Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-04-18

We Of the South are forever Il
slaves and vasscls of a fanatic;
. Northern despotism. Consequent,
, TO submit to such policy, woul
disgrace and dishonor the Souther
people, and render them unworth
!, the name Lf ireemen.
But not only are we to be deprive,
Of an equal participation in the ter
ritoriss, and our equality in that par
ticular destroyed, but new States ar
! to be refused admission into the Un
ion for no other cause than that theil
constitutions tolerate slavery; which
we are told is the "twin relic of bar
barism and polygamy."
The war does not cease here, bui
! the States themselves are to be In
vaded and the institution of slavery
to be exterminated. Mr. Lincoln
himself has declared that, slavery
must cease or American liberty must
perish"
But I am aware that some Of he
Union shriekers, by way of apology.
will reply to this by saying, that MIR.
Lincoln has said in his inaugural, that
he wilIrespeot the rights Of the States
in which slavery has already been es-
tablished. am not at all unmiRd-
ful of these hypocritical professions
in his Janus faced inaugural. Neither
IN | unn1indful Of the fact, that he
is bat the plant miuion of the ''pow-
er behind the throne greater than
the ihrcne ITSELF" and will yield
quiet submission TO its dictatorial be-
hests. And if it is not the purpose
of this 'power to invade the sanctity
Of the Southern States as 5000 as
sxpedieni, then tell me what is TO
be understood by such declarations
as the following; -"No Union with
The United States
Constitution is covenant with death,
and an agreemen with bell!''-Bos-
ton Liberator.
"Send i, abroad on the wings Of the
wind, that ana committed, fully
committed, committed to the fullest
extent, in favor Of immediate and IN.
conditional abolition Of slavery where
ever it xists under the authority of
the Constitution Of the U. S."
= II hope that We shall ali strive
TO unite and combine all the friends
Of freedom, that we shall forget each |
others faults aud shortcomings in !
he past, and all labor to secure that !
by which alone the slaue
s 10 be enanapated an d The dOmlna-
Ion of his master BROKEN. Let US
'emembe. that more than three mill
Ons of bondmen, 'groauing under
lameless woes, demand that We shall
cease to reproach each other, and
aat We labor for their DELIvERANcE.
Senator Wilson OF Mass.
81 look forward 10 the day when
here shall be sersile insurrection
n he South; when the black man
armed with the British bayonet, and
ed on by British officers, shall as
ert his freedom and rage q war Of
determination against his n'aster,when
he torch Of the incendiary shall ligh
,p the towns and cities Of the South,
md blot out the last pest'ge Of slavery;
md theugh l may not laugh at their
nor mock when their fear
'omstb. get Ishall hail 1t as the darn
# a political millennium Josh. r.
1iddings.
Ou the action Of this Convention
le pends the fate of the country; it,
be REPUBLICANS fail at the ballot-box,
Te will he forced to drive back the
laveocracy with fire and sword"
Gen. Watson Webb.
Il sincerely hope civil war may
lurst upon the country. | want
o see American slavery abolish
d in my day. 1t is legacy have
10 wish to leave my children. Then
ny most fervent prayer is, that
England, France, and Spain may
peediiy takethis slavery-accursed ma
ion into their special consideration.
nd when the time arrirss for the
treets of the cities Of this land of
he free and the home of the traue
D run snth blood to the horses
rides, if the writer Of this be Iiv.
ng, there will be one heart to re-
oies at the retributive justice Of
heaven. Hon. w. o. Duvall.
Il detest slavery, and say unhesita.
ingIy, that I ON for its abolition
y some means, if it should send all !
be party organizations in the Union. |