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r - .'. v i'' J .' - ' f i ' KEW SERIESOL II KO. 49. " WADESBOROUGH, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1G, 18G0. WHOLE NO. 10!. fiiiili- I 1 i "i i i -I- - - 'J - - ... ' . i1 . , ,i , .1, ! Here we baye the fact thai lit has been Id co-, leaguer shall Yote?aceordingto;biaown conscience dustriously devoted. In thecaily part of tlio year j to ua tlie fugitive BlavftbiU, and WUlLjtMt-gf were- forming nnd that events wcro being so temptation from the firat national struggle after remembering always his duty to thr South." 1 1859, the newspspers began to prepare tho pub- aliould be contented, If wo demand the reudi- shaped as to justify his estimate of true states (be organization of the ltepublican party, tore- Thua waa tho organization set on foot among lie mind for the issues concocted, in the manner"! tioii of our' fugitive slaves, wo are pointed to their ' manship in the South, and such as to bring list the inauguration of a member of that party , tbe masses, which was to " control parties, legis- j above recited, and to bo enforced by tho leaders statute books, to laws nullify ing the laws of Con- about the desired southern confederacy Ho . NORTH CARO: NA ARGUS FEITO.IwTuAItLEV. - TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. . Single eoples, Two Dollam par ear, Invariably la advanoa. To Clabi of Tonand apwards, it will be furniihsd at 0 Doll a ad a Half par oopy. Mo subscription received for loss tlian aix months. ' BATES OF 'ADVERTISING. 70o. ....$1 60 .... 8 80 4 00 6 00 . One year.... 9 00 Advertiser mast atata the namber of tines tony wish Ihtir advtrtluratnU Imertod ; otberwiM they will bo eoatlaaod till forbiddea, aad ehergea accord ing to the above. One Insertion , Tbraa Insertions Two months, or nine insertioaa.. Three months, or thirteen insertion!... , His months as President of the United States though he were elected fairly by tbe people odder tuo sane tious and all the forma prescribed by tbe Federal Constitution, without awaiting any hostile dem onstration, or any overt act which should justify a resort to such extremities. We nett trace the bourse of Wm. L. Yancej, of Alabama, who is now the recognized leader in the secession movements in the Charleston and Baltimore Democratic conventions, which even' tuated in tbe nomination of Mr. Breckinridge for tho Presidency. Though a diaorganiier in 1848 and a disunioniet in 1850-51, we begin our quotations from bis out-gtvings with tbe 10th qt May, 1858. as it was enlv then that be began to prepare actively ioeonaomsaate the aim which bad partial fruition at Baltimore. On thVUy,the Southern eonventioo. met in the eitr of ttlont- AsTMaeaU will be aaae vita yearly eivertlssraj gotaery At the opening; el. thai convention, lie 1st urea and statesmen." To what extent and during the then approaching summer campaign now rapidly it succeeded, we nave no means oi knowing; but subsequent events would indicate b liberal and advenUceoas terms rrofessionsl and Buainese Cards, not exceeding five lines brevier In lenrih. will be inserted- for So a year if exceeding five lines will be charged the same as other advertisements. Obitnary notioes free when not exeeeding twenty lines; all above twenty lines at advertisement rates. From tbs Nashville Patriot. CONSPIRACY TO BREAK IP TOE BIOS. THE PLOT AND ITS DEVELOPMENTS. IRKEFKACIBLB PBOOF OF 1 DELIBEliTB ISD SETTLED PURPOSE TO REVOLLTIO.MZE THE C0VERMLT. It 'ho are the 8upporter or Ilrttkln- ritige una M,ane r LET TIIE MASSES READ AND FONDER. The first seiions attempt to dissolve tbe Union and revolutionize the Government of this Repub lic was made by the Sluttf of South Carolina in 1832-8. It met with no sympathy outside of tbe State, and Uen. Jackson, then President, gave it an cflcctuol quietus. The adjrocates of accession, at that slay, ssd in that State, were forced to retire from their unequal contest in dis grace, or surrender their position, and to address themselves m the correction of what they con ceived to be evil and injustice in a constitutional way. Hence we beard but little uioro of scccs- sion and disunion for nearly twenty years. In 1850-51, however, tbe agitation of the question ef slavery growing out of the acquisi tion of territory from Mexico, gave rise to a state of feeling between the North and tbe South- wbicb was fearfully violout. 1 here was, before that time, a latent spirit of enmity toward (ha Union, lurking ia the breasts of a few discon tented and. restless spirits of which it is suffi cient evidence to recite tbe course of Mr. Wm. .L. Yancey in an effort to break up the Baltimore Democratic Convention of 184!). The agitation of 1850 - was disposed of by the series of acts passed by Congress during that year, fumiliurly known to tbe country as the "compromise mea sures." Upon the passage of these the small dis union faction suddenly rose to an importance wfiich it never had attained before. In several of the Southern States, in elections following, tbe issue was made of submission to thoso meas ures, or dissolution of tbe Union. The question was discussed before the people, and every effort made to are the puone nnna, to arouse me pop ular passions, and to bring about a violent dis ruption of the Government. It was at this time that Hon. Jeff. Davis, now the leading secession- ' ist in the National Legislature, declared that " he was for rciatasce, and would never submit to the slain of degredation" which those measures, in his estimation, imposed, He" ran asa candidate for Gov ernor of Mississippi on that issue, and was defeated before the people. In other States similar issuos ' were made, and the people throughout the South placed the seal of their condemnation upon the enemies of the Union at tho ballot-box. While this excited feeling was at its highest pitch, a delivered an address of welotmo to the delegates, of which the subjoined is an extract : " I mast be allowed, at leatt on my own behalf, to welcome you too, as but tbe foreshadowing of that far more important body ; important as you evidently will be, that if injustauce and wiong shall continue to rule the hour and councila of the dominant section of the country, must, ere long, assemble upon Southern soil for the purpose of devising some measure by which not only your industrial, but your social and political rela tions shall be placed npon the basis of an inde pendent sovereignty, which will have within it self a unity of climate, a unity of soil, a nnily of production and a unity of social relations; that unity which alone can be tbe basis of a suc cessful sod petmsnent government.''' At that session the chief topie of discussion in the convention was the re-opening of the Ameri can slave trade, and a general exposition of tbe supposed wrongs of the Sonth. Mr. .Yancey hsd a good opportunity of conferring with tbe ultraists of other Southern States, on the subject of secession snd disunion, which, we are led to believe, be industriously improved, for within sbont a month afterwards he addressed a letter to Air J as. 8. Slaughter, dated Juno 15th, 185S, whieb is as follows: "I hardly agree with you that a general move ment can be made that will clean out tho Augean stable. If the Democracy were overthrown, it would result in giving plaoe to a greater and hun grier s warm of flies.- The remedy of tbo South is not such a process. It is ia a diligent organisa tion of her true men. for prompt resistance to tbe next aggression. It must come, in the nature of that Mr. Yancey thought the plot had grown to Le wide and strong enough to warrant k bold at tempt to sectionalize tho oountry in tho present Presidential campaign. " In the meantime, the revolutionary letter to Mr. Slaughter having been tvublished in tho newspapers, and bcim? severely criticised by the Richmond South, Mr. Yancey wrote a letter to the editor, Mr. Roger A. Pryor, by way of defense and explanation, in the course of which he says: - " It is'equally true that I do not expect Vir ginia to take any initiative steps towards1 a disso lution of tbe Union, when that exigency sbsll be forced npon the South. Her position as a bor der State and a well considered Southern policy (a policy which basbeeardigeeted and asdoratuod and approved by the ablest men in Virginia, as you yourself must be aware,) would seem to de- mane) that, when such a movement takes place by any considerable number of Southern States, Virginia and the other border Mates should re We now groups few expressions from that source : r'rotll tba MoMIr Mrrrurr. .WIL r9. The times are now ripo for the organisation of , , ,0t time to cease this idle talk, and let our de- iiuiiuvai uturcuicm in tne Bmvo-numinj; oiaies, irrespective, of course, of nil old party designations ; gress. . was unusually hopeful, and the success, whiuli lie " W ith a full knowledgo of ull these fuels, I tip- contemplated iiivpivcU him witli unuual strength peal to every fair-minded man in the South, if it and vigor. The speech was ill nil respects eon- and there are poculiai reasons why such a move mcnt should be undertaki n now and hero. In. Iced, Tormablo to tho conclusion, which nlone wo quote mand be mado known in language that cannot be ut tlii.J time.' Said Mr. Illicit : misunderstood, demanding congressional legis'a- j "Should the public retard; after I atn cone. tion for tho protection of slaves in the Territories as boing iir unison with the plainest principle!! of wo are credibly informed that conferences have j juatico, equal rights, common sense aud the man already been held by leadinc patriotic centleiuen : a,itP nf tl. 'i.niiinii,n . of this city, of all parties, and the plans of a Southern orgahlzbtion have been set on foot and almost matured, preparatory to action. Wo earnestly hope the good, work way go on, and speedily. ' . , The country, we repeat, is ripe for the move ment, abd if iudiciously inaugurated, it will sweep over the land with a force that no opposition will boabfetocheck. We therefore caution our friends in the equntry everywhere, to to prepared for it, and to keep themselves from all entangling al liances which may hinder them from juitiinginit uotraniuiclcfl. The Charleston Morcury, in April, '1 $50, said of the Democratic Presidential Conrrhtion of the main in tbe Union, where by their position and tfiAip MHinutll. tbv entild rtrnvA ftinrrt pfT..MivA ; friends than by moving out of tho Union, and i Iirecnt Jcar " n,c'8 " ls llmUld exclusively to thus giving tho Southern confederacy a long, I delegates from the South, it will be no Conven abolition, hostile border to watch. In the event I Hon ofthe Democratic party. How truly it spoke of the movement being successful, in time Mr- j 1 10 disunion scutiment late cvcnU have lully ginia and the other border States that desired it, j "'own., - - : could join the Southern confederacy and bo pro-, Fmm , w 0i1mm Alr lsja tected by the power of its affirmance and lis di- j In 18G0 the South and tho North -ire to be ar plomacy." ' rayed in deadly contest; the battle of the sections Here we have tne important disclosure that , js thon to be fought for the last time, and its is tbe scheme hsd been submitted to, understood j gUe js to be decisive of our fate. and approved by the ablest men in Virginia, and . that Mr. Pryorwas also then 1n the secret. In; T . . From tho Monit-..mrr,-..h,rti.r.Mjch,is.!,9. publishing this extract on the 9th of September, j " lg ""P0"811.' w "eh men 1858, in the columns of the Patriot we ssked K represent us in Congress as possess the abih- j METryor tbe question, "who are these ablest i Jo combat tho approaches of Republicanism, men in Virginia, who had digested, understood i "I"1'!"1 nerve to secede from W ashington in case j and approved" this well considered southern aponiionism snouia lnstai one or its leaucrsin tue nni;?.nH lb-). ,mhnnB. with Kxecuttve timiision of the natu n. -It is impor- South, and doubtless it was cognizant of tie !n' 'o tbe South also, that her delegation shnild question, he failed to answer. UndoubtedU', l""' vniXvd front of State-rights Democrats, Gov, Wise-was one of the men referred to. bs al lorm 'e principles anu tiieaoctrinesot tneatate ' This being refused as our common right under tho compact in the Union : then let us seek equality outnido of. the com pact of thq Union vviiere the laws of God, the rights of man, and the feelings of free men counsel us unerringly that we should seek our redress. "And having, as I do, but the faintest hope that this reasonable demand will be grouted, may I noisily wnoUiJa. that it isu futile to fir our hopes upon Congress for protection and aid .' I answer, to ourselves, to tho means within our Teach to tho proper organization of our own Stuto." Hon. John J. Pctttis, the present governor of ever reach my humble services,' let it be remem bered that, after twenty years of earnest efloit to preserve the Union, by keeping it within the limitation of the Constitution, and arresting iU fatal tendency to despotism,.! turned it last to the salvation of iny natixelund (the .South,) anil ih my latter yean did.all I could to dissolve 'her connection with the North and to establish fur her a Southern confederacy." During the year lj'J, Mr. Yancey was not an idle spectator of the work he set on foot; ho wrote letters anil made speeches on ' various occasion. Jeff. .Davis, bis greatest and moat powerful coadjutor, was also active and zealous. We givo an extract from a speech of the latter at Jackson, Miss , on the (ith July. lie sajd : " The success of such a party would indeed produce an ' irrepressible conflict.' To you Mississippi, during bis canvas's for that office ! wr,uld be presented the question, will you allow things. No national party can save us ; no sectional party can do it. JJut it we could ao as our lath ers did, organize committees of safety all over the cotton States, (ant it is only in them mat we can hope for any effective movement) we sbsll fire the Southern heart instruct tbe southern mind - givecoutage to each other, and at the proper moment, by one organized, concerted action, we can precipitate the cotton States into a revolution. ' " This idea has been shadowed forth in the South by Mr. Kuffin has been taken up and recommended in the Advertiser, under the name of " League of United Southerners," who, keep ing up their old party relations on all other ques tions, will hold the southern issue paramount, and will influence parties, legislatures, and statesmen. I have no time to enlarge, but suggest merely." ' He bad evidently now pretty well matured his scheme but still held himself open to friendly suggestions. So far as the plot had gone, its diabolical excellence was never surpassed. Mr. Ruffin had agreed to it, and the Montgomery Advertiser bad taken it up and recommended it. The masses of the people who were to second snd sustain tha treason, were to retain their party relations on other questions they were to give tbeir entire faith to their leaders, have their passions duly aroused by fiery appeals, and at " the proper moment, we (the leaders) can pre cipitate the cotton States into a revolution." Mr. Yancey lost no time in setting on toot the proposed organization, and to enlist the masses' under his disunion and revolutionary banner. southern convention was called to convene in this On the 10th of July following he repaired to city, to extend the apirit of disunion, and make it Mratnoot in the-Southern States. It also re sulted in an ignominious fsilure. Wherever, and )n whatever shape, tho issue was presented to the people it was rejected witb scorn and indignation. Thus covered with defeat, battled, at every point, rejected, spurned, and driven from place, and the hope of place, the disaniouists retired from the contest in humiliation "and Same. In 1852, they, with the shame hypocritical solemni ty which distinguishes their present professions of love, ana admiration, and friendship for tho Union, met with the Democracy in national con tention, and proclaimed that the." Compromise measures" of 1850, were a just and final settle ment of tbe slavery question. They gave their adheaion to the Uuion, as they now pretend to do, and declared they would shed their ' blood in its (defense. Wo heard no more of injustice, ag gression, and unconstitutional enactments." Rut now tbe spirit of treason and disunion ia ajain 'abroad in ourlsnd. It nowbas nocongrcssional com- S remise as a point of attack, as a rallying cry. ut tbe enemies of the Union have what they imagine will serve their purpose equally as well They now hold that the election of a Black lie publican to the presidency, is a just cause for so the country, snd at Kethcl cburen, in tbe county of Montgomery, delivered an address to the peo ple who bad assembled to hear him. His theme, of courso, was the wrongs snd oppressions of tha South. At the conclusion of bis speech a circumstance presently mentioned will more fully show. The foregoing completely demonstrates that a crecoocerted. deliberate! v nlanncd and organized scheme td break up the Union of the States was ; concocted, taking its shape from secret consulta tions held by . men from various Southern States during tbe sitting of the southern convention at Montgomery, Alabama, in 1858. It also shows that Wm. L. Yancey, tbo head and front of the Dreckinridge party at the South, was the leading spirit in tbe wicked snd traitorous pro ceeding. . It also proves, beyond question that tbe entire design, plot and aim rested, in its in ception, on no ground other than cold blooded enmity to the Union and tbe pretense that dis union jwr k, of itself and without cnusc, would be of advantage to tbe South. Rut no one ever suspected .Mr. Yancey of a lack of sense. He well knew that the whole conspiracy would fail. and that he and bis coadjutors would be over whelmed with disgrace, unless tho people could be brought up to its support. The plan was all perfect except that it had no immediate pretext, lie had inttoduced into the Soutborn convention at Montgomery, or procured to be introduced, resolutions iu favor of the African slave trndo; but it was soon found that such a pretext alone would not meet the popular acceptance and ap proval, and that it could not be relied on to an swer the purpose. Another mora directly affect ing tne people, was absolutely necessary, t or tunatcly for Mr. Yaneey and his fellow conspira tors, one, supposed to be suitable in all respects,. was iouna in ine iuea oi congressional protec tion to slavery in the Territories. About the 10th of September, 1858, the New Orleans Delta, -a well known disunion paper, cautiouslv put forward the doctrine of Congressional pro-' tcctiou. It was shortly taken up by other journals, and ' in the first days df January, 1S58, it was formal ly promulgated by the Richmond Enquirer. Here the finger of Gov. Wise is plainly discern ible. Rut a short time previous he had approved rights DcmocrarJ re the Union or out of it. Ijist year delivered speeches in all sections in' the .State, in each of -which be declared that in tho event of the election of a Republican to the Presidency, he was' for a dissolution of the Union. The Vicksbnrg Whig having been in formed that Go Pettus bad stated " that in tho event of his election to the Governorship, and a Republican should be elected to the office of President of the United States, he would await some hostile demonstration toward the South be fore advising resistance," the Jackson Mississip pian replied : " The informant of the Whig is clearly in error. Col. Pettus, at all times and places, in his' public speeches and private conversations, in his open declarations to the people at the hustings, nnd in bis councils with his friends, declares without reservation or qualification bis approval of the platform that nominated him, pledging the State to resistance in the event of the election of a Dluck Republican to the Presidency upon tbe anu lie doctrines ot tne state-; avowea purposes of theanti slavery organization. t the hope of the South in--. In hia spch at Scoobili ; 0WnC0Ullty) on the From the Kiifuula (A1h. F.rcsf. Mauli, i..9. Could we all think and teel alike, were our in terests identical and our occupations similar, we might adopt a common government without detri ment to either; but as we are different iu all these Gth inst., (August,) he went so far as to declare, according to tlus DcKalb Democrat, whose editor was present and reported his remarks, -that, " al though he now held, as it were, the chief ntagis tracy of the State in his hands, he would freely give it up and retire lrom the canvass, it he it becomes us to prepare for an immediate with-! thought the people would not sustain him in drawal from the alliance which lias hitherto held us together; and we hold it to be the first duty, as it should be tbe first object of Southern states men and the Southern press to inaugurate a South ern Confederacy, and thereby eslublL-b' Southern independence. strong resistance to the inauguration of a Black Republican President." , In July, 185'.), tho following question were propounded to Hon. L.Pr Walker,, of Alabama, by the editor of the ltmjtsvillo Advocate: " 1. Is it the duly of Congress to intervene for tho protection of slavery in the Territories of the United States? From Wah. CorreA Cturkftton Mercury, Marck ls."9 There are of the members of Congress from the J:a . ?..-- t? - . i r uuit'rL'NL inmi tm oi Liie iSoiiLii.1 numiHTni HLunncn I . . , , .. . . . , l congress, wuicA declare tue lorci''n otate-nghts men. As the Dcmocrsi tie party goes '"), tn mirtna thiQA will nirm thn nii!nnc nt Swnitrt- I . X the Coi s jiu'ioiial Union to bo chanced into tho despotism of a ii.njorily '! will you bceomo tho subject of a hostile government, or will you, out side of the Union, assert the equality, tho liber ty and sovereignty to which you were born? Pot myself, I say, us I said on a former occasion, in the contingency of the election of a Presi dent on the platform of Mr. Seward's Rochester speech, let the Union be dissolved. Let tho " great, but nut the greatest of evils" come. For ns did the grcut and good Calhoun, from whom is drawn that expression of value, I love nnd veneiatate the Union nf thc!e States but I love liberty and Mississippi mere.'' I'roin the newspapers and the hustings the cry of disunion and revolution rose to Slate legisla turcs and to. Congress. Here the evidences of. a purpose to dissolve the Union and revolutionize tho (juvcrunicnt arc so abundant that wo havo space fur comparatively few. Governor Gist, of South Carolina, iu, his message to the legislature of that State, November IS,"',', uses the fol lowing language : " With nrrunired -.South our courso would bo clear, ami our future g!oriou ; we could enforce equality in the Union, or maintain our indepen dence out of it. If, as.I solemnly believe, we can no longer live in peace and harmony in tho Union notwithstanding tho associations of tho pastrand the reinemhcrance of our common tri umph, (being treated as enemies and aliens, rather than brethren of the same family, end heirs of the same inheritance by tho North,) we can form a confederacy with ability to protect itself against any enemy, and command tho respect and admi ration of the world. The election of a lilack Republican President will settle the ques tion or our saietv in the Union; and although, cm organization which must be formed lb meet the aggressions of Northern consolidation through the general Government. There can be no doubt that the politicians no less than the people of the South are strengthening in tbe opinion that nothing is left but taking their destinies I ft their own keeping. Yet there is a great reluctance to acknowledge the truth, and meu hide their eyes to it as long as possible. ' Ry the end of the next session we may look to be out of the woods. When the Democratic party is re solved into its Northern and Southern elements, now incongruously joined for the sake of the spoils, then the south will wheel into line tor tho de fense qf her rights on the positions occupied by the State lights tneu. . , "3. What pooitiofrshould the southern Detuoe- racv assume in the Charleston Convention? f From the KiifauUftpirit nf the Soma. March, tsji). The North and ths.&iujh jigreoing about souieJ things and differing about others mado a Lnioa for their benelit and a Constitution for their com mon government. The Supreme Court, who, ac cording to the established creed of tho North are the final expounders of that Constituti6n,say that by its provisions slavery is protected iii the Terri tories, hut tho greater portion of the North do- . . if.i, r 1,1 " 1 -.".I? in nil. w iiiuij .ejou .n.oro a repea, o. ,ne lawsm , ll(J for,s of ,ll0 Constitution may be complied lave traue i f,i ..;,. u ;,, t .;.,..:i,j- .. .i mi, iv.h i nil! vi; LAiiiiuinucu, III1U the South -must consent to occupy an inferior and degrading pesition, or scik new safe-guards I he first two he answered in the affirmative, I i,., ., ,.., .- .e , ., ., . , ,. , i haust every means to get tue co operation of tho Southern States in this vital and important move ment, yielding everything but prineiplo for that purpose, prepared to follow any lead in resistance, :but sho should never forget that she is sovereign and an eq'.ial that t,y"1ier sovereign act sho created the relatu nship of that State that now exists in the Federal Union; and tii.it sho has a clear and unquestionable tight to resume her position as a sovereign in the family of the na- and to the third replied " We should insist upon adopting a platform be fore making the nomination. This platform must embody tho first of the foregoing proposi tions; and should embrace, in principle,- the second also. If the first of these propositions viz : protection to slavery in the Territo ries is not adopted, the South should withdraw from the Convention and mako its own nomina tions, and enunciate a platform with the dignity of sovereign States and the great right of self protcetion. We have a mission to fulfill, ' cnobled by its dinger and purified by its insolation.' j " 'With this spirit, let the crisia come! lie bolil, united, firmly set,J Nor fliiicTf in' word br'ttihe We'll be a glorious people yet Redeemed erJjct alone!'" On the 9th of May, 1850; the Squthorn fon. vention an institution which figures conspicu ously in this treasonable business met at Vi.-ks-burg, Mississippi. Kx-GovernorMcl!ae, ex-Sen ator and present member of Congress from that I V? c?u.rse . wr V0US1113 !n. ms 6Pllt Wltn i nounccs that decision openly, while the remainder , Swe boilia i) ail(i ullilbe to a,,cllj .. ;t ,;9 ui iioui, icuvei.ijf iu.uio ii..-. uai, le. .us wie.i, oui iOe,)Cjuragement by sending to it a letter ot regret. Administration, and tbe sudden change "Leaguo" was formed, under the following con- by his organ shows an undoubted Understanding f do that which has been done in all ages and coun- l j wi,ich he enclosed stitution as a basis of organisation! J that the doctrine of Congressional protection was tries, by sensible and right-minded people, who I which the following tc " 1; -The membcra of this organization shall i w V "me an ,ssue Dl Par-7 nave "'0 misronuno to aiucr irreconcilably to ; id ; a series ot resolutions, or ng touches the main matter in bo known as the ' Leaguers of the South ;' and our motto shall be, A tSouthern Republic it our only wfety. ' - , " 2. There shall be primary leagues, State leaiigucs, and a league of the Southern States. "3. Any five or more Southern citizens may form a primary league by subscribing their names to this constitution. ' . - . . "4. The State-league shall be formed by tbe primary loagnes within -the State; and 'the league of tbe Southern States shall be formed by the union of the Mate leagues. politicians, The parties of this disunion intrigue perfectly well knew that tbe.proposition was impracticable tba there was no reasonable hope of bringing Con-i gross, under existing circumstances, to grant the demand. They knew,-also, that it would inevita bly create a division of the Democratic party, seperate." i 1 i i I j 1 , i i , , wucicuj wuum uk ujiuorauaeu uuu uenaiionai- j .1 r i- . . 1 :.j A..k .1 j. 1 ., I and now the instrument of centralism, to estub . 11 . ' lin j " lirsolceJ, That tbe success of the Republican rFnriii tlu. C-hsrlMlnn Mnm,n- 1 '.0 '"'J ' IUO I HtUUII UI .1 1 ICSIUUil UI UlUUIllieU A revolution is, tJie:cfore, inevitable, ' Siib. I States by a sectional majority in. I SCO upon the mission or resistance will alike establish it. The i principles above declared will bo a virtual disso- , old Union the Union and the Constitution of i lulin of ll'o compact of the existing Union of j eonal ri.'hts between sovereign States is nhnlislioJ. i the States; and in that event this Convention I It is gono forever; slrangled by consolidation,.; recommends to the people of the slaycholdin Hons. Gov.' Perry of Florida, about the same time, in a like " state paper" said : "True, Plorida.as the youngest and least pop ulous of the Southern sovereignties, can only fol low in action the lead of her sistersyet this con "stirates no reason why, at' a'-time demanding the ! recsfc- conference and frankest expression among thoso joined by .a common destiny, she should remain silent. I believe that her voico should ibe heajd in 'tones not loud, but deep,' in favor of an eternal separation from thoso whosewickedncssaiid fanaticism forbid uslongerto" for the hope that most of the Southern States, live with peace and safety. There are good grounds ' will not Consent to see the general Government -pass .into bands, avowedly hostile to the South, If such is their purpose, it is not unlikely that they will prepaie for the emergency of the ap. proaehing Presidential election." Gov. McWillle, of Miss:ssippi,-responded in pretty much the saine sjiirjlfiir that State. And in due time, the Senate of South Carolina, on tho .10th December, passed the following pream ble and resolution, which we're concurred in, in the House with very 'slight; if .any alteration : " Whereas, The State of South Carolina, by her ordinance of 18'52. affirmed -her riuht to States to meet immediately in convention to de- . : -I".,. 1 .- ' . x- .1. . . ! In.n.lnn tl,o mn.k'nn.l iiiqbiimi l, t-.li.-.l,?i n r tha . " ... ' : iisii an lrresponsiuie uesnoiisiu ui me ioihh over , tuw M,,u I"VUDU,V u i.i.v.iv...i .n. inai ine prcseni movement would oe so success- , ... RnnlhTa n-,i,n irn!n ,i ! constitutional coverninent as it at present exists, secede from the CmfLdnrarV tUnrW h . lhe Calculation Was to L.,.. u .U. r .ua.,.,,!. ! : ... I hv nrrni.inr tho instnllnttnii intn nirA'nf' Ro. .Ri.n cV.r.,,1,1 0,ri,n t,'.t,;r..in !,' J t. . i uiuiic, is iiuieuter j "J r" .0 ......... . - j juujiu ni, m uvi unit iw exists. In fact it publican president and tne inauguration o: the j judgment uitakiiigjjiut step ; and m tho resolu r..Mi,. I., i ,i hrlV, ,i n r T v establish another of the South break un the. Demooratio mrlv Mr Vnnnnu . i . . ... ,. i : i.-. oi... u. i - ' i revolution tnan that which nowt ILOUKactncaguohaiLec convention, declared that ..Mont MMriin tremiiirflr. nH Riinh other lent sectwnai antagonism, to unite the North : . .1. e." .i . . " . i ii .k- i ki.i; u..o :... i t..i .u: :.'... j:.. .'..l... . .. B Q J.u.o ,l - .u xt u ' wiien u may, ine ooutn, to acnieve ner satety, j icduid mo siuivuuiuiug uwia miu ocjiu,.iie m- ; i.jieeoie ine mimeuiaie exercise oi inaiiiignt . j .u .i i .- r i. i ,. ' ! will have to trample di and thus insure the election -of a Republican can-1 ,j. i.-.: i . president, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as it mar deem useful : and the officers Bh.1l hold tbeir offices for oner vear. and unti i aoa nu '"ure the election! a Uepublican can their successors shall have been elected. " didate. Upon this event, thus designedly effect- i ' G. As soon as it shall ,be ascertained that i ea Vle programme was and is to resist his maug- thrce primary leagues have been 'organized, the - ...... j n - d ' .. . - .. m. . ..-.. I- .1 cession, disunion, and revolution, inev nave i presidents increoi, or a majouiy oi mem suau , eultivated this idea for several yearsx-not the agree upon a time and place for tho organization people, for inch a thing has scarcely been seri- of a State league, and when organized it shall ii.-.jl-.i. ... x ..x.i'j : r t. j. ..'.x.. 4 l . !i. ouaiy oonaiuoreu vj (nein, out ine lenuera. 11 a airoci mo uiue aim "' the inception of this idea , and the means to be tued to bring that contingency about, that is the "7. And as soon as it shall be sScertamed that three State leagues ha? been organized the purpose of this article, and to present the evidpnee presidents, or a majority of them, shall agree np own a Union party in the dependent organization, with such constitutional track of her political emancipation. ., . form of Government as will best securetheir . ' .. ' ; safety, their honor, their rights and institutions, I ne above extract from the Washington cor- and make them a power ot the earth. oration, and nnng pn wc nnai catastrophe. At ; respondent of the Charleston Mercury, so clearly On another occasion he said : " If the Doug., this juncture, Jefferson Davis appears upon the , foreshadows the very events which have since j las construction, of the Cincinnati platform pre stage to play bit part in. thaiufamous drama; In transpired, that tho conclusion is almost irfesistiJ vailed at Charleston. I. for one. would not sub- me autumn or leoo, on ms return trom a tour , ue that there was a iunta of these disunionist' mit. I nm for indenendenee out of tho Uuion livcred an address at Jackson, Mia, in which he ; day, arranged the entire cou'rse to be n'ursued. Tlie l tnrougn tne ortncrnand Eastern btatts, he de- j the city of Washimrton. who had. at that carltf ! in nieferenee to dishonor ih it. il:V. firfflnorpfi flin an.ira Kmiica frt kik nnroiiml 'lia-l- annln ai. tin. ava nf hia rtonqrhit-A fnp Vack broached the idea of a disunion in the event of the ; ncwsrwDers were nromntlv and !mmilvrnnd.-i inrrfnn rln 2Sth of November, ha t,U. nt it i i. j . j , i of a preconcerted, cold-blooded, deliberate,, heart 'H-'W?fte3 lh aplheTTTnipsV ora.esT1igW' tthrB...Ha.aBdwheji-flr. United states. we propose to present such an ganitcd, it shall direot tne itmo ana piace oi us ,; arrat ef facts, i fill aatisfr all that it if the Dur- pose of certain nf the leaders of tbe Baltimore secession movement which nominated Dreckin ridge for the Presidency, to overthrow and termi nate the existing government of the United States. ....... r"-H -:--'- r; ' - -. ' We beein this arraf by cUine a fact, which wsf disolosed for the first time in Knoxville, in this State, on tbe occasion of a Union meeting held in that eity in tbe month or January aat. Judge Bailoy, who was aeitiien of Georgia until within a short time previoui to that time, deliv- . ered a speeon on (bat oeeaaion, in whioh, accord ing to the Knoxville W'big : "He said, that during' tbe Residential contest, Governor Wise had addressed letter, to U the " southern governors and that the one to the 7 Governor of Florida bad been shown bicn--in wbioh Wise said that he had an army ia readi ' nwt to prevent Fremont from taking hi seat if eleotad, and asking the eb operation of those to . whom he wrotel"- '"- - ''':. ' n - . .m . ... it x j on a time and place for the organization of the meetines " 8. Kaob primary league' may send as many representatives as it may select to the assembly of the State league, but its vote shall be counted in proportion to the number of iff members'.' . Kanh Stat leacTie mav send as many representatives as1 it may select to tbe council of tbe leaguo of tne southern estates, dui- cicu State thai! have but one rote. . . 10. Tbe president of any league may call a meeting of the league over which he presides wnenever te tnu aeem u ezpi State league may call a meeting the Southern Suteq, whenever a majority in deference to her sister States; snd whereas more than seven years have elapsed Bince that con vention adjourned, and innhe intervening time, the. assaults upon the institution of slavery, and upon the rights and equality of the. Southern' Statcgjiavo unceasingly cqntinuc3 with increas ing violence, audlTri--. new and more alarming ' forms, South JJarolihaV kiideTSH-ing to her Sojithern sisters, jjeycrtbcHs respectfully an nounces to them that, in "her judgement, the safety and honor of :tlte slaveholuing Sfates im- , peratively doniand a speedy separation from the free soil States of the confederney, and earnestly invites and urges her sister' 'States bf tho South to originate the movement of sonUiern scpara- . e ection oi a nepumican. ihis was the first He- ej by the leaders. Below we subjoin outgivings ' Jackson Mississippi-which the Missitsippian v.u.-v.v- - y.-yp.. -y m .uiMg tuu. . M. a poruop at, tnoieaderB, to indicatextbe-po4TOported-thai. . - , ' ihus stajed lt :i: : .1. .' r-gres9--of-riie'rjf trf- "Jfan Abolitionist be-chosen President of tho : which should control parties, legislatures- and' avowed himself in favor of - the iepeal of the United States, you will have presented tctyou statesmen." , . . ' i- , j Federal and State laws branding as an ignomini-! tion, in which he: pledges herself promptly to the question of, whether you williermit thoTjov-j On the 13th April, 1859, . Judge II. S. Ben- ous crime "the purchase of slaves in Africa, t unite ernm.ent to pass into the hands of your avowed neft, a very prominent man in North Mississippi, - thereby constituting a system of legislation un-1 "te$Itr(Jt That the State of South Carolina and implacable enemies 1 Without pausing for f in a letter to the editor of "tho Grenada Locouie- ; friendly to Southern institutions and detrimental J owes it to her own citizens to protect them and yoir swer, I will state my own position to be , tive, says: V .5- 1 to Southern interests 1 In the event of the clee- j their nronertv from every enemv. anil 'that for -that such a result would be a species of revolution Since 1850, it has-been mv opinion, and recent tion of a Bluck-Rebublieao to, the l'residcnev the tturoosd of militarv menaration for ahv mir. Lby whioh the purposeg of,lbe Government would , events have more than confirmed this opinion, I tha speaker argued that Mississippi senarately.or 1 cencv, the sum of $100,000" bo appropriated for k.to.ttn.t k... r :.. I . .I... V.J.. k... 1 -t.- u. 1 . . .1 o.1. , . a ,. ir 1 w uwnvjvu, -im vvxi iau w no uicigiunua ( mu wo uuve uui mua uujn iii ie-oKiii!r a reu-; in concert wun . otner coutnern otuiea, as sne , miiiwry coniiKiencies. . . entitled to no respect Intha event, in such era! .Congress for tho protection of our rights, j might elect, ought at once to discontinue her S . Mississippi'and Alabama promptly responded, manner as should be most expedient, I should In every ombat we heve lost ground ; in every connection with the Abolition States." . j and passed resolutions pledjiipg thtm to go' out . deem it your duty to provide for your safety out- I argument our forces have been weakened : in 1 Hon. n. lUrnwcl! RhetL nf Smith rarnlina. of the, Unionin the vnt .f ifc oleetion of a it expedient and any side of tbe Union, with those who have already ! every compromise we have been the dupes of rals6" lent bis helping band, the same who said, i Republican-President. They stand solemnly leeiiugoi 100 loaguo oi jtoowo ine win, ana wouiu nav acquired tne noriuern ranauoism. it we ask tor tne tppnoa- shortly after Tho election ot ; Mr. Buchanan : pledged to-day to that eourse. in longress. leyer a maonty oi f ucn power, vo acpnve you oi your lunnngnt ana co res tion oi tne doctrine oi non-intervention, we are , " All true states rna leajra nay deem it advisable. Mil. Under this constitution, tbe iliatriot of , jour fathers. I duoe yon to worse than tbeoolooial dependence of 1 . . . i - ' . . i Tk. ...I linn tl rm .nll.nl. t nin tk. n.V f US WBA By m IfVMVHIVI, 'UW ...W of indoctrinating the masses with the idea of Con gressional protection in slavery in the Territories, Colombia shall be considered ' as a part of tha State of Maryland, and. a Territory shall be held to be a Bute. - " 1Z. Ho league anau ever nominate a canui-t and to enforce the propriety ot resistance to tne date Tor any offioe of profit or of honor under the Federal or any Mate government; but eaob inauguration of a Republican President : and thii the year 1859 and a portion of this were in nsbin in the South consists iu duriorrthe last session, we havo similar express ' - ... J - i . .. . i . ..,. . i - . . . -. , . ...i -t - -? ' - k wiiu iuv uiueuua euobi oi squatter lormine eomDinatioos and 8 nan n a events so as sions irom various soutnern iuemien, ui uitu sovereignty, it we ass: lor ine protection of our to bnog about a dissolution of the present L nion tbe foliowtne is but barely a specimeu : Mr. GABXtrr, of rir(thiiii, aniJ: Ten mast home slaves in the Territories, we are told we can have and the establishment of a Southern confedeTa- none save what a lawless rabble in the Territories 1 cy." He made a speech on the 4th of July, t your xopie, and must put down this abolition pi mj we proper to gi us. , ....... 1850, at GrahamTille, 8. C, which was a masterly t 08 ""'i.'T'T'l.' ZlmZ ,w ZlJ&Z It may. then, be asked, to whom oan wa an- anrI to thV..i. of tha ftmfh. on the i .-.x.'J7 . 1 , - , - . ' , . . tl - r . 1 m -it lor tn v-onsuiuuon irnu-n pmietris iav tohfoi wwr to peair If to tbe guarantees of the Constitution, Hons of Congressional protection and disunion. I tikT. property .long th berl-, frrwa do ot ateaa-n-1 we are insulted and told the North has yielded He had found at last, that those combinations stay in Uw'l'aion aatil you have eoavened the tor
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 16, 1860, edition 1
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