Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-01-18
OVERT ACTS.

OVEhI ACIS.
The following rccapitulation oftlfs out
RACES and aggressions of the North against
the South, and the;cquaity of the States
| and the Federal purity Of the Union, is
given by the Hon. Henry A. Wise, of yir-
ginia:
1t obtained its own compromise inssthe
Constitution to. continue The Importation of
slaves, and now sets ups law higher than
the Constitution to abolish property in
slaves which it sold toSits neishbors.~
In 1al9a2O it deprived us Of equal set
tlement in more than half the territory then
\ acquired from France.
1t seized upon Texas North Of SO de.
| grces 80 minutes, and carved out of Texas,
$4,000 square miles of slaves territory
South Of 36 degrees 80 minutes.
1t seized upon all the territory acquired
bv common conquest from Mexico, and de-
privcd slave labor of the privilege Of opera
ting in the wealt hiest mines OH cartn-tha
gold mines on earth-the geld miues of
California.
1t hao briba e slave. state with too mil
lions Of cominonfunds to sanction pro.
hibitonsQf slavery in New Mexico. "
It claims to: abolish slavery in the dis,
tricts, forts, arsenals, dockyards and other
places ceded to the United States. To
abolish the inner slave trade, and thus cut
Oft the Northern slave States frpm the
profits of production, and the Southern from
their sources Of supply of labor.
It claims to forbid all equality and COM
! petition OF settlement in the escommoIfs ter
rtories by the citizens of slave States.
1t repeals all further admission Of new
slave States.
1t has nu!!itied the Fugitive Slave Acts
in@fourteen States of the Union. 1t has
denied ex.radition of murlerers and ma
rauders and other fclons in several, ,otl..rs
1t has caused and shielded the murder of
masters or owrers in pr$suit of fugitive
slaves.
lit has refused to prevent or punish by
State authority the spolia,ion OF slave
property ,tbutSon the contrary, it hasxinade
?it criminal ohence in the citizens fdf sew
eral States to obey the laws Of lhes Union
or the protection of slave property.
1t has advocated negro equality, aud
made it the ground of positive legislation
hostile to Southern States. -
1t opposes protection to slave property
on the high seas, and has. justified piracy
itself in the case of the Creole.
It has kept in our midst fEmissaftes of in
cendiarism to corrupt our slaves and induce
them to run or excite them to rebellion and
insurrection. <'s=s
1t has run of millions of Slave propcrtv
by system Of what is called underground
railroads" and las made its tenure so pre-
carions in the border slave States as nearly
| to have aioli,ionized two Of them-Marv.
land and Missouri; and it is making siafi:
lar inroadsconstantly upon Virginia and
Kentucky. -.
1t is necessarily scattering 6sebrands of
aTsehdiary appeals in our midst - - =
1t has exandcd fanaticism in our owp
berdep. .AS
T. Tt las invaded territory by arms. 1Sr. r.
hishef Emgrant aid Societies, fd1 Under
State patronage, aud by fpndsefhrnished by
foreign, enemies in Canada and Great
TT has invaded Virginia and SHED lEs
lsblood OF our citizens on her own soil.
| Il'bas justified and exalted to the high.
est heners sf {, adm4ahpp and respect the
horrid mdrdsts and arsons, and rapjps of
I-theraid q Iohn Brown; apd has ca6onized
The Ie8psst sthemselSes as saints of martyts
It has burned towns and poisoned the
cattle, and formed the midnl ght conspiracy
for Jhe deropula1Dnsof Northern Texas.
T It has proclaimed to the sIavesslbe hor-
rid motto: "slafin: to the .slsen,,8 TO tha
Dwellings, y Poisaa 70 the aSa sapd .wstes'
9 published it's plan for tls abolition
ofsIavef ef3serY where. To rescue slaves
at atkbaSHsSsF Form ASSOCIATIONS estabs.
lish presses 10 use the:gots and ballot-.o
raiss money aud military. ,eqmpfnentsvto
appeal to onslavehof1eS and detach them
ssaxfSiders in slave .States-,p comfsnni.
cate Yth the. $'avsssssS ohsourae ee' anti.
ayerye'aigraRts to ths s6htlala West.
eompensasRfh The @ o. snpnipgoff theft
slaves force elaaHeip patIohsby Sli MEANS
especially by IidMiugs,harsaaib and
S1f6, and finally hy tho, Executive, by Con:
gress, bY. the postal serYipe, -Ahd 10 every
way to agitafs without ctasilgsunII the
Southern States shall be abandoned to their
fate, and worn down, shall be'Sompellcd to
surrender and emancipate their slsyes.
1t llas sspudis.ed 1.-The decisions Of the
Supren1e Court. - ~. r..
, It assailsas fom the puIpil, ,,he press,:tn
theschool room:& It.diyid5s. al .sects and
reiie1ops as well as partipx t'AdepepDces
shareholders as degraded by the lp~sat, i'm
n'oralilies, insults them 10 every .foff and
Folds then, up, to the scorn Of. .maakiDd., y
It has already majority of the States
undssits domination, bas infected the MIA.
eta! as well as State judiciary, has q b
majority Of The House .of. Represestslsss
Of t6e Congress Of the j Sonata esaaipIy
.wilt.ohtao the chief Executive :boHsrs EofI
siie United States. .,.ss.s,, - l:r3a
l. has announced it's purpose Of total abs
s6Iitiorr io the States and every whore, as well
as Iafritoriesand pistliqts, apd other glsSes
Reded. Aud, ~. :. .ss, y - -
y hsssp elaimsa an irseRressib',e cons
~ oEhgher law with tho Federal Con.