Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-01-25
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utter obscurity. and his paper of very Hn-
tied circulation at that time, even in Mas
sachusetts, were brought into the House of
Congress, held up as Northern sentiment
by extreme men of the South who were
then bitterly opposed to General jackson
and the Democracy, and whose names
were afterwards found recorded against
him in the resolution of censure which the
Senate afterwards expunged, and which
he had the pleasure of voting to eXpunge.
These extreme men at the same time de-
nounced the entire North as abolition,
while at the very moment the Northern
Democracy and other conservative men
were voting with us on all questions OF
practical importaDce--on the slavery
question, on the treatise and appropriations
to remove the Indians, to admit slave
Sotes, and all others in which the South
had essential interests. These speeches
were eagerly republished aud circulated
by the abolitonists among the people of
the North. with insulting comments Oh
those OF the North vino acted with the
South. At the same time, the contena0si-
be illusions Of the few abolition members
of Congress would be sent forth among
the people of the South by extreme men
OF the South and its newspaper organ at
Washington, as Northern sentiment The
newspaper organ at Washington OF the ex-
ii eme men of the S, h, soon after the ia
rift question was settled by Mr. Clay's
compromise, declared that it was mani
fest that tie South could not be united on
the tariff question, and that The STAGE cues
ton was the only one that could unite
them. Agitation on the slave question,
with this as the motto and rule and action
then commenced between tie e9t1eme
No7th and South' thrown like shuttle
back and forth, by which the monster of
aboltiouism was fed, and its size greatly
increased. It had been system OF action
and reaction, Of operation and co-opera-
ton more or less ever since, the abolition
lists OF the North abusing the STAKEHOLDER
and his sentiments, and has ravsmgs, in
stead of Pierce, Buchanan, and such like
men. sent forth in the South as Northern
So,thern men in the Senate Of the United
States, placing all the laboring classes,
farmers and all of the n North on an equali-
ty with onr slaves, were eagerly and false
y seized on by the aboltionists, and cir
culated with provoking comments as
Southern sentiment. THIS system had
been kept mp by demagogues and disun-
:onists of both sections for twenty four
years past, until it had enabled the aboli-
tionisls to break down the noblest, and at
one time the most powerful political or
ganiZation on the side of the constitution
whether as to the number or talents, that
had ever existed in this or any other coun-
try. Whatever difference of opinion may
have existed between these extremes as to
the institution of slavery, they were CO.
workers and allies in their common pur-
pose OF destroying the Union. Andrew
jackson, in the presence of hundreds now
living, charged this agitation at the time
on the extreme men North and South, and
charged them with designs of breaking up
the Union. The newspaper organ at
Washington at that day-known to have
spoken the sentiments of Andrew jackson
lis filled with these charges, with the ac-
tors designated He knew also that that
pure patriot, W illiam r. King, of Alabama,
a'so bef cid with decided disapprobation
the agitation Of the slavery question at
that time, by the extremes OF the North
and South. Thus, by system Of extreme
doctrines and extreme measures-the lat
ter sometimes yielding only she most bit
ter fruit ad our noble Den ocratic, and
other constitutional allies OF the North
been borne down, and the aboitionists and
other political combinations who hated
with deep hate the old democracy, had
been victorious for which, with the caus-
es mentioned, they had been largely in
debted to tile seceaers at Charleston, for
striking a blow at the Democratic organi-
zetion which rendered it poWerless to
contend with the enemies of the constitu-
ton.
Was it, he would ask, generous, when
our noble allies were prosirated by these
causes, in when in which extreme South
ern men had acted a conspicuous part, to
cut loose from them and desert them
because of temporary deteata Was it
manly after such strong appeals to stand
by us in the late election, to fly with pre-
clpitate haste out Of the Union, and make
no common struggle with our allies to
repair the losses of the past and demand
security for the fntnre2 No, said MIR. b.
! let us tor the present stand by our colors,
and not retreat panic-stricken from the
Union, Wellington had won the great
victory at Waterloo by standing firm in
POSITION n-precip;tancy would have des-
troyed him in two hours. The position of
siren: t of the border States and others
who do not secede now, IS to call State
Convenlons- down our principles of
action. call genera. convention OF all the
slaveholding States; let that Convention
distinctly set forth the terms on which
we will alone consent to continue members
OF the Contederacy Let these terms be