The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-09-13

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% the Uhibesf States will be, opposed 10 his
| Aiiminiskratiors and mo- bili can become q
| lswstial h fsceires tbe sanetion, OF aha Sen,
ate:u This majority in the Senate cannot BE
chsngedt for scveral zyearsS 10 .ecme, 1t, in
doubtsak teo.s rs to- the msiority of, The
Housei Of fsRepresrntstiyxsJ O More than like.
lytkeinext election twil give o rhsierity, .of
! tGe ssenbers Of the House In yoppveiiion. 10
The Black Repnbhcans.t II This "a IN, be ia,
ferfrd:from the I,opuleray ote, OF two, thirds
against Lincolnin the Prcsidepf fisls election,
.s NV. Fillmore rbecamel Presidents Of tle
,en'ted States With asEorse record Than Lin
coin has ON the' slayeryi Question. and lie
the SoItlitss lie signed sthe Fugitive, Slave
Bib which LiIcolni is spledged toa enforce
He PreSented blood.sbcda and civil war, in
New Mexico and Tpxas which ,Tay ylor, was
about to infiict on the coRntryI According
to Senator Benjamin's speech. Lincoln does
notestah d. pledged to ihel unconditional re.
pealnof. the iFugitiye,Slaye Law, or against
sthe odmissionsof any more slave States into
hthetUnion, or to the abolition al. slavery in
hetI]isirict Of Columbia. or To- the .proi,il,i
sii en- of the slave trade between, the States,
orito the eIaeguisI1ion Of more slave territory.
r Judging from the rcoprss pursued by 9th
'er Presidents. end batepolicy which usually
gov erpsa politicians rwbilstlin power, instead
bof doing any rash, violent or uaconstiiu
tional act,to injure or offend those opposed
btoshlun, 1t is likely, Lipeoln, will pursue a
very ,caniious polite and wise course, to-
wards the SoWh.fyliIt cannot be in, the, ma
tare OF any mau elevate cd to the resideney
Itol wish taseeih the Government hrok en- up un
fder bisAdmip is'ml lep. the RepuLlie disinem.
bered, and the country plunged into a civil
bwgr.sa Merry likely his great effort will be to
acquire FoPnlarity in the, Somhern States,
andsppease their opposition by q, rigid ad
'hefence to the Constitution and respect for
1.-the rights or the South. ., II Is OF at all Inn.
probable that the South may find more IA
arors nnders the administration of Lipcpln
than -theythaye under any Democratic Ad;
tninis,ration. 3 Itmay be that Old Abe y
willgo ont, of office quite o favorite with
the Southern people At least we should
give him trial. 4. 4 r...r, ,,.g,.... -.
| . The, ,election Of President in conformity
with the Federal Constitution, ia, no ground
whatever for breaking mp the Republic, no
matter ihow bitterly -oppoSed to, him we
may be. We must wait and decide on his
acts md measures; nothing lea VIZ 5dstffy
us in The eyes of the world, or in the opin.
ions of our people. To incuicatethe notion
that portion shthe aiifzcns Of Republic
may break urNSnd revofyti3pizc their Gov
crnmen,, brcnase they have Shen defeated
in tleirchoise oft q Chief Magistrate, is the
repudiatiop Of the fi,st princfiI of repub-
licanism atd sabctionihg tlat which leads
inevitably TO lnwlsss despotiss.
Before any such novem,lt y ia put on foot.
it would be wellfor sMessSrs. Kciit, Orr ar,l
B"yce 10 asctrtadpsandsce whether such n
measure is likrlyto be acceptable to their
party centrally; and esfieciaIly whether
the friendssaf Bells TIC 5Jaipif candi,late-
whether, the supporters Of Judge Douglas
| IN Georgia, SA'aba,nai ana LoaisiaIIa,I and
the edlferents Of. General Houston in Texas
f--wilii co operate wiih their, opponents, the
BBreckipridge party South, in such a move
ment. To 'supp"se so, shows a credulity be-
syonSds my comprehension.
/ Then'the Question arises,is Il proper for:
South Carclina 10 take the initiatives esapnip
in a 'disunion NOV ement2 Twice already
has she faileds after. marching boldly to the
precipicc papd looking over. Nor has sb 9
wen any laurcfs for wisdom and statesman
ship in thesethrrsteped disruptiOns Of her
Irtipyernmept Virginia was 50 discount eous
% not even to accept of onr .jusitaiion 10
meet in consnfaiion on hec own Syronrs
ard injuries: Col Orr ,tbinks 50 s1,h2 Earoii.
ma should not acts withoutT Georgia, Ala
7bama and Mississippi. TbesGolonei, kno VS.
very well that he is perfectly safe in watt
ing for Geog;;ia He would not lie more SO
in waiting For Maryland Of Kentucky. !
TOO, 10 da,asges seriously ttiie pros,seis lof
| BrfckiGridge ard Lane III the Sdaiihcrn
States, as Well as III the NortIern States.
Beips party and Douglas friepds North and
sScuth will 'n,nke eMitnl out ofoit, to the in
jury n of f,Breckinridge.y n .stssrs. ~, ,,3 -
J. Il go, for Brsckinridge in this contest, with
all my. heart and VIII say, under existing
circumstances, that it shows want a wis.
dem or fealty TO, the South for any South,
ern man to 7oppose ghim. Nothing can be
more iIjudiciCas than the siarting of n
ponghs tiebrt, ,in any Southern, state. Its
only tendency will I've, to give the note of
The Stale 70, Bel. and ,paraiyze the Strength
| of the, South. Nor do think my Breekin
| ridge ticket shonld be stated In a non!
| slaveh6lding Stateg Its effect will be to
| give the vote OF such State to the Black Re.
publicanstG 1t would be Jmucl, better 10
have Douglas in ihsy Presidency. than Lin.
tcolD.s BUTT is almost eertain that IL two
Democratic tickets are ruin in the .Norii iern
STATES that Judge Douglas viii not carry q
single State L"~t'E @hd ENS ~
=, It was a great misfortune and q Iprea.
wrong that Judge Dougius' friends shnald
| haye, urged his claims so strongly as they
] did in the Charleston Convention. The
South was entitIefiao 10 tile President. Th rec
Of che last Presidents were Northern. men.
The election depended on the South She
had tlie Dsn,oeratie strength iu a great de-
gree, The Soath was, prejudicea against
Douglas and no donbt many Of the Seced!
ers had rather see Lincoln, elected 80, @oo
The Charleston Convention ought to have
been composed Of. National Democrats, and
then there would nave been no division in
onr-rankss Mr.. Yancey and his friends had
no more right TO A. seat III the AConvention
than Sir. X. B. Rhett and his friends had.
They stood on the same platform, and
thodght, andHso tsaid oymy, Gonv en- ton
friends, TINT they .eyipcedy Unnecessary
squeamisbness after following Mr., sYsncey
1 ont of the Convention. to refuse the profferi
4 ed lead Of Nr. Rhetf after they got out. g,i
- With uncommon ability, Mr.. JBoyce.pin
7 1851, exposed theH folly of separate State
action andn secession., sWhy Ia has now
eIanged L am at a loss to know. 1t, wodid
berwell for him TO take up some Of his old
bergpmehts and ansYer, them. a He might
4 find IL hasS to do. cBut sim, nnfil they are
ssnsvsssa. Y shsy must hass thsif influence aAH on
+ al 'ost lt aJelsrsd IN a& co,a,obis Con
I vention, sasd. sealed II with an oath $50
belp me God. whilst Tie FEDERAL q Sscrn.
meht - os1Hihistesed9 on ~cohstitutional