Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-02-28
another Revolution Necessary"

The expression of sentiment from South
Carolina against the action of the Montgom-
cry convention il strong and threatening
The constitutional brand affixed t, slavery
and the constitutional recognition of the pro-
tcctive policy greatly incense the leading SEN
tin cnt Of Charleston, as they should, nor de-
men Of the Spratt and Rhett stamp stop with
mere worls--they boldly threaten another
revolution At the end Of five columns oi
vehement remonstrauce, published in the
Mercury, of FEBRUARY IA, MIR. Spratt, the We.
hement champion of tie slave trade, USE
the following language. Speaking OF the
great Southern movement to declare slavery
10 he the normal constitution Of society," ht
says, addressing leading member of tn,
Montgomery convention: THE members o.
your convention may instruct tn, m ,vemeL
they may impede the movement; they may
81 divert it that another revolution may 1T
nrccssary but if necessarily that other rev.
"lutjon comes, slavery will stand serene, erect
aloit, unqueStioned rs to its rights or its in,
tcgrity, at some point within the present
limits Of the Southern States; and it is only
for the present actors tn determine whether
they will contribute, or be crushed 10 that re.
suit If the clause against the slave trade
be carried into the permanent g"vern14eat
our tchOle Increment is defeated. 1t will alb
olitionze the border States--it will branC
our institution. Slavery canpot bear a bran(
| upon it; thence another revolution. 1t may
he painful, but We must make it. Tie Con
stitutcn cannot be changed without it, j
! is douh''rl il another movement will 70 :,
| peaceful but no matter, no power but tht
| -. a.,
Ii such is the hostility evoked on the very
first day of the PRONUNCIATION of the new
government, what will be the violence ulti
mately developed when the power ofthe new
confeicracy goes to work, collects taxes, de
mands quotas Of troops, takes possession o
| forts, and yields that strong aud decisive arm
which every one Of the men in authority
have SO often expressed their intention to or
ganize. Power on the part of the UniteI
States has been remote, intangible thing
touching nobody but to benefit him, and be
ing known only through its benefcent deeds
bat month Of vigorous rule by the Mont
gomery authority would burn and blister
thousand real persons and real interests. \,
Que of these would think of quiet submission
either. Spratt, with his slave trade dogma
is no worse than hundred others who hav
figured in the South Carolina rebellion. -
There would inevitably be another revolution
aud that, as Spratt says, might not be 5
peaceful. There would lie armies inland Il
well as at sea; Mississippi oontingents an,
Alabama contngents, gathered under Gen
JEFF. Davis. a man who is twice rs bitter, a
military partisan, than General Scott
! When gathered IN armies at Montgomery, the,
wo Id march, taking Charleston on the Ian,
side, as Major Anderson threatens it from tn
| sea.
Mr. Spratts argument as TO the merits u
the ultra slavery case he presents, should b
known unfortunately we have not room T.
quote them He contends that every form
Of labor should be performed by negro slave
and lie deprecates the introduction of whit
mechanics into Charleston, as caamit
threatening the peace Of the city. In Sout
Carolina generally, he says, there is no appea
10 the mass, because there il no mass ~ ap
peal to f.; there are no demaIogucs, heraus
there is no populace to breed them jul %
are not forced on the stump, governors ~
not dragged before the people But thi
happy state of things may be broken up
slavery be not promptly strengthened by tn
reopcning of the slave trade. Mechanic
may become numerous; they viii question
the right Of masters to employ their slaves it
any work that they may wish for, they will
use the elective franchise to that end the
may acquire the power to determine on
municipal elections and they will inexrrabl
use it; and thus this town Of Charleston, =
the very heart of slavery, may become IL
fortress Of democratic power against it,
This is the insanity which lay at tie roo
# secession and revolution originally, and
i. already breeding new revolution again,
the Montgomery Observation-Disclosures
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