Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-10-16

lis ito belle all our past profession
and to sustain Mr.. Linaosn,s ad
ADMINISTRATION, right or wrong? i
lit to justify a man, whom we ha'
lno agency in elevating to mower
not only in abandoning the Con
I Fstitutioh of the United States, bu
in rephdiating the Chicago plat
/ form, his inaugural address ant
messages to Congress in which tii'
absolute right to slavery in th'
States where it exists was distinc
Ily and unequivocally conceded
Or is it, in view Of his many vic
ilations of the Constitution, ant
this crowning act of ustrpation, tC
| join that side which at presen. at
fords the only earthlyhope OF sue
cessful resistance -
[ am aware, nay cotiiltrymen.
that you Will find difficulties in
bringing yonr minds to the same
conclusion. at which my own has
arrived. Many wanton and unau-
thoIized acts cf cruelty and OPP
preston have been perpetrated
among you, which, instead of;
changing your opinions, have cnly
been calculated to aggrasate ard
intensity a heroic principle Of en-
durance. Many of these acts have
been committed in remote places,
without the knowledge or appro-
baton of uthe authorities at Rich
mond, or of those who held the
the supreme command in East
Tennessee, and under such circum-
stances that you have felt it dam
gerous to complain, Gradually
and slowly these outrages have at
last become known, and in the
very recent proclamation issued
by Major Gen. Jones, you have the
assurance that your oornplaints
will be heard, and the most ener-
getic measures adopted to reme-
dy the evils 10 which you have
been subjected. .a
i Let not, then, a sense of private
and present wrongs, bind You
against the enormities already per-.
petrated. and still more seriously
contemplated by Mr., Lincoln's ad
If a majority of the
Republican party have. been sin
cere in their professions of a de-
termination to respect the right
of slavery in the States, and if
the right of freedom is not utter
ly extinguished in the North, may
we not hope that spirit of resist,
ance will be aroused in that sec
tion,1 which, combined with the eff
forts of the South, will hurl Mr.
Lincoln from power, and even yet
restore peace and harmony to our
distracted and divided country?
But, if through fear, or any other
cause, Mr.. Lincoln s infamous pro-
clamation is sustained, then we
have NO union to hope for, no Con-
stitution to struggle for, no magni-
ficent and unbrokeh heritage to
maintain. ne peace to expect save
such, as with the blessing OF PROV
idence, we may conquer. The
armies which have been sent near
YOU to tantalize you with hope,
have been withdrawn, land, with
cool audacity, Mr., Lincoln vif-
tually tells you that you have no
rights. No alternative remains
but to choose tie destiny which an
arlos ant and, unprincipaed admin
istraiim forces upon tls!' q Z '5
It is almost unnecessary to de-
clare to you that ] adhered to the
tHion amidst, good % report and
svti report, suffering and danger,
while it was in my power to sup
port 1t, and that, when my efforts
were sparalysed and my voice 81
serced BY causes .beyord my con-
troll. ( have ycherlshednthe, hope
that all might yet be we'll but '..the
last link is broken that bound me
to q government for which my an
cestofs fought, and whatever may
be the eouse OF others lshaH feel
itefny duty to encourage the most
psersevering and determined ress-
tance ceeagainst the tyrants and usurs
psefs sf the Federal Administrations
vino have blasted eur hopes + nd are
cruelty seeking, to destroy TIE last
vcsfiaes Of feed IN .ainohg Ne IL
YOU wo'lld save yourselves from a.
SPECIES Of oagaases pnexantnlta In
the he history of Meth, America but
tueauiivocally invited in Mr.. stjilis
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