Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-01-17
WHOLE NO. SOB.

tier nov let the North and South
e iayert if; write "AlIZPAH" between
: them, separate in peace-and in a
, new covenant wliie.--"Tbe Lord watch
between me and thee, when We are
. absent one from another
!. Then let US not by any reprosch
, md uufrienGiy insinua,ions drive
, our more Southern States into any
act of indiscretion. If they distrust
our sympathy and friendship, our
counsel will have lost ils virtue
They ask nothing but their copstitu-
,tional rights, and they will die mar
lyrs before they viii surrender them.
They believe that their fraternsl en-
durauee has been put to sufficient
test, and that they caR find peace
and security OILY in secession. 1t
is thcir opinion. andsit may be right.
Our experiment Of apply ing to the
Government for redress may prove
a deluslon.
} But whatever events the future
may have in store. the South may call
I Heaven and E.nh 10 witness, that
she has never demanded aught on
the subject of slavery, which our
Constitution and our Supreme Ju-
dietary haye declared to be wrongl
The recording historian will attest
the fact, that, while in the Union
Southern patriotism and devotion,
chivalIy aud honor, knew 10 car
dinal points, bat covered every
inch OF our common country.
When England dared to set her
foot upon Northern soil, murderan
American citizen, and send the steam
ferry boat, Caroline. "a flying pJra-
mid of fire. over the cataract OF
N ia CARA, in Congress, Southern
tongues were moss vese ment to de-
nouuce the outrage, and Southerp
chiyalry wss impatient to lend the
succor Of the sword.
remember to have heard tale
Of revolutionary times. The news
OF the seige Of Boston BY tie British
had reached Virginia. Several Of
her hardy men had met, and under .
wel!-rrmemberee tree they discussed
The peril Of their Northern friends,
and there united in covenant 10
shoulder their Enapsacks and mus
kets, aud march TO their relief
Over rugged hills and through drea-
ry wilds they performed the weary
march en- ioot, and offered their
services and lives TO aid those North
eIn friends. 1t was under, or near,
that same old B1opamenial tree, that
John Brown aud his followers shed
tie blood OF Virginia's unoffendlng
sons How such reqniial stingS the
Southern heartl And, as if ibis
ere not enough. there are fanatics
sill in the North so abandoned, IS
to award apolheosis TO such wretch,
and waJ'6 burn annual inc rse on
their altaTs 10 his memory.
But MS t. the SJuth, and whaieyer
may be her fate, she may appecl to
the Judgment oi an impartial world,
t hat she hH> kepi TIE covenant OF her
fathers, and has never invaded . sin
gle constitutional right Of the North
eIn Sta,esl
II separation should be her fate,
for the reciitude Of her conduct, she
may appeal TO the Judgment of the
greate So Northern Statesman. Dan
iel " bs.er, when he declared at
Capoo Springs. YHginia, Jun, 1851,
That il The Northern States refuse
wiIinlly and deliberately TO Try III
to fl CT than part OF the Constita-
iion, which respects the restoration
Of fugitive slaves, the South should
no longer be bound TO observe the
the compact. A bargain broken on
one side, is a bargain broken on all
sides"
She may appeal to the record OF
thirteen N6rlhern States, in solemn
Legislatiyes acts, and 30 the recent
eleetion Of Abraham Lincoln, that
they "Eilfully and deliberately refuse
to carry into effect their par, Of the
bargain
Shs may appeal to the judgment
of The world, and to all our battle
fields, that she has never disbcnored
the memory of our fathers, by laek
Of chiy.hry 10 defend the common
liberty. honor and independence
which their s&erds had aehieyedl
She may appeal 10 the Judgment
Of our sundered an d bleeding
Churches, that she never brought