The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1851-01-16

IN bo!dins our election in February
was to give aid aud comfort to lh
other States. lf wo orgnnize a sub
mission Convention what encourages
men' viii they derive from such II pro
ccduro ? Will il not defeat al! hope %
evaporation 2 Will it no, cause US /,
lose our sovereignty itself? Let tbi
Convention be composed nf men pledge,
t" resist"ncc--nt least before the finn
adj 'urnmrnt Of the Convention, whir,
will be after We have discovered whrthe
Tho other States intend tu co.opcra,,
with us--il will give strength TO the re
sIs'ancc parties in Mississippi and Ala,
ohma II will advance our cu.oprrativ,
policy more than any thing we can do
| Should all this fail to unite us, we shol
then have II Convention which will practi
Gully exercise the right Of secession. The
prc>IiSepf the Union being once dispcl!ec
ny pariiai secession, should the General
Government attempt coercion either in
Tho form of active Invasion or bloodless
blockade it would have, in either policy
I" declare war against US. This would
present ra/iying issue to the South. one
which would unqueStionabb unite US.
II would DC blow not merely al their
institutions bot at their Sovereigniu. We
have already the sympathies If large
parties in ,ho other States, 80 600 IN
Georgia alone. One drop Of Southern
blood, u Lexington skrmish, which must
be inevitable, # MIR. Buyce is correct,
when lie speaks Of the horrors of war,
will give Us the constituted authorities
OF those States in this way we shall
yet have Southern Conf dcracy.-at
any rate VIC shall Lave Independence.
We have now arrived al the last stage
of uGr argument. Should South Caro-
lima achieve her independence as ma.
llon, what would be her posilioul The
idea, Mr.. Boyce cxcIaims, of such n
thug Is ." prsptsferouS, that he hardly
knows " HAT TO say in regard to il. 10
my great surprise, he speaks in the most
td,'nGng rpiihetS Of South Carolina as II
Republic. Does Mr.. Boyce suppose for
II moment. that irccmen can br lidicui, d
out "t their most sacred rights. A po.
pulation Of milI6ns and immense resuur.
ces n'ny be necessary 10 comprise u
powerful aud an opulrnt empire, but not
to ioini happy, u prosperous aud an
independent na!!on, which we would be.
AS to the calnmilies OF war, which Mr..
Boycc depicts in Il manner more
calculated to operate upon your fears
than I" arouse your revolutionary spirit,
| can not see whal is To Cause them. ln
our quiet agricultural pursuits, we
would find safety aud Il total exemption
from war. Our policy would DC essen.
TALLY pacific. The pulley of The grea.
powers towards us would be the same.
AS to their s"i'led policy being hostility
TO our institutions. il is all down righ,
fudge. All The great powers united TO
Us 6y The mot cordial commercial alli.
a"ees might sGnl %py9 Aa d8ubbjsss bRs fS Il fss 1SE
io Interfere in any manner with The pro.
duciion Of cotton. Stop the lnoms aud
The shuttle Of any Commercial nation
and you Immediately puraIyse her in.
dus,riu encsSies. We would be a;
pence with all The world. As it is now
we are mos. bitterly opposed to the
North. AS 10 the government it would
be administered upon the same ccono.
micnl principles that il is now. Our
tdres would no; be increased SHILLING
they would bG less, and what the North
annually robs us of by the tariff laws
would far more than cover the -xprndi.
lures Of the Government. Our staples
would be ireighted os they now are in
British vessrIs. We would have 10 flag
to insult. No expensive nnvy to sup
port. Our foreigo relations would be
purely comnercial. We would have
no foreign embassies 10 keep up. Con.
suls whose salaries would be The perqui-
sites Of their Offices would be sufficient
for oil purposes. Our rash counsel.
iors." lo whom Mr.. Boyce ulludcs, would
be engaged in no world wide diplomacy
TO involve us in difficulties mf any
kind. indeed. in the jarr;ng interests
and conflicting policies of greater pow.
ers we would recognise our security.
II our republican institutions were OBJ,
noxious to England or European mo-
marches, our republican enemies Hel
this con'inent would protect US. II
our domestic institutions were odious
10 the over sensitive philan,hroply Of
The North, the South would protect us.
An uiiuck upon our institutions, this
State being In or out the Union,
would arouse The whole South. BE
sides, il out of the Union we might
then accepI The over,ures for flee trade
now made by all commercial nations,
our very prosperity would be most in.
yiting, and would be most strong in.
duccnent for other States To secede
especially If these aggIessions continue
which MIR. Boyce speaks 50 confdenti,
of and here would ask, if these uggres
sions are continued what will ,preven
South Carolina from uniting with tho
olher Soulhcru Suites when they shal
huve seeded from The Union, can she
mol accomplshintime, out Of the Unior
wha, now II is said she may in tire effec
ia tho Union. IL delay will accomplish {
Soulhera Confederacy ], will accomplish
il whether South Carolina remaios II
the Union or goes out of It. We pos
sess in an eminent degree tho s,lf us
tanning principle, we may sustain our
selves AS q people toreeer, certainly lon,
v a. r II IL 4