Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-20
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
soTITu CAROLINA IN ARMS.

SOUTH CAROLINA IN ARMS.
The Charleston Mercury rcvels in delight over the bril-
liant" military encampment at ofangeoufs "e'e ''e'e
political animation and enthusiasm in the camp ant
their and paroles strongly indicative Of IN
foenoo which pedominae CALHOUN, Secession and Sta
Action are the constant watchwords.
Sh i ,be shirt with which brothers are alured to cvi
s,r, with brothers of kindred bone and flesh We sincere
" trust that these brilliant movements may come te
noue and that the may perish with rust rather thar
10 be turned against the breasts OF citizens of
country Even should South Carolina in defiance Of the
wishes and aectonae appeals of her sister States
of the South persist in the mad policy of SECESSION TO
avenge wrongs whose brunt Virginia and other Southern
States first BEAR shall then despair Of
ing the rest of the Union tremendously even with
out the shedding of blood The sagacious Washington
respondent OF the New York Journal of Commerce gathers
some curious facts from "highy respectable source'
The FIRST and it is believed the only drop OF blood
he shed in any contest that take place in consequence
of the secession will be split in collision between parties
South Carolina In Charleston large majority will be
found be opposed secesson and should the State
secede from the Union the city of Charleston will secede
from the State There will be necessity therefore, for
lhe blockade of that port The city of Charleston will be
enabled to sustain herself in the struggle and the necessities
Of trade will soon bring things right.
If the Union is worth straw, the secession of single
State cannot impair its strength endanger its prosperity
Like poypus ought be able to endure the excson Of
portion of its body But if we add half continent
the Union by stroke of the pen,-by singh treaty. and
heterogeneous
polite of the na,ion-if the Union can stand ,hat-why,
surely would be hurt by cutting off small section
We deprecate the experment-bu may be that star or
be dropped out Of the galaxy of States without.
breaking up the whole glorious constellation.
1t is admitted all hands, that three ourhs OF the peo-
pile of Charleston utterly opposed to separate State
tion-and though of the speakers declared in the
Charleston Convention that rather than the State should
submit it would be better Charleston second Mos
cowit up by splendid but fatal conAagraon-we not
yet abandon oil hope that the conservative attitude of
large and oushlng seaport of the South Charles
u.s. will mighty inuencen checking the progress
Of wild ambition and nconsiderate passion We have the
best authority for believing that Charleston just taking
bound forward in the of posperiycan She then
be expected unite in this fearful experiment. set on foot by
political visionaes after unknown and faacous resuts2
Win the people of the State allow their chief city sac
rihced by movement agains, which such Cheves
Butler Poinsett A. P Hayne and other noble sons of Ca
rolina earnestly protest? The picture of what Charleston
u.s. and what she is likely be- if Mr. Rhetrs expert
be carried out, will be unnstrucve the present
moment We have before the sketches drawn by native
artis,s-and the is emphatic With the bless
ings enjoyed will South Carolina be induced throw
the present. grope the darkness danger of
the unknown future2
What Charleston is may be gathered from the follow
ing article the Charleston News most respectable Jour
nal In that city:
Here Commerce holds her levees extending nego
tiaions into Meeting King and East Bay Busy
chants about from night until morning; confidence
credit stand guardians of those great avenues OF trade while
industry and integrity secure the foundations of On
is goJa iron arteries aai.nca,ons unive ~,
whRome of them extended and piercing the
of the Mississippi valley send thher our seaboard
delicaeies while that in return ansfuses into our system
the life giving powers of agriculture
With these evidences OF prosperity around u.s. continually
increasing midst in number and Importance certainly
we have of heartfelt graduation. Let US unite in
keeping bound with adamantne chan these glorious
links Of commerce, agriculture manufactures, and the me
chanc arts Let there be shaking of the head in despair
no doubt of success; trembling contemplate the
high destines Of Charleston Her sun in the glory OF the
ascendant. Long may it rest upon the meridian point pour
ing down upon beloved city the Respondent and vertical
rays of prosperity and Long soJourner in the
West few view the advancement Of Charleston more
correctly with more pride, than We discover wide
difference between Charleston and Charleston twenty
ago. From her dormant state when her energies
frozen she springs forth in the vgo OF her prime
The great heart of industry is animated by impulses
the great fluid of her system is again rushing forth IN lis
wonted spirit and power. God grant, repeat that the
union Of commerce. ofagrcuure mcchanisn and manu-
features may strengthen her constitution, that rising still
higher and higher STILL in the scale OF commercial honor ana
prosperity she may soon become the ndssou
BILE system which shall bind the South and West together
eternaly and forever give life and vigor 10 the WHOLE
What Charleston probably cbe should separate Sc
cessou be urged through may be gathered from the follow
ing specuaons of ga Native in the Charleston Courier
We glad such sound arguments laid before the peo
ple Though present secession to be the general
feeling of the State the truth must spread reaction take
place. and wisdom and moderation eavcn the whole lump
Il would not be merely the loss Of our beautiful city,
be the loss of State. The merchants have great
stake in the condition Of things and Charleston pays
half wohrd Of tho whole State tax, and certainly has
right be heard Whatever affects the prosperity Of the
State is felt by them and because the people of the city
submssionists and cowads Who it who cannot see Ut
ter ruin if the State secede alone Secession does not de-
pve the planter of getting enough TO subslst on-seceson
will prevent his raising crop sufficient TO support him
in such an emegency but secession will sarve the mer
chant and others in the cywhen the State secedes alone
such state Of things will exist to all in the city
and for one not reckless wish ruin my iam
]y by sacrificing oil have labored for; a, least till sec
greater necessity for doing than at present Suppose we
secede alone where supplies except being tax
cd 10 per cenwhch rate seems already fixed by the sup
por,ers of single State acion-and on wa-why all the
articles get free Of duty II we are TO pay 10 per
cent all imports, after secession let estimate the
amount: We get, now about hree.fourths OF all articles
consumed here free and about fourth aIty paia on
TO the Government. So readily see that II we pay
80 per onefouh It'll better than paying III per cent
on the whole.
Th. branch of the subject is not Of much impoance
shall have customers for the trade within the State pro-
per- is 10 three. Three dollars sold TO country
merchants out of South Carolina TO one sold to country
merchants in it. We must remember then, if we secede
nlone Georgia and North Carona-now our border States,
will DO az foreign England Isl in national point Of view.
Can we carry on our foreign commerce without navy
defend US from the weakest island ? Let people pause If
this excitement i, kept up, we must soon have crsshe
Banks will first feel 1.-THE bills OF our Banks wheh now
circulate in States freely will be doubt returned
for specie-the will call their Debtors and
thus will begin commercial crisis and brought on entirely
by the selforgnnized Convention Already have
number of investments been made in other stocks than those
in Sate-and from day to day will they continue
till all the surplus capital will find its way out Of the Stale
The time has for such desperate action. When
does ALL every soon native adopted of South Carolina
will be ready defend her. Cotton the peace maker and
if the Cotton States would only pass net in form
which would prevent its being sent TO the North wo should
peace and especially to keep from being sent to Bos
ton or any por, in Massachusetts, is our
rcmedyand plan which would Keep our Southern
produce being North would have more effect in
getting justice done than fifty meetings OF Congress
The young man, Joel W. Rose, whose suicide near the
Sweet Springs We announced last week, sadler by
trade and worked in Fncaste short time previous to his
DEATH He was not from Accomack, stated but from Stat
ford. The virginian says that the young man came to
Lynchburg few months since and was in The employment
of Mr. Edward s. Thurman until about the first OF April at
which time he left in westwardly direction. He stated