Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-08-25

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The Military System Of South Carolina.
The Richmond t;onrsnion-A splendid success.
BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE.
And the following, proposed at a ce'ebra-
tiot of the same day, at Waite rboro,' as gwen
by the Charleston Mercury of the 18th
.sBy F. G. BnnnE, Esq.-rhe day We celebrate-
We can nov only cherish itfor the past. Nay ne som
be able 10 greet l. as The nutal day Of a Southern Come
deracy.
By LIxarl DAVIS. Esq.-cnl. W. L. Vance y, of Ala
bama-May he live to be the first President o. she
Southern Confederacy."
We have thus pursued this Infamous cors-
piracy through all its progress from its 'ncep'
tIon to the present day. We have seen to
what expedients it has resorted to win its
way to popular favor, and how it has led an
suspecting people to give it their countenapce
and support how it has overthrewn and dis
banded the Democratic party; in strict accord
with its original design and purpose how 1t
has spurned all efforts Of every sort and tsom
every quarter at compromise, and forced taen
from the conservative States Of the South to
take position in its ranks how it has swept
away the ancient landmarks Of conservatism
and confraternity to the Union, and set up in
its stead the pretended god of Southern Con-
federacy how it has planned a revolution OF
the government and how it proposes to carry
out and consumate it; how it has urged its
way, step by step; how it has yaulted from
success, and glories in the near approach of a
final t%riuu,pd-a triumph which will be cele-
brated, ii ever, by bonf1res kindled in our
Federal Capitol and rekindled IN the cities
and town throughout the Union, by the burn
ing Of our ZONES and the destruction of our
household. We ask the readers to pause and
reflect upon the facts that we have arrayed
before him and their consequences.
Mr. BREcklsRIpNE himself is aware Of these
facts, and inassuming to uphold the secession ban
ncr, he is responsible to the country and to poster,ty
for all that may be done under it through his in
strumentaliy. That he is aware Of it, and
sympathises NTH It we have his own words.
in a speech delivered at Frankfort, KY, on the
2lst December, 1850, he said:
Fellow citizens, | propose now to offer you: some
reflection on smother aspect of public affairs. We
have been speaking1of questions that concern Ken
lucky no more than all the other States; but we may
soou have to meet questions that come nearer home
-tireside, hearthstone questions. 1disclaim the spi-
rt of an alarmist, or a demagogue; yet. since I have
been acquainted with public affairs, there never was a
time when the interests of this Union were in SD much
peril, or when the feelings Of the people we're SO
much alienated as at this hour. Certainly, if the
aspect of affa irs at Washington is in the slightes deg
ip1tca tive of tho = inu isaWlero this yfafpynnnf
is mournfully true,'
And after referring to the Republican party
continued
Resistance in some form is inevitable. Some mem
bers ofthe Confederacy may contemplate it IN the form
OF a seperate political organization. Kentucky, while
= single ray of hope penetrates the thick darkness,
will resist under the Constitution and within the
Union. Resistance, l repeat, is certain. = = =
"We cannot delude ourselves with the thought that
the dangers that menace us are afar of, nor should
others delude themselves with the thought that there
will be no resistance. Constitutional resistance we
to the latest moment, even against un-
constitutional attacks. But when the subject of con
test reaches the homes and fresides Of a people, who
is wise enough to predict or control the progress OF
eventse
81 have seen the growing evidences for the last
few yeats, eliminating recently into proof, of the
determination Of the Republicans to take possession,
!. possible, OF the Government, for the purpose |
have described. l have seen in the Representatives,
of the Lower Southern States u most r~esolute and
determined spirit Of resistance. In the mean time
] perceive a sensibleloss Of that spirit of brotherhood
that feeling Of love for a conmon country-that
favor Of loyAlty-whicha are at last the surest cement
Of the Union; SO that in the present unhappy state Of
affairs, was almost tempted to claim that we were dis
diving week by week and month by month. The
threads are %gradully fretting themselves assunder
and . stranger visiting Washington might imagine
that the Executive Of the United States was the Pre-.
sident OF two hostile republics. Our wisest and best
men observe this growing feeling of alienation, and
N has hanpm with han thu prhtap nj pry;,,E
thought and conservation. They are alarmed, but i,
IS the noble fear that patriots feel for an imperilet
country.
"Perhaps the most eminent danger springs from
the possible action Of certain members of the Con
federacy. The representatives from South Carolina
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, not to mentor
other Southern States, say that they represent theil
constituents-nay, that they scarcely go so far al
their c0nstituents-and most of them declare tina
they are ready atany moment for a scperate organi
ration. Some of the Southern Legislatures hav'
passed resolves of this character-and We safely as
sumo that ia the true feeling of the people,
Well might Gen Martin, the South Carolina dele
gate above quoted, exclaim at . Breckenridge ratid
cation meeting:
"And having read carefully his speech delivered a
Frankfort, Kentucky, when could not have ex
rected a nomination. and ! am now better satisfies
that he is a States Rights man of the strictest oil
school-mores satisfied than l was when l gave HIN
my vote at Richmond. In that speech he LAYS dow
. broad ground ground that i will close my re
marks with. and save me a great deal Of what ! in
tended otherwise to say. He tells his people tina
fns t tsnr craft n party ,9 r was move . very T., good thing in itss,
or any party. They were to rely upou themselves
The South must rely upon its own strong arm an
be prepared for any and every emergency
And well might r. J. Scott, a delegat
from Alabama, as he is reported to have don
at Richmond Va, unfurl the Breckinridg
banner with The ,eay cry Of
PROTECTION OR BLOOD