Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-08-25

an! in Louisiana and Florida also unqaes
tionablv the di~apctlon TO the Union i
Widespread. 1t remains for the people o
| those States 10 say at the ballot box " hethel
thew Will Sustain ,!la leaders who have PLACED
them in tins reasonable attitude towards tilt
Union.
Let it be constantly borne in mind tha'
| Mr. Yancev vauntlngy declared IN his let
woaId "iNrLunNcE PARTIES. LEGISLA-
lures AND STATESMEN. 10 show
iultIInent OF this design. we appe:d iesoItl-
tions of various Democratic conveEtl"n> held
preparatory 20 the pending Presidential
struggle
! At a meetin, held in Montgomery. A la
on the 23rd of \ prlI, 1850. we have the fol-
lowing assertion OF the South Carolina doc
| trne OF secession, and of :, purpose to act
| upon it in the contlr gencv to accomplish
which the efforts Of Mr. Yancey and his CO.
| adutoIs are earnestly directed:
s.I'soirei That the great f',nst.Irl4l art ii"
| equality of the sovereign states il rights and priv
lege mmunitjeS aul Eon"r> and t.r ina -tIS,.bi~
complement I" such preamble as his Is Il right
of each state 1n a1,, Ne compact ~ cou.trat ION
whenever If naIl solenn', eea the lnc"d at
| ible with it, liberty az honor.
ReSolrvl Tia, the ctiz.n2 of the Soatorn State
entitled T. the ann lest protection &" their pro
erty. Of all kinds i'll The States and Territories p the
tn5ed States and upon tn. Nigh seas and that the
failure of the Federal Government to CIV" such pro
lection viii Justify the southern states III throwing
oil such government.
| Th4t wc have read with amazerncnt and fniigua
ton the declarations made hv lending Northerl Dem
ocratic rcnators the Sant:- Of the United states.
that net VIII be fonn! IN the North to support
the claim of the SOUTH t" protection of the govern
aud against act of tue Territorial Iegisi,
tur, either abolishng slavery OF destroying it by
Hostile leg SlatInn--
And ref u We here procltitn unat"rah hi" de-
terminal" to demand this protcc ion fIcfu thr gov
ernnl"at auA that when our PLAN constitutional
rights are violated alI fad protection IN thi>
goyerIm will use best enaeayar- tn with
draw from that government the powers whel it per
vert5 TO our mi ury.
This was re-affirmed by Convention in
Auburn on the 9th May following which
nominated. a Candidate ior Congress: ard BY
the State Convention in January which ap-
pointed delegates to Charleston. The Dem
ocratic State Convention of Louisiana, at
Baton Rouge, March 9th, 1860, adopted the
following, reported by Ex-Governor Aoator.
delegate 10 Charleston.
20 That in cs,-s of tie tlec. OF. # nrt7il,
tho vowed irriic r,e- Of til. FI.ch Rr.Glican ,arty
we conc mr. ia the arnion that aui ,!,.G
~ Council er -i tr slayehn res Mates to consult as
tc II" In.aHz ot uttrt ltotecil"!.
By the Democratic State Convention OF
Texas. at Galveston, April. 1850:
Rs 1..1. i}..t IN beculuiug lari. ber Of te con
ed.r,c, ieN.s parted witt 4 .,rti,sn ef her >oy"-
| r-l4uty. haf nnn nlv clH,n-@t tn, .Le'.t through
whom al! rEr!c,>. -pt"' "i TIE ',s'rr> giEe.-
tainrng H. H. Thtt -oIll ti.osr ro@er- ba
any time to her injury H..'a- r @h"li tie '3.=
ernment fail 20 exercise - w5tich ags r.sr
rights ana the rights Of her people. sh9ul the
compact which she rs entt ~; l,tp 81 Ia tAe ltter
Stats, through the lad faith If aay u thenl, II te
accomplish the ouject for which il tzrra il.
tuv If these cases in which she alone for
herself tie StIe Of Texas possesses the full right,
a sovereign State, to anau he compact, to revoke
the i.u5r, She Inn delegated to the government Of
The -tc,i states. to withdraw from { eontrderacv.
ASA 10 Yer pace among the pewets Of eatth.
as !, z"ytIe ~, it4.iepenlestt Gatiof.
X 't.i- illt rrlstr. with great aversion the
unn" raj efforts of -rctj,ral party At the N"feh,
10 c;r5v an lrreure>> lie conf q against '
n-tttut",. slavery. ami whtleve: tina: part s5l5
sncree.l in cle ting resilient Ulon their " 'ttElJ5
j,rI il TO b. the ia1 %; tIe peo. ot TIM SITE
81 itUl read 'fit L.
win sister >34tt- Of the South i'll Con e..tun.
to take into consideration such ) be
necessary our r"ectlon or to secure out Of tHe
conede9acy that protection Of their III III winch
they can II" longer hope tgr III II
BY the Mississippi Democratic State Con-
vention, July 5th, 1850, re-attirmed January
1860:
Reselref. That IN the event Of the election Of a
Black Republican candidate to the Presidency, by the
sulragea Of one portion of the Union only, To rule
over the whole United states upon the avewed pnr=
pose Of that organization. Mississippi will regard Ii
as declaration Of hostility. and viii hold herself in
readiness cooperate with her sister States OF tie
South. III whatever measure they may ceem n"ees,
for the maintenance of their rights co-tq Iai
members of the conte'eracy."
1t was in view of the Charleston Conven-
ton and the Importance of bringing the pub
lie mind up to the issue there intended to be
made that Senator Clay Of Alabama wrote a
letter from Washington on the I'd of January,
1860, which was promptly published to his
constituents, of which the following is an ex-
tract:
ssWhv. you woul ask, do not Southern Democrats
and Americans uste their votes on some patriot ol
either party. and from the dishonor ane hui
miiia tion with which are menaced The reply OF
either side probably, would be- it would demoralize,
and perhaps disorganize party. But, ! would
reioin would you sacrifice the south on the altar OF
your party? Can you not sink the partisan IL the
pa riot, hen the enemy is at our gates!
s.Why may not address the same question to the
legislators Of Alabama, to her people, and to the en-
tire Southern people? We are confronted by mpia-
cable and powerful foes, whose herald and leader re
cares we must meet them everywhere in 'sirrecon-
ciable co1dlct.' They struggling witt. US,
hand to hand, in the Capitol for the control OF the
Treasury, the Army, the Navy, the Post ofce-aii
NNr,fh
embattled array upon our entire Northern bounda-
ries Their emissariss in our midst, preparing
torches for the ncendiary and daggers for the assas
sin We cannot, if We would avoid the ''contict .
they threaten. We have been Deseiged and harassed
by them for many years-have suffered sorely from
their ravages and sought no reparation, but Only
future peace justice, domestic tranquility and seca
rity fo~ persons and prosperity we nave sought