The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-07
Sentiments Of tho Southern Democracy Over
SEYMOUR.

Says the Macon Ga.l Journal ana Aesse',ger:-
The Charleston Mercury in replyngto character
istc attack by the Herald upon Wade Hampton.
speaks the simple truth In these few words and
thank Him who honOrs truth, who loves an honest
man, and has pronounced a righteous condemnation
upon all liars and traitors, that II IL s0:--
No. honest man south of Mason and Dxpn's line is
ashamed Of the uske he bore the sword he drew de-
ashamed Of lies Let every honest man at the North be
sure Of the fact that The man who says 30 wants TO swinde
in the last step
The Richmond Wing offers the blowing advice to
its friends in the South
We OF the South should be wary and circumspect.
AS the canvass Is just Openlng-a canvass upon
which all our hopes Of relief and redemption de-
pend, we should studiously abstain from saying
writing or doing anything that can be tortured into
evidence of such design The battle is to be fought
by the Northern democracy and we should not COM
init the folly OF Gripping their arm. We LETT the
convention, nominations and the platform to them,
and for the same reasons we should leave to them
OF 5ae IN e ga us % ta aa
passion or indiscretiOn lost them the victory and us
and our posterity participation in its benefits
The Richmond Enquirer. touching upon the duty
OF the white men Of the South IN the present can
vass, says
condition OF affairs consequent upon the revolution
we have just passed through, every sane man III
symptoms OF anarchy, and IN so doing feel that no
future act OF cOntritOn can atone for false step in
November. III the American people Iafl TO elect q
democratic President thev kno,o that tnev soantontv
Leave their place among nations ana plunge beneath
the ieref orthe most UBIQUITOUS orthe medieval p0,c
e,S, from which position they can never rise, but
must continue to sink until every vestge Of their
former glory is obscured in misery, despOtism and
nfamy-an object for the derisOn and contempt of
the whole world.
Hon. Edwin II. Ewing, OF Tennessee writes to the
editor OF the Nashville letter on the pre-
| sent crisis in that State, in which he remarks:-
1t Is expedient sometimes to submit to uncOnsti-
tutiona and oppressive enactments for time rather
than appeal Immediately to the ultimate arbiter but
where the Legislature has become by accident, as-
sumption ana force possessed Of power which it uses
| as the mere instrument Of faction, where the
courts have become its creatures and the mere regis
tiers OF its edict where all the executive Offices
filled by the ministers OF this faction-where In one
word the whole State has got into groove In which,
whatever the consequences 1t must forever
without some irregular and ecstatc exertion, then
time has come in which the people must relieve
themselves by direct and immediate action under
the first clause OF the constitution Of the State. u
should De yepulsed. time comes in the history OF
people occasionally where TO submit to oppression
invites its increase, and where the consequences
are more grievous than any that can arise
from resistance-a time when look
upon danger with contempt, and upon life
reached In Tennessee. The denial OF the right OF
voting to the great mass OF the intelligent wealth OF
such a right would endaneer the public peace and
liberty. Is too nmsy to demand serious argument
to contradict It, The decision Of the Supreme Court
declaring the franchise law constitutional an an
| argument and opinion is beneath all contempt
would review II 1t were worth review. Even this
does not sustain the law as righteous polite
one but declares only to be within the competency
Of the legislature These are my opinions; let them
be taken for what they worth. do not counsel
force. Such counsel, II to be given, must from
! younger and more energetic men-men Who can De
actors as tce as advisers will, however, express
the opinion that the Legislature has no consttu-
tional power. under pretence OF calling out the mill
Tia to establish standing force OF armed men, by
whatever name they may choose to call It, And
Will say further from observation OF the feelings
and opinions OF the people OF the State. that Tie
reddfest cav to get mp that very ciUn rhfch the
radical party process to deprecate Is TO attempt to
fnaug,Tdte such FORCE