The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-09-04

| they learn to be liberal, 1t will be time enough to
talk about the illiberality of others
JOHN BELL IN FAVOR OF DIsUNIoN-The
opposition are now striving with all their might
to make the people believe that the friends of
Breckenridge and Lane are disuhionists. But it
seems that Mr. Bell has been as much a disunionist
as any man in the South, not excepting VIM. L.
Yancey. Mr. Yancey, in his speech at Memphis
on the 18th Of August, brought out the proof
against MIR Bell, the following extract will show
Mr. Yancey sad
is there any here who claims to be a
Southern man, who is willing to stand up before
a Tennessee audience and say 81 am not willing
to say that the South shall resist any aggression
upon her Constitutional rights p Is there any
| such man here, be he Douglas man or Bell man
Cries of No If there is | should like to look
at him, and to know his name; and | should like
his neighbors aud the people generally to know
him. | want to see the man that is ready to
knuckle and bow and submit to Northern people
under higher law. That man has right to con-
denim me for writing the Slaughter letter. No
other man has right to do So No Union man
of 1851 has No Bell man of 1860 has.
| want to read to the Bell men here, because
am inclined to think that what shall read will be
authority even for them, and hope they will tin
kle their bell it until the next time they
speak of a disunionist Here is what Mi
Bell says [ read you from the official record:
''Sir, who loves his country no who
has just pride in the reflection that he is Ameri
can citizen, but must desire that these dssentons
should for, sir, it is not question whether
shall the Union; for that may be, and yet
great boon either to ourselves to posteri
The Union great boon Doesn't that sound
like Iancey! Mr. Bell goes on
tTl,o A.
tnue be united according the letters of the
by which they bound together; it is whether
they shall continue to be united in heart-whether they
shall continue to be practically and efficiently carrying
out the great end of the association. This
is the question, and when you present that issue
say at once, give me separation give me disunion,
give me anything in preference to Union sustained
only by poverty constitutional and legal teS-with-
confidence If our future career is to be of
eternal diScord and of angry elimination and recrmi
nation, give rather separation, with all its
qucnces.'
Well, now, there is aggression here, mind
you, simply the constant scene of quarreling, dis
cord and threatening. When YOU present that
issue to Bell he says at once, "give separation,
give me dsunion, give me anything in preference
to Union sustained only by poverty eonstitu-
tonal and legal ties-without confidence" All!
He says he is against the Union sustained by Con-
stitutional and legal ties if you don't have conf
dence between each other. If your sentiments
don't agree, although the ties are constitutional
ard legal, he says, give me disunion rather.
That is John Bell John Bell then has told
you what? Why, gentlemen, did | 90 as far
that when | said in my Slaughter letter, "we will
precipitate the cotton States into revolution
the next aggression the proper moment on the
next aggression p Did | go as far as John Bell
who said he did not want to wait for the next
aggression, but says if this constant warfare is to
be continued, give separation ? How dare any
Roll mo dor ha
stand up and repeat that as to me, and not de-
'nounce Bell as disunonist! Sir, if you do that,
| say to your face you political hypocrite,
unworthy of the confidence of The people dis
unionst when all the charge that is made against
me is, that | am ready to strike blow for our
Constitutional rights, against unconstitutional ag
erosion? And yet you dare support Bell, who
says, give me disunion rather than the Union with
want of confidence. How the people have
confidence in you, gentlemen-how can the Union
loving people of the eountry-those who only
know the Union through the Constitution when
having such Cnion-when you, having pronul-
gated that am a traitor, and John Bell stands
head aud shoulders above ME in the ranks, you
support John Bell 7"
CoNsIsTENcr.-For long time the New Or
leans Delta was avowed disunion paper. Now,
it is engaged in abusing the Breckenridge party
as a dlsunlon party. As with the Delta, SO with
many of MIR Douglas supporters in North Carolina.
Some Of those who are now sandering the friends
of breckenridge and trying to make the people be-
lieve they disunionists, have been open dis
unionists and secessionists for some years past.
We have heard some of them ayow their disunioE
sentiments; but now, in order to injure the demo-
cratic party, they pretend to be great friends to
the Union Probably they think they can hum
bug the people as easily as they have deceived
themselves.