The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-01-05


|ly TO SOW Aisaentions. among the people
by creating jealousies and exciting q, dis;
trust of those whose counseIs and exam,
pie may be supposed to have an import.
ant bearing on the success Of fhHir- r-cause'
These, with animated appeals todAs
loyalty of the people, and imposing srsaSr
|of military force, conss itute the. means 2bX
which the people have in every age been
reduced to slavery. When we turn tc
the pages Of our own history, We nno 'na'
|such were the measures resoSted al inc
|commencemen Of our own glonGps rev.
olution, to keep our fathers in subjection
Ito Great Britain and such are the mealis
now used to induce the people Of Caroli-
ma to retrace their steps, and to remain
forever degraded colonists ofothcrs. Our
Fathers were told, as we now arc that
their grievances were in great measure
Imaginary. They were promised, as we
have been, that those grievances should
be redressed. They were told, as we
now are that the people were misled by a
Few designing men, whose objections was
dissolution ol the Union, and their own
self-aggrandisement-They were told, as
we now are, Of the Danger that would be
incurred by disobedience to the Laws.
The power and resources Of the Mother
Country were then, as now, ostentatious-i
ly displayed in insulting contrast with the
scattered population and feeble resources
on which we could alone rely. And the
punishment due TO Treason and Rebellion
were held out as the certain fate Of all
who should disregard the paternal efforts
Of their Royal Master to bring back his
erring children to the arms OF their indul-
gent Mother. They were commanded,
as we have been, to retrace their steps,
But though divided among themselves to
a greater extent than we are now, with
out al organized Government, and des-
titute ofarms and resources of every de-
|scription, they bid defiance to the tyrant's
power, and refused obedience to his COM
mands. They incurred the legal of Re-
bellion, and braved the dangers, b0th.~of
the scaffold and the field in opposition to
the colossal power oftheir acknowledged
soveseign, rather than submit to the i'm
position of taxes light and inconsiderable
in themselves, but imposed soithout their
consent for the benefit Of others. And lwhat
to our present condition We have an
organized Government and a population
three times as great as that which existed
in '76. We are maintaining not only the
rights and liberties Of the people, but the
Sovereignty Of our own State, against
whose authority rebellion may be com
mitted, but in obedience TO whose COM
mands no man can commit tire ason. We
are struggling against unconstitutional
and oppressive taxation imposed upon us,
not only without our consent, but in def
ance of our repeated remonstrances and
solemn protests. Ia such quarrel our
dutyNo our country, ourselves, and our
posterity, is too plain to be nistaken.-
We will stand upon the soil Of Carolina
and maintain the sovereign authority of
the State, or be buried beneath its ruins
AS unhappy Poland fell before the power
ofthe Autocrat, SO may Carolina be crush
ed by the power Of her enemies-but Po-
land was not surrounded by free and in
dependent States, interested, like herself,
in preventing the establishment Of the
very tyranny which they are called upon
to impose upon sister State. lin spite
OF our common kindred, and common in
terests, the glorious recollections of the
past, and the proud hopes OF the future,
South Carolina should be coldly abandon
ec to her fate, and reduced to subsection,
by an unholy combination among her sis
ter States-which is believed to be utter
ly impossible-and the doctrines promul-
gated by the President are to become the
foundations Of u new system cemented by
the blood of our citizens, it matters not
what may be our lot. Under such gov
ernment, as there could be no liberty, so
there could be no security either for our
persons or our property.
But there is one consolation, of which
in the providence Of God no people can
be deprived without their own consent
The proud consciousness Of having done
their duty. If our country must be en-
shaved, let them not forge the chains
themselves by ,chich their Liberties are to be
nanacled."
The President has intimated in his
Proclamation that a." standing army" is
about to be raised to carry secession into
effect. South Carolina desires TINT her
true position shall be clearly understood
both at home and abroad. Her object is
not disunion"-she has raised no " stand
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