The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-06-20
SoGI.H. .UAR0LLNA SECESSION a.

/ SOGIdt jCARUdsANA DECEDDIOif,4
To Hon. J p. Richardson. DC, DC. f,ss p.
i take this medinm Of addressing yop a few
observations on the subject Of secession--ideas
which lcouH hare been glad 10 GdrGnce IN the
| Coarenti0n had II BEEN A. .DELIBERATtvE BODY.
am not willing erep By my silence, to sane
ton the actions Of the Convention. Appreciate
ing, however, highly the patriotism Of many
who urge secession, desire TO differ from them
in spirit of kindness.
| Without further preface, object 10 he seces.
sion of South Carolina for the following reasons,
which | shall most briefly indicate and not
elaborate:
The great purpose before US is TO give future
security to the Institution of slavery.
II we accomplish this purpose, we accomplish
everything; if MOTIVE accomplish nothing; for
the present of slavery is not endangered, Its
future is.
assume that the future Of slavery can only
be secured.by the union Of the South. ln our
union is ourhope; in our disunion is our despair.
1t follows, then, necessarily that ell our policy
should tend to produce this union and to avoid
this disunion OF the South.
| The question then comes up, How can this
union of the South be brought about?
To which reply that il can be brought about
by the pressure of external danger, and in no
hother way Thus all unions have been brought
about The Achan League, the union of the
/ Sotahe1n, States of Greece-an illustTious and
suggestive precedent-was caused by the pres
| sure o: the Macedonian power; the coniederaey
of the Swiss Cantons was caused by the pres
sure from the German Emperor Albert; the Lea
I.gue of the Netherlands from the pressure OF
Philip ii; our present Confederacy from the
| pressure from without. Examine all history,
and you will l-seethat all unions have been forrn-
1 ed. by the pressure from without, and that this
| is a necessary law of ufion is evident from OBJ
Vious principles. The same cause.-The pres
sure from without-whch has.caused all un-
| ions. will cause union of the South; especial
| Iy when we consider the momentous interest
| the Southern people have in the Institution oi
slavery, their intelligence, andspirit.
I The pressure from the Northt rn power must
1 if any thing can, unite the South.
One thing is certain, that South Carolina
/ cannot produce this Southern union; for It's in
i dispensabe prerequisite is a conritiOn Of its
4 necessity on the minds of the Southern people;
and this coauicti6n can arise in no possible Uay
ercepl from he march of tanaticism. II the
North continue to infringe upon us, the conVic-
ton will be forced upon the Southern people
that they are not safe in the present Union, that
Their safety requires them to unite. They haze
not that conriction yet, land hence we have not a
Southern Urion; for this moral revolution must
i precede the political one; and, in view of the
lnon.existence OF this moral revolution at the
South. have no hesitation in saying that II you
could by political CONFUSION. now break up
tbe present Union, and have the form oi a
Southern Union, you would have "a barren
scentre in your gr:pe' Your Southern Union
aconld be auholLg inefficient to work out the grea
4 and arduous mission before it; because, the splr
il springipg' from conviction of its necessity
beinp absent, the Union would bean inert mass
/ without vitality, unmoved by any passions sGrt
ltbOseSof Internal haired and disc0Yd And the
certainty that the Southern people are not ye
i qualified. By their opinions, for Southern Un
ioa. should admonish US not to try to coerct
q them prematurely into such Union.
4 Secession then, whether attended with. peace
or war, not causing union OF the Sonth, =;
4 not in fuftherance Of our great policy OF BRING
inn about a Southern Union, and therefore
8 should moi be adopted s..
"A AS to the second purpose OF secession, that !
is good measure in itself-tbe Ndttonattty o
Souih CARDINAL hardely know what to sag
! it seems to be SO diametrlcally antagoplstic Y
& every principle Of our policy,
The first great fundamental, unanswerabll
objection 10 ii is, that it Is the disl1io7 Of th
4 Sonth-words Of such fearful import that vii
not weaken them by elaboration.
q South CaroIinacAENOT BECOME A. NATION
God makes nations, not man. You cannot ex
ternporize nation out Of South Carolina
& si,,sDlv impossible; we have not the resources
81 We could exist by tolerance, and what that tol
GRANGE would be. when we consider the presen