Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-20

- - ~ W. AAAtAS 80 1919
State rights would be in danger if she
should once rolux into n smile. The
price of liberty is eternal v-igilance-ond
she watches hers so closely that she has
no liberty TO do anything else. The la
Test pronunciameHio from the land Of
lofty doings is to be found in the South
Carolina of the 10Th inst. it is 10 the
following effect;-
The people of this State may, after
due deliberalion and reflection, adopt a
strict non.intercourse in trade and com
merce, as regards the Northern Stales.-
This. ii adopted, would doubtless have
the same effect, but 10 make it thorough
" effective. il must receive the full con-
sent OF the mass Of our people. it must
be adopted only after mature and calm
deliberalion. We want TO see no storm
raised within our own confines; we
would deprecaie any measure thai would
array one portion Of the people of this
Stale against the other, either in senti-
meut or action. Whatever course is
deemed desirable, to be Of any avail, it
must be adopted with the greatest una.
nimity.
when "ogilotion" was necessary to
arouse The people, it was our duty TO be
diligent in The matter. Now that the
people have taken the initiatives in their
district meetings, our duty, and the duty
Of the press throughout The State, we be-
lieve 10 be the securing Of perfect har-
mony and unanimity of opinion in their
further acts and deliberations. To this
task South Carolina will apply itself,
and will endeavor 10 avoidlh agitation Of
any scheme which might carry within
itself the elements ofits own destruction.
and consequently defeat our purposes
'ConfiscOlion' of the property Of the
people Of the North has been hinied al
and suggested, We believe such Il prop
osilion wholly indcfeasible at this time.
Il is an extreme measure, aud should on
Is be adopted at the last extremity. And
is there any man Of common sense who
does not know ihut such q procedure
would at once involve us in civil war =
Better, FAT better, would il be for the
whole South calmly 10 avow their deter.
minalion to Withdraw from the confcder-
acy. and define the limits Of q new re.
public.
The course 10 be pursued-the mode
Of action 10 be adopled--is now, we con-
slider, entirely in The hands of the Com.
miuees Of Safety and Correspondence
They must get 10 work. The people did
not appoint them under any other expec.
tation but that they 'DouId loork. We
feel confident they will not abuse the
solemn trust committed 10 their charge
and ,i&h we will hear from Them al al
early day.
Our lime or limits will not permit u:
TO consider The non.intercourse PROPOSE.
ton to-day we will do so probably
hereafter. We believe the suggestion
10 be 4 good one; and that no bette
means could be used to bring the people
of the North TO their senses. But i
must be The voluntary sacrifice Of ,h'
whole people, and must be The policy o
Two or more States to render ii success
full 10 any great extent
1t is lanenlable that with q heart 81
, set upon treason, this unfortunate com
monwealth should never find her way Il
, it. The Tantalus of States, she pine
within sight of what she longs for, We
cannol reach. She is always baflat
when she plots rebellion, and cannot BY
any accident stumble upon it. The dis
: closure is given forth, however, that i
'must be the policy Of Two or moro
States, to render it successful 10 am
] great extent
= There is the drawback. She would
, ,-;II.o,I,y I-1nL, ;n,N ,h, o;,oIol or ~,
Union, and despoil ii Of lis treasures
but she cannot venture without an &C
complete I; she must have "a cenlrc-bi
and a boy But thus far she sis alon,
in The realms of n%on-content. The Au
gusta (Ga,) Chronicle, one of the hes
papers of The South, gives some whole
some advice 10 The liulo termagrant State
= which The latter, of course, will not fol
r low. The Chronicle inlimates that III
: best way 10 establish Il proper degree c
, non-intercourse with The North is for III
: people Of South Carolina to manufacture
for themselves every article now mad
for Them in New England; that anti-abc
, Iirion resolutions will not prevent III
Stale from losing a representative undo
the ratio of the next census; and il hi
the temerily TO add that n cart-load
good anu is worth more to the CON
monweallh Than u thousand such resoll
,, lions. The ideal State rights and g
ano, liberty and lime-that il shou
!, come 10 thisl Disdainful chivalry c,
pands his offended nostrils.
But ii is further added, that 'the trad
y and commerce Of a small aggregate
> /, deserted, desolated cotton plantations
y meaning thereby the magnanimous Sta
; Of South Carolina-'will be Of little col
b sequence 10 tho rest OF The Union ! al
that instead of exporting so many en-
:, grants and their properly, for which !