Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-19
VOLUME X.---NO. Il.
WORDS FIFTY SPOKEN.

WORDS FIFTY SPOKEN.
The following from the Bangor (Maine),
De"4cro' gives indication of the reaction
IN the North. Sixty Gays ago lie author
would have beon hung by the thSn prevail
ing mob government, hadsife dared to ut
ter corresponding sentiments:
The STER:i LoG1c OF EVENTS -Tbe
rapid fn?fillment Of al the predictions of
democr:tic speakers and writer's, ss to
what would take place i,l our beloved
country in the event OF sectional triumph
in the election of president, need not be
attributed 10 any gift of prophecy il ia
the result Of thq stern logic of events.
Poorly read in the tory of govern
ment, and poor student of human ma
tue, must be he who, in the face of the
warfare which the Black Republican party
has beer. for years waging upon the insti.
tutous Of the South, could not have fore
told the disruption of the Union, and the
disasters that might attend that disrup-
tions.
Now that we have entered upon
civil war, let those who would read his.
tory of the future, appeal to the same
stern logic of events What does j,
teach? We speal, BY its instructions.
1t teaches that, if Abraham Lincoln
shall persist in attempting to carry out
the policy indicated in his reply to the
Virginia commissioners, the fifteen slaves
States, numbering more than $4,000, 900
OF people, will unite in common cause
ol de'ending their tirecides and hore es.
1t teaches that every man, within their
limits, capable Of welding sword or
leveling rife, will take the field de-
terminea, like their revolutionary fathers
of DID, to rspcl the invader, or to die in
the attempt.
1t teaches that, sooner or later, the fate
OF every northern army sent within their
borders, will inevitably be that which
overlook those Of the British tyrant which,
were Landed on our coast to rivet on our
'oreiathers the chains of slavery.
1t teaches that the armies of the North
may maet with occasional triumpls may
burn a few cities and d,yastate few
fields, may rob the southern mother and
her tender children of their peaceful and
quiet homes; may here and there incite
servile instructions; bat su cesses like
these will only provoke the wrath of
heaven, and raise up for the South sarmies
to fight their battles for Them
1t teaches that a; least, after one, three.
seven or ten years shall have passed away,
after our aSmies have vanished before the
never-failing aim of the so,;thera riae, the
Irresistible charges OF southern cavalry,
and the terrible ravages of southern
ei nate; after myriaas Of northern homes
have been made desolate, and poverty and
distress shall begin TO staIk aJroad in the
streets OF our cities and villages, then the
hearts OF our people will yearn for peace.
and peace will come.
1t teaches thai the independence of the
Confederate States will bc recognized, and
that the North will be compelled at last to
grant t'hat WHICH, in according with the
spirit of American liberty, it should cheer.
fully concede.
Such are the teachings Of tie stern log.
c OF events. We put them upon record
and invite all who read this article to re-.
member predictions founded upon them.
The authority Of the federal government
will ne; ;er again be established within the
limits Of the seeded States. The people
IT those States will never again recognize
hat authority voluntarily, nor can they be
compelled to do so by force.