Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-01-17

g ing danger.
n 1t has also beer intinl ted, that som
of our moro Southern States hav
a been eGacated to disunion, and The,
j wish to mike the election of Mi
!, LiDcolG, a preiext 10 break up tn
r government The argument is boti
2 impolitio and uusound For tb'
0 sake Of argument, however, let II b
D conceded, that South Carolina wa'
e wrong in her ancient notion of nul
: lification, but nov that she has rea
2 grievance, in common with all ths
! other Southern States (Which is con.
, cededj is it f;.ir to bring Up the old
I! error 10 impair her merit, 10 common
! with The other Souiht TN States, in
; the present controversy? Candor
4. would say not. The argument is also
, double scabbard from which the
enemy draws one sword, and the
other is sent amongst ourselves. 1t
gives unity aud courage TO the enc
my, and brings division and weak
ness to ourselves. A part of the
strategy Of the Black Republicans is
first TO divide, then to conquer Our
divided churches and political parties
bear witness to their success. II
our own discord permits them to
practice their strategy uron ns, We
are bound to tread The plank OF
doom" What good will it do TO de.
nounce our more passionate Southern
breathren rs n1adeaps, HOtsPars and
Hda1gos? Ofto threaten them, tha;
you, perhaps. will be- On The other side
of the question? Do YOU think
you can appease the chafed and
wounded lion by spearing him in his
den? No sir. The policy only
drives them to more desperate def
ance and to the death struggle. If
the South, Ike the porcupine, is far
irg up her qnills Of resistance TO med
italed outrage, those quills must be
stroked the right way aud with a
friendly hand to get thtm down
Their patience is nlready 20 the brim
Of endurance. They baye endar, i
more, forebcrne more, and forgiven
muye than perhaps any Other people.
And even now. We nre threatened
with The incoming administration to
turn upon US the powers Of that gov
eminent which was formed for Our pro-
lection, tc rake Us "from Delaware to
Texas. Under ill ibis Sonih CaToli-
na and the other cotton States have
my sympathies AID i We woul2
have them listen 10 us, We must speak
to chem in Kindness and as friends
not encourage th N TO rreclpi'ancy,
bat to restrain them to prudence =
that we may be uni-ed in oUnsel,
united in redress u tied In d, stinl. I
s But let Us not, by reproacb, drive
them tosn ACT Of desperation, which
will furnish the gOvernmsnl Witb IA
prst'xt Gust What the aSeliiionists
want) 10 lead The van Of oppression
upon an oggr.sccd anil m"gnenimous
people. God iorbid, Int the General
Government should ever heeeme The
dupe Of such scheme! God forbid.
that il should ever become so biiud .
to tie truo m. rt Of the controyesy,
as to fight the effect, instead Of the
cause, of our internal woes! Heaven
deliver it lrOn the unnatural, un- !
manly and un-paternnl misrnle OF
scourging a portion of her children
for asking mhat is right, ond to mGh6
Mcm submit to whqtis wrcrg! II az
en- deliver it,irGm sUcb maduess, fIly.t
despotism and infamy! 1t il first
read the Riot act to tbe North, be-l
fore it turns to quarrel with the South.
But suppose it sheald Turn loose
It's power and sweep tho cotton
States with "a whirlwind Of fire."
aud leave them parched aud black.
ened with desolatien, what would 1t
gain, and whist the msrit of such
shocking tragedy? As il would
turn and leave the South. like a
helpless and wailing widow in, sack
cloth and ashes, it would discover an
other Startling fact, that it had left
its real enemy in lis rear, shouting
with its Jacobinieal frenzy for an
"Abolition God, an Abolition Bible,
and an Abolition Consiitution'!- =
Then if il would preserve The Con-
stiluiion, as made By our Fathers, il
must enter apon the second act in
the tragedy, and, perhaps, continue
until revolution is glutted With lis
own horrors.
|, If such is to be the policy aud