The southern aegis., 1861-09-28

and resentment let us be friends serviceaoie
neighbors, if we cannot be fellow citizens ii the
Union is to be saved, it is not to be saved by
force. If the Union be lost it is nevertheless in
our power to become close allies, and to stand
before the world as one people, and Almighty ma
ton.
Let the most sanguinary mind, the liveliest
imagination endeavor to pierce the future of q
contrary course and it will Vainly strive to ahom
an abyss unfat iomable, of woe and ,desolatiou
which no pen can describe
Eightsenth-We oppose this war because it is
a war ofsections the North against the South,
the stronger against the weaker, the majority in
arms to compel the minority in arms to resist
In this connection it ceases to be question of
slavery, pro or con.-or any question save this, -
the right of States satisfied with the Union to
compel dissatisfied States to abide by the Union,
nolens UolenS. AS am convinced that solution
of this question by resort to force was not in
the bargain, and know that suggestion to that
effect was promptly rejected by the trainers of the
Constitution am obliged to oppose this war. 6"
Ntneteenth-We oppose this war because there
is no law authorizing it. These armies operating
in the field this great increase to the standing
force of our national defence this extensive sea-
coast and river blockade: the invasion of States:
theisuspension of the writ of Hapeas Corpus the
sei1nre and confisSation of private PROPERTY by
military forces; citizens taken by soldiery and
put under martial arrest for speaking treason;
the provost marshal superseding the sheriff and
the drum head taking the place of the jury box;
these and many other acts, done by the President.
or under his authority, are wholly without war
rant in law. George Washington was for time
Dictator, because Congress made him SUCH This
case is without a precedent but it makes one-
When arbitray power can be so readily assumed,
all the Liberties of the people are in danger, The
plea ofnecessity draws the sword on our adversary
to-day; the like plea may turn it on ourselves to-
morrow.
Tioentieth-We oppose this war because it is
the war of the Abolitonists and of the Republican
party
by the strongest appeals to our patriotism the
national sentiment has been thoroughly reused
the whole North is in arms and eager for battle
TO sustain the government. Whodoe not know
that all this excitement and preparation is for the
especial benefit of a certain portion of the COM
munlty in support of those very people who
after years of toll and preparation have succeeded
in bringing their present tragedy before the pub
lie, and who, safe behind the scenes, now chuckle
over the telicitous development of the plot, and
the wonderful success of the piece? Yes the
impending crisis, the irrepressbe conli THE
long-expected day has at length come "Blow
ye the trumpet blow, and proclaim liberty
throughout the land"
Those quondam champions of free speech and
iiSS PtSsot ouuuchiy CouftTleu lulO DllZlHR pat
riots, glow with pious fervor against all freedom,
save their own. Those who differ with them are
traitors; to oppose them is treason. In the name
OF the Union they have betrayed, of the Constitu-
ton they disregarded, and of the laws they have
. insolenty defed, these model citizens now demand
ofus, and of all men, to march for them to their
tune of the Union, and wage their war of exter-
mination.
will yield to no man in my love for the Union.
Heretofore, with my humble pen, to the best of
my ability, have endeavored to serve it. | am
not to be driven now from we'll considered opin-
ions, by the camors or threats of those very peo-
pie who have done so much to overthrow our
government and dishonor our flag. If ten thou
land. and re.,y-- e--:,,,s s-~ So, tmeap
indeed would be the purchase, and happy, thrice
happy, those patriots on whom the lot should
fall However much or little may presume to
share in these sentiments, l make bold to say,
that will not, under any pretense, aid or coun-
tenance the abominable projects of those who,
having hunted the Union to death, now hound us
on to her bloody obsequies, and our general ruin.