The Pee Dee herald. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1856-1859, October 28, 1856, Image 1
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"IDEA. IS A SHADOW '
VOL. 1.
W. L T. PHI NCR. J. n. MALI.OY.
PRIIVCE & ill A liKOV,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETOR8
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other# tretr be r\'T. no* woarmr.
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kdirrdaaturnta will b? ooxtixci? till ordorwl out. an.l j
titunto icooaMHotv.
No adroHlwrn?nU, mwrrrtr nuu. will be r. n#id<-r,*l j
If-W '.HA?# I. *l?IUX.
PARTING WORDS.
The farewell lionrs of life arc sad, !
7 j
even though they may bo hopeful, j
Parents and children sepovato in the !
vicissitudes of life, friends exchange '
the cordial pressure of hands in part
ing for a season, lovers seperatc with,
fond adieus, renewed vows, and happy
hopes of future. There is much for
memory in the geutle prossuro of the
hand, in the soul touching glance of 1
tho eye, in the soft tone of the voice, i
but words which fall upon the car nr.d
r?u'li it,#* lioarf uitli Ilia flidrniflrnt.i'a
of love and frieudahip give memory its r
richest, sweetest, dearest treasures.
The son leaves his parental roof to
seek his fortune in the wide world. lie
leaves behind him the past, filled as it
is, with the ninny happy recollections
of his joyous boyhood Huys," before '
tho cares, perplexities and responsibilities
of manhood have been stamped (
unon his brow. Go where he may, '
these recollections will follow him,
and lie will often muse on his youthful,
halcyon days* At times ho may forzet
those, but the last words uttered by
hid lovintr aarenta are n?vi>r fnrrmtfnn i
- ?m.
If ho is disposed to depart from tho
path >f duty, and ontor into tho vor*
tex of vice and dissipation, the la?t
prayer uttered by his kind and loring
mother will chide him for his conduct.
The last anxious Jook, the tear drops
apon motherly chcok will thrill htm
anew, and strengthen him to resist the
insidious wilee of the tempterThe
daughter may Wive her homo
to make the home of biu>, whom she
has chosen for a life companion, happy.
Through all the changes of life, oven
in her deepest troubles or in hor happiest
moments, she is blessed by the
1^ sad, sweet memory of tbe long fond 1
% etnbraoo, the whispering spirit of hor |
parents love? The soldier, too, when
amid tho roar of cannon, the rattle of
musketry, and the cries and "roans
of tho wounded, when shot fly a* thick
as hail, will think of the last parting \
words of Iff* kindred, at home, and it j
witystimul&to and renew hu hand to]
wia honors that may be heralded back
to his frionda at homo.' In all the
different characters of life we may
assume, sti.ll the last fond words of
those we Worried with, fall like gentle
murmur* upon the ear of memory- Wo
will turn away, and muse m we pee* akmg
life'* nij.-ged journey over the pavtinscene.
Tho last word* *iok deep into our
f iamoet soul, and especially to, if much
t time and distance intervene between the
hour of eeperetioo And hope of meet- I
i?? ftinia. The brief future m?? be!
big with fete, tod it ie this then, why
parting word* beootne bnptwd i? iedeliMy
on the luiod.
Dot it is the dc&j <* wortele \p r?rt,
not ft* * few d*y?, Or * w#ok, or ? month,
-of e yetr, hot for el) forthij tinw, I
theepirittekbt He #lght to eternity?to
wether end e wsyoteriocur worM We pen
theoto aueel ?? more on eertli. We joey
eling to th? dear eoalawr.ior,, or (bet
Mend m the i?ght end j<w bv*
death wUi 6*p bw Mu;il I&kSI**V.v?
?? only the vatmerfy of the peet , and si
oil, the aarting wo?b of% in*
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THAT DKPARTKTH, SPEECH J
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THE GAMBLER'S ALARMED.
The following narrative, a true one?d<*
cribcs aacenethat actually took place nc
many years since in a country village i
the Statu of Maiue.
One evening in the month of December
1844, a number of townsmen had asscivb
led at the store of Mr. Pntnam to talk ov"matters
undtbiogs/' smoke, drink, aud i
short do anything to "kill time."
Three hours had thua passed away.?
They had laughed, and talked, and drank
aud chatted, and a good time generally
ao that at about the usual hour of ahuttinj
up shop, ccch of tho party felt partioula
first rato.
"Come." said Charle* Hatch, one of th
AA?itMan?f -.11 1! 1 *1 *
? uipiiji , "ivi n on ii^uor, ana tnon DAT
n game of high low Jack !"
"So I say," exclaimed another, '?who*
got tho cards ?"
"Fetch on your kecrds," drawled out
third, his eyes half closed, through the cl
feet of the liquor he had drank.
After drinking uli arortnd.s** old pioo U
hie was drawn before tho tiro place wber
burncd^rigbtly a large Arc of hemlook log*
which would snap uod craokle, throw in]
largo coals oat upon the boarth.
All drew up around tho table, boatitif
themselves on whatever came handiest.?
Four of them had rolled up to the tab!,
so rue kegs, which from their weight wen
suppored contain nail*.
? Now." said Hatch, " how shall wo play
every one for himself ?"
Mr. Putnam was not in tho store tha
ovening, and the clerk, who was tuny be
hindtho counter, had taken very little no
tice of the proceedings. About half pas
ten, Mr. Putnam thought he would st?]
over to the store, and see that everything
was safe As ho went in he walked up u
the fire. When within a f?? ?
_ w
where the iucn v jre sitting, ho starlet
in horror. Before him sat- seven men; hsl
crnry with drink and the oxoitcmoot o
cifio. Thirc thsj were,
a few feet of the firo just described, anc
four of thom seated ou ktyt of po\e< itr.
Barcely, who was a very heavy inati,hac
pressed i n the head of the keg on which 1?
o?t, uuiutin^ the top hvvp, wTiw prcCuit;
the powder out through the chinks. Bj
Klo continued motion of their feet, th<
powder had beoome spread about the floor
and now coverod a space of about two fee
all around them.
Mr. Putnam's first movement was to
wards the door, but recovering himself h<
walked up towards the fire. Should eith
or 01 100m attempt to nee, lia though! i
would aoattara few grain* a little furthe
into the 6ra place where lay a large quantit;
of lire coal.
At that moment Hatch looked up, ant
acoing Mr Putnam with hi* faoe doedl;
pale,gazing into the fire, exclaimed,
nam, what aila you V and at the earn
tune made a motion to rite.
"Gentlemen, do not rise," said Mr. Put
nam j four of you ait on kegs of powderit
is scattered all around you?one more
meat might send you all to etermtv. Ther
are two bucket* of water behind the bar.?
Hut keep your acate for one minute, am
you ate eared?move and you are dew
men !"
In an instant every man was perfect!;
sobered?not a limb taorad?each seem*
paralyzed. *
In leas time than we bare taken to dea
oribe this thrtlliag sccao, Mr. ihitnatn ha<
pouted the water and completely saturate
the' powder on the ftoor, and extinguish*
the fire, so that the explosion was impose
Me. Thau, and not till then, was tharo
word spcUn.
Before those wren man left the store
that rery night, they pledged them solve
nerer to taste another'glees of liquor c
piny another'game of onrda.
"No, hare partners/ growled one mac
?? handed if I'll play so/' shonte
the former; bringing his fist down upo
the table, knocking one candle out bf th
Htiok, and another upon the floor.. )?? :,
*Come.eoteo," said Hatob, "no guaa
telling, all who . Say f* baring partner,
rt*r,rl i>a> "
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IS FLEETING AS THE WINP--R
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MaMMHaMnnMMaMnlMMaiSSijitSSaaaBfiHiiSSiriASai
.ICSTICE TO THE SOUTH.
y. We ottntci tho following noblo ecatiit
stent* from "an Address by James A.
n Dorr, a member of the Now York bar,"
wbioh *g 9rd in tho S. Y. Daily News,
?, endorsed too by that journal. We wish
i- w? could publish it in full: ^P. D. Herald.)
*' The country is now called upon to
n decide the momentuous question, What
are the respective rights of the North and
~ the South in the territories belonging to
the United States? The main issue in vol-*
?J cd in tbo ponding Presidential election W,
? Arc tlio territories of the United States,
r according to oquity and of right, free soil,
from whioh slavery may ho jually and
proporlv wholly exoladed by a majority of
6 Congress? Upon this question the oountry
is divided into two great parties?on
8 the one side, th* "Ropublioan" party, so
called, represented by John 0. Fremont,
a affirming the doctrine, and 'on iho other
side, tl?o Democratic party, represented by
James JJnohanon, and the "American t
" party, represented by Millard Fillmore,
denying the doctrine.
' The ^Kopublican" or Free Soil party,
s by tbrir platform,' or declaration of principles
adopted in Convention, announco as
1 part of their oreed: <*Tt>at the Conatitua
tion eonfers upon Congress sovereign power
over the territories of the United States;
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for their government, and that, in. the
exercise of this power, it is both the right
' and the duty of Congress to prohibit in
tbo territories those twin relies of barbst
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...?i auu. Bimery. JTCSO #W
the words of the third r?**>lution of the
^ platform of tLc ''Republican," or Free
Soil Convention; and Colonel Fremont,
> tbo Free Soil candidate for the Presidency,
'' in his letter of aecoptanco ofthat platform,
) dated July 8, 1856, aeys: The doclaraj
tion of principles embodied in tho resolves
^ of your Convention expresses the sent*men
tain which I have been educated,
and which have been ripened into couvic-1
tiona by personal observatjon and expe? |
' rienco. "Nothiog is clearer in the history
1 of onr institutions than the design of the
1 , ^ ^ ?
; nation in asserting Us own independence
' | and freedom to avoid giving countenance
* to the extension or slavery.". "The great
r body of noo-alavebolding free men, includ5
ing tboee of the South, upon whose welfare
> slavery is an opprcsaion, will dieoover that
1 the power of the General Government over j
at. tf *
' vu? puDiio isnos may bo benefieiaUy
" | exerted to advanoo tboir interest, end
I secure their independence." These are
' , the word* of John* (X Fremont, the
1 "Republican," or Free Soil candidate for
r tli?: Preaideney.
Here, then, we hare the W|ldbrm and
the future policy of the ''"Republican'.''
^ party clearly and distinctly arnouneod,
? namely; ?'To prohibit slavery in the
0 territories of the United States," nud
I "to exert the power of the General Go-!
" Tenement to advance tho interests of the
nou-alavcboldiag; free men, including :
n these of the South, upon, whose welfare
* slavery is aw oppression,'* ,1 cap hardly
1 believe my eyes when I reed these words; i
* but thsy are the precise words of the1
platform and of Col, Fremont'
I
f I would now ask yen, oitfopos of the
North, hove yon gWea to the consider*
| j tipn 6f this platform and this announced
]! poliey, the serious aad patient aUeuuco
i Which their importance merit? Have
t- you reflected upon thsnt with due regard
* to the rights of tko South, and whet m
/ perhaps more ieppertent, the duties of the
jj North? Have you fully and fcithfaUy
t studied and reflected tfpon the su'ujeat,
and are yoh prepared & atf ^tn .. that the
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JJADrNG IS AN UNREMKMBKI
CTOBER 2 8, 1
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obcosoit? Have yoa forgotten that the
time was when the whole region tic*
i occupied and owned by the United State*
was subject to slavery? Have you for.
gotten that twelve of the thirteen oripinu
States were sieve Stairs? Do you denj
| that, if slavery be en evil, a wrong, an<i
I a sin, it is a national evil, a national wrong
a national sin? Doe* the fact. that w<
' of the North, favored by olimeto sod b<
t fchn #?.- 12- ..fci. V. 1
v> U' UV4IU) UKfV UUOI
able to rid ourselves of the btaok raco
and no to abolish slavery, justify iuj ir
requiring of the South that they, undo
very different- circumstances, shall follow
lour example? And if it were jvwt t<
110 ]uire them to follow our example, woulc
it not be our bounden duty to aid them
and plnoo them, so far as wc could, ir
oircura.itanccs similar to our ow n? ,
? Do you suppose that the Northern State)
which have abolished slavery, would 01
oould have dono so if the numbe r of slave
had been three millions, or in that pro
portion, in their midst? And do yoi
suppose that they would have done i|
if there had been no outlet or vent for tin
black raoc to the South or the "West"
Havo you forgotten that our bUvcs won
transported to the South? That tfc?
South reootvod them? And that th'
South is now boaring our burden as wel
ai their own? And now it is proposed bj
the ?'Kopublican" party, led by John C
Fremont, to exclude slavery fVoux al
present and future Territories of thi
United States, and to dam it op forever
without any posriblo outlet or vent, in tbi
regiou in whieb it exists. 1 would as!
! every intelligent and honest citizen of tlx*
i North, Freo Soilcr though he may be
iwro you prepared to advocate this poliey
i 3 *
I iu uam up n:av?ry torcrer in the Southen
\ SUtee, by prohibiting its natural progress
! toward th? South? And further, are ym
. prepared to advocate another riwilu
measure supposed to bo favored by th<
11 f i it , in.. i_:v:
xvojinum;?i? party, ?i*. a?s pivmvi
tion of the inter-State alavo trade? 1>
you not nee that the tendency of tho*
uicMures U directly oontrary to praatiea
free soiir That they w >uid fix and faciei
?? if-?V:?!
XVI WOK upuii i/Cicivvitav, a*%iac jr I au??, r
, n'u, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee
perhaps several other States, the iustitutioi
of slavery, which Lb declared to be ar
oppression?
I would aak any Intelligent and honed
advocate of free soil, is not the freedon
' of the noil of Maryland, Virginia, Kea
tueky,1 and Missouri, abstractly a* impor
taat an, and to uaof the North incalculably
mora important than, the freedom of tin
apt! of aoy other region of equal eaten
whateoeter? We know not what Southern
territory may hereafter become the torn
; tory of the United State*, whether by
honorable purchase or jtut conquest, 01
voluntary annexation. If we can Uok
together a little . Iongor, it 2* probabh
that i? the natural course of create, wi
shall make ibrge acquisitions of gontherr
ievritory better suited than any wc poaaes'
to the comfortable cxist. iu o of the blacl
race: and I mint ati- tH?t n? ? frnm/t a
?1. t ?7?J - - V,
frcaaoit, ilit was understood by Wash
ingUm, by Jefferson, by Franklin, am
other wise nud good wen, 1 thai! hail th<
4ay of anoh acquisitions honorably made
for I doubt not, that wero the Sooth ant
bkT^ry Ijjft to thetnaelrca, oeery acre o
land a^elrwl at the farther South vroalt
libwetu an -ere in Maryland, Kmtaoky
*Virfi'nia, a'hi Mimwsri, i&'thf freedom O
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IED PASTIME; BUT A WRITING
l 856.
i I vested right of property in tho Territoriea
r of tha United States? Avo not the
i present Territories of tho United States
. the joint acquisition!) of the United States,
I purchased or conquered by tho oouunon
r treasure* and . common forces of the
I Urntad States?ell of them?Northern
. and Southern, slave holding and free
; alike? Have wo been partners to acquire,
r and are wo not partners to enjoy? Is it
i ju?t or honorable for tho North to aay
, to tho South, you may pay for and ennquor
i the lands, hut you shall not settle upon
r' them? Your institution# are ?<v>tl eno?ir?li I
. 0
r to aid in acquiring, but not good enough
> to participate in the be'.ufitu of t*he no*
i quisitiods? What sort of justice or honor
, ia that? Why, if the North had joined
i the South in a aoheuie of rapine ami'
plunder, eVon honor among thieves would
, require a fair division of the spoils; and
r "a fortiorie," should we he just, honora,
bio, and even generous, when it is a case
. of honest purchase, as of tho Louisiana
t Territory, and of <>vr friends and brethren
t of the South. I do not see how any just
, or honorable mac can deny that the South
p have a lusted right of property in the
, Territories of the United States?-W* right
? of property specifically recognised iu the
s article of tho Constitution quoted, which
I says, "respecting the Territory and other
r property Lclcngihg to the United Stales."
Now, what is this jiro^orty pertaining
j t<r the Territories, if it be not the right
, to settle and occupy? And if you exclude
the South from settlement and oocupation,
B j what remains to them of their property?
II A great oauso of the present agitation
3 | and excitement at the North, is the belief
that the laws of the United States
f
have not hoen faithfully and fairly obssrv,
ed and cxeouted in Kansas, and that the
s opinion and decision of the majority of |
1 settles hove not been fairly ascertained, j
w i* ~
ju una do so, and so Tar us 1 can judge
from the evidence made public in this
rccion. the fact appears to be so, their
should be an entirely now ascertainment
of the wtil,of iho majority of tbo buna
fidr. settler* in Kun^s. Nothing short
of this will jtJ'dv or .imrfitso MtiftfV the
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North. 7bl jrorio will cetiuimj ijiiiii !
upon fair play in Kansas, the North lias
Tester! rights pndor the laws in the oouamon
lands of^Kansa*, and duty and honor,
as woll m good policy, require that the
South shall fully sod fairly recognise and
respect those rights. .Wo have no reason
to doubt, and I do not loubt, that tha
)K. rltll ' i A3 > ? ?* J *" '
I WfWf WKiNUWl m* ? umi?| m diapvsog tQ i
[ reoognizo and reapoet thara.^ Hie South
ia not responsible far the acts of pro.
x' sU/ttj fmiaties toy more than (be North
[ is responsible for tbe words and tela of
anti-elarorj fanatics Let tho patriotU
. and honest men of both North and South
r unite against tho fhnatic* of both aides,
I and of all aides. It is not wy place to
i adrUo the "Republican" party m to their
^ political creed or their platform, aud if it
( new, it ia now too late to do so; hut t.
t think that their ehaneca of succctn would
hare been very juuek incroaeed if they; :
j had United thonwelrcs, to simply demand.
ing folr play in Ktuisaa. They made a
I great roLsteke when tbey united (tb?a?ol^
i rea with theanti Slavery party, undv laid
as the oorne* stone |?d foundation of thefc
| o?W the. duotrinb that it ia the duty ?T
r Congress to prohibit abwiy in the
f rtcmto^|l da dot see how any patriot!*
L foc htpwet ?nd*rst?;iJiog the aub/eefc,
a can go wiiH.tbem iu thfc *c: gx*-;r>o.
t To pojpoep tw ^chid? the South ftorn
all partieipatio^ m. ?he bewrftU of the
\ |<w?floo fym I*
I py '1,1
|?4?.riw^ V4 >MT mm*' ii "V.Vi <>\ I itmsnrrf** S
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that I have fear* that the SbuthiW'
nolonget; butthftV, deeming the -'A|f,, .
of Frenu nt a decisive and (MUtn t t;<??-? ;
tioo of the intentiou of the North to .nut' yj^v.^I
into execution tho political emeu which
will then be ratified by a majority of iho
voters of the country, the South wit, .... ,, w.
And my fears are increased, ' heo*Mt
Ootn history v hare learned, thaf'iu tl'trv
of civil oommotioa and revolution, in "/Vfa
general tho - .dacioua and tha m mMam
tho moderate and prudent, bocansr thm &
Souther* oharaotoi is ardent and;. >
uoua, and becaune it is a point of horMM . ,.
itnong the Southern States and Souli^rtajjBljM
uore that ^;!1 et&ed by ?woh olhjdS u^BxfSp
in defense of their form pf eocUiy wtt9mjj^jn^SK^(
cr attacked. Seppyoc that Vir^i. :a/5 j ' w'Jl
or South Carolina, 01 kotfcia should J
code from the t)nion im the
Fwnoiit's .taction;- it tfooH bo ? ptnBS^^SKii
of honor of Ml tho Southern States
protect thesccediuK State against epejrioao^ \[,
and from all hanu \nd damage beoaeed
of her secession It Is tho sett) I opiniott T^BfeaB
at the South, very gonerally and almost .1
unanimously held, that lho eleotbn 0$*$
Fremont ou tbo "Republican0 plvUortn ' *
would juatify each and every Southern
State in seceding, and arouid tender to Ij
each and overy Southern Stutc the option - 'mj
to rtioBaia to it. - Ui.iv?<? iugoout of it.
Tho great danger it in the point of hoftorgfi|^|Br|
if one State .should go, will not all the Q
Soutbori Smtca go with her*
It is difficult to conceive orwhat ^
IB grounds tho "Republican" or BVee
Soil party rely, whoa thejr expect tho
I South to sab mi t to be excluded from ail
participation in the Territories. The
inhabitants are of our own stock, l'pyet#^. -1
of land, and animntedr.by the wwu6
inftinot which we havp'to occupy dnd fffixEffi 'y
settle new Territories, Hiftonr?
not back to the time when owf
rliitnat *ndMrirm fro Ainind
": "1' t.Mfl;
two IF into ueff Urritortoe. ^Itftfesnv ^wrflnc
&e Goth iu Italy and in Itothe, ./he Jlfl
Norman in France, and afterward inr
(Ire.tt Britain; tht Anglo Sasoa >u
Kupland, the , English in AlJ#? :
I Australia, Asia; tho N?FRnghtndef'iftfJriPNt
Iowa; the Virginian in Mfesourf; and
both tho New EngJandet , aUdfj the 'iSE?$' ..
Virginian in Kansaf There is a family
likcpobs among all those, atuj a
serttWanco ij* their deeds. It in in the
blood. tm wiaf^vmudAdo tho "ttcpobllt
an' ' party *|ly when they oxpeci thei '.}%?>
Soutu to qniotlyiarreader their righto
in the common lands. I cannot imagine;
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good ?nd Mfe ground for *ucli %?*
in his letter of oeceptenco, of Juij8,'i*
1836, tti?t tt*-gonial region-of dm
middle lotitudoo left to tke aaigmnW
of Ike NtrtWn. ^Mtea for komoo,oat
opart for U.em m our u?li?<Uu?,
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