Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-04-18
PAYBTTRVILLB, TENN THURSDAY, APRIL 49, 1861.

} Hon. I'll. NJ. Addison.
"Il peaceful means fail US, and "
are driven to the last extremity
where ballots are useless, then we'
make bullets effective. Hon. Eras
tus Hopkins.
! 'Correct your own error-that sla
very has any constitutional g,sarante
which may not be released, and ongh
not to be RELINouIsHED. Say {,
slavery, when it shows its bond 9TH.
Constitution and demands its pound
of flesh, that, if it draws one drop o.
blood, its life shall pay the forfeit. =
= Do all this, and inculcate all this
in the spirit OF moderation and be.
nevolence, and not of retaliation and
anaticism; and you wiN soon bring
the parties of the country into an
EFFECTIVE AGGRESSION UPiN SLAVERY. >
William II. Seward.
| could 60 on, Mr.. Editor, and
give similar extracts from other dis.
tinguished oraoies of Republicanism,
almest ad infnit,sm, but these are
enough, especially, when taken in
connection With the fact. that Mr..
Blake Of Ohio. but recently intro
duoed resolutions into the Congress
Of the U. s, directing the Judiciary
COMMITTEES 10 inquire iuto the ex-
pedieucy of reporting bill giving
freedom 10 erery human being" and
this resolution received the endorse
ment Of sirty Black Republicans in
Congress.
Now Sir: language has not yet
been coined, adequate 10 express
the deep condemnation aud exe;ra.
ten which the authors Of these d.
abolieal expressions, ebould rscsive
at the hands of the American peo-
pie. Certainly they deserve, in the
language Of Millon:-
"To hear on all
Sides from innumerable on ;ues,
4 dismal, universal hiss, the sound
Of public scorn."
These are the leaders; these are
they, who control the Black Republic
can organization, and in whose hands
bir. Lincoln is but submissive tool, !
to be welded as a warrior wields
bis battle axe"
And again | would ask; what
III this means, If it is not to invade
he rights of the Southern States,
nd despOil apd rob them of Eve
hundred millions of their legitimate
Sir, i! is but the fore
hadowing Of ar evil hour, rapidly
pprcximatiDg, when our ruin will be
when Black Republ:-
;arism will be gloatiDg over our mis-.
ortunes, aud We be lngloriously |
'u:ied 'neath the broken and shat
cred fragments of the Constitution.
To avert such dire calami!ies,
portion of the Southern States,
and God grant that all may follow.) (
ave appealed to the great, first law
{ nature, selfpreservalion, ara have
evered the ties that bsuUd them to
his Northern Oligarcby.
For this, they have been de- :,
ouuced, with shame / write it down)
$ "irai,ors," "rebels," "tyrants,"
Goths,' and "Vau1als," as adyoca-
ing doctrine hell ll-born, and hell
ound." To such dishonorabls vi. !
operation / have no reply to Make
urther than, that. it should not be
orgotten that the serpent, when dug
rom the quagmires Of torpidity, and
bscuriiy. and nurtured into life,l |
atural to its foul instincts, Only
urus to sting. =
We are told by these submission
sts, that the action of the South has {
cen precipitate; "let us compro-
nise." Aud it is notorious fact,
bat for over three months, We have
cen imploring the North for an hon.
rable adjustment. The Peace Con-
srenee has disbanded: Congress has
djourned and nothing done. The
respect, always covered in gloom,
now sbrouded 10 profound darkness;
"Hops has fed.
/ And mercy sighs farewell b
Still we are admonishec to ,caitl
,aiti! Will The Antelope rait, when
be Prairie is on FIRE, and be can see
he devouring element coming, dash
ng, sweeping over the plain? Will
be innocent wait when they can see
bard Of advancing assassins, with
|rawn dsggers to snatch them into
heir graves?
Will an anxious father waif, while I