Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-09-20

H 1o,qIas Candidate for The Vice Presidency Derlou,
SooseeSS Clanl0r of Union !''-ProcldinS the Riqht
If Secession The Only Hope Of the Soth and declares
hat those ooho deny Il, Douglas does, Fosfy History!
Oh, announcement by Mr.. Douglas at Petersburg and
Norfolk that he would treat those who attempt to dis
Ir the Union account of the election of Lincoln as
Jackson treated the ui6ers in 1892, has induced some
G the Georgia newspapers to republish the following
litter addressed by the Hon. Hersche V Johnson, the
ldale ol the Vice Presidency OIL the Douglas ticket
taa committee of gentlemen Of Augusta, Georgia. in
Nv wear 1851. 1t will be that Gov johnson hand
fs without gloves those who, like Mr. Douglas main
tain that the right of secession is merely right OF revo
I1ti3n Can the ticket with such head and tail mis-
sj sufficient number of the Democracy of the South
1liIe single State to the Opposition {?
Ne commend this letter to- the supporters of MIR.
Douglas who charging the friends OF Mr. Breckir-
iIa, is lisunionists
LETTER FROM GOV. JOHNSON.
MIILEDGEYILIE, GA, Aug. 80, 1851
Gentlemen l thank you for your kind and pressing
invitation to a barbecue to be given to Col R0b't Nc
V;Ia the Southern Rights candidate for Congress in
the Eghh District, the first Tuesday in September
neyt But official engagements forbid the pleasure
otis acceptance Morgan court will be in session at
that time.
NV personal acquaintance with Col McMillen is linn
tcd but know him by reputation as a gentleman of
hgh moral worth, brilliant talents and sound republi-
can principles Such men | am pleased to honor and
sincerely trust the great cause whose banner he bears
district, may be triumphant.
The contest in which the people of Georgia. in com
mon with her sister slavehodng States engaged is
me Of vital Importance. 1t involves the destiny of the
South and the tcderatlve character of system of
government 1t is waged upon the right OF a State
reaceaby to secede from the Union. The Gubnatoral
candidate of the Southern Rights party maintains the
Affirmative, and the candidate of the submission party
fine negative of this great question The onc that the
@ necessarily results from the reserved sovereignty of
C+o+c oudtb nat Of no md no
other that it exists only right of revolution The
Dor insists that the general government has no right
TO coerce seeding State; and the latter that such
seeding State must depend for the maintenance of its
r0son upon the stout hearts and strong arms of u
free people" The one unhestatngly and boldly avoWs
that il Southern State were to secede, he would not
obey a requistiOn by the federal government made
uroa him as the executive of Georgia, for troops to
force her back into the Union and the other de-
caras he would convene the Legislature of the
State and recommend them to call a convention of the
DeoDe to instruct him emergency in which the
impulses Of the true Southern heart should be sufficient
rude The greut issue, then repeat, is the right of
State TO secde from the Un1On aud the cocrelative alb
s1ce Of any right the part of the Federal Govern
meut to force such State back into the Union. II
cannot be euaded by THE SENSELESS CLAMOR
OF UNION THIS GLORIOUS UNION! The
integrity of the Union is not assaied by the Southern
Rights party in Georgia. Its true friends a1e those
uh0 insist upon maintaining the rights resulting from
Who from behind it, as d masked battery" teUd then
dsrudrc artillery against ats strongest Ouposts, By
ousamg submission to aggression, INJUSTICE ana
ROBBERY, because, LIKE "A WOLF IN SHEEP s CLOTH
ING" they come under the HYPOTHETICAL
GARB OF COMPROMISE. Then let a vgilant
people look well to the true ard only issue involved il
the pending campagn-he right Of State PeQceably II
aClae trOllthe Union.
would not, if time and space justified enter into al
argument IL favor of the affirmative OF this ISSUE be
eve it is understood by the people. 1t has been a
d1a tenet of the Republican creed from 1898 down tt
the present day, maintained by Jefferson and Madison
and Macon, Lowndes and Troup, and all the distinguish
satesmen OF that school, who properly understood th
theory OF our Government, and whose heart beat re
D0usyeiy to the great American sentiment which is
once The parent and the soul of Constitutional liberty
Argument is not needed to eucdate or enforce it.
the people, shaking off the trdmneLS of party, and Spur1
ING THE TINID COUNsELs OF TEMPORIZING SUB
NISSIONISTS AND SELFISH TRADESMEN
IN THE GREAT MART OF POLITICAL BARrERING
~aL obey the HONEST IMPULSES OF TRUE SOUTHERN
SENTIMENT, they 2OW require no argument TO ARA!
them thI SIDE Of truth, THEIR HEARTH
STONES AND THE CONSTITUTION.
10 deract from the Importance Of the issue in publ
Gu. on it is insisted that it is mere abstraction
that it will be time enough for Georgia to determine it
When She shall be called upon to exercise the right
secession This is but one Of the hundred srtbterfuge
Thosc rho man the masked battery" The issue
gtaL 1t has not been made by the State Of Georgia
HJ W 'HC OOULHeTn OtdteS III HCS OEef JOTCeG upon
tyfmcrul aggr@Sl0nS. 1t has been distinctly tender
ed by high authority. It rendered by Henry Cla
ID his great speech upon the compromise bills. y
lie sand lt resistance attempted by any State, or
IePcope OF any State he will lift his voice, his heal
AMI bis arm in the support Of the common authority
this government" Through Mr.. Webster, the Secr
try Of State it has been rendered by the ROTTEN d.
NASTY OF THE FILLMORE ADMINISTRATION. For he ha
distinctly proclaimed the policy of the Cabinet to
coercion, if any State should attempt secession. TIL
5Sle, then, is upon Shall we not meet it ? Sha
re mglOriouIy Shr1HE from ats decision 1t Is tru
that to past aggressiOns, Georgia has determined
oler no resistance. But the right to resist and to
at peaceably without the terror Of federal bayOnet
She cannot yield and she is called upon to NAL
The decision Let her meet wlth rn1ness and aanan
Hhoerer Observes the signs of the times cannot fail
SEE that the RIGHT OF SECESSION qCW probab
@yo DISTANT DAY, ASSUME HE FORM AN
NAGNITUDE OF PRACTICAL 1MPOR,
ANCE. The South is in a permanent minority IN OF
Federal Legislature. The tone OF Northern fanatics
aoatlS not in its frenzy and insoence 1t presses
rapidly to the contamination Of its diabolical design
ana what check has the South upon its progress
Lave we any under the established rules OF pariamer
a'y law Can we expect any Justice at the hands
Tue present Free-Soil Executive and his Cabinet CT
we elect anything by argument and appeals to the re
son SON. OF our NORTHERN -OPPRESSORS CA
WE OBTAIN SHELTER UNDER THE BROA
ouLLIER OF THE CONSTITUTION NC
DE te are important as PGCtEhreGG 10 restrain an IL
N1hoFONSlBLE AND FANATICAL MAJOR
~; What then, are we to do? l say, let us bear
t aSt point of endurance, but let US never proclaim
through the balot-box, that we haze right to secet
'o That if we do Secede we are to be regarded as
"ge0s Qnd revolMlonists. 1t never never be trl
a our toreathers in the struggle of '76, fought or
"aCNeye that which is the right of serfs-the right
pSs"@too. They had that under the British crown.
Do' tley struggled for more-for colonial sovereignty
"lu they won it.
II Did they turn round Immediately and surrender
10y nad battled for into the power of an elective &C
s'ouauon ? Never, never. Those who maintain su
aPoSltOn fasfv all the history of our revolution. q