The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-06-11
NUMBER ~.
The Rcsuli Of Secession.

South Ca'o'ina IN urging on extreme mca.
sures has had the natural effect Of bringing
forth at last the c"Dservaiiv- II 1uenre Of those
who ~oud d save The Cnmmons eaI'h from tho
consequences Of threatened prec ciri,sncy. We
regard It asa good omen (-sys the Balimcre
Amerlcao) that such considerations as arc
put forward IN the sublnined extract should
sppesr 10 leading jou'na, the Courier. IN the
CITY Of Chares'on. The writer is forming
probable hypothesis, Of the cuui SO which the
General Governments would pursue in The
even, iha, South Carolina as a State should
resolve herself out of The Unl,n:
The F"de a. Guvefnmeni ~ill not march
troops into the Safe. Til. on d be a mea.
sure OF vi,leice n.xredient aud unnecessary.
|, viii not establish a h,au z custom. house,
as he's been supposed, because II would be
clumsy and neon, enIen,. To sscurs the rev.
enoe. it would merely abolish Charleston,
Georgetown, and Bsau'oit as ports of entry
for the tune beng.
"The power of the Federal Government,
under the CONSTITUTION 10 declare What ports
shall be ports n enI y, Is beyond oil doubt.
The act If 1850 determines the numbe. Of
those ports IN SoGth Carolina and e.sea here.
From nme 70 time Congress has changed
them or abolished ihrm; as for example the
port Of CurrI, ok in North Carollna, IN ls4l.
South Carol ma viii not permit the duties on
goods imported TO be collected within her lin.
tie. The Fedora Government will 10 driven
then TO vboish her porte as ports OF entry, SO
long as the duties are not permitted 10 be col.
lecied.
" How i'll this proceeding operate on the
cond ton Of the STATE, and particularly of the
CITY ? All 10 elgn trade will cease, because
vessel attempting 10 enter port other than
. port o. entry is liable to forfeiture, vessel
and cargo. Commerce being annibialed,
our merchants must 90 elsewhere TO Go busl.
nets. Capital, which depends en- trade or
empl"ymtn'. must e. with them. Wharf
property alil be worth nothing there will be
nothing TO land or ship. Dry docks and ship.
yards wall b. valueless there v ill be no yes.
seis 10 repair. The ruub Der Of vacant houses
wll be large, end house rents will be greatly
reduced. No neu buildings, then, would be
eced, and mechanics must emigrae with
the merchants. Factors must follow their
customers, whose nee and cotton will be sent
for sale to other States. Cotton instead Of com.
ing down The abroad from Hamburg. will 20
up lhrou4 h Hamburg to Augusta and Savan.
nah. That part OF the road betWeen Branch.
'I'le aud Charleston will be unused, uness il
be for Bringing goods TO the city snugsled
irr m Other Slsles. The coastwlso trade would
be destroyed as well as the foreign trade, as
he State vii tax Northern produce, and il
will go OF course 10 places where i. is not
axed
From those places ii will be snue glei 10.
o S"uth Carolina will be as easy to snug.
,ls into thai S ate al out Of it. and every DO.
y admits that the las, is very easy. The
an e causes that will depopulate Charleston
vii give an immense impulse 10 the growth
If other places. Savannah will double her
business and population; she will receive the
merchants, the mechanics, the capital that
We shall have lost. Al the very moment
!. hen We have no employ nsnt for them, she
vii have double emplo, men, for oil. II will
bus brcoms the direct interest Of our neigh.
'ors to keep Us in the desolate condition to
hich we shall be reduced. They will wax
at on our mi.for,unes. If our planters and
srmers ere go patriotic as not 10 send their
o,ton, rice and Other produce 10 ports ou, Of
he State, there will be no money circulating
n the STATE. The banks will be without bu.
mess paper; there will be no dividends. At
he very lime when our taxes will bs quadru.
led. there will be no money to pay them.-
Ve shall be check mated-unable 10 move.
"Ths people will very soon demand Of tho
ecesson leaders that some remedy for this
ondilon Of rum be ,oin,ed out to them.-
Y ha, will tina, remedy bel There can be no
shung ,here will be nothing 10 6gh,.--
here can be no appeal TO foreign nations;
hey cou'd have no pteteuce for complaint. II
ny man thinks otherwise, let him reverse tho
ase. Should England abolish Bristol, or
france abolish Hsvre, as ports Of entry, could
We complain or object Should we send Min.
ster To Europe TO ask for help, every foreign
State would ignore the independent Govern.
nent of South Carolina. Our condition wsuld
e at once helpless and ridiculous; We should
utfer and command no y mpa,hy, because
he evil will be our own choosing, both - 10
10 beginning and continuation.
Have no, the people right to ask al once,
nd 10 1t nor pruden. to ssk IN advance, that
hey who are about to deliberate on the future
of tho State should at once Dc.
lsre what remedy they propose to apply to q
ond,hOn Of things in South Carolina Wkich
vii be the result of their oun measures. ssd
hch Is a, least possible. which many believe
o be probable. and not few think certain"
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