The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-05-06
How SHALL q state secede .


nscssIon to lie al I'd d or amused OF the ts.
hlb,uons ot oserwfought zeal ard lanaucl,u.
There is scmettirg in the eAcrsses to phIch
men are carried - seascns of great excite.
neut, which, ~hIe iiey n ke lie "a G ilcf,lt
smile by their tx'fa,, gahcc, 4 so make tie
judici5us gtiesu b, lae ptoot lhey iattl.h Vi
the folly aud weakness Of ,nsnhlnd.
The re"spapets and ota,ofs Of Saulh Car.
olra are debarItg hus tbey .Loll ga cut Il
the Cnlon. Mr. kheu ADVISES that lie, cut
their way out with fire aud sword hal tley
give notice oihe World thai they are 10 lons.
er 10 the CHion, aud de Y Tie world to main.
tsIn the contrs'y. Nj. Huter, 80 cd gentle
man wih g'ey hairs, couuttulnce ful Of
coed huG OF end hsuc,ultnce aud Heart full
oi courage, l, ~ stihu. e mud nwkwafd state
ei doubt, as 10 The urdc ti CXpGlria'ioo. Eo
says he is uol 50 n.uch utald TIA, South Gar.
ollna cannot -et out &C The Uaton, as he Is
hat al ar She Is cuf, nobldy vii oppt So her.
II the U. States Government, says he, ch0o.
ses 10 take 20 Lollee Of Us and Of our nh.
dia.al, we .huIiie % ~orh ouar,sling among
ourselves, aud theie VIII soon be perplexing
uncertainty ss 10 whether We are IN The
tuiuu VI tbl VI H. i6 IUUftJlICn, mo
People, the Legislature, resolve and e.solvo
that South CatoIlua has etn end IS pressed
ard d0wn.tio ddon, Bnd that her sullernns are
lnueraGle, atd that she is nc longer one of
the u. States hat ebc is an ndept I'd. nj en-.
tty-a nation--a republic Of rstlf-aud
that she challenges aud tthes the United
States to uake her stay auy where except
where site, IN her sovereign pleasure or dis.
pleasure, chooses 10 stay. Boz The United
States snsaeTeth nothing. N.body knock,
oil he chip. No ue,g boring cock retorts
the defsn, crew. This, Gays Senator Butler,
will never do. Unless we have some body to
oppose US, when We get cur arnlor on. we
shall have nobody 10 whip, and the fear 10 We
shall turn cur arms upon ourselves. Ii We
are allowed to sec, de quietly, nobody doing
any thing 10 hold US back, he whole affair will
have an air of ludicicus solemnlty, and our
mighty preparations will seem a! last, only
like
Some prodigions water engine, made
To play On heaven ii fire should heaven invade"
Senator Burler, therefore, invokcs the op.
position Of the gere'li government His
voice Is net eXactIy for war, but unless there
be war, he thlLks there cannot be respecta.
bic ard decent s'Cesslon-Bnd he is for seces.
SIGN.
These are decisions. Ii South Carolina
secedes, she viii want 10 annuI The laUs which
auIhouse The collection OF duties in her ports.
She viii dePose The Collector ard Naval or.
hcer, ard the Sutveyor. She will either be
for tree trade, or, as she will want revenue,
the will inslst upon putting the duties in her
own sovereign pockst. The United States
has Circuit Court and District Court with.
IN her borders. The Marshall obeys the
process Of these tribunals, and arrests a free
citizen OF The sovereign nation of South Car
oilns. She viii tell him his authority is gone.
lie is nobody y-and his Court is nobody-and
the U. States is nobody-and he must let his
prisoner 60. The Postmasters all over the
State will charge postage end open mails and
assort letters and papers as usual, but the Re-
public Of South Carolina will tell them there
General. She has abroga!ed all these old
fashioned Inconveniences, and for the future,
they mus, torssear their ancient allegiance
and take the oath TO obey the Palmetto Soyer.
eign alone.
Is II not ama7ing that Senator in Con.
gress should give ulterance to so vein en- i'm.
agna,ion, es that usurpalons such as these
" I'll be tolerated and acqulesced Ia That
all the preToga,Ives OF the federal government
will be submssyely yielded up, ahenevera
ate Convention shall declare that the Union
70 far one State Is concerned, is at an end
No, indeed. The secession lha, satisfies it.
elf With vaporing and bombast and resolu.
ions, may be harmless enough, and is to be
realed like irregular manifestations Of delu.
oD and ioliy-slh silence and neglect
Bot The lns'an; South Carolina, or any other
Satc, lays lis sacrilegious hand upon one of
hose powers which the Convention of 1857
conferred upon fedora government. We trust
.he " i'll be made to feel that there is energy
enough in .ha, government 10 MAINTAIN, by
ofce, lis necessary and indispensable prero.
.otves. God forbid tha, the day shall ever
como when he rashness and folly of anv State
hail call for the relucian, exercise of this
Ultimate resort Of forbearipg and parental
government,
Far, far distant be the dav when the ques.
ions which Judge Butler has so rashly broach.
d shall be brought TO praclIca solution
Sut, if Souh Carollna seriously seeks 10 u.
urp the admitted oeatives Of the gen.
raj goyernmen,-it she denies TO the federal
fiicers the right to exercise their several
n fact. she tempts TO resume
~ of those powers which she and other
taes conceded to the general government
then, indeed is the evil day cone when the
metican Union must assert and manifest its
wn inherent capacity 10 maintain itself as a
alton, or suffer mourniul, melancholy, dis,
racelul final eclspe.
We know that i, is commended that the U.
ion will be no longer worth preserving, when