Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-08

ors and rebels 10 his country. The very
actions of our people in the border States
are strengthening the Black Republicans
in the North.
But we must purpose to look into this |
matter still further; have not the abcli
tionsts of the North avowed, time and !
again that they would not give up our fi-
gitive slaves, nor punish the men who |
steal them2 Do they not teach their
children in their day, and Sabbath schools
and from the pulpit, that it would be doing
God service TO conceal or otheswise con
trive to get slave out of the reach of his
masters? Have they not declared virtu
ally, and in many cases openly that slave
ry must be abolished in the Southa Has
not this policy been signed and sealed by
the election of Black Republican Lin
coin for the Presidency And still we
hear the cry coming up from all quarters
in the border States, wait it is treason
for the South to act. Wait, may ask tor
what? suppose until Old Abe Is inau-
gurated President, with W. II. Seward at
at his right hand, the arch fiend OF mis-
chief and the father Of Black Republican,
ism have gotten intotheir possession all the
power Of the army and navy, and the en-
tire mass OF Federal patronage, go capable
of being welded for our destruction, is
this what our friends nf the South are
waiting FORE if so, God deliver me f:on
procrastination. Now in the face Of these
facts, let me ask, in The name of common
sense, does the Union, does patriotism,
does all that is sacred 70 Southern citi-
zen, require us to wait longer. But we
still hear the cry of the conservatives in
our midst, who profess to be mourning
over the bleeding and lamentable condi-
ton Of our country, let us wat for ali overt
act from the new admin istraton. 1t is an
old time adage that "procrastinatln is
the thief of time," and it is clear to my
| mind, if we wait for an official develop
meat of Mr.. Lincoln's policy, if he should
prove true to the party that has elevated
him 10 the high position which he is soon
t, have secured ohr just rights. But what
have we to expect from the North2 Did
| we not meet with our Northern brethren
in convention, previous TO the last Presi-
| Dental election, and in due time, present
| to the people North and South, Union can
didaes for the offices of President and
| Vice President, and who were our stan
dard bearers, the Honorable John Bell OF
the South, man of no ordinary reputa
ton for President, and the Honorable Ed
ward Everett, a great and accomplished
orator and Sta: esinan OF the North, and g,
far from carrying a non slavei olding State
they did not in some of them even have
ticket. Aud, yet we hear the cry from
our friends in the South, let lis wait, pe-
haps our Northern brethren will at thei
earliest convenience adopt the Crttender
resolution with some modification III thei
favor. But now, to speak seriously ant
suppose we do wait and lay our demands
before the North, as our friends of rh'
South desire, and suppose the ack Re
publicalls, as a party, III view IT their in
tercsts, or through Yankee trickery, shoult
give them TO us what guarantee shall w
have of their ability to fulfil their agree
ment, or that the negro working fanatic
Pmllipses, the Greeleys and Beechers
shall not be the dominant party in the fou
years to come, and then be able to perpe
trate more heinous crimes upon us an
, opr institution than ever has been in til
: past. Now, i'll the name of common sens
= is there any reason for waiting lpngera nc
L believe in my very SOU, that now is II,
time for us to strike, aud The sooner til
better, tor the Southern States TO declar
their independence, and dissolve a Unio
| that exists only in name, peceably. If W
j can, f,rcibly it must, and form a contedt
| racy among ourselves, Union which W.
. be like in feelings and like in interests
Such are my feelings and sncl are IN
: views aud / am l,ertecsly willing that a
the world may know them, whether the
: should be 6e able to carry any influence
q | not.
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