Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1860-11-02
From the New Orleans Delta.
The Issue

It is we'll for the South to look at facts
as they are. Why delude ourselves with
talse hopess Why peer in anxious and
fearful expectation through the dark clouds
which overhang our Northern horizon,
searching tor friends who have no power
to aid rs! Why listen to the deceitful
promises of those who tell us that the I'm
ion is TO be saved by the strength of the
Douglas party, or OF the Bell party, or of
the Brecklnrldge party at the North! The
lnexorable logic of facts ca t.ates that
all such hopes are worse than fafacTous-'
that they are deceptive, enerYating, ruin
ons. The contest in this election is no
longer between the North and the South
That battle has been fought. Ii it is not
yet absolutely lost, nothing remains to us
but that faint and glimnering hope,
which to cherish longer wonld be folly,
perhaps madness. That which has been
called the conservative" element at the
North has made its first great stand in the
States OF Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Iowa. 1t has been completely overwhelm-
ed, routed, almost exterminated. Appa
rently, nothing remains to it but to quietly
take service in the ranks of the conquer
ing army by which it is surrounded, aud
| to join in the crusade which triumphant
Aboisionisn is preparing against the
rights the honor, the liberty of the South
! The boasted strength of Douglas, upon
which the South was asked to rely, has
been proved to be delusion and sham.
| Douglasism has been swept away when ii
| fought its battle under its own candidate.
on its own platform, and entirely free from
| any damaging associations at the South.
Its overthrow would havebeen, if fpossible,
even more complete if it had been the re
cognized champion OF the Southern cause
at the North. As to the Bell party, it is
utterly powerless for any purpose either
of good or evil. Its influence has not even
! been felt in the recent Northern elections
! Its pretence of Nationality no longer chal-
lenges investigation. It is too absurd te
/ impose longer on the most credulons Bell
Everettite in the South.
1t is the part Of wisdom, and that oi
courage which is the highest caution, to
! regard the sectional question as settled
SO far as the result of the Presidential
election can settle it. The issue is trass
ferred to Southern soil. The battle RACES
now throughout the South. 1t is TO
4 Southern men to decide, IN view OF tht
near approach of Black Republican tri
umph at the election, whether they vii
assist in uniting the South against her en-
emies by siding with that party which
represents Southern rights-Which alone
presents distinct Issue with Black Re
/ publican doctrines and with Northerl
sectional ambition whether they vii
aid in degrading the South by voting witt
the party which ayows that the preserva
ton OF the Union, even under Abolition
snpremacy-evei at the sacrifice ofSouth
ern liberty and Southern honor; is tn
primary object of patriotic aspiration
8 The lines are just as distinctly drawn nov
as they can be, evel when the Novembe
election shall have confirmed the presage
of the recent contests at the North. Th
issue is just as plain. Nobody can mis-
take it. 1t is not whether Mr.. Douglas, o
Mr.. Bell, or Mr.. Breckenridge shall b
elected President, but whether the sovel
. eign States of the South are ready to be