The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-05-20

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without the loss of their sovereignty by al
the Others. We are aware of the rcsnonsi
blllty OF doing an act which may haster
these consequences. We feel the respec
which we owe to States having a common
interest, threatened by common danger
but not equally persuaded with ourselves o.
the necessity OF action. And nothing could
induce us to take, without their concurrence
a course which Is TO Involve them in its con.
sequences, bui thorough conviction of the
necessity which urges us, and of our righl
/ 10 DO 50.
Addressing citizens of Southern States.
associated 10 maintain the rights OF the
South, we cannot imagine il TO be necessary
to agree about the right OF secession. We
hold 1t to be the great State right, without
which all others are nugatory and incapa-
Bile OF being enforced and your position
assures us that your faith cannot be different
from ours. NOV can we regard it as neces.
sary, any further to discuss the wrongs
which hav" been inflicted on the Southern
States. They may be denied by those who
shnt their eyes to them, but You do not be-
long 10 that class. Southern and State rights
men may differ as to the necessity of exer.
eislng the right of secession at particular
time, on account of those wrongs; but, as
certainly as the right exists, each State pos
sess the right of judging for herself as to the
occasion and time for its exercise If South
Carolina decides that honor and safety re.
quire her to secede she has the right to leave
the confederacy, peaceabIy and without
molesta,ion. If the act of secession is not
permitted TO be peaceable, it will be from
usurpation OF power by the Federal Gov
ernment, not from the nature of the act
performed by South carolina Accustom-
ed, as we have been to violations of the
constitution, and of The rights of the South.
ern States by the Federal Government, we
have TO look forward to the probability of
another outrage by that Government, in
the attempt to force the State to remain in
The Union We suppose the attempt will
be made if the Southern States permit it,
Those States must decide for themselves
whether they will permit it. South Caro-
lima must decide for herself whether it is
necessary to secede. Her sister States of
the South will have no right to complain
that she forces them into position, where
they must either interpose to prevent her
subJugauon or by consenting to il, aban-
don their own sovereignty, and lay them
selves at the mercy of a despotic power In
seeding, South Carolina will simply do an
act, which all Southern men, who believe
in the existence Of State rights, must admit
that she has perfect right to do; and which
she regards as absolutely necessary. She
will be acting on her sacred right She
will he acting as she would have to act, if
none ofthe other southern States were in
existence, and she were the only object OF
| aggression by the northern States and the
federal government. She is not answerable
for the usurpations and injustice which may
be committed against her. And for the sis
ter States ofthe Sou.h to ssk of her to refrain
from an exercise of the right which she re-
CARDS as indispensable for self.preservation,
would be an interference with her free ac-
ton. of far different character from any
with which she can be charged towards
them. Sovereigns are equals. In seeding
alone, South Carolina would be placing her
sister States of the South under no restraint.
II they should find themselves in position
of restraint, it would come from the action
of the federal government, not of South Ca
roIina But if they should insist on her re-
framing from the exercise of her right, and
Submitting to position which she regards
as intolerable, they would make themselves
parties with the federal government in pla-
cling an unjusifabe restraint upon sover-
eign and an equal
| We wish that the necessity for separate
action by South Carolina which we have
/ contemplated may be averted We confide
in the gallant spirits whom we address,
There may be some hope of the assembling
of Southern Congress, to devise measures
of redress and relief. upon which some Of the
/ injured States may unite. We have hereto
fore been willing to sacrifice much for south.
ern union We still are. We do not de-
sire to lead but to follow. Propose any ef-
fectual measure for vindicating our common
rights and providing for our common safety,
and we will heartily unite with you in car
rying them ont. We should regret most
deeply to incur the censure of friends, with
whom we have the strongest desire to act
in concert. But we feel deep conviction
that we have not acted heretofore with any
precipitation, and that we are in the right
in the determination which we have form.
ed. The sefabascment Of submission ap.
| pears to US unworthy of men-still pretend
ing to be free. The gloomy prospect of in
evitable ruin, to follow submission, appears
to us more formidable than any dangers tC
be encountered in contending alone agains
whatever odds, for our rights. We have
come to the deliberate conclusion that If j
be our fate to be left alone in the struggle
alone we must vlndicate our liberty by Sc
cession.
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