The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-12-08


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wider tn ~ ~ il = ~ y jnde
pendencs shea =. slesGbul1iee oos1e
can place itsslF u : Dositita q seeaF'ey,
and access to Is o1tlcts III their nccss
sary future southwark growth. They
kno-- thu, their cottpn il Indispensable,
not only To England and % b~roPs, pcs
even to M, too. ard thst ito possession
guarantees 10 thea I'll thu trcat's~ OF
peace and commScs that they may
want for their domestic tranquility.
whether with the powers H Europe or
with our Northern copfrderacy after .
aspiration. They know, too. that in the
Union the tariff policy and the nav,ga'
ton policy of thc North, subisct them
u an enormous taxaslon for Tho bcneht
Of interests in . large degree alien from
their own, from which they would be re-
llrvci by Independence and free trade
with all the world And do you think.
can YOU think, Ar. Seward, IL there are
now supcraddcd the irritation, the 'nsn'',
and the manifold and inevitable PERI 70
their very existancc, which are 'n-
,olvcd in the idea II the permanent
adoption Of ynnr Republican, policy by
the Federal Govcrdmens, that the dsn'
Mon idea, already powerful, will not be-
como entirely prcpondcrant throughout
the South? Why. sir. establish and
pc list in that policy, and the South
W / soon be absolutely unanimous iof
separation aud independence.
Probably YOU may think that such
separation wouid DO better than con
Timed association with slavery as It ex-
lists as a great fact and great power,
and as it il guaranteed under the Constr
tu.iou Many Of yonf party with whom
| have recently convcrsed, frankly ac'
cent this conclusion when pressed in
argument. will. then, merely ask yon,
whatever satisfaction to your moral
theories on the subject Of slavery, You
and yours may thus have attained,
whatever position If ascendancy IN tn
opinion Of the anti-slavery Northern
confederacy. how much good will you
then b,ve done 10 the negro race, left III
unchanged slavery in the independent
Southern COME lcracy, not alone IN its
existing States, but with all that IN
ture Sou'hward cx,ension in the tropical
direction which must iufallibly result
from i's already fast accunnla,ing
growth
do not mean that there will be i'm
mediate disruption on the election OF
Mr.. Lincoln. If. indeed, the great disas-
ter and the great peril Of that event
have TO be incurred There will be a
vigorous effort at the South TO effect this
revolution, and partial, bu, trust not
irreparahle disruption, may take place.
Many causes aud many Influences now
canspire towards its snceess. which
have never existed before. But all will
mt We, be lost. We have vet power
inl. party for the tnion al the Soata,
which will cooperate with IA u the
North, 10 subiuc the impending agiia-
,on by holding out the prospect OF that
great reaction n tho Nat,hern mind
which must soon follow, when j, is seen
that the wolf has indeed al last come.
Then must your party crumble INTO very
dust, even more rapidly aud more utter.
" ihan did that 81 w.no.hipgism.
Its one iAea-- that ono which ns policy
IL deadly hostility to mo South, have
~h,,-.,~ - H. ,s,ar's.~ly fatal IA all
the other forms 81 the antislavery sen
timeut togcthcs will be, and must be,
abandoned, Probably it will be buried
forever under the monument oi n Con
fpsp.ioua! amendment required IA n
condition and guaranty. And thus may
We succeed, perhaps, within the next
four years. in saving the Union from the
bret madness which. under ybnr great
guidance, is hurrying it to the verge of
the abyss.
But II this reaction does not take place
If your party is able within the next four
years to consolidate it's power Of alien
majority domination over the conquered
South, aud shall maintain the fundamen
tai principle OF its policy and Of its cx-
islcnec. then there is All end Of the Union,
and OF all the iopd dreams Of our patriot
fathers. The conservative Union party
of the South will only be able 10 stand
I'D aud live even now on the expectation
Of this promised reaction, and they will
aud must oil pledge themselves to go
with the Immediate scccsslonisis II that
reaction should not take place. II tie
DEMOCRATIC usis Panty Of the North,
honceforth TO be consolidated in cordial
eonitatcrnity for the sal, alton OF our
common country, should not succeed N
.Justii3lng that expectation, and II dc
criye myself in the confident hope OF