The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-10-24

promises, but on something more sacred
than compact, she stood on the Cons,i
tuition, and would not be driven from il
so long as there was Usion worth pre-
serving. He SAID they Inherited four mi!
lions Of slaves, and from whom, he ask
ed, did they inherit them from the sign
ers OF the Declaration of Independence,
from our Revolutionary fathers, from the
| founders Of the Union. Under the Com
stitution compact, four millions OF slaves
are scattered through the South, and Sc
ward and Lincoln desred to rob the South
of them by their infamous legisla,ion.-
Here the speaker spoke on The constitu
! tionality OF slavery. lie said it had been
asserted that the South was not prosper.
Gus under her institution OF slavery. and
proceeded TO show that she was not be.
hind the North, in the natural increase
OF her population and exports. which he
said was always criterion Of a natiou's
! prosperity All The South asked Of the
| North was that she would enlarge her
JciIs and her peniten,iaries, aud contine
the negro stealers, and not allow them to
steal her negros They never had asked
moro. They asked no favor OF the world,
and they detied the world in legitimate
industry. The North, lie said, was IA.
vored 10y the Government; her great and
important coas,ing trade WAS protected
by the laws. No foreign vessel could en-
ter Iuto conn eutlon with her coasters -
He asked if 1t WAS the desire Of any one
TO destroy this great and glorious Union,
valued Al twenty,eight hundred millions
OF dollars. lie said the eighteen millions
OF inhaGtantH Of the North bad been
held up in tcrrorcm by braggar, son Of
New York to the eight millions Of ihhab
itan,s Of the South.
The speaker here compared the differ
| encs IN the climates of the two sections
OF the country, going to prove that white
meE could not labor under the Southern
| sun. He conterded the North had a.
ready dissolved the Union inasmuch as
lhey have nuIIifi.d law of the Union.
tie said he referred to the Fugitive Slave
Law. They had threatened to abolish
slavery in The dockyards, arsenals, &c,
n 'Le District OF Columbia, and he sup.
posed 1t Was there they would first at.
tempt to carry out their designs. II Lin
coin WAS e.erted even without Congress
10 back him, he said there were men
South who would accept office under
hun ; and the result would be, that their
emIssares wsuld pass between the master
aud sr"ve, put strychniue IN wells as in
Texas, give arms 10 slaves, and the gene
raj prosperity Of the South would decrease,
aud ibus the general prosperity Of the
whole Union. Under these circumstances
WHIT would the South do ? Some said
submit. HE thought not. lie said il
the NUrih Should turn loose The slaves Of
the South. she would meet the fate of
Acm"n, who WAS devourcd hy his own
dogs
He said he had ju.t had two questions
put to him, one OF which was, "Do YOU
CONSIDER the election OF Lincoln a sutii
clent cause Tor the secession of the SoulhF
and the olir-r Was, "ln case "i the elec
non Il LnrOlr, would you aid the Gene
raj Government in maintaining the integ
rrtv Of the Union 4
Ia the first place, he said he was trv
ing to avert that fearful calamity, the eI
ecilon Of Lincoln and in regard to the
other question, he would answer it after
the election. Cries of Question" ""ques
tIon." lie said. well ther, he would an
sser It. AS for the South seeding, he
Ill not understand how she could secede,
but he could well understand how State
might secele. His State, he said, had
certain reserved rights. lie was wha, is
called States Right Democrat. and he
believed in the right OF secession. His
State had passed II law ~ the last session
Of liz Legislature, requiring its Governor,
III the ereut Of the election Of Black
Republican, to convene the people Of the
State to consider the question. She would
consider it, and therefore, lie, as an irdi.
vidusl had no right to answer it, and the
people Of New York had nothing TO do
with it. The speaker closed by saying
that he must confess bis heart felt heavy
al hearing the returns from Pennsylvania,
for he considered that under those heavy
ma jorities lay the Constitution, and that
the very Keystone OF our Union was tot
tering.