Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-10-18
A Real Danger to the South.

Tie real danger which now menaces the
peace Of the Southern States, results from
the studied, persistent and extrsysgant mis-.
representations of THE principles and pur
poses Of the Republican Party. by Demo.
cratic dsmagogces. 1t seems to be the
chief vocation OF these political desperadoes
to mpute the moo, diabolical aims TO the
great party, which, under the sorm of the
Cons,ituiien, is about TO assume the admin
i,rsion u the Federal Government. Ac.
cording to their enemies, the Republican
party aims at nothing less than the imme.
date destruction Of Slavery in the States;
aud to effect this object, the Constitution is
u be trampled under the unhalowe1 fee,
Of Abolition incendiaries, the sovereignty
Of the States is to be overthrown, aud the
Government OF the Union is to become a
consolidated despotsm. If we are to
believe the same su,hSitieaibe negroes OF
the South are not onlyao Do made free BY
an act OF Congress, or By the habeas corpus,
but they are TO be made in all respects the
political and social equals of the whites, II,
indeed, the latter class is not TO be forced
INTO suDIectlon 10 tnelr slaves.
Can the effect of such monsirops state
ments daily uttered in the presence of
slaves, fail to be disastrous! Can they fail
to Inspire the most sanguine hopes OF i'm.
mediate liberation in the breosts OF negroesl
He who lulls himself into the belief that
they are Indifferent 10 their condition, and
that they have no aspirations for liberty,
knows little Of human nature, and less Of
the actual condition OF the South. Such
passive Indifference to degree of oppres-
sion, one hour OF which Mr.. Jefferson
declared to be more odious than whole ages
Of that agains, which the American Colo.
nies revOted, is impossible. II never ex-,
listed 10 any ei the world, among the most
debased and degridedVN mankind. Not a
slave in the South but pants for freedom,
as the hart panteth for .he water brooks.--
The suppression Of all freedom ofthe Press,
and Of speech, the hated Of Abolilionists,
the Vigilance Committees, and their bloody
and brutal puuishmen,s of white men and
negroes, upon the mere suspicion that they
entertain sentiments hostile to Slavery, oil
confess the consciousness Of the friends OF
the institution, that they have not the least
faith in the rose-co!ored pictures of the
happy contentment OF the negro es.
How infatuated, then, or how reckless
must be the So uihern demagogus who
propagates the statement, which if he ID
able TO read he must know to be false, thai
the Republican Party melitote the over
throw OF Slavery in spite Of tn, Constitu-
ton asd at any sacr lice of the lives pDt
honor OF the men sndiw men OF the Souih
The slaveho ders have no enemies equal I,
those, in recklessness, and in the power o
evil The madness of John B own wai
harmless, the invasion Of Virginia was too
transparently absurd to be in, ta;rd by sant
men; but the eloquent demagogne wl'o pro
claims TO the saves that the party which il
; about to triumph in the Presidential contes
is determined to abolish Slavery ond max
negroes equal to white man, is the public
enemy whom the savehollers have need t
fear, and whose ishments. Or compul
sorry silence. would be ju,tifel by regar
: flr the public safety.
These Democratic malgners of the Re
publican party and its principles are pre-
pairing the hearts of the negres for blood
insurreclion. They are instlling into 'her
the hope of freedom, and the belief tina
their masters are to be forced into measure
Of emancipation by Northern conquerors q
" the point of the bayonet. Can the effect I
such inculcations be mistaken! Can the
= fail to inspire the negroes With courageol
hope. nnd to nerve their brawny arms Fl
the fight.
y We are not left to speculate in the dal
on these points. We know what was Il
effect of Democratic instrumentation
:, 1856, after the defeat of the Republics
:, cand dates We know that serious attemp
:" at nsurrection occurred, which were II
'' suppressed but by the sacrifice OF many liv'
'' Leading Southern journals charged the
- insurrectonary movements to the fal
Is hopes created in the br 'asts OF slaves !
democratic" statements Of the pnrpos
F of the Republican party. Since that peri
the Misrepresentation has been studious
'e persisted in, year in and year out. for
simple reason that the propagendsts o. E
We very have little else to say for themselves
nd Their own ou'r ges upon the rights OF ir'
,tt dom, and their frauds upon the Treasury I
.s. too mon .trous to be defen led,and their OF
St. hope OF retaining power, is in the effect
,si their misreprs sentations Of their opponen
~, There is now rsa and imminent danger u
" this systematic Jude Htrination of the net
ld race with the idea That il is to be liberia
We and put on an equality with the white ra
ne by Republican triumph, is about to b
at its natural fruit, in widespread nsurr
'ut tionary scheme, whatever be the result
nd the election. The elect ion Of Mr.. Line
is and the peaceful acqui .scence OF the Sou
OF would, without doubt, avert any serious
lay forts at rebellion; but nothing is more P
bable than that any attempt at ssecess
would produce an instant revolt OF the sla'
ior The seceders have impressed the sla
ute with the belief that the "Black Repu
up. cans" have no other aim but TO set ii
rye free; and is 1t probable that,with such ho
ure they will quietly submit to being taken Il
md under the Black Republican" rule!
TIL is it not clear that the only w.y TO az
if the consequences Of their own falsehood
The to acqulesce in the election Of Mr.. Line
n'y like good c'izensi