The republic., 1850-11-30

BY slow, cautious. but regular process, the
rights Of the people and the sovereignty of the
Southern States will be curtailed until their total
extinguishmcnt is effected BY multiplying the
number Of free States, resisting all attempts to
large the of the slaveholding community, and
discriminating between the rights of Northern and
Southern persons and property, another decade
will not have passed before the General Govern
ment will enforce edcts, greater in their results
on human liberty and the progress OF political en-
lightenment, than ever emanated from the worst
forms of despotism Before that period arrives. the
existence of South Carolina, CO. partner in a
great commonwealth will have ceased. Merged
in the limits Of contiguous provinces, the truthful
memorial of her history will lie scattered over her
hills and valleys. On the printed page the tale Of
her origin and progress may be found, but the real
causes and manner of her political extinction will
never there be read.
The North and South differ fundamentally in in
stutions, and, from the framework of their social
organization, they need different laws. While a
strong government with all the appliances ofexten-
sive patronage, is necessary to the former, mild
and equal system of legal restransts ia required by
the latter. The restriction on foreign commerce is
the policy of the one, free trade that of the other
The Northis, from necessity, acommercial and man.
ufacturing people, the South an ricultural commu
nifty. While the former seeks enlar cement of the
powers of the Federal Government in order to en-
able it to profit by the wealth of the producing
States, the latter mpelled by the principle of self
preservation, strives to confne the common agent
within we'll defined and narrow bounds. In tho
one section, capital and labor are theoretically
equal; but from influences. perhaps incapable of
controlmen, they are practically antagonistic; in
the other capital is superior to labor and the rea
ton between them is a moral one. The character
and interests feach insure the harmonious action
Of both in all their operations. These dscordant
materials in federal structure are mainly, if
not exclusively, reerable to the positions respect
lively assigned the parties by Nature. Such is the
adverse tendency of that position in relation to
of theul-the larger section-that il to be
imperative duty its part to promote, under the
pretence of the general welfare, the of mea
sures purely sectional in their application.
This obstinatey perverse procviy is, in reality,
in strict obedience to political law the offspring
of the moral obliquty of the human heart. The
lesser, numerically and rich interest, has always
been the subject of plunder by the greater and
poorer interest II is historically true, moreover,
that in every Confederacy, where the principle of
the concurrent majority is not practically recog
Missed, the centrpetal is stronger than the centr
ugal tendency of the parties; further that in the
Legislative branch Of the Government all usurpa-
tons generally commence, and ultimately
quiesced in by the other departments In relation
Federal institutions, the Constitution, in its
most important provisions, has, in effect, been 30
ESSENTIALLY changed that the Union created by it
longer exists Its guarantees, from the revolution
which has been practically accomplished US,
has been overthrown and consolidated govern
ment, having its discretion and will the
OF its powers. is the Government of the Union
Every comDromise- ton into which the South ha
entered, leading to the compromises incorporated
in the great charter Of the public liberties, has been
utterly disregarded.
BY Legislative devices, people now, . here
tofore, not only in effect despoiled of the
profits of their industry, but their contributions TO
the public purse continue to be expended in unjust
proportions TO further the interests of the revilers
aud sappers of their domestic altars. While by
Congr essiona enactments the North in the various
branches Of industry, have been forced into
dition of unexamped wealth and power, the ad-
vancement of the South, prodigally furnished
by Nature with all the elements of prosperity and
greatness, has occupied position far below that
it would have reached had the Confederation
been composed OF one people in interest and feel
ing. The North and the South. in the palmy days
of the Republic, both reverenced and loved the
Union for the unreasonable blessings it insured.
Unhappiy, il is maintained by the former to
efisotuate its long chershed design-thc disfran-
chisement and degradation of the latter. q
| Ifasked for the evidence Of these grave accuse
lions against the governments and people whose
support and friendship dearly valued, /
point with grief of heart the often perpetrated
or attempted encroachments by Congress ON the re-
served rights Of the States; the ncendiary resolu
lions Of State Legislatures the sweeping denuncia-
tons emsnating from diheren associations, formed
for the special end Of carrying throughout our bor
ders the torch Of insurrecton; the bitter and vindic
tive feelings Of the press the BAR and may add the
| pulpit; the inhammatory harangues at popular
meetings. the actual robbery of millions of our
4 slave property by emi-saries, not only without
| effort by the Northern State governments TO
enforce the provisions Of the Constitution con-
| cerning fugitves " held TO labor" but, by the
authority of law and the force Of public opinion,
encouraging and sustaining these fanaticsl ex-
hibtions Of public sentiment; the nnnihilation
at a blow, of the principle Of State equality by
the exclusion Of one half the citizens Of the Con-
| fedcrscy from all participation in the newly -ac-
CURED domain; the violation Of great sectional
/ compromise by the dismemberment Of Southern
l member Of the Union, in order, at n convenient
season, 10 from it's bosom free and hostile
State; In fine, the unceasing assaults upon the
character Of the STAKEHOLDER by all cssscs in pub.
lie aud ia private, as enemy to God and man
unworthy of seat at the table OF the Lord, to
| enjoy co partners the noblest bequest in
| heritod by frecmen. The ultimate object OF thi,
| consentaneous movement, in which government
| and people are the actors, is the emancipation o.
the negro throughout the region in which he ia
additionally held property, although lite eIecu
ton may consign TO the same grave the master ano
the slave, and spread dcsolation their com NOR
| bone.
While ! rejoice in the conviction that lsrg'
number Of individuals at the North do entertain
conservative opinions on the matter Of slave pro
perty, and whose voice is occasionally heard in th
uproar Of the waters Of strife, yet overswed by th
mpctuos,y Of the torrent which is perhaps destined
to overwhelm the land, they involuntarily shrinl
from the task Of attempting TO stay it. progress
| The instances rare in which, where the sfIor
has been made. deprivation Of office, other mari
Of dspleasure and rebuke, did not quickly follow
The Of itsclf, II proof were needed, proclaims tb
deep -seatedness and all pcvading character Of tb
disoaso which affects the body polite OF that ertcn
sive and populous region.
For about onc-third Of her political eristenc
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