The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-05-28

IN any etlectual plan OF relief; aud The alter
native IS presented 10 US, Of submitting, o,
scting by ourselves. And, seluc anl d, We
are 10 separate ourselves from our natural
friends, aud allies, We have made up our
minds. We caano, submit. We knos thai
South Carolina enie red this Confedefacv as
sovereign and independent State, and that
having been wtongsd, she hs- Tie perfect
right to Withdraw from II. Her sins musl
exercise the right and meet the cons, quence.
II no 6'her STATE will JOIN Us IN foliev,ns our
selves irun the wrongs alrf ady il 4 cted. We
ses no hope ~ waiting iornew ou'fsgcs to a
rouse higher sp,fii Of resistance. The ne "
oulfages, We are vel convinced, Wil come IN
due tipIc; but we teel 90 assurai CT that tie
splriol The vassal viii rise 10 proportion To
the tudignliics heapod upon his head o.
the CONTRARY, NC sac that he Sou h has alfea.
dy bafue what II woud not for moment
have submitted 10 ten years ago, AID what
the Moth would not then have Y.iiu-rt 10
petpetiate. We are not wiling 10 uy the
experiment how long il will Be before cur
spirit is completely broken, by gradually aud
coni'ouslly yeid,ng 10 slow ard crutusl, bu;
urceasmg encruschmenis. And It the e&er
else Of the right of secession is 10 be follow ed
BY the attempt on the part of the Gnvrfnment
ot rhi- Coniederacy to suijug,'e South Caro-
lima, II is belter that We should meet that
sllempi While We stili have sumr spltii aud
soue pnWer Of resistance lpn. If we are to
submit TO the CONDITION of co'q eied people,
We think 1t less dishuuorable nnt to d. 80 ON
tilwe have first been conquered. Aud # any
hing could add 10 The nsCessiiy which We
believe sx'sis Tor withdrawal from the ex
lsrng Union it would be the denml of the
rght Of secessiou. For the DENIAL Of that
right Indicates Of Itself ext eme danger. The
right Of secession has hrfetolate, and ii bet.
Ter days, heen regarded as uuquestlonable as
all Southern politicians, with The eSceptinn
of an incousideisble numbe' Of cousodaion.
ISIS Aud # ever iha, rgh, can be denied
without arouslns The whole South to sustain
a. tie South n be tipc ior the mos, user.
able fate which has ever bel-llen any people
II aili then as permanen, sectional mlnority
ha,e no defence a9aigs, tie tyranny of Gov.
etument cotah,n,ng all the wees Of the COT.
ruptest Democracy and the unst oppressive
dcspoiism.
We know the consequences ehIch will fol
low failure 10 our effort to mslntslr our llb.
erty. We SEE clearly that a triumphant ex.
ertion OF the power OF the Federal Govern
n,ent, IN suhlngalieg Safe, will vastly IN
crease thai power, and greatly accelerate the
change already far advanced, Of our Fedora
i've system into Consolidated central despo
lsta. We see. also, that South Carolina
vii not suffer the Consequences otthis change
alone, bat thai the rest oI The Southern States
must su6er IN an equal degtee. The, vii
have nn safeguard against The Genial Gov.
eminent, slfengl hrned b, crushing opposition
and rendered, by triumphant tofce, What our
Northern enomies have long been endeavor
lug to m ke j, by fraudulent usutpar,on--Ih the
supreme Government ol cnnsnllda I'd uallun.
The sovefe,gn,, of ooe Southern Sac Can
no, be destroyed WITHOUT ihe lass OF the suv
eieignty of all The others. We are aware of
tho responsibility oi doing an "cI which ma,
hasten these consequences. We feel The res
pect which We owe 10 States having q com.
mon interest, threatened by n common DIN
ger but not equally persuaded with ourselves
oi the necessity of The aclion. And nothing
would induce Us TO lake, without their con
cutrence, u course which is TO involve them
IN is consequences. but thorough conylc
uoo OF the necessity which urges us, and our
rIghi to do so.
addressing citizens of Southern States, as
suciaied TO tiaintarn the tights ni the So1ih
We cannot msg,ue II to be necessary 10 a..
que abln the right of secession. We hold
It t. be The gtea, State urht, without Which
all Others are nu2atoIy aud Incapable of be-
tng enforced end ycur pusiIiUn assures Us
that your faith cannot be different from ours.
Nor can we regard II as necessary any Gar.
lher To discuss the wrongs which havc heer
Inflicted on he Southern States. They NAV
be denied by those who shut their eyes It
them, but YOU do not belong to that class
Southern and States Rights men may dliiri
ms to the necessity of exercising the rghl .
secession al particular time, on account o
those wrongs. But as certainty as the rgh
/ of Judging for herself as io the occasion ant
/ Time for its exercise. II South Carolina de
cdes tina, honor and safety rtqui'e her TO Sc
cede. she has the right to leave he Conlrdr
racy peaceably aud without moesla,ion. |
the act Of secession is not permitted to b,
pencesble, it will be from usurpatiun of pow
or by the Federal Government, not from III,
nature of the act performed by South Caro-
lima Accustomed as we have been TO via
latons ot he Constitution and oi the right
Of the Southern States bg the Federal Gov
arument, we have To lonk forward TO the pro
babiil'y OF another outrage by that Govern
ment, IN the attempt 10 force the S'a'e to re
main in the Union. We suppose he al,emI
will be made, it the other Southern State
7 permit il. Those States must decide tu
, themselves whether they will permit II. Sout
. Carolina must decide for herself whether
is necessary to secede. Her sister States {