The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-10-31
Will Lincoln be Elected :


State of New York that stands between
him and a certainty Of success upon New
York then resta the sole hore of the South,
and how iallacious this hope is may be in
gone Republican for the two last success.
i've elections, ard the Republican gains in
States adjoining, where elections have
recently been held, have been far beyond
ces are largely in favor of Lincoln, and tho
sooner the South begins to assume that he
will be elected the better.
Some Of the States and that portion of
the South generally which is inclined TO
resist under any circumstances, have SAID
that the circumstance of the election of n
Black Republican to the Presidency viii! be
sufficient Indication Of the hostile purposes
of the Government in respect to slavery TO
warrant the South in Withdrawing from the
Union This is the issue upon which it is
proposed 10 unite the South for her own
protection. Will il sugceed-Will the South
dissolve the Union in this contingency p
If such is our purpose why this reluctance
to look into the future-why IL there man
itested such rresoution and seeming indif.
ference when the enemy is about to advance
to the very point where we have said he
could not 60 with impunity We should
be setting our house in order if we in
tend TO do anything Governments can
not be chaaged and revolutions cannot
take place without the effects being felt by
every citizen in every relation of life. No
man, whatever may be his position or call,
ing, can hope to escape share of the con.
sequences to ensue from disruption Of the
Government. What these consequences
may be, time only can unravcl; ; we should
be making up our minds to meet them, be
they great or small, There is but one way
to avert them and that is by Il quiet submis-
sion TO Lincoln's administration. If we de-
ternine TO submit the only immediate dam
ger that We need apprehend is an OCCASION
al outbreak among our scrvilc population,
either by poisoning, burning or some other
species of atrocity, done through the insti-
CATION Of abolition emisaries. No one at
all familiar with the history of the times
for the last few months can fail 10 under
stand that there is n settled system of un-
derground manGuvrng at work by which
the institution Of slavery is to be made a
curse and terror 70 the whites of the South.
And finally, when We are subdued by fear
for our lives and the institution is circum-
scribed and becoming daily more unproiita-
bic, then we will be in n very fitting condi.
ton to submit to universal emancipation.
81. Domingo and lis horrors viii rev eal tho
rest.
If we do not like the picture which the |
Resistance game cOnjures up, the evils of
submission are far worse. The first " i'll be
but temporary and will result in iniepen-
dence and prosperity. The last will be per-
manent and result in ultimate ruin and deg.
radiation. True the dangers involved in
submission are perhaps not SO near at hand
ana many Of the present generation may
never experience their full intensity, but we
have no right to transmit TO posterity evils
which we cap by prompt and united action
avert. Even the beasts instnctively guard
their young from harm and should we be less
mindful Of the interests of our children p
The question is pressed upon US End we
should meet it we have no right 10 adj ourn
it TO posterity. Whether the future Of the
South is to be one OF independence and
prosperity, or the reverse, " jill in all proba-
bility be determined within II few months.
The whole question rests with the people
and it is time they were making up their
minds upon it, Take the question III any
aspect We may, either ms one Of principle or
interest, and we are admonisheG by the
signs OF the times to preparation and resis-
lance. If we subsist in the Union, it must
be at the bare mercy and will Of sectional
majority, q condition Of things that is in
compatible with the existcnre Of civil and
political liberty. With the power of the
Federal Government in the hands of the
party whose purpose and determination it
is to opprcss and degrade us, there remains
no guaranty for the protection Of our rights
and interests. The South must look to her
self alone, aud the condition of inferiority
and vassallage 10 which her enemies design
to subject her can only be averted by a
RrQmpt and united effort of resistance oD
the part of her people. dissolution of the
Union is the only remedy for the difficulties
that ore about TO Overwhcim us, and il is
remedy that has no tersors for The South if
she will act unitedIy Let US with one mind
prepare for the Ides Of November and be
ready TO meet the result Of the Presidential
election, whether it be for or against ua.
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