Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1847-1861, 1851-09-23
TFor the Gd=c'tc.1
TO col. G. W. DUDLEY.

lEAES;iG: AsNOu arc DcIo"t'ac pcOp!easa canll
date for seat in the Southern Congress- anda it i
all important, for the sake oflc Interests nvovcdr
the question at ISSUE rs well rs FOR the sake of Pre-
serving It's from what is yet more 70 be dreaded
than submission itsc.-intcstine broils and heated
personal contests, that We the citizens Of Soutl
Carolina, should clearly understand our scvcra
positions, you will permit us 10 define what We
honestly bclcTe TO he the distinctive tcnots Of thC
different parties in orr State, AMI respectfully tc
inquire what row is your position in respect tc
them.
1t is presumed that every GOOD citizen Of or
State, while he claims Cor himself hc right TO cX
anime and decide this question, is nevertheless SC
rood citizen as 10 subscribe 10 what he may lie
licvc to be The ultimate anl deliberate judgement o
his peers How important is it, then. that in an
emergency like the present, We have the opc', can
did and honest conviction Of each individual mind
and how sacrclly is it The duty Of him who rs
rires or is appointed TO the leadership of party 10
rise above the dirty POOL Of rartisan tactics, and
a'lupt the urcGuivocal language Of the patriot
We mean by this rcmar,;, we assure YOU, Dear Sir,
TO utter no irnputation whatever against your
PATRIOTISM God forbil but in all honesty We
have been constrained 10 regard your position IN
c1nivocal one, and We would call upon You, in the
name Of patriotism, TO declare your present scnti.
mCnts.
We presume it will no; be denied by You. that
twelve or eighteen months ago, our people almost
unanimously, were in favor Of resisting tie com
pron,iSc measures Of the last Congress No other
voice, oa We know, had been heard either in cur
Legislative fIa!ls-or oUr press, Or from tie rrl-
mary assemblies Of our people. The few alvo-
catcsofthc compromise cm?asurc:-t Mon at-al.! a
ards ncn--in our State thus Lid their dirninutivr
heads and spoke not. Nay, then the Souti, the
entire South, seemed 10 be ripe and ready for re-
sistnncr. the word secc&s;or everywhere was sro.
ken, as the "onc onlv remed,?." What, let Us ask
Dear COL, was then your Posiiion' We catch
the echo Of your own voice and rcpIy-hefore my
election to the Senate, declared "that would
90 as far rs any mar in rc:istancc after my clcc-
t, m al denied that secession was our remedy and
7 aG%ocatcd non-ntcrcourse with the North aS 4
most Io>:nt remedy"
Well, no,., with this the undivided scntim mt
Of o,.r State ar'l This your position, our l"gis!a
,nre m.. In the s,,catc a bill was introduced Nni
passed cu.:rr a convention Of the people. F"I
wha,l We an:>:"r 10 chTct secession Nobody
thought for any,h;ns else. Eon did not h'licr"
in secession nnd thcrci>rr, wiz Mr.. Perry The
onlyayowcd Union man ir h> House, FIVE others
IN Mr Senate, youvotcd against';.i' iiI it passed
the Senate triumphantlv. and Welt 10 the lio'ls"
nnl WAS there killcd--whyl Because !; required
;wothird vote to pas' it, and this majority c"''i"
not quite he had. Why did it fail to get t"H.
thirds vote, was il cca,I>c the House was o POSED
Ia secession. No. not 1T all. The members we're
nearly unaliimoUs in favor nt resistance. Many o
ILrp. however, then entertained bright hopes q
co.,rcration. on the part of other Southern States.
Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi, they believed
would uri'c with us, Uhcy hai expressed their
determination to resist tire measures "at eve
ry hazard and 10 the last extremity } and 'hey
looked 10 Southern Congress, rs certain lnS'r"-
mentality TO secure this cooperation. They we're
not Is, in favor Of actual resistance, than II" S"p"-
rate State ariioni,t, nor were they 'no:c d'STo"S
10 srcrre cooperation than the party voting ior
the Convention LiiI. The chief and only difference
then U.s t;a-thcy could not alike Sec The 'haAcc'
for cooperation. Tho co"lcrati'n FesiS anc' men
,r,o..d and defeated the Convention hIii, because
:; ,h.ir view. il was calculated to defeat co."i'"-
afion. l;ut they wrr" resistance men an! Be-
l:..ir. that co.opcra.!ca con!l Lc fa! they con
,oc,eJ another bil-a LiIl 10 elect Delegates i"
,;o,tlrY, Congress, ani th.', tJ' way % r"'"l'0
with H., c..rn,,. Of the frs; measure, they Gp-
ncpdcl 10 !, TIE Convention bill THE Senate ana
thus was passed a compound bill, which looked TO
resistance through cooperation in The FIRST place.
and flat fai,inr, to resistance through separate
sto., Action. As one Of your constituents, We
tbuat: YOU, Dear Col, for your recorded Vote IN
favor Of this bill. But, as our object is SIMPLY 10
,,lacs Won "rectus IN cWia," upon this question
and that we may understand each other, must
ask lust here, to PROFOUND this ques';on-Did You
vo,o for this compromise bill because, like Ncs'rs
Cvrsyrr PrE.roy and Others, desiring and labor
inc for resistance you believed it could and would
he brought about b. Southern Congress, or did
vou vote for il because you believed vo"r c'n''l-
fluent, 70 be in favor of resistance and that this
southern Congress bill, though il might seem to
lool, to resistance woul fail Of i's end, sn1 bar"
the effect ultimately to kill Of the spirit Of Fe'S-
tancc, then ripe i'll our Own St"'cf We have seen
in what different lights this Southern Congress
,ccosurc was regarded by the two parties IN our
LEGISLATURE Mr. rraRY believed, with tie sepa'
r,c State action men, that the h"reot corporation
wa- = hnmbua. h;rt nevertheless ne las ''%f"r"''"
crrsr5 i,r i, to !" ss'ss'i'", >"T. Tr'y I'll ~