The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-08-08
From the Anderson Gazette.
ANDERSON & ri July %, 1850.

GENTLEMEN haze read and careful.
Iy considered your appeal to me 10 be
cuuc candidate for The Legislature III
THIS district. The steadfast and cordial
support YOU gave me throug houl my pub
lac career ut sixteen Years, renders II pam
tuI 10 me TO deaIhe any position which
YOU deone me To occupy, aud Vet private
considerations of too great weight to be
dlSregnrded, i'mpc! me reluctantly TO de.
clue your cali.
arn, Ike yourselves. deeply impressed
with the critical aspect Of our fedora af
iHlrs, aud Ceilevc NO are drifting rapidly
upon revolution. My nope, as YOU know,
for years past for the preservation Of ihe
rights II the South 10 the Union, bas
been upon the Democratic party. So
long AS il WAS united harmonious and
triumphant. our rights and institutions
were safe. That great party that has,
III times gone by, won So many briilan,
victories over federalism, abOlltiuuism, and
consolidation, and established So many
sound and conservative principles, rs now
dhsuulled, divided aud broken up. Its
disruption eX,ingu'shes rny ardeu,i> cher
ishrd hope oi pr+setv ~ not only our
rights, but lhe Union itse.f IL j. r.le to
debate or review the causes that led to lis
disruption lie! IL suffice here tor me Ia
say, that IN my opir'un the secession Of
the Southern delegates from the Charles.
ton Convention was uuwise and ,iupo lie
il was manifest, there, To Tie most casu
al observer that JLdgo Douglas, who WAS
so Justly oJTONiUuS TO Tie South, cou d
not receive tue nomination ia fail con
venuun, anI 1t was equally certain tha,
Mr.. BreckIurIdge would have been tre
nominee. # the southern delegations had
not Abandoned ihe.r posts. Ii Mr.. Breck.
Irrldge had been the nominee Mt Charles
ton, bis election would have been n Ger
ta'mty. lie is no" the nom,nce uf only
one wiOg Of the party, the other wIns
having nominated Duug!"s and whilst
| shalt give to Breck,nrdge and Lane
the nominees Of the BaIIImlre C"nven
t'on-geniIemen Of tried patriotism aud
sound PRINCIPLES, hearty AMI cordial
Suppori, see 10 prospect Of their elec
ton either 10y the peope or other~se.
LncoIn and Hamlin, the Black R"pub
lIcau nominees will be elected IN Novem.
Ler next, aud The South must then decide
the great question whether they viii sub.
ma to the domination Of Black RcpuLr,
can ruIe-,5e fundamental principle Of
their organization being au open unds
gu'seG, and declared war upon our social
institutions. believe that tho honor and
safety OF the South, in that contingency,
VIII require the prompt secession o! the
slavehJ.uIng States from the Union, and
falling then L" obtain from the free States
addulonal and higher guarantees for the
protection Of our nights aud property, that
the seeding States should proceed 10 es
tabllsh ne" government But whilst |
think such would be The imperative duty
| OF the South, should emphatraliy repro
bate and repudIa:e any scheme having Tor
It's Object the separate secession OF South
Caronua; u Georgia, Alabama aud Miss
lssIppi alone giving usa portion OF the
Atlantic aud Gulf COASTS, would unite
! with this Stale in u common secession
upon the election ofa Black Republican,
would give my assent to the policy.
would indulge IN no language Of Grim
! iraiion or Remuneration Of Our brethren in
the South, who are impeIled 5y n sense Of
paInouc duty 10 support Douglas anil
johnson. believe they are mIsjudging
the most efficient means Of preserving the
! rghls and interests Of the South in sus
tanning these gentlemen but ] conceds TO
them q patriotism az catholic NJ ] ciaim
| for myself aud feel well assured that
when the great sectional issue between Tue
| North and South n TO he decided, an issue
! which words alone will not settle, that the
South will have need for the services OF ali
| her sons, and that Breckinrdge men and
Douglas men will only emaIsto each other
in their gallant Devotion TO her honor aud
interests.
Thaosing you, gentlemeo, for your
kind consideration, aud reiterating my re.
gTet that cannot respond sfiirma,ively TO
your call, ! subscribe myself, most truly
your friend and fellow CITIZEN.
.'''.'' JAMES L. ORR.
To JONI MARris, aud others.
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