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now ia this city go into other States.
That tradois completely cut off, for.
the indhcement to purchase In
Charleston is entirely gone. But
some are ready to say that Georgia.
and Alabama would become dissat-
isfcd with it, and finding that goods
could be purchased cheaper in
Charleston than New York, they.
would not submit to the restriction.
My reply is this. The commercial
interests Of Savannah and Augusta
would sbe delighted to destroy Sc.
formidable q rival as Charleston, and
they would sustain every restriction
imposed upon our trade to the ut
most of their ability. Bnt another
answer is still more conclusive. If
the fact Of an ability to purchase
goods in Charleston at a lower rate
would dissatisfy them, and make
them unwilling to pay the duty,why
is it that they are not now dissatisfi.
ed with the revenue laws of the Uni.
ted States, and arm to resist them,
when they can buy goods in Liver.
pool Manchester or in Birmingham.s
twenty six per cent cheaper than in.
New-York or Charleston? IF the
Federal Government would impose
no tariff, these Georgia and Ala
bama merchants could buy and sell
90 per cent cheaper than they do.
Still they submit to pay 26 per
cent more now than they could
otherwise buy at. Yet the induce.
ment of getting them 26 per cent
lower in Charleston than in New.
York, after the secession Of South.
Carolina, is to dissatisfy them, and
they are to raise the standard of re,
bellion against the Government
They will cheerfully submit, to loss of
SO per cent, but will,fighl TO the death
before they will submit to G loss of I8
per cent. How visionary is the hope,
ihcn, sthatsyou can save tho commerce
OF Charleston from decay and gum
And here let ,ls remark tiiati il is q
mistake to suppose that Charleston
5aloac will suffer Every man who
|sssI buy $ in sat ma sket vii Il feel
kesiiiY tie blos III, {. ~
(which is nov and always has been The
pride Of The Stale. n I
Would tho sFcdcrut Government be
inclined 10 make commercial treaty
which would obYiu,e these formidable
difficulties. and give 10 the "rebellious
Stale Of South. CurGliuu commerce. cial
privileges grcatcr ihan oil The other ma
tons ofthc globe? Is there member
Of ,his Convention who believes for q
moment lha. the Federal Government
would feil on every occasion toimpcse
oil the sbackles and restrictions which
The conii,ysof nalions would tolerate.
We have shown that wo.thirds OF
The commerce of Charleston will take
wings TO itself and ny away--tIlat
"saunl ruin will stalk" through her
streets. Capital now actively employ.
cd will be withdrawn. Your internal
improvements in the interior, for wan,
Of business, Will decay and 60 to waste;
and all in an experiment to force our
neigliboss 10 join us in n common quar-.
rel, when they are unwilling to emburk
in il. and when the great purpose in
vIew--yiz: the establishment Of a
Southern Coniodrracy--may be de-
fcalcd by our inconsidcratc zeal 10
thrash oti,ihe blushing frui, before it
has ripened, when time itself will ccr-
laii!y cause ii TO fall,
In our supposiion, we are on, of,he
Union, surrounded by oil Tho incon,
venicnces 10 which have ndver,ed,
how would the Government, be inclined
10 US! Our sisler Southern States
could have no great sympathy for US,
aud the higIcs, proof Of lila, is, they
refuse 10 20 with US. The little sym.
Paihy which vibrales in their hosams
for Carolina, would soon be dissipated,
and after lhe following manucr:--
There are d few Northern men who are
in iasorSsai tloiilesis justice under HE
cousin, uIipil he only argumcnt,hey
have been abtas 10 offer toLlhe fana.ical
hosts ofthe North against pursuing
their crusade Of abalilion, has been tho
danger 10 The Uaipn, knowing that lhe
Union was oi.imnioNso peenniary adj.
vantage 10 them. Ii has arrested, not
suLduea the lido. The Abolitionis,s
believe that The Unionis Stronger isinn
slavery; and hence they have pressed
with SO much per,iuncity their agitation.
| The SYMPTOMS few months ago,
caused them 10 pause, but lid passage
of tho Compromise and5tho acqnies,
ences of Georgia, allef Tho high
sounding threais, MS well as other
States in lbat Compromise. has pretty
well destroyeaiheifH apprehension, and
lii no other demonstration is mnle
South, asilaiion viii soon he renewed
with more fierceness than ever, antitbe
CompromiseFs@il be coInpelledte fiae
| from The beds of down which they be-
lieved they were making perpetual for
| themselves, 10 resist new yassions.
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