Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-09-22
camps The fear sf disunion is all that has restrained the Atyla spirit of abolitionism. Exon Sovord reobcnizes this truth:

camps. The fear f disunion is all that has
 restrained the Atyla spirit of abolitionism.
 Even Seward recognizes this truth; ..uoaoror a,arns of disunion were sounded,
 .nd stranga noliticl inventions, like the floating
 eras;ns sent dowp the St. Lawrence by the besieg-
 ad in ouebec. to ferrify the army of Wolfe on the island of St. Louis appeared suddenly before us
 whenever we propseu 10 consider Ill soou earne'' the subject of fedfal slavery"
 Here is. theAdvice which Seward gives to his clansrp.n. Under the guise of phi
 losophic sesnity it is easy to discover the latent fory of positive abolitionism: ..Mv brnbe advice then, fellow citizens, is that
 we retnrrlnd reestabsh the original policy of the
 na.;on sh henceforth hold as we did in the begin
 nng tlstsavery is and must be only purely local.
 temneary and exceptional institution, confined | w;tbh the slave States where it already exists,
 ,vhie freedom is the general, normal, enduring and nfEnanent condition of society within the lurisdic
 Ion and under the authority of the constitutions of Ehe United States.
 [ counsel thus for simple reason incapable of illumination. Slavery, however it may be at any time or in any place excused, is at all times and everywhere unjust and unhuman in its very nature; while freedom, however it may be at any time or in any place neglected, denied abused, is in it's nature right, just and benefcient. It can never under any circumstances be wise to persevere von- tarily, in ertending or tortyyng an institution that is ntrinsicaly wrong cruel; it can never be un- wise wherever it is possible to defend and fortify an existing institution that is founded on the rights of human nature. Insomuch opinions are so materially and yet so uncOnsciously affected and modified by time, place and circumstances, we may hold these great truths firmly, without impeachng the convictions or the motives of those who. deny them in argument or in practice"
 The South might have been excused from this taunt:
 sVirgna and Texas are thrown into panic even TOW by the appearance or even the suspicion of handful of men within their borders, instgat- ing civil war. Massachusetts and Vermont dehed British invasion, backed by treason, eighty years ago."
 Our rights are invaded, and we are sneer- ed at because we manifest any zeal to pro- tect ourselves. Were we to turn their tao tics upon them and begin a crusade upon northern property, we could soon lead gallant army to winter on the harvests of Ohio or to sack the great manufacturing towns of the northeast.
 Seward feels assured that Lincoln is equal to the task assigned him:
 ssI feel well assured that Abraham Lincoln will not fail to renaugurate the ancient constitutional poicy in the administration of the government sue cessfully. because the republican party, after ann pie experience, has at last acquired the. courage and the constancy necessary to sustain him, and because am satisfied that the people, at last fully convinced of the wisdom and necessity of the pro- posed reformation, are prepared to sustain it and give it effect.''
 In his concluding remarks he sinners down into the same crucible with Douglas and Bell, and breaches the soothing doe Urine of the !" Union, the constitution and the enforcement of the (black republican, ) laws"
 ss But when it shall have been accomplished, what may we expect then; what dangers must we incur; what disasters and calamties must we suffer? answer, no dangers, disasters or calamitles. All parties will acquiesce, it will be the act of the peo- pe in the exercise of their sovereign power, in conformity with the constitution and laws, and in harmony with the eternal principles ofjustice, and the benignant spirit of the age in which we live. All parties and all sections will alike rejoice in the settlement of controversy which has agitated the country and disturbedits peace so long. We shall regain the respect and good will of the natons and once more, consistent with our principles and with our ancient character, we shall, with their free consent take our place at their head, in their ad- vancing progress towards higher and more happy, because more humane and more genial civiliZa tion.'