Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-01-31

ola was construed to lavor the IDEA
that ..S;ate lines were to be oblher'
atod' and a consolidated goyeFnme III
formed at the South, and as soon as
Ihe papers pnt this construction up
on ii, this gehtl' up:n repudiated TIE
idea. and declared be meant no sucn
thing, and vet We see this rePudaicd
reference proclaimed throughout lnf
land. is Southern sentiment, hostile
10 State rights, Again, We see
a communicates rubished IN the
Colunibus (G.) 'Fines. suggesting a
constitutional mohaiehy, golng The
rounds o. public rrinis. aud this Win
out the explanation, That, Wien as
covered, il vas deneonced by ne ed
itor and utterly icpndiated, As not
exere ssipg his views cr those OF any
parry 10 tLe.Stale The eonildrnce
or Southern States in eaeh other 5
Loyalty 10 State rights md repabli-
can institutions should nol be de
stroyed or even sdoken hy such
things or by The irTesponsIb'es anon
nous letters Of newspaper cores
pondents.
Neither 90 | link THAI sqeh IS
the charactergl Sauthelu Pocq.e that,
five should cease to have The North
to quartet with We .Ncul5 Guar
ri With each other. Sucb al inii-
nation ! rcgaIdss jest to the
South. We haveleeu q iaH-abldiog
people, ande giIl 80 continue, Abe
upon this question Of slavery that b !, Is
DOW rendi9g the Union the south
has been unit for the last seventy
years. We have no parties upon
this subject, bat cur rights, among
Southern men in every State, are
understood and sgrfed upon. nor
do | think it just or trne 10 charge
that we are indebted to the North
for their aid to enable US to main
taiu obr institutions, and that vita
out the Union slavery would 5e atol-
ished; nor can | seesite proPIiety OF
such an assertion. The b hsi OF 1t
in the public mind would baye the
effect o multiply Northern wrongs
pom us. and make o0s people
the more ready to bear them, until
thew would b. come iniolerab!e, and
uulil our oPpressors beeamo more
powerful to impose, and we less
abla to free ourselves from theT
gri vous impositions.
Ii cannot be fairly said that this
commo,ion is caused by our failore
because we have Not got our
man." We voted !eriiFee men at
the South--one Northern and two
Southern men--and The South would
have acquiesced in The election ei
tithsr. To tie mass Of our people
It is Of little momeut what man Ibis
the efliee Of President; bat the pria-
ciples upon which lhat eflice isto be
conducted ,re every ihirg.
A party has arise n at Tie North
that is based solely ppcn the idea OF
hostility TO the Soulh, and has de-
clared lis intention TO elect Pres
ident and both Houses Of Congress
pledged to carry cut is measures,
aud when that is done TO rcoyganizr
the Supreme Court, SO as to make IT
concur and enforce their doctrines
thus putting III their power every
branch Of the Government to be
welded by theM fol OR d sirudIOn
Ii is the existence Of this sections
rarty. iuimical TO our rights, coupled
with the late election which demon
strated the fact, by lis large ngor
lies throughout the North, that il ha'
the power Of Numbers at the Norit
thus to control our Institutions To-
their ultimate extinction, a0d that l
is only a question Of time; for Ihei
maiorities, if continued, viii give then
the power they seek. Our Ether
believed the Constitution was q soili
eient guarantee, ard it was @lth them
But uow it fails to prO;ecs Us, an
must more entirely lail, when the ab
olitionisss shall make eourt, a M
f iofity of which shah be Of their ow
party. This is the cause OF this eS
citment, aud the Justification for
, demand fer new and full guarantees
I aud we need not 1atser orrselst
! with any hope Of preserving Il
;. Upion without these assurances; t
, without them most Of the Sonthei
/ States will secede, ane With them,
+ full and complete, they will renal
8 Some Of our citizens, in their dev
ton to The Union, may be dlsEos'