Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-12-12
south CaroIina-seccssien.

ta4OOot nVoo Atn0Ws WIZ aAC CIV nJo
courageous when there is no danger; brim
full Of heroism when q reasonable distance
from attack, and pugnscious only when
well protected from harm. There are such
men in every community, in every State
and in every nation. Terre Haute has had
some illustrious examples of this kind of
fighting men-Indiana is blessed with a
few, and South Carolina, Georgia and Al
ALBANIA are now full Of them Gaseous,
Eliminating. exploding brsggadocios, who
threaten, days, weeks, months and years
to strike blow, bat never do it.
Our contempt for those South Carolina
heroes who congregate around Washington,
crowd into the Hobbies and Fill some of the
seats in the Representatives Hall. has &C
tually ripened into perfection. Ifthis tur-
bulent little State with her great excess of
negroes, has determined to 90 out of the
Union, Why does she not 60 along She
will never be able to generate enough gas,
to push her out. AL Of her vain boastiDg
and supercilious threatenirgs will never
get her out. Her Hypothetical assumptions
and degmatical declarations will never
separate her from the rest of the Union
She must strike the blow-conmit the
covert" act-resist successfully all the
powers Of the Federal government, before
she can be sovereign and independent
Why does she not do it Z why wait Why
halt when revolution is the watchword and
revolution the remedy.
The coiled up serpent when it rattles its
death rattle and Kisses its warning to the
approaching foe, strikes instantly, imme-
diately, certainly and heroically. 1t Kisses
and strikes, rattles and gives the death
blow. Why does not South Carolina strike
her contemplated blow and stop her hiss
ing7 Why burden the telegraphic wires
with further declarations from Southern
members in the national Congress, that
they are "already out of the Union p If
so, why are they not Kissed from the Fed
eral Congress and driven from the Federal
eapital2 Washington should not be rem
devious for traitors to the Union and pa
triots should not associate with those who
breathe treason against this General Gov
eminent.
IfSouth Carolina has determined to 90
out of this Union, why does she not go
alongf Why so much bluster and bravadof
Let her strike the blow, II she dares. II
she is stronger than the Federal govern
meut she will succeed if not she must come
back to her allegiance. The great North,
conscious Of being in the right, has no
compromises to make with this rebel State.
The North has battled alone for principle
lit is yictorious-gloriously, proudly
victorious, and Il can not compromise
principle. The time for compromises to
appease traitors has gone by. Let the
doctrine be now maintained, once and for
aver, that the will Of the majority is the
supreme law, and that the majority Of the
American people must, and paI rule. Let
the rebel State of South Carolina but know
this-let her statesmen, politicians and
shareholders but know and feel the full
force Of this mistaken determination on
part OF the free people of the North, and
her vaporings will end in smoke, and if
the Union can be saved, this soil sape IL.
We must not give back one inch Of
ground we have already gained-surren-
der not one doctrine which is right
yield nothing which conflicts with the
geeat interest of humanity-and deter
nine 10 defend our present pos ition at all
times and under all circumstances. What
else can we do and be mem What other
coarse can We pursue aud maintain that
dignity Of individual feeling add collec.
tive respect which becomes free, indie
pendent, American citizen. We have in
terfered with none OF the rights, privileges,
or immunities of South Carolina. We
have never disturbed her institutions in
any way, aud have always declared we
bad not the least idea Of ever doing so.-
The personal liberty laws" Of some
Of the States OF this Union, if they
are unconstitutional and conflict with the
Federal laws, are of course imperative
and void, and are as dead as though they
were repealed, The right of the master
10 follow his escaped slave into any Of
the free States. capture and take him back,
is constitutional right, which has
hardly ever been inierfersd with by the
North. But the doctrine that the slave
holder has the right, under the constitution,
to take his slaves into the common terrific
ries; which the South aud the President
are now asking the North TO coneedc, will
never be cozceded-neyer, so long as there
is freedom north Of Mason and Dixon's
line-so long as there is one sympathetic
impulse for our common humanity thrilling
the heart OF free men-so long as patriotism
is cherished and the right respected, this
most unconstitutional doctrine will never
be aequiesced in by true men any where. |
Let South Carolina secede, If she ean-let |
dissolution come il It will-let civil war |
with its internal brood sweep over this fair
land, devastating our fields and checking
our prssperi.y-but 10 we adhere To the
right stand boldly forth as champions of
great truth aud an unfaltering faith, as
did Shadraeh, Meshach, and Abed nego,
refusing 10 worship the image which has
been erected for that purpose. like those
heroic and eosciencious men, we will como
cut Of this fiery furnace. cleansed Of all
Impurities. more glorious than heretofore,
and with not even the smell Of FIRE upon
our garments.
what WILL be tho Result
The telegraph informs US that the eight
Gulf States are certain to secede from the
Union. AID will form separate and in
aenan.le II roxernrnenf Will LII II :. |