The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-11-03
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hTELY. IF this party succeeds loyalty to tho
Union will be treason to the South.

tioH anu ncT SIinldTu is III mo nanuS Of
Breckenridge and Lane let her sons rally to
it, and under it, move on to equality in tho
Union or Independence out of it,
Gen. Mcqueen. another Representative
from South Carolina, speaking to a fecert
Breckenridge and Lane meeting at Benefits
vile in that State. said
II they submit and permit Lincoln to bo
inauguratcd President, without resistance
and scceeding from the Union, in such an
event. he for one believed that we we're a de-
graded people, and a thousand times more so
than the colonies were under Great Britain. -
lIc counscled secession of the South from
the Union if "A Black Republican was elected
Pres ident Of this Government.
Mr. J. T. Morgan ono of the Leading Secc-
ders from the Charleston Convention, said
previously
III had the power would dissolve this
Government in two miHutes.
Mr. Geo. Gayle, another OF these prominent
Secedcrs, said:
Let US break up this rotten, sinking, and
oppressive government.
Mr. David Hubbard. still another, and now
a Rrcckinrlee elcc,or said
Resistance. Resistance to death against the
government is what we want now.
Mr.. John D. +, Williams. yet another Of
the traitorous band. said:
Break up and dissolve this rotten yankee
government.
Mr. r. ID, Gayle, another still, and not
the least determined because the most laconic,
said
Let the Union rip.
Mr.. Geo. d. johnson. the worthy colleague
OF these incendiaries, lifting his voice with
Sempronious. SAID:
My voice is for war"
The Hon. r. Barnwell Rhett. one of tho
guiding spirits in this entlle Seeding move.
ment addressed an elaborate letter to Gov.
.t1ams, of South Carolina, immediately sft.r
Mr.. Buchanan S electon to the Praidcncy, in
which he said:
In my humble Judgment. all true states
manship in the South consists in shaping
events so as to bring about. rs speedily az
possible, dissolution of The present, Un,ou
AND SOUTHERN CoNEEDERACY.
At Breckenridge Ratification Meeting
held in The city Of Charleston on the 9Th Of
last July, Mr.. Rhett, exulting doubtless in
the events that he and his conf,dera,cs had
shaped so triumphantly, said:
If, on the contrary. The Black Republicans
succeed in eleei'ng Lintoln and Hamlir, ugo
will openly advocate that slavery be abui-
ishcd throughout the whole world then We
have to look to ourselves |
arn very chaTy of seeing the South pass resell
utions | am sick at heart of vain attempts
to hold ont the olive branch when We should
grasp the sword.
A. the same meeting Mr.. Miles. a South
Carolina Representative in Congress cndors-
ing thoroughly the speech Of Mr.. Rhett said:
How do we stand now? The South stands
upon her own platform, dependent nuon her
| strong 81 tor W., have do
tcrmined to support two men who have corr
daily and heartily endorsed the platforms
with Southern Code. In that respect, we will
have tor the time, the South standing togcth-
er in solid phalanx. know both these gen
llemcn. who are our candidates. They arc
both able. beiiere them both 10 be sound.
Capt. g. II. Rutledge. member Of the
South Carolina delegation i'll the oececding
Convention, coming forward at the meeting
to render an account of his stewardship said
Upon such an event. every portion of tho
Federal Government ought to he made to-
stop within the limits of every Southerh
State. No Judge shond administer Federal
Justice Collector should collect Federal
customs throughout the Southern States -
No Southern man should consent to hold
Office under a commission signed by an Adolf
ton President, and it will be for the people
Of the South to say whether any Northern man
shall be permitted to enter the State lines
with such intent.
Col. Peters, now Governor OF Miss. when
candidate for that position in August last
pledged the State to resistance in the event
Of the election of a Republican President, and
said he "would retire from the canvass. if no
thought the people would not sustain him in
strong resistance to the Inauguration Of RI
publican President"
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him by the Editor of the Hn,isrNe 1idrocatc
Hon. L. p. Walker, of Ala. said " we have y
mission to fulfil. cnnobled by its danger and
purified by its isolation,
With this spirit, let the crisis come.
BE bold. united, firmly set
Nor finch in word or tone:
Wen be a glorious people yet-
Observation-Disclosures
Mr.. L. w. Spratt of S. Car. in the late
Southern Convention at Vicksbnrg, said
1t might he said that the slave trade could
not be legahzed within the Union. and that
to rccsla5lish 1t the Union would have to Lc
dissolved. lie it be so. The men of the
South had higher trusts than to preserve the
Union.
Judge Jones' distinguished Yancey-
Breckenridge Democrat Of Georgia spoke o
to the same effect on the same OCCASION
His remarks were thus reported
lie proclaimed himself Disupionist since
1929. lie believed there was no chance Of
equality in the Union, and he would rather
die n poor wolf in the woods than live fat
dog with any mans collar on his neck. IL,
owed no allegiance to any power but Georgia
Gen. Edney, of North Carolina, speak, n,
at Breckenridge Rally in Tennessee said:
Are the Abolitionists worthy to DO in tho
Union? No. Shall We wait an overt act be :
fore making resistancel Tho raid of John
Brown, and the Texas Abolition troubles aro
a sufficient overt act.
spcuous champion ofB 'eckinridgs and Lane,
in speech recently delivered in Nashville,
said
He would be proud to lie rebel if Abra-
ham Lincoln is elected. The mider his ad-
ministration the more violent wou,d be lis
(Mr. C's) resistance. He would be willing to
allow the eight Cotton States to dictate tho
course of the South.
At Breckenridge and Lane Ratification
Meeting held recently in Camden, Wilcox
county, Alabama. Mr.. P. X. Beck. leading
politician IN that quarter, offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resoircd, That il Lincoln and IIamln arc
elected President and Vice President of the
United States. We will resist their inaLgu,a-
ton by force if necessary.
The resolution, says the Grecnville Messen-
ger, was " carried by large majority"
At celebration Of the 4;h of July at Cam