Gazette and sentinel., 1860-11-03

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ton with Lincoln. | fear, indeed, that this is the case
wish to God it were rot 80. Yet if that Union ticke
y should be elected, and it could elect Mr.. Dougla', le
4 its vote he given TO him not for his sake. bt for tn
l. little good it nigh, d, the country. If New Yorl
l. kgOes against IL, Linno'n's election ia secured. II he h.
c elected. what policy tacn should the South pursue
That is a prlrriaa question. Som, Of you -sy tina
: Mr.. Lincoln will make = conservative President. BIZ
I wat j. m"lT. bv the term cnnsc-yaurey l. is meant
: | presume. IA: M WI OK llda slavery from the state.
that he will not ptrmj, the ADMISSION Of any nor,
slave Sr,teI iUrr 'le Union, bI. tina; be will no. inter
{ ferr wj'h SLAYER far the present "a tte .~'a'es where j.
now exists THst = the nns' fly,rabl" deflifipn that
can be given Of This term coaserva'iye." But let u,
{ look for a moment n The results Of this "cOnservative'
policy. Il .'rikes. in the first pIaca. at the existence q;
that great constitutional principle. the ,qlalty Of the
slaveho. lei aud n" non-slavchoIlcr And I Ictv, l. To
you 10 imagine how long q government eau exist in
which this dn"'rin' ot equality i destroyed. The re-.
suit viii be the perpetual pX' lu>ion Of slave States aud
the admission Of IRE" State, until ny the increase cf the
number o. Tree States they have he power, under the
provision of the Cons'ilutpn. 10 abolish slavery in the
States whore j. exists. All a. tbs VIII b. done con.
stitu'iona'lY: this wo1li %, .aa result Of ths, ICON.
scrviiiv"" policy which some persons attribute 10 Mr..
Lincoln. EI- it viii MT be done, hsrlu,a before shat
time comes We shall AXE care Of olr-ervss. (Clca~s)
Let Us now look further. suppose Lincoln 10 he
elected. Who are 10 be hi. Office holders, WHO his
Cabinet officers, his Ministers his MlrsnaIs, his Col.
~lec'ors; AT these must he his f~i"n5s Do no sup.
pose that there are uD mn n The South VITO wi not
take oni,e under Lincoln. % not suppose t'l. there
ave NJ men among yog whD do not symptt iza with
him. Dn not supro-a that tLsre vii MT even be ret.
tioner- for office undar htu. When Lin.un c,., it,,
power, whal hi' officers are scattered tarsu-hou. the
South, and the irFeprcs>ir'c conhic. perco,i'e< through
tn" southern States. as water pereo'atas through a
rock, his objac. can be accomplished even wirh1u,
legislation. There viii he free speech. a, they call t.
every where, fo- the propagation Of Abolition opin.
ions; there will b. n free press. Is they call it.
everywhere, for tn circulation Of Ah,iiji II documents
and with a Back Republican President It Washing.
ton to protect and encourage them, their numbers viii
so0n be dOlbled, qgalruplpd-vea, Increase! a hDDJrrf !
fod, in our midst. And then. when your property is
asSllled-when your rights AZ threatened. and Won
call on the government officers for projection, you will
get very much that kind of protection which VIZ, yas
bestow on lambs. When you cal on one Of them At
midnight to arrest ar i1ce0ditry who is proving abo1t
in your nsighborhooi he will tell you that be ia 81 env.
that be will attend to il ia the morning and hv that
time your house will have been burned, and he ipcer.
diary will be a. a safe distance. Yol call on me ~
them in the daytime, and he viii tell you i. will take
him some time to find his horse, and some time to get
ready, aud a long time 10 find the offender: AMI when {
ne starts, he will fli i coll trlcb for you know bow
easy i, ia for a ma TO appear +, ID 50 othinr. even I
when he is doing nothing If a Southern man
were c3!ed On 10 pursue and 10 CAPTURE an '
unofendinr. reaeeGl Sou,hern brother, he
would not be very jealous in the task. Do ven I
suppose that those Lincoln Office holders wouId be |
more active in hunting up their own countrymen 7
No; you can not expect them to display alacrity. in I
this case when they have q President at Washington a
sympathjzas with them. Even now yen find them I
exciting nSFrec'i0n> in Mississippi, and Virginil, and a
Texas. l. this i the case now, whg. may you not .
sXpec. when Lincoln gets into power. even if he do 5
not legisilte at all OF the question. Slave property in v
and Maryland, aud Virginia. and Missouri. o
would become worthless, by intimidation, by fear, and "
other causes, until by the emancioation which o
would thus be forced upon them, and by the depopnla. Sc
on oil those States, the strength of our enemies would ,
be increased, aad our Own strength diminished. Thus a
"hie rs the elect of the election the peace CT u
he South, and the value of Southern prope,tv Il
Nolid he endangered, you would require 4 more Sc
police, on account Of the largo n
number of these Black Republican emissaries A
VINO would exist in your midst. Thus, even if Lin. ii
,oins policy should be conservative, ss it is called. b.
hese results would follow-results which would strike It
Inc very existence of those principles on which s.
ests the security of the South and conseonen.,v fir
he prosperity of New Orleans. But his policy would 70
lot be conservative. The slave trade in the District of re
Columbia is already abolished. The abolition Of st
isvery there would soon follow. Then. on account ef "
ne insecurity OF slave property, and its CONSEQUENT OF
'aluelessness. would come the Obolition Of slavery in vi
and the other border States. and finally the OF
Fhole South would be reduced 10 the condition Of a.
mother st. Domingo or Jamaica. Row, the question
rises what is the South to do? What, looking at the 70
istory Of the past, and to the promises of the future pc
honld the South do, if this man get into power, a
is said tina we ought to resist. as the common tic
hrase Is but here let me say it is a wrong phase. pa
'e can nov resist the inauguration of Lincoln, because Vi
Is Inauguration would be a legal and Constitutional ri.
'rm' '''aucted according TO law. If, therefore, the in
u''~' resist means resistance to the inauguration of he
neon rereat that i; would be wrong. 1t would be OF
% mon ard treason. The phrase has done a great
"a, Of haem, while, in my opinion, il has not aeon. N
'teiy expressed the meaning o. those Woo have ON. do
Dyed II. Bot there remains behind the right 81 self. 90
reservation. But this does not iayoIye the ,iobt n -,
J1re Others. It is the right TO save ourselves f,o, :,
-spotsm apd otstructi the right TO Withdraw our. a.
ives from the power OF q government which endeav- .
= TO crush rs. l. IS the rieht expressed in the lie. ~,
ari'ion OF Independence to do this thing whe,ovsr a.;
e Government under which we live NAV be. si
,h' Oppressive, and erect q new government mo-
hich may Sibserve our rights AMI our liberties. Tbi, tbs
sn'' whl'h we call the right of revolution, il the right hin
lich tue worm has to turn upon the heel that crusbea ,w,
tn the right which Italy possesses to free herself ne,
the yoke imposed on her by the foreign oppressor :
Italy, which has languished so long beneath that dr,
)vernment which has subjected har IN is fsu5l roLo :