The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-11-17
WHOLE NJ MBER 1888

fortune of that people whose deStin:cs are unGS ;he
control ana legislation of another people, ~ Grant
of their condition, insensbe to Their wants without
sympathy pity, and legslati!'g them after thci!
crude and wild, and inpractcabie thCoIieN
What difference would it make to u.s. whether our
lives and fortunes were controlled by Res htpn"li-
can France or Black Republican Massachusetts,
whe ther to be the victims OF the Ihar~alcai
seri. .hteousness OF ID England rhilantllroplr. or
the Purtanicl ~eit-righteouSnr.s ii New England
philanthropy? Fra had ner SantionaX; England
her Clarkson and BuNton and tne Nortn have telr
Giddngs, their i>on, II IL Seward ana then Un-
And. if it be i.ilosolficAly true, that like
will produce like effects wha reason have
to suppose of the South shall escape tie
dire effects of abolition frenzy here, when il has
produced such terrific consequences every where
clSes When revolutionary France first ttoh tf]'
disease of political faaticisnl, her the to,es atont
" AsLssass el assa E..rc. n'i4s, aud harnesS-s
Bdi many nontns had not passed away before tie
madness had so far got possession of her that Il C
inscribed upon her banners, = LiJcrtie E9nuiifit,
Fa"tern,ffe, as applicable only to herself hut
f''r ali the nations and kin domS OF the earth The
civilized world took alarm at these yalinrS Of
the fanatic maniac, and closed thti gat.s rlon
her. But She bad some t eble col,,rios Tor which
she had the right to make laws and to thc~,. H..
turned, TO carry her theories of lIotrtv and Li-
lanthrophy. Unhappy st Domingo. She FAD not
her dest MES IN her oHn keeping she was governed
by na ION which kne" not her coutit ion.aul W Inch
under tn Influence Of taeories which Were en-
tfrrl- nappli able to her. The experiment was
made; she was too weak to resist; scenes of untold
misery followed; all that she h,st! of cn ilizat Wa,
crushed ont of her, and there She srands-a Drg,u-
ded Tning-a moa.n'rnt OF warning to all poo
pies, take their gos' rnment into their hands
and not to permit themselves to be governed bv
another and i hostile people!
Now fellow -ctiZcIi> there nothing in this fear
fu history and in that of tue abolition of slavery
in the British West Indies, from whicl the south
may take warming, when applied to t.c history Of
abolition in thc United States:
rRoarE+s OF ABOLITION AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE
Scarcely thirty years ago, the abolition party
81 small and usignificaut that ii greeted. even
in New En- land with ocrision and ridculc. Now
it has overs prcad fifteen States Of his tuon; .iuhcu
pos ssion their political powcr NieIds il 10 rs
oAn purposes; ha> thoroughly sectt0h9lf.t1 the
country and al the last Pre>i .ential election we
to sectional candidate, although mere ldy
rcr wit Trout any claims to statesnanship, l,34 rs
vote and that, too. against man lrrclroacu lie
In ,harac cr. and of the cXpoIien, cd
men ii the Conteueracy. So much IN evidence OF
its progress anlon9 tie peoPte. And now, lot US
look at its adv.ce il the gocerunteHt Of the cui,t-
try.
PROGRESS OF ABOLITION IN THE GOVERNMENT OF TIE
UNITED
About the same tine (when they first began to
ptltlon tor the abolition If slavery the District
Of. Columbia, and it OF .eetcd to by The South
as uIc 'rS rStitutonal, seeing that Congress had
right to gr,nt such petion,) they coIlcnued tor
the rlght J petition, and to have their lei-
tions rcad. Advancing, step by step they succced-
t..' .,atsa ts IA barrieT NJ. - .s 81 - =. -
- petitions have since poured in like food uu,t
Congress, ttne commor Legislature Of the Contc5t-
rNcy), couciled in language the ole: size and
Insulting to the people and lnstItutoAs OF half tie
; atcS ltrcln represented :-pcttloHs to abolish
savert III the frts ard dOckvards, aid ever z,,ace
else where the United states may hold acre of
matter if 1t be within the heart Of
$ ave-h'liiuG state: petitions to abolish tAc ntor-
STATE 81 ,vc ,dc and pet ions to abolish the yellnY
OF slaves, and slavery Itself, In the District # Co
unbia. They have far tanned IL. il ends IS to
have abolished the setting Of abtres III re D,--
tlrt OF toIuInhia, under penalty, Of tahiug away
the negro from hS master "nd @cttl"g ian l.l,..
Fin 'oidencd by success, they have witlHn tn I14
sent session 0! Congress- introduced resolution
dem n'tinr3 the abolition OF slavery tehercctr =
t<ts which, to the surprise el many, has lYcI
the .uppo Of, believe, sixty five "i tiler
bers of Congress. AID the great Representative
Head Of Their party, seeing a. he thinks th@t there
! lr:econ liable hostility bctW' ca tie two to1r~ c
labor peculiar to SECTORS; t.e, 'a"t@ t.a.
in that -'irIrpi eS@ib.c ilit Wild. + All cit tp
take place. sl~cery utaSt Le eboltShnt: and l.e
North viii % n have tAe power III the - ut.y.
AM ti'c Jud ciuy, ID as tney now laEc II il tha
l.eSSli I've Departments Of the Government, tI4at
thu ''-,orh must 10 1t ~
'nh AIM OF riiE BLACK hErrbl CAS- RTI- Fi.E T'-
TAI AHpLlrI"E OF >i.AvEtY At ruE suuTI.
Are t:.e>c He WOrI5-or are they tn. W Il-rpl.-
ol,i,r,d aAion> OF one who is sldcred Tie moss
~"Gaoous as well as The most influential Of H.. i1i-
.r> "' direct The rolicJ OF pnI<ticut abolt onl>.y
puEc n.ty viii stop short OF the *tutui uhoIllo1
IF slavery in the south, thcv uct tile
oyy cr and control II the Government INTO tIIcir
owa lands l. i he pole; Of tie South to traff
for that to take place aici pate It BY putting
herself bcyoud the Influence If their policy thr
opciation of their tw-? answer, III the laneu eualc
o the resolution that both ucr duy and hlehcst
interest require She should 50 act By what means?
The resolution answers BY taking their
troll, and preparing, Without delay TO organize tor
themselves q separate and indept contedera-
cy."
The solution, also, takes US Of that class
Gas HtJllnatJlc the OF / mon tllna1taIl~s
and u nioIl-savers )-Ivhr are know "Disution-
lists per 81, for it makes TINS action to d. pend up
Oh the ci >ance, Of the result Of the "rprU"c
ing Federal eIectious leaving Nithou lta.Cnable
hope, of neutatut~lag 3lehts and thus uuIro
tected and dcfelit elc>s in t!lon. Can any me
vrr!e,t ptIoo jcct to ti,ls And this leads Us
u The eXa,nnatoil, what the rc-uIt OF INC al'-
preaching federal elections l. likely to be.
(IO be cu.ttiuUed
MuIEDGEvuLE, GA, Nov. 0.-The Senate re-
fused to-day t. 20 into election for ited states
Senator 20 succeed Mr. IversoI. Tic majority
a gun>t pr"poa!tl II ; very aTge
New OkiEANs NOt. 1.-The ,e.Ott t..cii ~ So
c,.s>l,. meets with !. Il" IavoI here, anna ,ii
,c,Ilv taiI. lie fev,ri-h ttnuency. ot l. Z mo
MAJ tl,.l ho, SHOWS a1atc!ucnt-
Cu.RLrsv. j: NO.. Iz.-i,l.I. Ole rc. ..,rt u.Ic.