Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-01-10
WHOEH NO. 5O2

wants ~updeI lbe yoke eounttLelrewn
masters worthy of sil honor. that
the name of God and bis doctrine bo
not blasphemed," il has given tbs m
the newfangIed teacbiGg 10 burn
their masters houses and cut their
:hroats, then to fly 10 The North for
protection: and it has vexed, rent,
and torn our different churches iute
fragments. But the social and reli
gioas fanaticism having exhausted
its didsctic frenzy, and having failed
10 overthrow slavery by the force
of public opinion, it must have
sword Of power 10 cieaye Its way,
in pursuing its zone idea as STAR
of destiny. Itnow rushes upo6 the
political arena, and enteIs into the
struggle TO grasp The power of the
government. Here We are brought
to consider the peryersion Of The
political feelings Of the North
We all know the strength of cur
political parlialitiss anu prejudiees
how they inlsme the zeab bias
the mind. and warp the Judgment
how they engender aniipathy,
provoke Intolerance, and incile pro-
scription. Bat when nareed into
lansticism, they are ready 10 throw
us into any paroxysm OF felly, and
hurry es to- any extremity Of dan
GER We may see an instance
Of their strength and Ohsiinaey in
the protracted wafs between the
houses of York and Lancaster in
England, whsre th, royal scepire was
wreDehed from H. alternate grasp Of
conterding sosereignsfor generatIens-
Let Us again reeur TO the Nerth.
and note some Of the evidences of
their political perversioDs.
They have disturbed .'ihe deuies-
tic iranquiliis' of the Soath by
distributing ibeendiary prints and
cuis, aud sending emissaries to pra-
ifct aud stir up seryile insurrection.
/ They have violated our private
rights Of property and the criminal
laws Of our States by en,icing away
cer slayss& giiae ~
They lsave violated the eonstiiu-
ton and lave Of the United STATES by
harb6ring them IN their iewB States,
and refusing to deliver them up on
he claim Of TIE owner =. ss
They ha,e annoyed ard Distracted
Congress and intt urpted the Ordir-
ary IegislatiOn Of the country by
insulting petitions, mo MORALS, Ieso-
.lnlions. and speeches, aud sent them
out lhrergh be government prluis,
ard at the public expense, 10 lmtlame
and 6emoralise the public mind.
They violated 1he constitution BY
sop, inducing the necessity Of the
Missouri c, mptmise, and then yiO-
lated this covenant. Of smity between
The North and the South, by sFesk-
ing 6nd voting against he admissien
of shave States into the Uniep.
Tkey violated all the laws Of bu-
manity aud national honor BY voting
against supplies Of men and money
TO succor heira country's distant
soldiers, and eneeUIaged their enc
mi, 80 yelccme them wilh bloody
hands to hOspitable grave and III
voked disaster upon cor armies.
solely. upon The grcupd that their
! success might extend the area Of
slavery. -es Fed
They 2aye violated The oonsiitu-
ton by denying equality Of rights
, 10 Southern citizens, aud by com
j bining in Abolition aad Emigrant
!. Aid Societies, with enormous capital
10 furnish men, arms, and amDuni-
/ ton to murder aud drive them frcm
, our common domain.
), they have incurred tbs guilt Ct
, treason and rebellion by taking San
I aimed occupation" of Kansas,aad at
tempting to overthrow the lawfully
, established Territorial government.
! They were goilty Of facsions leg
, islaiiop, by endeavoring to force an
0 unwilling government to admit Kan
/, sas, with rebel constitution, az an
e equal Stale into the Union, by vOtlng
against appropriations to deiray Inc
s expenses of;ihe goyernme at.
e They thrice aided in voting down
e the application Of the Missouri Com
a promisefo ouracqulsitiOns Of Mexican
N territory, which superinducsd Inc
% COMPROMISE Of 1850, and shsn WIZ |
rs: bypocritical sudaciiy, charged tna'
ic' the doctrine of congressional non-ln'
Of teIvention with Tie population .
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