The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-31
War AsasAse the South EARLY Fore
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Immediately after the triumph Of the
Abolition party, IN the election Of . sec
tiOnal candid sanding upon = sectional
platform, to the Presidency, Senator Viii.
son, the mouth.piece of the AbOlitionists,
boldly announced the object Of his dis
union party in these words, on the 9th ol
November, 1850, in the city of Boston.
1t was considered no. longer necessary Ia
conceal the purposes of the successful
party: The people had disregarded the
advice and warnings Of patriots and states
men, and given their support to . Sec
ticnal and fanatical party; and that par
ty, destitute Of principle and patriotism
resolved to punish the South for opposing
its miserable creed and its weak and reck-
less nominees. Said the Massachusetts,
Abolition traitor, exultantly and defiant
ly, speaking for his party:
Republicans, we have at length tri.
umphed we have got our feet upon the
neck Of the South, and we will now crush
them out; yes, We will grind them to
powder"
This disunion speech of the Massachu
sets Senator in 1860, confirms the decla.
ration Of Henry Clay in 1850, that " the
great issue before the country was this
shall Abolition put down the Union-or
shall the Union put down Abolition ?"-
This was then the question, and this is
now the question. Wilson's speech was
a declaration of war against the South by
the Republican party-by an acknowledg.
ed leader of the party which had just tri
umphed-which would soon have the con.
troll of the purse and the sword, and
which had the will and the power to carry
his threat into execution. The South had
violated no law, committed no outrage
given no just cause of offense to the
North. She had respected the institu.
tions of the North and had freely contrib.
uted her treasure and blood to uphold
them. She desired to live in peace and
harmony with the North. She was q
part Of the Union and entitled to all the
rights and privileges which that Union
conferred upon any of its MEMBERS
More she did not ask-less it would have
been degradation to her to submit to-
She adopted and resolved to inhexibly
adhere to the sentiment of one of her best
and greatest sons" Ask nothing but
what is clearly right, and submit to no.
thing that is wrong" But this did not
suit the Abolition traitors. Year after
year they pctitiOned Congress to dissolve
the Union. Year after year they threat
ened to secede or force the South to Sc
cede; but as long as they were in the
minority they were powerless. In an evil
day for the country they triumphed, and
then their representative instantly de.
clared war against the South. Reader,
carefully note his threatening language,
and say if it does not amount 70 declA-
ration of war. Republicans" said he,
1--WE have at length triunphed; we have
got our feet upon the neck of the South,
and we will now crush them out; yes, we
will grind them to powder" This was
long before any Southern State had sece-
ded-long before Fort Sumpter had been
fired upon. What had the South done to
warrant such a brutal threat? She had
resisted and defeated every effort of the
Abolition traitors to dissolve the Union,
and for this she was to be ''crushed oDt,
"ground to powder" The crushing and
grinding process of the Republican party
has cost our country millions of treasure
and rivers of blood and shrouded in
mourning many homes; and if the war
continue in accordance with the threat OF
the authorized spokesman Of the party in
power, until the "South is ground to
POWDER" the country will be desolated
and the people enslaved. 1t is a gloomy
prospect and can only be arrested BY the
defeat Of the party which made and is
endeavoring to execute the atrocious de-
claration.