The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-04

tDamth Cnvetsna.
We repablisl In this number OF the Examin.
or, an address to tue citizens Of South Carolins,
which was published In that State In the form
Of q tract. VS. suppose there Is not newsPa-
per In all South Caroline that would dare to
publish 1t. What claim that State has to DO
called republican We cannot see. II is a com
plsts oligarchy. The owner Of plantation is
lordly bsron-just 90 much 90 az the tenant
Of the castle in the dark ages. All power Is In
the hands Of the rich. who can vote down every
proposition for the benefit Of their les-favored
fellow-citizens. Fellow. Citizens did We say ?
They are not citizens at ell. They have moth
| Ing to do in making the laws by which they are
governed. The Russian Serf has a. much "a
do with the sdiets of the Autocratss they have
with the laws Of the republic of'south Caro-
lima"
An Address % shs CisIseus r ssssh Care.
lina.
! FELLow.C rrrESs:-I desire to address you on
an important subject. one Of momentous inter
est TO all of Us. t
Our politicians are abeat to precipitate Ne in
to evils from which sges will not recover th'
country. Evsiy effrt IL being made by then
to perpeguate systsn which has already nearly
ruined us. sne in which, IL they succeed, they
will forever blast thshops Of elevation and pros
psrity TO the mass Of our population. Unde
the name Of Southern Rights, they are demand
ing the extension Interpretation Of systeu
Of policy ruinous 10 sur own State, and disas
trous TO our personal interests A few amont
us. having wealth, having political power. hsv
ing tbs monopoly Of the govsrnment OF IA
State, are dsiermined 70 secars their own in
therefore. they are resolved to rend the unio'
Of these States rather than not preserve thei
/ own suprsmacy. Knowing they cannot sue
ceed by zus representation Of their OWE posi-
lions, they are crafty enough 10 represent them
i selves al the Htandsrd -bearersof sonfAerR inter
4 eats, whilst IN truth they only represent ANAL
fraction of tho South. Theycunningiy declaiu
In favor OF State rights. whilst they know the.
are themselves despiseTsof the people, and ar
trampIing under foot lAstrue sovereignty Of tn
FsIlow-citircns, beforswe suffer ourselves 4
be hurried into the schsaes Of mad politicians
u bshooyes un TO inquire what 10 the true con
ditlon Of our State, and whether or no II will b
10 the interest Of the mas Of the people 10 fol
low these men In their Wild purposes to dissolv
this Union rather than NO perPstuaie their owl
power.
This State ls said to hare a republican form
of government. 1t may be the form, but tn
substance is wanting. By republic we under
stand State where the interests Of all the cti
sens are cared for, and their rights protected
Is this the condition d the citizens Of Soutl
Carolina7 Ispsak nov of those who are recog
missed az citizens, not he whole. but only tn
! white population. Aie these In the full enjoy
me Mt of the rights of ctixens1 Do all stand o,
one political platform 10 the government alik
regardful of the interest Of ALI Or, 10 II no
rather the cane, that Tho great mass Of the peo
pie are virtually disfranchissd their interests ut
terry disregaIded. and heir voice not heard II
the Councils of the Sta,ei Let facts determln,
this inquiry. Look at the following table. an,
II will be seen that the constitution secures tn
government to privileged class.
Districts Of SOnth Carolina arranged in "a
order Of the nlstip, number Of Whites q