The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-11-21
"SOulhern DisuniOn."

The following speaks the true sentiments
of Southern state Rights men. Mr. Yancey,
however much he may have been misreprc-
sented, does not claim, and has never
claimed, anything for the South that is not
embraced in the views of the New York
editor quoted below. Nothing that Mr.. Y.
has ever spoken or written proves him to be
in favor of causeless disunion. Even the
well known Slaughter letter, written by Nj.
Yancey, urges resistance only to "the next
aggression"
Southern Disunion.-In our opinion (says
the New York Journal of Commerce,) there
is no disunion at the South, save what is
occasioned by sense ofviolated RIGHTS, and
a conviction that there is little or no hope of
redress. There are no better friends of the
Union as established by the Constitution
than those very fire-eaters as they are called,
who are unwilling to he left with all the OBJ
legations Of that instrument resting upoa
them, while the immunities and benefits OF
it are denied them. Jost restore the Union
to its original basis-thc basis Of the Con
stitution-and it will have 10 warmer friends
and defenders than the men of the South
Garrison and his crew are consi ,tent in de-
nouncing the Constitution as "an agreement
of He'll" and the, Uniou, because based OF
such Constitution but those men are very
inconsistent who pretend to uphold The
Union, and yet violate the Constitution upol
which it rests. What but such violations
are the "personal liberty bills" which b.'ye
been enacted in severalofth Northern States;
the refusal of the North, with some honorable
exceptions, to surrender fugitive slaves, as
stipulated by the Constitu ;on; ihc prlcti,gI
denial to the South of equal rights in the
territories, and generally disposition on t''e
part of the Northern people, Oh large POI
ton of them, when they do not distinctly
violate the Constitution (in those Features
which insure to the benefit of The soutb) 20
come as near TO it as possi6le' Now we say
that they cannCt properly be termed disun-
ionists, who are only so, in case the terms OF
the Uuon are peisistentIy violhcd. Aud
We say that those mcu at the Not,h ahd
West, who talk Of "coevcing' the South TO
con;inne in a Ulion which size never assent
ed to-a L aion not such as Constitution c.dis
Cor, but such rs Abolition ty,nts see fit 10
iuau4u;ate are themselves d,unio Mss,
since they virtually sanction yioI4,ion o.
the terms of the Ulion, which thev ihight
have prevented il they would, and ,'rcn COM
nit the double wrong Of compelling the in
jured party 10 abide under his Injuries. l;
A makes a contract with Is containing mu
tual stipulations, and if 4 distinctly violates
aud continues 10 violate those of them that
inure to the boneiit of r, there is 10 court
in the land but would say that = is es.oppei
from demanding Of B the continued fulii'!-
meat of his part Of the contfact. And tais
"covenant breaking on the part OF the
North, is far clough from being innocch.
1t is classcd in Scripture with ihe most fa..,-
rant ki1ds CT wicl;odacss Uom. 1919 The
true business Of the North is 10 repent, aud
do her first worts fulfill her obligations &c
the South, all OF them, as she oace did, end
as the Constitution requires; ard ore wo'oi
fer il, we shall bear no more about di,ulioa
and secession at tbe South, bat shall iind :.
istiog wounds hc.,ling up, and tae h.:lcyou
day Of the Republic restored. This is INC
way to coerce" the Son;h-with tic bad,
of love; doing our whole duty under ihC
Constitution, aud letting the South see aad
feel that it is a Uaion for her, and not a3aiast
her The whole theory OF the Union is
CHOICE. The moment FORCE IS applied
against stale o. sc ton, that moment Tho
golden chain is broken and SO broken that
in ali probability it can.never be repaired.