Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-01-17

, power, in the passage OF penal laws,
prevent the circulation OF ineendia'
, doc uments, and to yunish sedi'loi
. ;ntetmeGdiers with their slaves. =
! The Northern fanatics, baffled b
these. have changed ;hier tactic
and have been sowing sedino
amongst themselves, and erganlzin
a revolutionary party, aspiring to tn
possession of the goyernmsnt, tia
they may use as a besom 10 swee
slavery from the South. The SoutI
is now at her extremity. The FEEDER
al Government must act promptly
fearIessIy, aud with It's power
Let it pass laws to suppress and pom
I, ish the treason which is building It's
pest in the very capital. Let II
strike wherever it finds an arm
lifted against the 'domeslie tranqnii''
tyr and constitution of the eoun-
try. Let the President, when the
laws ere passed, if resisted, invoke
the spirit Of our Father Washington,
and follow his example in the whis-
key rebellion in Pennsylvania, Gail
upon all good citizens to stand by
the laws, and, as then, so now, wan
ton rebels may see an ov.r-a"lng
majesty in our laws displayed IN
our army with banners. Jos'
here a voice from the crowd. ''Tha, $
the d doctrine. fight for our rights In
the Union, but never out Of 1t.
No Sir | will fight fer my
rights in the Union, and out OF 1t too,
if necessary. AS long as there is "g-
j proclaim resistance
love the Union a0Ith its constitution,
and am willing to live under that
without the dotting OF an.
|, or the crossing of I, if | can be
protected in the true spirit OF Its
Our fathers made it and
said thew we're willing to live ander
It. They left it as Il Legacy OF rights
10 their child en-. They taught US
he example of defending oor rights
II we will not defend them we ale
nworily of them. The people Of
the South are too we'll scbooled in
heir rights. not TO perceive the d'!-
'erenca between the Union waM Con-
,h.ution, and the Union ,cithom the
Cons ti{ution-the diilererce between
he name of "A thing. and the hing
tseli.. Trey know that it Is the
constitution which ssuctIfies and en-,
lorses the Union; that coniiiu-
ion It's bone and sinew. its veins aud
arteries, lis very life. The people OF
he South are too wiseto commItth"m M
Ielves TO the esuicidal.but, perhaps. well
meaning dogma, srhe Union frr the
;ake OF the Union which commits
them 0 a surrendered the Cons itnl:on
and the turning loose upon them lour
aud half millions of slaves. to
plunder and murder III m, and then
10 b. held in contempt by all man
kind for the ignoble surrender OF
their rights. The people OF the
South are too Sensible to fuss about
the shell after The oyster is taken out.
Bur to recur 10 our train OF
thought from cur DEPRESSION. If the
Fe,l,rAl Governme ut is able to pre-
teet the Cnnsti niion il will stand,
if not, 1t will fall. Do you inquire
what sort Of government We would
have, which could be preserved only
by FORE? answer deplorable In
deed. But all governments must be
upheld, to a greater or less extent,
BY force. | know that onr govern
meut. cannot force the Northern Ia
natics to love the Constitution, but
it may, perhaps, have power to
make them respect it. | know that
the Struggle TO subdue them will be
proiracted, and. 10 my opinion, viii
not be ended during the present
generation. The government. though
now leaning tower, may bold them
at bay, until their present mad
ness has burnt itself out. | kno"
that, when the government at
tempts coercion. their leaders vii
threaten it with destruction, by turn
ing loose their rampant millions =
But le, them threaten and roar, II
the government can only abide the
seige.
But when are We to have peace and
barmony? In the North they viii
have to 20 back and apply the
corrective, where the error commene
ed. Just as the iwig is bent tht
I trees 5 inclined. Let them teach tht
rising generation that their Sothen
brethren belong TO the same 'yP'