The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-05-02
Power of the South-Elt quent T Fxtract.

/ Nhc llOI. II vi. htl,l, OI S>Outn CHfUIlDh,
What II spectacle does the ourh now
! present 10 the world The South, With
her maichIrss r~s"urceS, her splendid do
main. and with millions on miilious of
! galIan, people, still ciugng TO This Uui"n,
though she k"""s il onI, 10y expressions.
! Lat has she given to IL III the past p
| She has gwen huoi aud treasure. genius
, aud craftsmanship, courage aud ar,ns.-
| An lllustriuus South.iueI roused the col.
"nIes % resis'erce /; an iliusir, Us South
eruer led the arInres uf The he,outlun to
vIci"rl; An iIiuslrIuus Souihrrnpr bulll up
+ tins G",eruumrnt from foundation stone
to tatliemrnt and parapet. Nor have her
! contributions III mUderu times H. Ell sun
ted. She gave the men who led the re-
public safely through tue second war of
Independence. She gave the man. too.
VINO, III the !ale war With Mexico, carried
Your aims 10 The famed capital of tie en-
env. and illustrated them bv series OF
victories unmatched even hy those of Cor
t'z. Spendid aso rs have been her con.
| trliutions to arms aud s. a esinxuship, she
has added H. scauty trensure, To Amer
can literature. In every field Of letters
She has ietl her tuotrruls, and when the
nainrs %. all other American authors are
forgotten, save that of Fenlmore Cooper,
the admiration 81 pro>p-riy vii Continue
TO brghtcn round the memory Of one sir.
has gwen Ia the world as the great wiz.
ard OF American romance (Srmms). Yes.
the South has made ~ hl>tu:l, an empire,
aud ci,ilIz'liou, aud she c,n defend
them all.
Why, then. does The South pause in
the establishment Of IA iuG"prndant GOV
'rnmen' S.mpIy because she is under
the spell OF thc past, It's traditions aud IT.
memories. and because she hopes for ~
returning SENSE ot Justice at the North,
winch may secu'e her snfrrv III lhr
Union. Day ty day he spell is diSsoI
wing, and when she deSpairs uf This re
turning sen,e ot us',cc'-and many "l
her Iruest so"s have ALREADY dies paired ui
! u-she viii shalIrr the bonds It the
| Union, aud ,IndIcale her indeurndrucc
Should the Republican party succeed in
! the ncXt i'rrs!dcnial election, NV advice
+" the south L., To snnp the cords ot tn"
! Union al once and forever. | appierintr
The superior euIangiemenls and diiicr.
ties oi the border STATES, and viii lock at
hrs, only 10 the States further South -
they must Withdraw trom the Union and
establish c""irdeIacy Tor lhernscl, cs -
his lhev eau do wuh"uI dis,urtiry rher
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