The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-12-01
AN EXTRA SESSION.

of to-day's issue, it will be seen that an
extra session of the Legislature is called,
70 meet mt Baton Rouge on Monday the
Iotl, inst. 10 take into consideration 1--WE
prcsume) the propriety of calling State
Convention to confer upon the best mode
of procedure in the present crisis OF our
national affairs, which have been brought
about by the election of ABRAHAM LIN
colin and HANNIBAL HAMLIN to the Pres
idency and Vice Presidency OF the United
States, by party of truly sectional
character, AID one, too, whose principal
aim has been to confinc the institution OF
slavery to its present limits in the States
Some of the members of that party even
oo further than this, and declare that
slavery shall be abolished in the States
where it now exists; but We believe their
number is few at the present time, but is
growing stronger every day, and there is
no telling what will be the result OF their
action in years to come.
1t is unnecessary for MS to 60 INTO par
t;culors. nj this time, of the rise and pro
grcss of the party which has, for the FIRST
time in the history of our country, elected
a President, of a purely sectional charac-
ter, and by party which has sworn eter-
nal hostility to the further extension OF
slavery. In 1858, when WILLARD FILL
MORE, the pure patriot and statesmen went
ont Of the Presidential chair, he left his
country and countrymen contented and
happy. The Republican party then only
numbered about 100000 votes, only Int
fl, more than the whole vote OF the State
eff Massachusetts,. At that time modern
Democracy came into power, with FRANK
LIN PIERCE ut its head second edition
of n Northern man with Southern princi-
plcs"-whose sole aim, during the whole
time he occupied the Presidential chair
seemed to be, to make cdPitdi for himself
and his party, ont of the agitation OF the
slavery question, for the sole purpose OF
Keeping his party i'll power in the hepub'
lie. The Missouri Compromise, which
was established in 1920, and under which
the country had enjoyed that peace and pros
pcrity for upwards of thirty years, which
has rarely been known in the history OF
fine nations of the world, was repealed by
the enactment of tile infamous Kansas and
Nrbroska act, which was brought forward
in 1874, for the sole purpose OF preparing
the way for the election of another "North
ern man with Southern principles. The
Republican vote increased from the tim'
| Mr.. Fillmore went out of Office, to the time
Of fine Presidential election III 1856, TO up
wards Of 1900 900 votes, and that vote
nearly elected Fremont in that year. W.
saw. then, that Democratic dcmagogues
assisted by those whom they could control
are responsible to the country for the large
increase of Republican votes in the FREE
States, and are responsible to-day, by thei
own acts. to the citizens of this once happy
country, for the election of ABRAHAM LIN
coin rs President of the United States
and none more so than the imbecile admin
istration headed by that arbitrator AM
dcmagogue, JAMES BUCHANAN. VIII
would sink his country into eternal ruin
TO carry out the bchrsts Of party dcma
gogucs.
There are men in the South who hav
been tanning the flame of slavery agta
ton for Years, for trcachcrous purpose
south Carolina has always been restles
within the Union, and has always bccr
trying to get up some excuse by whicl
she might get out of it and lead othc
Southern States with her. She has 90
that excuse at last-which she says, i
the election of Lincoln. This is the rea
son why the most prominent men of tina
State, as given by themselves, would rati
cr see Lincoln elected than any other, :
that they might have an excuse for cal
rying out their reasonable designs, S0ut
Carolina and Massachusetts have give
more trouble and annoyance TO the COZ
frdcracy than all the other States con
bined, and it was great error of til
founders of the Republic in ever admittin
either of them into it. But the evil ha
been done, and our only course is now
try to heal up the wounds and remed
the evils that they have caused to ii
country
The time has come, however, of whic
the founders of the Republic so patheti
ally warned us. Section is arrayc
against section, and insult is added to il