The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-08-22
Letter from Hon. w. ". Boyce,
SABINE FARM, August 3, 1860.

'"""|eo "ie W h"Sleh repy 10 your
note.
If Lincoln be elected, | think the
Southern States should withdraw from
the Union, nj! if not all, then AS many
as will and II no other, South Carolina
alone, III the promptest manner, aud 10y
the most direct means.
TO comprehend the full significance of
LincoIn's election, we must remember the
principles, The charac,,,, aud the scnti.
m"nt Of the Republican party.
The vital principles of this party is ne
gro cquan.y, the only logical finale of
which Is emancipation. To see this, 1t is
only Necessary TO iuoN at thrir platform.
Which, though intended Tor obvious rcu'
sons "t policy to appear conservative, yet
raises the veil in part, rhs platform
says: I'VE hold that all mon are crca.
ted equal that they are endowed 10y
their Creator with certain iualienable
rights; that among these are lie, liberty"
DC, and this on motion of Mr.. Giddinps.
lhls IL intended to include negroes 1t
follows, therefore, according 70 RepuOli-
can ialth. that no one can be righlfuIly
IleIN III slavery.
Slavery, then, is a great wrong.
The Republican party are bound,
therefore, SO lar As their constitutional
power goes, to remove that wrong At
present their practical point 0! attack is
the territories when this question shall
no longer exist, then the District OF Co,
Iumbia will receive their attention, and
so on with the e'o!her outposts Of slavery.
Supposlng these outposts disposed of,
then the movement uecessariiT must be
directed against slavery in the tates.-
The panty wi. be bound to exercise its
constitutional powers TO destroy slavery
in the States 1t would be considered
entirely constitutional by the Republicans
to a9itate the question SO rs tC influence
the South by moral means to abolish sa.
very. Aud ~ soon as the admission Of
new free States, and the change Of status
oi some OF the border States furnished
the necessary majority TO change the
Constitution, the Republican party would
Ue sure TO demand such change and
abolish slavery IL tho States. The lie
publican party has but one stopping place
emancipation. Mr.. Senator Wilson, Of
Massachusetts, one OF the abIest men ia
the Republican party, compreheu ded the
mission Of this party, when he said, in
Boston, 81 tel YOU here to night, that
the agitation of human slavery will con.
tinuo while tho foot Of slave presses the
soil OF the American Hepub.ic."
BY the character of this party, mean
It's sectionaljsm. 1t is party confined
entirely to the Northern States--bolh lis
candidates are Northern men. The idea
OF the maj 'rity section banding together
for the purpose Of seizng upon the Gov
ernment, is at war with the spirit OF the
Constitution. The great idea of the Con
slitution IS the equality o: the Statcs.-
The seizure OF the Government by one
section is practical revolution in the
Government. The Northern States then
hCc the master States, and the South
ern States sink into an inferior condition.
This is not the Union into which our
fathers entered. 1t WAS u>hered 10 by
the administration of Washington,
Southern STAKEHOLDER, who had humLIcd
England.
The new order of things which the
Republican party pr pose TO Introduce
would be inauguralcd uy the aimiustra
ton Of Lincoln, a Northern AhoIlionist,
who would humble the South. Between
these two administrations was profound
guf! The first represented the perfect
equality of the States the second would
represent the domination of the North
and tie subjugaton Of the South. A
half dozen unsuccessful campaigns could
not put the South in more abject con-
dItiOn.
by the sentiment Of this party, mean
its an,agonism to the South. 1t requires
no elaborate proof to show that the feel.
lag OF this party is that Of hostility to the
South. The tone Of the Republican press,
tue temper Of public speeches, such as
are delivered by Sumner and Lovejoy,
and other leading men in the party, the
sympathy for John Brown, tie very agi.
tation Of the slavery question, and nu,
merous other facts " hich might be cited,
show that the great passion on which the
Republican party rests is hatred to the
South. Yd,
Such being the Republican ftfty,for
the South 10 consent to it's doniNation Is
to consent TO death. Not thai | appre'
hend any startling measures ofaegtes'
sion by this party Immediately. No; its
policy is too obviously wise moderation,
and its leaders are men Of too much sa.
gaci,y to be driven ahead of their pro
gtamme. But the mere fact Of such a
party taking possession Of. the Federal
Government, with the acquiescence Of the
South, will be the most fatal blow the
South las ever received. The whole
power and patronage of the Government
will he placed upon the side of negro
equality the Northern majority adverse
10 us will be stimulated to new life they
will feel the exrltalion Of being tho mas
Ger States. The Southern States, on the
other hand, will be wounded in their
pTestiOe their equality Oone homeless of