, 1861-01-19
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TIMELY wAnNING.
We owe it to the people Of the North, as
public Journalists, to warn them that they
arc about to be betrayed and sold out,
The course pursued by the South is slowly
but surely doing its intended work. The
enactment Of secession ordinances bv two
or three more States; the seizure Of a few
more forts, arsenals and munitions Of war:
the conhscation Of additional cargoes Of
powder and provisions belonging to private
citizens; the maltreating and numbering Of
yet other men Of Northern origin; Of some
more who voted for Lincoln, or who, not
uoing SO, belicre his election is not sut1l-
clent cause for secession; the firing few
times more upon our national flag, and the
utterancc offs few more reasonable speech
es IN the Senate Of the United States-and
the flunkies and the doughfaces and the
towards Of the North will be upon their
knees, begging for terms. It is impossible
to be mistaken in this matter On all sides
tho indications thickcn Of m ignominious
surrender. The Northern Democracy are
everywhere caving in. In their County
and State Conventions they express viii
l'neness to giro up every one of their
heretofore cherished principles, 10 submit
to escry possible outrage that traitors mny
choose to inf1ict; and they more than init
nste, unless the whole North surrcnders,
they Will turn their guns upon those who
oo)>ct In these positions they are Joined
By the timid, conservative men Of alI par
tes-by men Of capital and by men intent
upon the profits Of trade-by men who own
ships and manufactures and merchandise
by men Who put a market price upon
principles, and who countcase and personal
safety gilmore value than honor and patri-
otism While the former are holding their
conventions for the undisguised purpose Of
giving aid and comfort TO men who are in
arms against their own country, the lat-
ter are equally active in gcttlRgup and cir
culating petitions to their representatives
IN Congress, imploring them to diahonor
their country, their section, their principles,
and their manhood, by voting for some is
aominous compromise. There was time
when both classes had only brave and de-
dant words for traitors and rcbcla When
Douglas, in his Norfolk speech, declared
shat treason must be put down and the
ta"s OF the country enforced by the whole
power Of the Nation, If necessary, the
Democracy Of the North with one
voice echoed and applauded lis words.
But that was before the traitors had shown
xheir tccth-beforc they had fired upon the
national flag, seized the national property
within their respective States, and deficd
she Federal Government It would seem
that the threats wcro intended only tor
small traitors or traitors in posv-not to
treason on large scale, or to traitors in ease.
For the former an arenging arm and ter
rlblc retribution-for the latter, words Of
kindness aa1 Cancellation and measures of
concession only.
Has all manhood clean gone out Of the
North: Arc all the stcadfastnes of pur-
pose and all the courage Of the country in
tue possession Of those who arc in arms
again7t the goyctumcnt? Have we sunk
so low thzt NC hasten to swallow every
brave word We may have uttered, the mo-
nent danger appears in view? IF 80, then
it matters not what may come re cannot
be dishonored. j
And now, if there is not enough of man
liness and of principle left at the North to
meet this crisis, let the consequences be
what they may, without surrender, then
let beg Of the South not to be modest in
<AeT terms II whenever a demand is
snaae IN behalf of Slavery, Freedom is to be-
1rayed by its professed adhcrcnts, in God's !:
name let every remaining restigc Of liberty !
be given up at once. Why stop with re- !,
cognlzlnS property in man-with incorpo- ).
Eating Slave code into the Federal Con !;
at'lution--with paying the South in money :
Tor all its fugacious cllattels? Such IN ad- !
3ustment would give but brief satisfaction ;
to n section that never fails to Get what it i
demands; end N lew years the country
would be called upon to pass through an
other criiss, to be settled by tile htmilia-
ton Of the North aud tie triumph Of trai-
tors. No: Let the South demand now a1l
It may want for the next century, or, at
least until better breed of men
Shall inhah!t tie North. Let us
ho1ad tbs lowest possible depths of
degradation at once. a speedy dcs-
cent to the lowest possible point may per-
chance be followed by an upward move
ment, but We should never recover from
degradation that Is the work Of generations
md so becomes insrained in our very souls.
N pity then, let the South complete the work
now. Let her add to the other demands tho
Of the African slave tratle-tlat
our outward bound ships shall 60 freightcd j:
with cotton, and no vessel shall
enter our ports that does not bring a full car
So OF s!aves-that capital, everywhere, shall
Shall own itslabor, that no distinction shall
hereafter be made, in Law, between the Ia
borers Of the South and the labors Of
the North that the distinction Of
free and slave States shall be forever
abolished, and that slavery shall he alike
lawful in every State, and the shareholders
rights Of property be protected in every
land and on every sea. Let the South in
crease her demands to this extent while
she is about it-and our word for it, tic
same men at tie North who are in favor Of
conced.ng to her present demands, will be
equally c!amorous for the balance
There is &c: single hope for freedom in
this crisis, but that hope does not rest on
[,le North. Iftho South Carolinians would
oaly make determined assault upon Fort
5ampter, level its walls to the sea, and
slaughter its gallant commander aud all his
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