The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1860-08-29
Hnisting their Black Flag.

NJ. Keitt, member Of congress from South Carolina.
This letter is too lengthy for columns; but ap
pend some extracts We would request the people to
read the extracts carefuy-they are but fair sample
of the whole letter WILDE observed that he boldly
asserts that the party that nominated Breckinridge is
the file leader of the dsunionistth upon whom
the hopes Of the party rests!-But to the extracts
And how can the south be saved from injury if the
republican party succeed in the coming presidential
election? | answer only by dissolving this govern
ment Immediately. IF this party succeeds, loyalty to
the union will be treason to the south And will the
south be divided on this issue VIII she not dismiss
the party names, and build herself up into great
unit for her delverance? VIII the magnificent Wis
inertia of the whig party oppose itself to this great
achievement? In its day and generation the whig
party was the orderly against the progressive clement
and, though it seldom won, it always retreated with
bold steady front to the foe 1t seldom won because
unfortunately fol- it present knowledge present pow
er andits knowledge Of the past 1t was stagna-
ting respectability Old men, old rules, old routine
governed it, and made it, in stirring times, Louis
Quatorze pa"Jy, In all its campaigns 1t respectable
in conduct but it never, by chance evnced any
inyentveness or breach Of precedent 1t fossil
system, and its advocates soon became petrfed into
part Of the mass Let its followers catch the spirit Of
the present and march abreast with the times.
The south now stands upontl the constitution, and
her standard is in the hands of Breek kenrdge and Lane
Let her rally to it. and Ynder itmove to eqal
ty in the Union, or independence out OF it.
In my judgment if the black republican party sue
ceeds in the coming election, the governor should i'm
medately assemble the legislature and that body
should provide for State convention which should
protect the State from the dishonor of submission
black republican rule. Before the tribunal of the
world and at the bar of history shall stand iustif
ed. Freedom lives in the spirit of the people
than in the forms of government We shall receive
the plaudts of brave for preserving freedom and
not reproaehes for shateling Il despotism. Senator
Harmon, in his unanswerable and consumate argu-
ments on the admission of Kansas and 'squatter
ereignty has exposed the resources and rights of the
south. Upon both we may safely stand. This union
is just travellers tell many eastern habations are
la place to look upon all fair on its outside and pre-
sentng the appearance of house that should last for
generations; but the master puts his walking stick or
his booheel through the raers and he finds that the
white ants have eaten all the substance ont of the
tmbers and that all that he sees aboat him is coat
ing Of paint, which an intrusive blow may disperse in
cloud of dust. The skrthg boards have already per
ished, the ratters ready to tumble in
We, Of the SOUTH have done everything to preserve
the union. We have yielded almost everything but
our honors Let yield that only as an enemy Yields
his banner. L. NJ KEIrT
OrengeburgC. H., July 10th, 1860
The same number of the Herald also contains the
letter Of Wm L. Yaneey published by us some two
weeks back.
That our readers may fully comprehend the designs
OF the diSunionss we append the remarks of the Her
aid accompanying the letters of Mr. Kett, and Mr..
Yancey, which we have heretofore published:
"The irrepresble conflict begun at the south-pre-
paratons for disunon 1t is not without the greatest
apprehension for the future that we regard the pres
ent threatening appearance of the political horizon
Ever since the meeting of the Charleston convention
the disunon party the south has been preparing for
She dissolution Of the confederacyan event. which at
first regarded with the utmost alarm by the great ma
ory of the people, north and SOUTH has lattery
to be looked upon as foregone concluson-one which
might be temporarily arrested, but which can by no
means lie entirely avefted.
| 1t is time now that our own people should look at
this matter it stands We feel bound to lay before
the country this morning the evidences that the south
! has already made arrangements to secede peaceaby
from the union in the of the election of Lncon
who seems morally certain to obtain majority of votes
in the electoral college We commend then to the
careful attention ofour readers the elaborate manifesto
of the Hon Lawrence N. Keitt, and the brief but
less important, letter of Hon VIM L. Yancey which
will be found in impression of to-day We are
aware that both these gentlemen are ranked as fire
caters at the north, but know also that they rep
resent the general feeling in the cotton States and that
the cry OF secession which raised four years ago.
comes up with redoubled vigor and that some of
the most prominent union men in 1856 are now fore
most in the ranks Of the seceders
II we examine MIR. Keitts argument critically we
shall find his premises plainly stated and his con
clusons worked cut clearly and logically. He employs
no bOmbastc phrases by way of Illustrations his style
is calm and temperate, and he writes like man who
expresses the deliberate convictions of powerful par
y rather than who gives vent to his crude and
illdgested fancies In his letter the position of the
republican party Is fairly stated He accepts for the
party creed Mr. Summers views: first that slavery Is
barbaroUs, and the south necessarily in a savage state
second that the south, being inferior in every way is
to be held tributary to the north which section is to be
hereafter the sole fountain of political power What
follower Of Lmcolns bannercan deny that these are
the issues OF his party, presented by Seward Sum
ner Helper and other leaders and teachers Of the re-
publican masses Mr.. Keitt proceeds to prove that
the impending crisis is upon usthat the irrepres-
ble conflict is "a living and terrible reality" He asks
pertineDty, what would have become of the govern
ment had the black republicans held the executive
power when the John Brown affair took place at HaT-
Epers ferry His sympathies would have sided with him
of course and the land would have been deuged with
fraternal blood The motto Of the south is equality
in the unOn or independence out fit Ii the party
which John Brown represented succeed in the next
election oyalty to the union wouIdbe treason to the
SOUTH
Mr. Keitt calls for union of ali parties in the south
for Breckenridge and Lane but he has evidently very
little hope of their election lie IS prepared for ineg
liable results He advises secession and points the
way towards such consumation and closes with a
description of the rotenness of political system in
which, though oyerdrawn, there IS much that is un-
deniably true.
The letter Of Mr.. Yancey advances the same conclu-
sions that Of Mr. Keitt aud since the 10th of June
the eague of united southerners has not been idle
Already the cotton States prepared for revolutions
The piece is loaded. The torch is lighted The can
noneer stands by his gun waiting for the fatal signal
1t is not alone the evidence OF Messrs. Kcitt and
Yancey we have upon this subject. The influential
southern presses declare that the issue is between the
north and SOUTH represented By lincoln ana Breck-
inridge that the south viii be defeated and that the
EState legislatures must be prepared for the worst In
the gulf States the feeling favor of secession seems
quite unanimous the border States are undecided and
there is a dark cloud which means mischief hanging
over Virginia The great landed proprietors Of the
south believe that, in the event of Lncolns election,
there would be adequate security for their properly,
and they are, therefore, preparing to resume the pow
ers delegated to the general government We cannot
resist the conviction that they are terribly in earnest
That the south secede if united in the move
ment there no reasonable doubt The vote of that
section will be given to Breckenridge and Lane The
southern senators and members of the house would &c
to Richmond instead Of Washington. Congress being
opened in regular form Mr. Brechinridge would be de
clared president Of the United Southern Republic anG
the government may be organized IN 4 week after the
result of the November election is made known There
is really nothing prevent such action the part of
the SOUTH and there every dread that may
take place.
In view of this state Of rhngs we deem It to be our
duty TO parties interested cf the danger which