The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-08-14
From .Ae Columbia Guarclian-
Letter from Hon. w. W. Boyce.
SABINE FARM. August 3, 1860.

SABINE FARM, August 3, 1860.
Gentlemen: My high respect for you in
duces me to hasten Il reply to your note
If Lincoln be elected, think the South
ern States should withdraw from the
Union; all, if not all, then as many as
will and if no other, South Carolina alone
in the promptcst manner. and by the most
direct means.
To comprehend the full significance OF
Lincolns election, We must remember The
principles, the character and the sentiment
of the Republican party.
The vital principle Of this party is ne
gro equality, the only logical yf"o'e OF
which is emancipation. To sec this, ii is
only necessary to look at their platform,
which, though intended for obvious rea-
sons of policy to appear conservative, yet
raises the veil in part. This platform
says We hold that all men are created
equal that they arc endowed by their
Creator with certain inalicnable rights !;
that among these are life, liberty" &c. ;
and this on motion Of Mr.. Giddings. This
is intended to include ncgros. 1t follows,
therefore, according to the Republican
faith, that no one can be rghtfully held
in slavery.
Slavery, then, is great wrong.
The Republican party is bound, there
fore, so fur as their constitutional power
goes, to remove that wrong. AT present
their practical point Of attack is the Ter
ritorics; when this question shall 10 Ion
ger exist, then the District of Columbia
will receive their attention, and SO on with
the other outposts of slavery. SuppoSing
these outposts disposed OF. then tic move
mcnt necessarily must be directed against
slavery in the States. The party will be
bound to exercise its constitutional pow
ers to destroy slavery in the States. 1t
would be considered entirely constitutions
al by the Republicans, TO agitatc the 1ncs-
ton so as to influence the South. by moral
means, to abolish slavery. And as soon
as the admission Of new free States, and
the change of status of some Of the border
States furnished the necessary majority to
change the Constitution, tie Republican
paroy would be sure to demand such
change, and abolish slavery in the States.
The Republican, party has but one stop
ping place-cmancipation. 1Ir. Senator
Wilson, of Massachusetts,, one Of the ablest
men in the Republican party, compre-
hcndcd the mission OF his party, when he
said.in Boston, 'l tell you here tonight
that the agitation of human slavery Will
continue while the foot of a slave presses
the soil Of the American Republic"
BY the character of this party, I mean
its sectionalism. It is party confined
entirely to the Northern States-both its
candidates arc Northern men The idea
of the majority section banding together
for the purpose Of sciziag upon the Gov
ernmcnt, is at war with the spirit Of the
Constitution The great idea Of the Con-
stitution is the equality OF the States.-
The seizure of the Government by one
section is a practical revolution in the
Government. The Northern States then
become the master States, and the South
ern States sink into an inferior condition.
This is not the Union into which our IA
thers entered. 1t was ushered in by the
administration of Washington, Il Southern
STAKEHOLDER, who had humblcd England.
The new order of things which the Re
publican party propose to introduce would
be. inaugurated by the administration of
Lincoln, Northern Aboltionist, who
would humble the South. Between these
two administrations what profound gulf.
The first representing the perfect equality
of the States; the second would represent
the domination Of the North and the sub
iugation of the South. 4 halfdozen un-
successful campaigns could not put the
South in a more ahject condition.
BY the sentiments Of this party l mean
its antagonism to the South. 1t requires
no elaborate proof to show that the feel
ing of this party is that of hostility to the
South. The tone Of the Republican press,
the temper of public speeches, such as are
delivered by Sumner and Lovejoy and
other leading men of the party, the SYM
psthy for John Brown, the very agitation
: Of the slavery question, and numerous
other facts which might be cited, show
that the great passion on which the Re
publican party rests is hatred to the