Gazette and sentinel., 1860-11-17
."Thou cans't Mot Say W. Did It J"

move or act on this continent has ever redoun.
del more to the honor Of humanity and in
the perpetuity of the high integrity of a free
and proud people, than that principle which,
commencing in South Carolina 10y the hoist
ing OF the State standard and the mounting
Of the blue cockaGe, has been followed by the
people Of her sister States to the Mexican
border. We alIude, not to the principle OF
"immed,at. sccession'--for, s~cverirg all ties
with the General Government, without any
voice Of prernon.tion, Of debate and counsel
among ourselves of our own State first, and
secondly among the Southern States in Con
vention, would be uHwi-e to say the least
but to the principle which, Ike the serpent,
rearS its head and shows its venom whenever
trod upon; and, magnqrimouS as the ratlle-
! snake, gives It's note Of warn ne Whenever it
is about ito strike"-it is a principle which,
/ like the veins of the human system, parme,
ates tue intellectual pores Of every class OF so
CITY that has tasted Of the blessings Of lib
erty and Self,govrrnment, and which msgni-
fes into hileous dcformity any result enian.
gcring the elves, liberty and property Of
themselves apd their descendants. Il is thi-
principle, ranking in the breasts of our PEG
pc, which causes them to organize military
companies, and which places on the hats OF
brave and true men, and on the shoulders of
our heroic wives and daughters, that sym'ol
Of a free and Independent man and women,
the Blue CocGadc!
1t was thro' this principle, assisted by the
folly and ob>tinacy of George ", that the
name Of George Washington became second
only to DIVINITY itself in the minds of the
American people; and it is upon a ike prjnci
ple-which never dies, when the cause Of It's
inception, like blood to a wild animal, is ono.
tasted-which at this moment gives such 81.
pernatural prowess and prestige to the arms
Of Glribaldi.
Had the English King, free from the blind
ing effects of passion aud the pride Of su.
preme rule, ph~ilOsophically yielded to the
Just demands Of that greater power which
manifested is spirit and determination by the
acts above alluded 10, there is no telling tc
what extent Of time English rule might have
controlled the deS,inicS o? this continent. II
was George ". and his Parliament, and no.
his subjects tie cOloaiSts, which severed tn,
political ties between this country and GresI
Britain.
Let Lincoln and his party be instructed by
the lessons Of the past. If the people OF th,
South have "thrOwn the tea overheard ant
made their "Declarati)u Of independence,
they have been provoked to it by acts of wan
ton wrong, malice and injustice, socially ant
politically, on the part of their own country
men sectionalIy arrayed against them anc
ces, are a thousand times more aggravated
| than were the acts of Great Britain agains
the c~olonists before blood was split at Lexing
/, ton. A day previous to this event would 10
have been too late for England still to hav,
? saved her honor and her colonies. In lik'
manner, it is not yet too late-if every sparl
of manliness and love OF country has not diet
out-for Lincoln aud his party to save tn
t Union and preserve the peace and bappines
Of the land. These great desideratums res
with them, and not with the Southern people
! II is for their ingenuity, connected with pa
triotism or whatever principle they may all,
to it to advance the NATTER to do this at thi
5 time, and mt ours, if they desire peace an
confidence to be restored to the country
But #, in the flush Of victory, our rights an
our acts are sneered at, (Which has alread
e been evidenced by the Back Republi cans
{ and no attempt whatever made on their par
= to still the storm they have raised, let them
say we, reap the whirlwind! If the Union
to be dissolved-if the name Of America
citizen" is to be a thing Of the past-if tn
flag which sweeps every ocean, whose tri
. umphs are the pride of our history and whicl
are commemorated in marble and brass
the home Of Washington is to be divided ant
' desecrated-if all our bright anticipations G
the grandeur and magniicence that this Unto
! would attain are to be dissipated-if all thes
and a thousand more proud reflections an
glorious associations are to be lost through
dissolution of the Confederacy, Souther
hands and Southern hearts will be clean Of il
Our GUARANTEED RIGHTS, and NO
DISSOLUTION, are what We seek
But in anticipation Of such an end, we ca
fancy the Black Republican party, typifed a
the demon of Fanatcism, arrayed before tn
IDEAL snirits Of thnse who's hlnnh cnnsecrnts