Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-12-17
ADDRyss REPORrED BY COMMODORE STOCKTON.
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Fslio,,,itissns-we will not mock you with words
The occasion is too important and solemn for any ex
tended or exciting declarations. Action only, not words
can meet the present alarming crisis
Prompt immediate action Is required from those who
have done wrong.
Who then are the wrong .doers and from what cause
have the wrongs proceeded.
Let US ascertain the nature of the evil which has
worked this mischief aud then let the remedy be ap-
Piled.
We are not her for the purpose Of recrimnstion, or
accusation. We do not doubt that large proportion
of our Northern brethren intended desired TO
wrong the South They have acted under deuson, an
awful mistake They have been artiuy led on by dems-
gogues 20 the brink Of that gull from which We hope they
will now recoil, with dsmay.
The fanatics of New Engand have dedueed IRON the
Declaration of Independence the corroary that all men
are created equal there be no such thing as proper
ty in man. OF course, that slavery is wrong, crime,
sin aud ought to be abolished.
They confound the properly which the master has
in the service OF the slave with the property in the
man.
The relation Of master and slave gives the master only
property in the services Of the save he cannot law
fully mann, abnse or kill the saVe he cannot lawfully
treat kim a brute animal.
Fapaticism draws none Of these distinctions but de-
udes itself with the idea that there is crime in the own
ehp which the Law gives the master in the service OF
his sllvr.
What the Law makes property il property. What the
Law declares to be rights right
There is safety, no stability, no security in civil
society except absolute obedience to the laws of the
| country.
To DENY the supremacy of the Law Is revolutionary,
ncendiary sedtious and armed resistance to 1t is trea
son.
But owing 20 the influence Of these allscies, are
| now on the verge Of civil war.
We know that some Of those identified with Anti-sla
very agitation declare that they intended no harm
They do not abolition We shall not discuss That
IL af
rrs pressibe conflict" or "he process Of extinction
Il Is taken for granted by the Southern people that
those men what they say. Hence, they stand 10
their arms and demandnot indemnity for the pAs-bu
security for the future.
Let the lallacies Of an savery sgitaors be repuda
ted Let the same frAterna relations be restored which
existed betueen the North and the South in the days o
Washington and Jefferson Let the citizen Of the South
when be visits the North bring With him his domestc'
aud enjoy their services formerly during his empora
~ visit Of business pleasure Let the fugitive from
service be- in the words Of the Constitution delivered
1 I'd on claim" Aud wherever this should not be done
let certain and sufficient indemnity be provided Accord
70 the South all the rights Of property guaranteed by the
Constitution and the laws and the decisions oil the Su
preme Court in pursuance thereof Let the nulifyinl
personal liberty bills Of the Northern States repealed
All this the South has clear right under the Constiiu
ton TO demand Now will the North refuse TO do thi
simple act Of Justice TO the South or will the North pre-
fer blood to the renunciAton Of these Illegal aud unfor
tunAfe acts! .
F,loW-citizens, something must be done. Words oil
not do sWords will not arrest the catastrophe. Action
is necessary.
The North is wrong as the mattdr now stAnds Th'
North has done wrong What has been urongfuly done
| must be undone.
We earnestly hope, nav, We would supplicate th'
North put herself right before she comes 10 the arbi
| tFament OF the sword
Men OF the North get back TO your true position, Rn'
them and not until then, can We speak in tones OF thun
der, against all rebellion.
Let everything iu the way Of legislation at the North
which has been produced by the fascies Of AntAvery
be done away
But it must be done without d lay. The danger
that the South will not wait Here is the dArger, an
ue are nov cOufiO iOnted by the awful imminence Of
broken And dsmembered BniOn, Of land tent by civ
discord and drenched Eith iraternal blood.
VIII NOS The North recede Iom ias4 positiolg Wi
they pref r the fate OF tie Jaeobi0s and IBfdel'
uho drenehed the streets Of Paris with the bloc
Of their fellow citizens during the reign Of DAnton, an
harat and Iobesperr,!
Let no suppose that revolution and civil war ca
b. 81 Iarated you cannot divorce ,ntcts Of causes.
History tels that the authors Of revolution seldor
survive its horrors Listen TO concession, refuse u
ee turn deaf ear to the demands Of the Constitution
and take heed that when the revolution IS accomplished
you uho hAys the Sind do not reap the Uhirlunt