The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-11-13
TIE SOUTHERN coNFEDERAcY.

TIE SOUTHERN CoNFEDEnh1i.
w, received few days ago . pamphlet
Of sone twenty pages, printed al charleston,
and c,ntainiug a Letter TO the Governor OF
South Carolina on the safe Of things III the
South and particularly on the project OF
Sou,lrra Confcderscy. II is tho production
of William J. Grayson. E,q. formerly
r sentative in Congress from the Beau.
fort md Coile,on District Of South Carolina.
All Who had The pleasure Of serving With Mr..
Grs,son must have o favorable aud respect.
fol remembrance Of him as Q gentleman, not
INDEED prominent as faor member, but as
q MN we'll known to possess an unusually
sou,d rejecting mind. and Of unblemished Pu.
rity Of private life. He signs bis name to
the Letter, as well he may do, without fear
or same, for even his most infiamed oppo'
nen,, mus, admit that il is such produciion
as, whatever side il advocates, is highly cred.
liable 10 the author. |, is book with those
Two things, soft words and hard arguments
II iswrl,eu in spirit tfensive to no man,
while i, makes the most forcible and straight.
forward appeals to known facss and common
We have read this letter ~i,s grel, p'.ae
sure. TO, alone from its ability, but because
il 10, as Gar as we have heard. the only voice
which has been publicly raised 10 South Ca.
rolina against the deplorable infatuaiion which
has come over the leading citizens OF that
State to such an exten, a. TO require some
degree Of boldness for any man TO come Tor
wA'd in opposition to it.
We have not space for the Letter, or for
any extended review Of il; aud must content
ourselves with presenting TO our readers the
leading points it discusses. which are briefly
recspiluIated in one Of its closing pages:
"Ths then is the substance Of the forego.
ing remarks:
THAT the Uoinn is the source Of Peace,
Prosperity, and Power to the Nation, and lis
dissolution would b followed by disorder
violence. and civil wars.
THAT If the present Coafederacy is bro
ken up, The formation Of any other would be
difficult, and its continuance impossible.
"Tha, no Causes exis. 10 justify the disso.
luton Of the Union.
THAT the measures lately adopted by
Congress are not infringemen.s on our con
sli,ulionaI rights; and, II they were, are Of
common concern to the whole South.
THAT the wrong Of which We complain
comes from the people Of certain States, no,
from the Congress Of the United States; and
the appropriate remedy would be a cessation
Of social intercourse.
"Tha, the mere apprehension Of sggfes'
SONS in tho future will not justify The resort
To extreme measures al present.
THAT the Sou'h will lose nothing BY
waiting; she is rapidly advancing in ~eshh,
population, and power; and nothing can VI.
res, her progress bu, the imp,udeRcs Of her
Own people, and the rsshDess Of her leaders.
Ga each Of these several heads Mr.. Gray.
son d~eils With free yet temperate earnest.
$40, Which. ~i,,ie il csyries with II al once
the convection that he is sincere, can scarce
ly fail, one would think, to arrest the rasl
haste and calm the hesdIong fury Of mer
who would precipitaie their country into thu
rs'ursless plunge "f revolution, anarchy, ant
civil var.
We can give bu, one ex,rse, from the bod,
Of the Letter. Ii is that IN which The author
after having eloquenily summed up the bene
fits Of the Un,"n, examines the project Of
Southern Confederacy
but il 10 said that We can form a great Seathsr
Confedsracy and become, more than ever before
pros erous and powerful. Who can tell VI ether
even if separated from The North, this formation Q
a Southern Confederacy would be practicable p
Where would il begin What States wonld it IN
elude Certainly not Virginia, or Kentucky. o
North Carolina, or Tennessee, or Louisiana. Blu
suppose them all willing TO taks counsel for ,h
purpose, can any one be assured that they wonl
unite in a general Southern Government Wi
there bs differences OF opinion, no anita eonis
interests We all know the difficulty with whie
the present Cenfcderacy was formed. the obstacle
mat delayed and almost defeated its adoption by tn
States after il had been laboriousy shaped and eel
tied by the Convention Of States Will not III
sams difficulties b. set the union proposed WHY
there is hardly State in which there are not oppe
sing interests within lis own limits Up.countr
and low.couniry, property and populatioB, hsv
each their stanch and sometimes bitter advocates
We all remember the hot and uncomp pr omsing du
putes between West and East in the last vrgini
Convention, and do we believe that in a Conventio
Of the Southern Stat s. supposlng such a TO e,
is, there will be nothing hut the milk and honey
mutual concession and forboafance, no hostile fee
ings no conflicting interests, no irpiacticsb,e o.
stlnats, unyelding mind, lie that belitv tn
knows nothing Of men or public bodies. For m
part, firmly believe that the present Confederac
is the fret and last which the country will ever SO
II ths; be destroyed. there is forthwith forever
end TO confederscy in n orth America. Th. 10 IN
solemn conviction, and | forewarn our cit ions
this truth. No future Consistency can he sane,
tilted like tho present by the memories Of the pas
by associations with the great and great even
I OF tho grand epoch Of American history; by Il
wisdom and virtues Of the Father OF his Country
If this Union cannot stand, there is no hope for Il
continuancs Of any other. The spirit Of impaiicn,
to confederate rule which our example will sanclit
and establish will prevail forever. The smallest :
al or supposed injury or inconvenience inflicted {
any one member Of any future supposed Union
States will be enough to induce that member to
bandon ito secote, 10 break il up without scrup
$ or remorse. They would become mere tempora