Let us, then, observe the following facts: The slave-holders are resolved they will not give up; the Abolitionists are resolved they shall. The more the latter do, in the way they are now engaged, to accomplish their end, so much the more determined are the former to maintain what they claim to be their rights. The former point, first, to the Federal Constitution, as their security; next, to their own swords. Such, undoubtedly, is the true state of the case. The right of the slave to his freedom, as claimed by the Abolitionists in his behalf, is out of the question, till this political warfare is ended; and every step makes the case worse and worse. Such is the present position of the cause of Abolition in this country: the Abolitionists stick to their principle, that “the duty, safety, and best interests of all concerned, require the _immediate abandonment_” of slavery. Such is the language of their Constitution, italicised as above; and they are accustomed to press that principle by all the means in their power, _without regard to consequences_; and we think it may be fairly added, as a general fact, _without respect to the supreme law of the land_, which happens to be against them. They view the right claimed for the slave _paramount to all law that stands opposed_. We believe we do not mistake in this. Every one may see what such principles, carried out and enforced, lead to; and when we consider the certainty of their being opposed, and opposed to the last, we think it not unjust to pronounce them _incendiary_ in their character.