The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-02-23
From the n. o. Tioayunc
The ETrcprcssibIc Conflict.

rlOuSIY. / he lndlClllDl.S OF lis approach
we have watched with intense interest,
only cqualrd by that with which we de-
ligi.tsdly view Its rapid progress. The
masses of the people have at length be-
come aroused TO the imminent danger
which threatens the country, The film is
falling froin before their eyes, and they
begin to see clearly by whose agency the
danger has been created. They are at
last arriving ut n true estimate OF the char
actcr of the Black Republican leaders, and
the other dcmagogucs who have attained
an unholy influence by inilaming the anti
slavery feeling OF that section. They are
no longer blind to the fact that while these
men are clarifying themselves and making
great parade of their love Of the Union
and their reverence for the constitution,
they work Jealous y in promoting disunion,
and their doctrines are not the doctrines of
| the constitution, but sectional impositions.
The hypocrisy of the men who disclaim
all designs hostile to The constitutional
rights of the South, and yet pcrsistcntly
pursue n course in which such hostility is
manifest, is no longer hidden. The cum
ming by which it was cloakrd has at length
failed of its object. In all its lldeous re-
pulsivencss it is becoming exposed to the
view Of the people at large. They have
become Disguised with the atrociOus Ian
guage used by Black Republican speakers
and writers in reference TO the South.
| They are protesting against the foul and
fierce abuse with which those per ons
habiiually and continually assail Southern
men and Southern institutions. They are
now convinced that the Black Republican
victory in November last has exposed the
Union to a peril to which no true patriot
wculd wish to see it exposed. In the spir-
it Of patriotism thcy are combining and
raising their voices and making powerful
r1orra - preserve il lr0mu;tcr destruction.
The warning the South gave them that an
attempt to govern the country on the des-
tructiye principles Of the Black Republi-
can party would be fatal to the Union,
! they now See was timely and just, and
! should have been Needed ere this. Many
of them 10 longer wonder that the South
regards the Government about to be- inau-
guratcd as an usurpation to which it would
! be base to submit, for they recognize the
force of the Southern protest that the
! Black Republican movement is Il North
crn combination to take possession OF the
Government, AID to administer it on m
exclusivrl Y Northern policy detrimental
/ to Southern interests, and viOlatiyc of I'LL
! equality aid Justice. Their SENSE Of right
d Ill. ,,l l.,.t,,,, .l..i,. III
country, they are now cadcavoring to pre-
serve it from the dire evils which threaten
it.
Black Il ,publicanism is at last fairly ar
raigncd N the bar of public opinion, and
( there Is 40 chance for It's escape from the
pupular verdict of utter condemnation
I fAc cy .dcncc OF H., hostility 10 the prin-
ciplra on which the mon was founded, OF
It's gross injustice and evil designs, is 50
cumulative and complete, that the leaders
cannot hope to evade the wrath of a be
traycd and outraged people. The AFRO
| ganCc which has characterized the denun.
ciatiou-of the people Of the South by the
chiefs Of the party, aud thu fcrocious tone
oi the party papers, have at length had an
/ effect not intended. Instead of intlaming
the passions Of the Northern people they
now but excite disgust. The dose has
been administered so often, and is compos-
| Ell of such noxious materials, that the stom-
ayh rcvolts at it.
The end approaches. The career of the
! Black Republican party will soon tcrmin-
ate. The leaders deliberately chose their
coHtse. They must abi|c the consequent
ccs. "ror they nave sown the wind. and
they shall reap lhc whirlwind." They
| have furnished another evidence Of the
blindness and .rl!ismcss OF fInatici>m.
In seeking 70 oplsess tie South, they have
not cared if they dismcmhered the Union,
but they erred fatally IN reckoning on the
continued support Of the people to that
end. Their violently aggressive, and flu
riously proscIiptivc course has sowrd the
seeds Of the destruction Of their party. In
! the hour of triumph and ere the spoils of
victory are gathered, they are warned
! that their power is broken, that the masses
whom they had deceived, are no longer
their dupcs, and that swift coming rctribu-
| tiou fJr thcir gricvous inisiccds is incvita-
bic and unavoidable. They have out
ragged all patriotic feeling, and in pursuit
ofthrir unworthy Oh jccts they have brought
the country 20 the brink of civil war with
it, attended horrors. The people, once,
under a drlusion, their willing followers,
hay" awaket to the consequences Of their
own acts, and startled by the prospect he
fore them, seeing thc certain dissolution