The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-09
THE CRISIS IN NOVEMBER.
what will the south DO IL Linco In be
Elected

what will the south Do II Lincoi In be
Elected.
As7-rs FROM As. sPEAsEs ORR ON THE ELECTION OF
AsDsssos c. H., July %, 1860
SEsrlxAEs-l have read and carefully considered your
appeal 10 me 70 become candidate for the legislature 10
this district The seadfast and cordial support you gave
throughout my public career OF sixteen years.
painful for me 70 decline any position which you desire
occupy and private deratous Oh 700 gieAt
weight 10 be disregarded, inpel reluctantly 10 decne
your call ,.,,
aspect Of cur federal Affairs and believe are drng
rapidly upon revolution. Ny hope, as you Know, ~
years past the preservation Of the rights OF lhe SCUM
10 the pnon has been upon the democrats pant onr
long united harmonious and HlunLu-.n., 49,,
rghs and institutions we're safe Ihat gTes9 xctoss
has goHe by, won SO many Drt,l ans go .es
ever federalism, abolitionism and consonatu, aua
no Y disunited divided and broken up' ~
Ise disruptlon extinguishes my ardenty cherished
bope Of preserving not ony our S ous us hs lou
D, It's disruption suffice here for me TO say, that
N nv opinion the secession OF the Southern delegates
nom the Charleston Convention was unwise and impotc.
wss manifest there TO the most casual observer that
Judge Douglas who justly obnoxious 10 the South,
could not receive the nomination in full convention,
and il equally certain that Mr.. Breckenridge would
been the nominee If the Southern delegations hal
not abandoned their posts. II Mr.. Breckenridge had
been q certainty He is the nominee Of only one
wing Of the party the other wing having nominated
Douglas and whne shall give 10 Breckenridge and Lane
she nominees Of the Baltimore neutrality-suspicious. of
tried patriotism and sound principles hearty aud cor
the people otherwise.
Lincoln and Hamlin, the black republican nominees
viii be elected in November next and the South will then
decide the great question whether they will submit TO
abe domination of black republican rulethe fundamental
principle Of their organization being an OPEN
and declared upon social Institutions believe
that honor and safety OF the South in that contngen
cy will require the prompt secession Of the sayehodng
states the Union, and failing then TO obtain from
the States additional and higher guarantees for the
protection of rights and property that the seeding
States should proceed TO establish new government But
While think such would be the imperative duty of the
South should emphatcaly reprobae and repudiate any
south Carolina If Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,
IoDe-giving us portion OF the Atlantic aud Gull
upon the election OF black republican, would give my
assent 10 the policy.
would indulge in no language Of crimuation or de-
PEELED by q Of patriotic duty 10 support Douglas
and johnson. believe they misjudging the most
efficient OF preserving the rights and Interests OF
the South sustaining these gentlemen but concede to
them q patriotism ~ catholic as claim tor myself and
we hs Nar I and IS %
which words alone will not sette-that the south will
have need for the services of all her and that Brock
fnridge and Douglas men will only emulate each
ether their gallant devotion 10 her honor and interests
Thanking you, gentlemen, for your kind consideration
and reiterstng my regret that cannot respond arma
lively 70 your CALL subscribe myself most truly your
friend and fellow citizen, JAMES L. ORR.
To JOHN MARTIN and others.
TEE POSITION OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH.
From the Charleston Mercury, August
south Carolina stands alone in her attitude in tn, Pres
u
election Of either Mr. Douglas Mr. Bell to the Presden
cy. Squatter sovereignty and 'the Union and consttu
ton paIty-so caed.hayS not single repressen.aiiye
are united supporting but ticket for the Presidency
and that is Messrs Breckenridge and Lane.
What has produced this unanimity in South Caron1Y
II the press and the public men OF South Caro-
Ina have and faithful to the rights of the
South they have been In other Southern States The
truth has been boldly declaredhe right has been
fearlessly maintained In South Carolina
nod nd tier
which are involved in the Presidential election IL dur
ing the as ten twenty years abolition and the Union
had lodged in South Carolina a. has been IN other
Southern States would have been now torn as they
are by the dstracting and conflicting pretensons OF
half dozen ddates 10 the Presidency. The spirit Of
party centring Washington in natonals has cursed
The Southern people with its binding aud corrupting in
fuences Elections have not turned upon the maintea
Of the constitution and the right guarantees 10 tbs
South-but upon party-the democratic or whg or Ane
parties The people generally sappor the party they
are used support Their passions aroused by opposition
in elections does not aid them Analysing the principles
the policy Of the party To which they belong IL their
public ignore principles aud policy or lead them TO
suppose that they are unchanged or that their
interests institutions are not endangered they eater
eagerly into election contests merely for victory Grair
ally surely, the politics Of the United states have
undergoing settled and irreversble change Mere
questions Of constitutional right or Of policy have born
sinking ont OF sight under the black cover OF sectional
I'm. National parties have been stripped OF their
tonalty-a the North aud the south, under the az
sressive pretensons Of the former have been forced
asunder, INTO two great rival antagonist powers u ne
Union The people Of the Southern states generally have
been adv sed OF thls changc IA tu'r plous
by their public men. Their public men have tl,iF
affections at Washington. The triumph Of party
Is their triumph aud success. Hence p1rty-9ar
ty-pariy has been their cry: until az ergth the start
ling fact Is developed suddenly O. the people OF the south
that all national parties az Tue No!h are tse 70 the
South The course O, TIE National Convention Of tie
two sections Of the UnidT4ow face each other in the
Presidential election distinct sectional issues. Yet
large portion OF the people OF the south have not reaz
the state Of things Powerful efforts being made
myst fy and couf)uud their approximations Taey
told that those who assert the rights Of the South
merely seeking dissolution Of the Unon These rights
questioned but 10 vndcae teen means disunon
Then again. they told that these rights not worth
having great leading fact that the contest In the Pres
ideacy contest merely Tor measure OF policy,
but contest Cor sectional dominion on the part II the
18th vast and endless array o, sectional msa.
Nortn, '~~'Ad aud sectlona aggrandize-
ment 10 he contaminated. :. -S,ch has
hitherto kept the people OF the south from
being informed OF the dangers which hang over them 10
now active in binding them 70 their exifence. henee
distraction and divsOa In the other southern sates'
whilst south Carolina stands as Unit, "dHunv baq",
,ara from the greater ddelity OF her public men saa
6cv pubc presses and her better Information as 70 her
Pablo Affairs Frank, free aud fearless dscussoa AL
he operations OF government, AMI Of tue sovernm mt
prepared 70 rccy abuses or - throw OF is oppres
sion.
IMPORTANT aErrry3 At WILLIAMSON, SOUTH CARO-
LIMA.
Prom the South Caronian.
We learn that there s 10 be large political meeting ~
wlismson, on the 9th Instant Colonel Asnm1re an
Colonel Orr viii both speak, and are informed viii
both urge dsunon the policy Tor tue south shoali
Lincoln Be elected We believe that the public sentiment
of the state almost unanimous in support OF tbs poy
n would no longer safe 10 enrust the destnes OF ths
south In a Union where its popular majority hy0rs th'
bostIle and aggressive IDEAS OF the republican party