes nigh
be burnt, and the South would never know
that an injury had been done to her.
SIN my Judgment, If the Black Repubiical
party succeeds in the coming election, tn
Governor should immediately assemble tn
Legislature. and that body should provide TO
q State Convention, which should protect =
State from the dishonor Of submission t
Black Republican rule. Before the tribuna
of the worli, and at the bar Of history, "
shall stand justified. Freedom lives nucl
more in the spirit of people than in tn
forms of government. We shall receive tn
plaudits of brave men for preserving freedom
and not reproaches for shattering . despotism
Senator Hammond, in his unanswerable an
consummate arguments on the admission Q
kansas and "squatter sovereignty" ma
|exposed the resources and rights OF the South
Upon both we may safely stand. This unio
lis Just as travellers tell us many Easter
habitations are . place to look upon; all fal
lon its outside, and presenting the appearance
of q house that should last for generations
but the master puts his walking-stick or hl
boot-heel through the rafters, and he nno
that the white ants have eaten all the sui
stance out of the tlmbers, and that all that b
sees about him is . coating of paint, which
intrusive blow may disperse in cloud OF aus
The skirting boards have already Perishef
the rafters are now ready to tumble In"
Keitt may foot away on his disunion hor
as long as he pleases. The Republican
designing no interference with the "pecul''
institution of the South except in the Teri
tories, will pursue the even tenor Of the
way; and, if South Carolina wants to secee
on pretext so frivolous, they will be perfect
willing to ''let her Slide"