The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-23
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 If such, Fellow Citizens, should be our lot, ifihe sacred soil of Carolina, should be polluted hy ti.e footsteps of an invader, ! or be stained with the blood of her citl- zens, shed in her defence-I trust in AL l mighty God, that 10 son of hers, native or adopted, who iFas been iso;'ristiea n | 2 bosom, or been cherished by her bounty will be found raising a parricidal arm against cur common mother And even should she stand ALONE in this great strug gle for constitutional liberty, encompas- sed by her enemies, that there will not be found in the wide limits of the State, one recreant son, who will not fly to tle res cue, and he ready to lay down his fife in berdefence.
 South Carolina cannot be drawn down from the proud eminence on which she has now placed herself, except by the hands of her owU children. Give her but fair field, and she asks no more. Should she succeed, hers will be glory enough to have led tie way in the noble work of REFORM. And If after making these efforts due to her ow n honor, and the grea tness ofthc cause, she is destined utterly 10 fail, the bitter frnits of that failure, not to herself alone; tslt to the entire South. nay, to the " holt Union, will attest her virtue. The speedy establishment on the lnins ofthe rights of the States, and the liberties of the People, Of great CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT < riding and ruling over the piundered ploughman and begg yeemanry ot our once happy and-our glorious eenfed euacy, broken into scattered and dishon ored fragments-the light of liberty extin- guisLed never, perhaps, 10 be relum ed- Mese-fhese will be the melancholy memo riais. of thai wisdom. which sal. he dan ger while yef al distance, and of that pa triotism which struggled giorieusiy Io avert 1t; memorials, over which repentant though unavailing, tears, will assuredly be shed, hY those wi will discover when too late, that they have suffered the last occa- sion to pass away, when the liberties of the country might have been redeemed, and tie Union established upon found ation as enduring as tie everlasting rocks.
 WEmay not live 10 witness these things To some of us, It may net be allotted to survive the Republic, But, if we are only true to our duty, our example will, in that dark hour, be rich legacy to our ctil- n-and which Of us would desire high CT reward, than to have 1t inscribed upon his tomh--s here lies the man who sacri. feed himself iB 2 noble effort to rescue the Constitution from violation. and to re- store the liberties of hls country !"
 Fellow Citizens, this is "eUR owH, eUR NATIVE LAND;" 1t is the soil of CAROLINA, which las been enriched ny the precious blood of our ancestors. shed in defence of those rights and liberties, which VIC are bound hy every fife, divine aud human, to transmit unimpaired to our pesterltY. It le hot otz youth and sustained in manhood, by tic generous confidence of our fellow citlzeAs. here repese the honored tones of our fash- CTS; herr the eyes ofour children first be- held the light and here, when our earth y pilgrimage Is over, we hope 10 sink to rest on the bosom of our comm on mo tlIer Bound to our country by such sacred and eadearing ties, let others desert her if they can; let them reyile her if they will :; let them give aid and coilntenance 10 her enemies, iftheY may; but for us. we will STAND OR FALL WITH CAROLINA.
 God grant that the wisdom of your coun- cils, sustained hy the courage and patriot ism of our people, may crown our efforts for the preservation of our liberties with triumphant success. But if in the inseru- table purposes of an allwise Providence, II should be otherwise decreed, let sis be prepared to DO OUR DUTY in every emer- gency.
 If assaiIed by violence from abroad, and deserted by those to whom she has a right to look for support, our beloved State is to be stumbled in dust and ashes," before tife footstool of the oppressor, we shah not rejoice in her humiliation, nor join in the exuHation of her enemies, but in adversi- ty as in prosperity, in veal and in wo, "ihrough good report and evil report ,'' we will GO FOR CAROLINA.
 And now. fellow citizens, offering up my most fervent prayers 10 Him in whose hands are the destinies of nations, that he wiIlprosper ali your measures, and have WHOLE COUNTRY 'sin his holy keeping, :" am ready. in the solemn form prescribed by the constitution, to dedicate myself to the service of the State.
 December I3, 1892.
 SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLA.
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