Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-07-02
WILL THEY RELISH TT

The Louisville Courier, formerly the organ
OF the Breck inrdge Democracy of Kentucky,
which at the be ginning of the was remov-
ed to Bowling Green and then to Nashville,
seems to have eblowed out'' when the rebels
evacuated the latter place. Whilst published
in the last named city, its editor promulgated
the following philosophy ofthe Rebellion
ssThis has been called fratricidal war by
some, by others an irrepressble conflict be-
tween Freedom and Slavery. We respectful
ly take issue with the authors of both of these
ideas. We are not the brothers of the Yam
KEGS, and the Slavery question is merely the
pretext, not the cause of the war. The true
irrepressi Bile conflict lies fundamentally in the
hereditary hostility. the sacred animosity, the
eternal antagonism, between the two races
engaged.
ssThe Norman cavalier cannot brook the
vulgar familiarity of the Saxon Yankee while
the latter is continually devsing some plan
TO bring down his aristocratic neighboT to his
own detested level Thus was the contest
waged in the old United States. SO long as
Dickinson dough faces were to be bought, and
Cochran towards to be frightened, SO long was
the Union tolerabe to Southern men but
when, owing to divisions In our ranks, the
Yankee hirelings placed one of their own
spawn over us, political connection became
uneudurable, and separation ssary to pre-
serve our self-respect
ssAs onr Norman kinsmen in Eng gland. al
ways minority, have ruled their Saxon couD-
trymen in political vassalagc up to the pres
ent day, so have we, the sslave oligarchs' gov
erned the Yankees till within a twelvemonth.
We framed the Constitution, for seventy
years moulded the policy of the Government,
and placed our own men or Northern men
with Southern principles in power.
ssOn the 9th of November, 1860, the Puri-
tans emaacIpated themselves, and are now in
violent insurrection against their former own
ers. This insane holiday freak will not last
long, however, for dastards in fight, and in
capable of self government, they will inevIta-
bly, again fall under the control of the superior
race. A few more Bull Run thrashings will
bring them once more under the yoke as
docie as the most loyal OF our Ethiopian
schattelS.'' -
| Here is set forth cause for the present re-
! belion, by Southern sDemocrat.'' He says
the .sSlave Oligarchs'' could tolerate the ''Y an
KEGS" so long as they could buy 'sDicknson
doughfaces,'' or frighten Cochran towards, .
but when these northern 'shirelings'' began tc
think for themselves and threw off the yoke
of ''poIitca vassalage" and placed some o.
their own spawn" over the Southern 'scaval
! ier,'' then the ssconnection became unendur-
abe'' and ''separation became necessary tc
preserve self-respect - and that s'the slavery
question is merely the pretext, not the cause
OF the war; and was only used to frighter
| these sscowards'' and ssdastards" into submits
| sion to the ssowncrs" who had bought them
| These spolitical hrelings'' and s.vassals,
however, not being able TO control the masse:
in the election of 1860 TO the entire satisfac
tion of their Southern masters, are now
! threatened with ga few more thrashings" like
that of Bulls Run, which, it is asserted, sswil
bring them once more under the yoke as do
cile'' as the most faithful of their ssEthiopiar
| chattels'' in the South.
Surely, this is not very lattering portrai
of northern ssdough- -face," yet, perhaps,
correct one. However as this SoutLerr
Democratic artist seems II be perfectly
acquainted with his subject, we shall not I'M
dertake to criticise his picture-preferring t.
leave the reader to judge of its merits ant
truthfulness as presented by this ssdear broth
err of the South.
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