The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-06-07

~ opJec' 10 surn trade. Jecy Will be
clamorous to enforce on, Of ~ people oil
Georgia and North Carolina. and IT, 9th.
err southern States. the collection 81 she
thirty per cent. du,y. they have laid by ths
General Government on every southern
consumer for their benefit. They now con.
troll the General Government, and | sup.
pose will endcavor, bv their Custom house
officers, to prevent the people Of other
States from buying Of u.s. Bot all such cf.
forts will fail, unless human nature shall be
marvellously changed by our secession. In
the opinion Of vast majority OF the pco.
pie Of the southern States, the presen, Tar.
ill., in the principle, is utterly unconsiiiu.
iional. II is only an espedient by which
tribute is exac,ed from the South by the
North. but, independently Of this, Ham.
burg lies opposite to Augusta, Purysbnrg is
not far fror; Savannah: whilst we have n
common right TO navigate the Savannah
aud Pee Dee rivers. from their borders TO
their mouths. Our trade NTH North Car
olina Is chiefly carried on ly wagons. How
long will Custom house officers on our
/ North Carolina frontier. continue 10 seize
the wagons Of the North Carolina farmers
and wagoncrs on their return from South
Carolina with their usual supplies How
I long will the people of Georgia submit to
u standing army of tax collectors on their
side of the Savannah river, spying, Selling,
fighting them, TO enforce the collection of
duties their abolition brethren oi the North
I have laid upon them We will have moth
ing to do with spying or fighting. Gu our
side of the river we will have ease and
peace. No controversy with the General
Government, or its officers. We have
goods to sell, twenty per cent. cheaper than
they can be obtained in New York, or in
an, port in the I nior-that is all. We
will neither force other people to buy them,
nor enter other States to sell them. The
trade, il it exists. will be IA, the option of
those who think proper to come to MS aud
buy our goods Relations Of entire amlly.
/ and Of mutual benefit, not nj hostility or III
I Jury. will thus exist between US ard the
southern States am inclined To tslnk
/ that the ,ame state Of things winch now
exists on our Canada frontier. under the
sklul address of our Yankee friends, will
also prevail along the frontiers Of south
C,rol,, Tv.n,, nor cent. will not s,op
,oods ON an Imaginary frontier. II gives
immense activity to bales and boxes. ms
well as to mems wits L. viii not destroy
+ our merchants This is certainly the opln.
ion of the merchants in our Northern cities.
III, ,l,or,c,,, lo,t u,on tbn s.ers,ion O.,
Sorih C,,,linn from lie nnion with alarm,
,,J ,,rr,r ,,,;.;nnt,,,, ,be loss of the
vbolo imnort trade. which is occssoncd hy
s,,,l,.x, ,,oI,,ti,,s I, will come to us
they saw. think they are right. lor how.
o..r f,j,,cions ,h,,;r udcucois NAV he on
other subjects. in matters of money they
aro ma ,.,,r ,nf,llihil,ty rs human beings
can bc. We must gain what they lose aud
ooy commerr. will urosper beyond every
ou,r;,,c,cst !, mo State. Charleston. the
,,u,o,;u,o of Tins commerce. mus, especial.
ly ris, in nro.prrity. Every householder.
cv.rv uc,h,ni. every laborcr, viii feel the
;,,,nlso ,,b;.b row demands for labor aud
nani,al ,n., n,oduce. Wills, we will dem.
or.,,,,. ga H.. world what liberty and Just
,overuuent can do for a pcoplc.
Alth;s seems TO b, very fair and clear -
,h;,l bc,r a, old uorcaant say "lul
aha, n,,ho, ll,ck,de, n enforced against
us 90, viii ro. bc able to buy, much less
IN .cll" / .nswc, The blockade is 4
bumbus. II would probably be better cor us.
iii should turn out a reality but as thing.
.,c am compeled 10 say, from regard
In ,ruth that 1 believe |, TO be an uhmi.iga
/ tod b,mhuy blockade is war. II we Sc.
cod, (,om The Union we will sccedc during
,hs s;,,ing of .hc next Congress. Congre.s
! alan. can declare war. Congress must
y,,o IN. s,,,l;es and authorize the use ol
ia, ANN, and navy against tine of The
,,,o ,l,.,,n,ivas Consress must choose let
~. ga n,,rcably out of the Union, ov fight
ma believe every body gives MS the very
coumo, credit If not being very great,
I,,ro,J. At ,,b,in,. II war is made upon
-. ,,o v;I 0.ht on land or sea we will
6.bt. and If any one supposes that war IN
any form cnn hc made upon South Carolina
w,,bou, ,iyh,;ue he is not worth reasoning
with. Where there is a will, there is way,
in warns in other things. We will ight--
6rh, long and il necessary. trust, We
,.,I, s,b, .vc,la.tinyly. in defence Of the
sover.,cn,y Of our State. and of our dear.
%, rights. liberties and institutions. What
can ii, Northern people gain in such n
comics, bpt inevitable defeat and disaster I
Give them all they can possibly expect to
accomplish. Suppose ,ha, they are not
cmb,,iled with other nations. for !awlcssly
;ntc,rup;nr commerce ms much theirs ~
ours. and Ina, we are a, last vanqnishsd
a,1 s,,,juod will thai preserve the Mon