The New York herald., 1844-12-11
Threatened Dissolution Of the Union-very
Exciting News from south Carolina
Where VIII it Ends

Where VIII It Ends
These are stirring times. War-rumors OF war
OF negro revolutiens-and of the dissolution Of the
Union, seem TO surround and pervade this blessed
| country.
| We received by the mails yesterday afternoon
some very important intelligence from South Caro-
lima, the gis OF which is contained in the annexed
letters from our correspondents in Charleston and
| Columbia. They breathe null tcation and disso
luton of the Union, which will probably throw the
whole country into state Of the greatest excite
ment.
The whole trouble has been caused by the arr~
val in Charleston of the Hon Samuel Hoar, as the
agent of Massachusetts, to test, in the Supreme
Court of the United States, the question whether
or not South Carolina has right TO regulate her
own affairs.
According to the advices, the Governor was d-
rected, by a vote OF 1T 10 l. 10 forthwith eject him
| from the State.
What will be the treatment Of The Hon. Mr.
Hubbard sent on late mission TO louisiana
Mr. Hoar has left Charleston for the north.
COLUMBIA, s. c. Dec. 8, 1874.
DEAR SIR AS the Herald appears 10 be the
grand reservoir OF intelligence ipm all quarters Of
the world and as II appears you have no cores
pondent In Columbia, to make your readers
quainted with the acts and doings of our General
Assembly now IN session, take the liberty OF fur
nishing Tor your valuable and widely extended
journal brief account of piece Of legislation en-
acted this day, under the greatest excitement |
have ever witnessed, by our House OF Represent
atives
| You will remember that the Legislature Of Mas
sachusetts passed series OF resolutions In regard
to the laws enacted by the States OF South Carroll
ma and Louisiana, arrestng free colored mariners
coming into the ports OF these States and imprson
ing them during the time the vessels remained in
which they came, tor the purpose OF keeping them
from tamPering with the slave population. Well,
member of Congress from that State, as the agent
under these resolutions, to reside in Charleston,
/ and instructed him to ascertain how many OF the
citizens Of that State Uree "egroes) were oppressed
| or imprisoned under the laws in South Carolina;
aud also to test the validity OF our statute in the
| Supreme Court Of the United States. The Hon
| Samuel Hoar arrived in Charleston short time
the Governor, his agency. and the purport Of his
| mission. The Governor, three days ago, commu.
nlcated his letter to the Legislature, and the sub
l ject was referred to the Committee on Federal
Relations That committee reported this morn.
| ing preamble and resolutions, the subject of
which s, to authorize and require the Governor Of
the State, TO Cect the s1M agent of Massachwsetts
from the territory of South Carolina forthtcith !.
While the subject was before the house, the ex-
citement was SO great that the majority would
scarcely tolerate any discussion. Two OF
consideration for one day, that they might reflect
/ upon It, but the motion was voted down by an
| overwhelming majority. Mr.. Memminger, mem
Der from Charleston, addressed the House with
| much force IN favor OF postponement,-alt
/ unprepared, having been engaged in committee
business when the resolutions were brought before
| the House, but II was OF no avail and he was the
/ only person who gave negative voice when the
/ final vote was taken Yeas III; Noes / Many
of the members avowed that they had been waiting
impatently tor an opportunity OF coming into COLI
| SION with the aboltlonsts. and now that Massa-
chusets had made The issue they were glad 10 take
| 1t up.
What will be the result of this hasty action am
| almost afraid to conjecture. The conduct OF Mas.
sachusets has certainly been highly Ieprehensble, !,
and her agent has been gully OF very foolish piece
| OF temerty In accepting and attempting to carry
l out his mission Massachusetts ought to be made
to feel the indIgnty she has attempted to put upon
us, in some way or other How she best can be made
| to feel, am not prepared to say She has caused
| US, heretofore, no little annoyance by protecting
our runaway slaves, directly against the provisions
of the constitution. But will her conduct Justify
US in violating that instrument! | am afraid we
| shall throw ourselves in the wrong | have no
doubt we have now acted lmprudently, and with
undignlhed haste, under the impulse of passion.
Suppose the Governor attempts TO expel the agent,
can ne not apply for the benefit Of the habeds corpus
act? Will not a Judge be obliged to grant il! and
| IS not the posse comitatus Of the Judge as much
employed by the Governor to enforce his
Here, then, the authority Of the Governor
and the judicial officer will come in con
hlct! The Judge, if he does his duty, will be
/
case be carried before the Supreme Court, the au
thority delegated to the Governor will be declared
unconstitutional What position will this be to
/ place the State of South Carolina in What makes
| the matter worse, if anything, this very law which
the agent Of Massachusetts proposes TO test, the
House OF Representatives Of this State, at the
sion before last, agreed to repeal by cote of two
to one, as OF doubtful constitutionaity, and
furious to the commercial interests OF Charleston;
| but It was killed in the Senate.
learn that there has been great excitement in
yh.rl &L>
tained at one time that Mr. Hoar would be iynched;
but upon the interference OF respe ctabe cltl
| zens, the excitement was quelled
sThe Senate have yet to act these resolutions.
Perhaps more moderate counsel NAV prevail In
/ that body Yours, SoUTH CAROLINA.
We see by the papers that the Senate concurred
| in the resolution oi the House Ep HERALD.
CHARLESTON, Dec. TIN, 1874.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ =
| You will perceive by the reports from our legs-
ature, which appear in the papers of this morning,
that the final contest beta cen the North and the
| South has commenced; contest which will result
| in the formation of Southern Confederacy, and
necessarily in the dissolution of the Union OF these
United States. This Is no wild conjecture, nor s
it the vague and nonsenscal clustering which
| sometimes characterizes the ebulIitiors from the
| South Could you have witnessed the deep, in
dgnant, almost uncontrolled feeling which the
visit of the Hon. Samuel Hoar, the emissary
from abolition Massachusetts, raised in this COM
| munity-among all classes, and in every BOSOM
| you would be convinced, as | am, that the time
| has almost come when our safety, our lives, our
homes, our all, will demand separation from
hose, who, in their mistaken philanthropy towards
two and a hall millions OF blacks, are bndly or
perversely jeopardizlpg the welfare of seven mil.
lions OF whites. Mr.. Hoar's mission was in accord
ance with resolution OF the Legislature of Massa-
chusetts passed some years since, the purport of
which is, to test, in the Supreme Court, the con-
stitutionaty OF law of South Carolina, by which
free blacks from other States, arriving in vessels
as cooks or seamen, are imprisoned until the
operation of this law, black citizens from Mas
sachssetts have often been put into confinement,
and always will be, SO long the people of Massa-