The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-05-21

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log shrrnarhmsnls, Add u ihs exercise
Of he night 0f secession Is % De followed
By The aHrInpl on The pan 0f IlIe Govern
menl &C his l'0RledeFary 70 EulSUsaie
Soalh Carnlins. il Is better thar We should
meet that attempt while we sill haze some
spirit and snme power Of resistance left.
u we are 10 submit 10 the condition Of .
conquered people. we think IL less dis
honorable not 70 do 80 until ne have firsi
befneonquered. And II sayIhing could add
% The necessity which we believe exists
faf withdrawal from The existing Union.
il would be tie denial al the right az Sc
ressian. Fer the denial Of that right IN
dirsies nf itself extreme danger. The
RICH. 81 ferts-ian has heretofore. and in
better days. been regarded - nnquesiion-
able BY all Saathrrn politicians. with The
exception If N incnnsidrrable number 81
eonsolidatinnisIs Ard Il ever that right
can he denied without sfnnsing The y hole
South 10 sustain il. The Souih will be ripe
Tor The mnsi miserable fate which has ever
befallen any penple. Ii will then. as .
permanent sectional minority. have M dr.
fenre against The tyranny Of Gnsern-
meni combining oil The vices Of The rarrup-
test democracy and The most oppressive
foreign despolism.
We know the consequences which will
follow failure in our rGoa IN maintain
our liberty. We see clearly that ri
amphaal excrtion Of The power Of the Fe-
deral Government. in subjugaiing Stale.
will vastly increase that power and greatly
ecreleraie lheehange. already lal advanced.
OF our Federaiise system into CONSOLE
dated central despeiism. We see. also.
that South Carolina will mol suffer The
consequences Of The change alone. but Ina,
The rest of The Southern States must suf-
Ter IN an equal degree. They will have
no safeguard against The Central Govern
meni, Strengthened by crushing oppres-
sion. and rendered by lrinmpllan, fprce.,
what our northern enemies have long been
endeavoring 10 make il BY fraudulent
usnrpaiion-lhe supreme Government ola
consolidated nation. The sovereignty nf
one Southern State cannot be DESTROYED
without The luss Of their sovereignty by
all the others. We are aware of the re-
sponsibiliiy Of dong an aci which may
hasten these consequences. We feel The
respect whirh we owe 10 States having
common interest threatened by . common
danger. but nnl equally persuaded with
ourselves Of The necessity Of action. Aud
nothing wnnld induce us 10 take, without
their concurrence, course which is 10
involve them IN liz consequences, bnt
thorough conviction OF The Necessity which
urges rs, and Of cur right 10 do so.
Addressing ci,izens OF Southern States.
associated 10 maintain tic rights OF The
Son,h, we cannot imagine il TO he neces-
saiy 10 argne about The right nf secession.
We hold il 10 be The great State right.
without which all others are nugalory aud
incapable Of being enforced and your 20.
siilon assures Us that your laiili cannot be
different from ours.
Nor can We regard il as necessary any
farther 10 discuss The wrongs which have
been inflicted on The Southern States.
They NAV be denied by those who shu,
their eyes TO them, bu, you do mol belong
10 that class. Southern and state rights
men may differ as 10 The necessity Of cx~
ercising the RICH, Of secession al paris
cular time. on account Of those wrongs.
But as cer,ain Us The right exists, each
State must possess The right OF Judging
Tor herself, as 10 The occasion and Time
FOR its exercise. lf South Carolina de-
cides that honor and saieiy require her
10 secede, she has The right 10 leave The
Cohiederacy peaccably and without mo-
lesta,i0n.
Ift.e act Of secession is not permitted
10 be peaceable, il will be from usnrpa>
ton Of power BY the Federal Govern.
meni. not from the nature nf The act per-
formed hy South Carolina. Accustomed
as we have been 10 violations oi The Con.
slilu,ion. and Of the rights of the South
ern States by The Federal Government,
we have TO look forward 10 the probabli-
~ OF another outrage BY The Government.
~ the attempt 10 force lie State 10 re-
main IN the Union. We suppose The al
tempt will he made. if The other southern
States permit il. Those States must de-
eide Tor themselves whether they will
permit il. South Carolina mus, decide
Tor herself whether il is necessary 10 Sc
cede. Her sister States of The South will
have no right 10 complain that she forces
them into position where they must eli.
Their lnleipose 10 prevent her subincation.
or ny conserving 10 il, abandon their own
sovereignty. and lay themselves IL The
mercy Of despolic power.
In seeding, $. Carolina will simrlv do
an aci which all southern men, who be-.
ilese in the existence of stale rights a, all.
must admit that she has perfect right 10
do. and which she regards absolutely ne
cessary. She will be acting on her sa-
cred right. She will be acting. as she
would have to act. if none of The other
southern states were III existence, and
We're The only object of aggression by The
northern states and the Federal Govern.