The weekly Mississippian., 1860-10-17
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II is well for the South to lookAt facts as
they are. Why defude ourselves with ialse
hopes? Why peer in anxious and fearful ex-
pectation through the dark clouds winch over
hang our Northern horizon, searching lor
friends who have no power TO aid US Why
listen to the deeeitinl promises OF those VINO
tell us that the Union is to be saved oy the
strength Of the Douglas party, OF OF the Bell
party, or Of the BreckinTdge party at the
North? The inexorable logic Of facts demon
strates that all such hopes are WORSE than
fallacious-that they are deceptive, enervatihg
ruinous. The contest in ection Is no
longer between the Moth "a oouth. That
battle has been fought Isit Is not yet abso-
Iutciy lost, nothing remains to US but that
faint and glimmering hope, which to- cherish
longer would be folly, perhaps madness. That
which has been called the -conservatiye"
element at the North has made its first great
stand in the States Of PenDsylvaniA Ohio,
Indiana and Iowa. It has been completely
overwhelmed, routed, almost exterminated-
Apparently nothing remains 20 y but 70
quietly take service in the ranks OF the con-
duering army by which It is surrounded and
10 ioin in the crusade which triumphant Aeo-
litionism is preparing against the ngntS tns
honor, the liberty Of the south. ne poastea
strength Of Douglas, upon which the SousR'
was asked to rely, has been proved 70 oe
delusion and a sham. Douglasism mas oeen
swept away when i fought its battle unaef
its own candidate, on its own platform, ana
entirely free from any damaging associations
at the South. Its overthrow wovld have oeei''
if possible, even more, compieten i nad neen
the recognized champion OF the Soutnern
cause at the North. As to the Bell parry, y.
is utterly powerless for any purpose e'tner y
good or evil. Its influence has not even been
felt in the recent Northern elections Is pre-
tense Of nationality no longer challenges M,
vestigation. It is too absurdto impose longs
on the most credulous Belleverei'e IN =
South.
Its the PAT Of wisdom and Of that cour-
age which is the higest caGtion, 70 regard tlie
sectional question: as settled, so TAR as the re-
sult Of the Presidential election can settle =.
The issue Is transferred to Southern soil. The
battle rac.s now throughout the South. Il is
for Sonthern men to decide in view Of the
near approaches Of s Black Republican triumph
AT the election. whether they will assist in
uniting the South against her enemies by
siding with that party which represents
Southern riehts-whiclS alone presents dis
t;nct issue with Black Republican doctrines
and with Northern sectional amo'tion, Or
whether they will aid in degrading the SCUM
by voting with the party which avows tnat
the preservation Of the Union, even under
Abolition supremacy--ssven at the saerhce oi
southern liberty and Southern honor, is the
primary object of patriotic aspiration. inc
lines are Just as distinctly dsAwn now as they
can be. even when tho November election shall
have confirmed the presagessof the recent con-
tests at the North. The issue IS just as PLAIN
Nobody can mistake il. Il is not whether
Mr.. Douglas, or Mr.. Bell. or Mr.. Breeklnndge
shall be elected President, but whether ne
sovereign States Of the South are ready lo'
become the subject provinces OF the North,
whether her free people are prepared 70 oe
the bondsmen and the vassats OF Abolition
masters.