Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-04

precious stones, and from the natural orifices and aqueducts in Virigina and North Carolina flow the purest healing waters in the world ! But of what avail is all this latent wealth. Of what avail will it ever be, so long as sla- very Is permitted to play the dog in the man. ger? To these queries there can be but one reply. Slavery must be throttled; the South so great and so glorious by nature, must be reclaimed from her infamy aud degradation our cities, fields and forests must be kept in tact from the unsparing monster; the varion. l and ample resources of our vast domain. sub terraneous as well as superficial. must be de- veloped, and made to contribute to our plea sures and to the necessities of the world.
 REVOLUTION MUST FREE THE SLAVES.
 The great revolutionary movement which was set on foot in Charlotte, Mecklenbure county. North Carolina, on the 2Dth day oi May, l775, has not yet been terminated nor will it be, until every slave in the United States is freed from the tyranny of his master. Every victim of the vile institution, whether white or black, must be reinvested with the sacred rights and privileges of which he has been deprived by an inhuman oligarchy. | What our noble sires of the revolution left uh- finished, it is our duty to complete. l To this principle the North has adhered with the strIctest fidelity. How has it been with the South? Has she initiated the praise worthy example of our illustrous ancestors? No! She has treated it with the utmost con- tempt; she has been extremely selfish---so sell | fish, indeed, that she has robbed posterity of it's natural, inalienabe rights. From the pe- rod of the formation of the government down to the present moment, her policy has been downright suicidal, and, as matter of course, wholly iildefensible. She has hugged viper to her breast; her whole system has been par alyzed. her conscience is scared. d. still holdingin her embrace the cause of her shame nd nrit ebo is knc t,a principle of justice and magnanlmity. Ex- cept among the non shareholders, who, be- sides being kept in the grossest ignorance, are | under the restraint of all manner of iniquit- ous laws, patriotism has almost ceased to ex- ist within her borders. And here we desire to be distinctly understood. for we shall have occasion to refer to this matter again. We repeat, therefore, the substance of our avefment, that, at this day, there is scarcely grain of pure patriotism in the South, ex- cept among the non shareholders. THE NORTH roo scRUPuLoUs-THE THEORY THAT JOHN BROWN pRAcrrtEp.
 With regard to the unnational and demoral- izing system of slavery, we believe the ma jofity of Northern people are too scrupulous. l They seem to think that it is enough for them to be mere Freesoilers, to keep in check the diff'usive element of slavery, and to prevent it from crossing over the bounds within which it is now regulated by municipal law. Re- miss in their national duties, as we contend, they make no positive attack upon the insti- tutions in the Southern States
 Did they not, in s.the days that tried mems l sous,'' strike as hard blows to secure the in- dependence of Georgia as they did in defend- 1 ing the liberties of Massachusetts, and is it not notoriously true that the toryisn of South Carolina prolonged the war two years at 1 laa Is mol mo trua hat the oigarch3 of South Carolina have been unmitigated pests and bores to the general | government ever since it was organized, and | that the free and conscientious people of the 1 North are virtually excluded from her soil in consequence of slavery? It is a well known and incontestibIe fact the Northern States I furnished about two-thirds of all the Ameri can troops engaged in the Revolutionary war; and, though they were neither more nor less ] brave or patriotic than their fellow soldiers of the South, yet, inasmucli as the independence of our country was mainly secured by virtue of their numerical strength, we think they ought to consider it not only their right but 1 their duty to make firm and decisive effort to save the States which they fought to free from falling under the yoke of worse tyran- ny than that which overshadowed them under the reign of King George the Third. Free men of the North we earnestly entreat you to think of these things. Hitherto, as mere free soilers, you have approached but half way to the line of your duty; now, for your own sakes and for ours, and for the purpose of perpetnating this great republic, which ] your fathers and our fathers founded in sep tennal streams of blood, we ask you, in all seriousness, 10 organize yourselves as one man under the banners of liberty, and to aid us in exterminating slavery, which is the only thing that initiates against our complete ag- grandizement as nation In this extraordl- .r, hn tr,.a ats.g
 triot without frstsbecoming an abolitionist.
 THE NoN-sLAvEHoLpERs TO STRIKE FOR | N B tsa4b TnEAsoN.nl bn0iNa s3a l Non-slaveholders of the South, farmers, me- chanics and working men, we take this occa- l sion to assure you that the slavebolding poi- tieians whom you have elected to offices of honor and profit have hoodwinked you, trifed with you, and used you as mere tools for the consnmmation of their wicked designs.
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 Now, as one of your own number, we ap- peal to you to join us in our earnest and time | ly efforts to rescne the generous soil of ths South from the usurped and desolating con Itrol of these political vampires. Once ane forever. at least so far as this country is con. cerned. the internal question of slavery mus be disposed of; speedy and absolute abol ishment of the whole system is the true policy of the South-and this is the whole policy ! Whicn we propose to pursue. VIII you ale us? will you assist us? will you be freemenf or will you be slaves? ai0iae
 
 Do not reserve the strength of your arm: until you shall have been rendered powerless to strike, the present is the proper time fol action; under all the circumstances, apathy or indifference is crime. First ascertain, as nearly as you can, the precise nature and ex
 tent of your duty, and then, without a mo
 ment's delay, perform it in good faith. T'
 facilitate you in determining what considera Itons of right, justice and humanity require a
 your han1s, is one of the primary objects 0 this work; and we shall certainly fail in ou l desire if we do not accomplish our task in
 manner acceptable to God and adyantageou
 to man.
 REyoLUTIoN--PEAcEFyLL IF WE CAN, vIo
 rs LENTLY IF WE MUST.
 Now, sirs, we ask you, in all seriousness, i
 it not apparent that you have fiinched from Il
 nearly five times the amount of the assesses value of your slaves? Why. then, do you stil clamor for more? Is it your purpose to mak the game perpetual? Think you that we vii ever continue to bow at the waive of you wand, that we will bring humanity into ever lasting disgrace by licking the hand tha | smtes us. and that with us there is no poin : bavond which fnrhearance ceases to be yIr