Smyrna times., 1862-06-19

this matter She did all that was in her power
TO DO 10 prevent the eEtenSiOn Of SlaUery dad
TO mitigate its evils"
Is it not most violent and unnatural con-
tast TO these counsels, that a set of leaders
who have Professed devout reverence tor the
school of Madison and Monroe should have
thrown themselves upon the heresy that slave
ry is an uumixed and divine good, and that
they should have been strong enough TO initi-
ate and prosecute a bloody war against the
contral Government, and to convert the State
Of Madison, Jefferson and Monroe into the
bloodlest theatre Of that war! An idealist ike
John Z. Calhoun, who dreamed Utopian Wis.
ions of an independent South. drawing its vi
sallty from slavery, and who convinced himself
and others that that that which corrupted both
white and black, which weakened and destroy.
ed the the moral sense, would make q people
not only powerful, but virIu0us, succeeded in
demoralzIng the example of the really wise
and patriotic men OF the slave States, and in
making their posierity alike ungrateful to them,
and ungrateful to their country. know it is
pleaded by the men who attempt to excuse this
lnhuman conspiracy, that secession had never
been dreamed of until the AbolitiOnsts began
to agItate IT. The answer TO this sOphslrV 10
go easy that II scarcely deserves repetition.
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Jumes
Monroe did not expect that when they spoke
against slavery their words would find no echo
in Northern hearts, and that that which they
esteemed TO be vile TO those who regarded il
from distance. In fact, the Abolitionists ave
always been looked upon with a degree of IA
vor by the pro slavery apostles. These latter
used the indignant meta phors OF Garrison, md
Wendell Philips. and George Thompson, TO in.
flame the ignorant prejudices OF their oIlowers:
but when slavery assumed the fascinating as.
pect OF being the sources ofOpulence and p0llti
cal power-when cotton became one ofthe great
elements of commerce and manufacture here
and elsewhere, they resolved to make an en-
pre Of their own, and no longer submit to the
Government which had fosIersd aud protected
them. That mIschievous and pcs llsn, pam Oh
leteer, De Bow. the mouth piece of the conspi.
ratOrs. frequently stated in his ReUieto that the
South cared nothing for Abolitionism, and
! looked to independence, not becs use il feared
It, brt because, IN an isolated position, is would
become more powerful. The Aboitionis,s were
always Ia a minority 10 the free States, and
they are 10 a minority to-day; but the she rp
politicians of the South insisted upon calling
the Republicans Abolitonists for their own
mercensry purposes. These desperadoes We,
however, played out their dark game and have
lost it, and now. with their broken army lying
before our triumphant columns, in the face ot
the proof Of their savage brutaIities. inflicted
equally upon The soldiers of the North and theiI
own people, snd with the fact of the utter tail
ure of their perverted creed OF State Rights
the intellect and patriotism OF the Border State
gratefully revert to the wholesome teaching
of the trusted statesman of Virginia. Presi
dent Lincoln offers no more and no less iha
was offered by Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
He does not SPEAK ss an Aboltionisi, nor eveI
as Republican. He addresses the Souther
people as friend aud q counsellor II 10 no
=. surprising. therefore, that his recommended tons
should begin to be fsvorably received. 18th
:. signs Of the times" 10 which | have refel
red are proofs of this change 10 the Soulher
mind.
9. And now are The leaders, who assume TO cot
troll the Democratic party. treating the Pres
- dents emancipation policy! They see how
s working 10 the slave States. They behol
q. the evidences 10 its faVer among the meu wi
own slaves, and yet, with this example az
u this stimulant to patriotic action, they delibe
ID ately place themselves in opposition to ema
" cipatIon. a0d assail and misre present the Chi
,r Magistrate who recommends it. The mo
. candid and sincere man in this organization
John c. Breckinridge himself, for he follow'
Il" his party into the rebel army, and disdained
er oppose Our cause by mere words when he cou
~ prove his fidelity by taking up arms against
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