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 The Richmond Enquiser semarss: l" even should South Carolina. ia dehaGce. of tke known wishes and aaecslonaae aPpeAiS of be rsster States of the Soath. pefsiSi la the med polsCy af sscess;on 0 ayengs wrongs whose bran; yirrinsa and ,,s her southern states r'ssi fist bear wc shall los even thea tssPaifo of sreiag the Hest of sAe Umian move on hsrnoaioesly, saa without the sAe.aling of blood"
 Nor need any cue else despair ag the same ,hing provided we ean be saved from the uadaess Of fole ly or wicscaaaSs os all caahined of the Federal party now sn power at Wsshiagso.,, Let south Carolina 60 oai of the Tnioa of her own free viii and accord, ss she caase at0 0l: and need not af
 feet the eonioderacy as regards the other States.
 la ITS, there were thirteen SsateS bat the Cnioa then formed, whiSk elected the first President. consisted at only eleven. North Carona and Rsode Island were moi then members of t and f they had remained unFa ihss day. entirely issoia. ted. that would aet have prevented the continued existence oi the American Republic, under the Constitution of ITS7 u taen V ben there were ia ali but thirteen States. eleven were quite enough to foFm tae tcvevaunt and project forward ia its distinguished career of existence, much more may thirty States now move on n harmonious aghoa. n eontedeTal government without any coBaee- ton with any ane State which a19y ehooSe a Sepe~ rate from them, SaFeiy ii eleven tor thrgeea S'ales could maintain our Government theu. thif- ~ eau now. The secession Of Soath Carolina. come when It may, need net produce any other dls- ruptt0n of the withdrawal q A single State.
 True, If the North acting ihraagh~ear Northern Anti Slavery President chooses. Sbe can have tho result very different. Nothing will he easieT for Mr. Fillmore, provided Congress consent than by attempting to eoeree South Carolina, to anng ahoG; cyil war aad the utter sabverSion of the Ialon.- He may too, possibly briag results. al the con temptation of which the mind shrinkS back appai  cOunseiloTS, and hts eonfederates. wtil bear the wteke,inesS and responsibility of such consequea- ces. Nohlame can attach ia South Carolina there for. For ln secedlng she only exercises an ahSo- luie and unconditional right; for SiIe has the sane right to ga out of that she had to come into the Union. The guilt and blame for any evil ennse queuces springIng from an attempt to subdue hef, will fall alone upon those making the attempt
 Ia one way, indeed, without any blame to the administration, the secession of South Carolina may result la the separation of the other Southern States and the dissolution ot the Union. Released. as she will be, from the expressions oI the Geneta Government--saved from the enormous duty, Un- der the burthens of which the planting States have for years and years strugggled. and heen gmpoSer ished, for the beust of favored section Il IS not unlikely hat South Carolina, after secession, wlll,
 in few years attain degree of wealth which will make her an exceedingly dangerous example to her neighboTing sisters Stin remaining m the land Of bondage. Georga, South Carolina, Virginia Ala bama, and other Southern States, viii, t is quite probable, be led by her growing greatness, 10 fol low m her footsteps, and that the present Union will be broken up, and Southern Confederacy, with perfect harmony of interests among it's mem bers, spnng into being. Thus 1t IS, we believe that, the North fear and this she would probably prevent even at the hazard Of a eiyil war. Break up the Union, and her gains from the existing pF0- teetIve tarif system gone. Grass, according to her own statesmen, will grow m the streets Of New York. And the wealth which makes her nef- chants praees. vii! be transferred to Norfolk, and Charleston, and Savannah. The North then may be justifable n making great sacrifice and in m- curing great danger, to keep South Carolina where she IS. Bus to the Southern States, we think her movements matter of less importance, and her Se- ceSSion step of less hazard. They will watch her with concern truly, but her actlo IS not likely se- r'ously ;o affect them. If she should be greatly benefited by the change they can then consider whether they will follow her example; if, on the other hand, she should suffer from her rashnesS, not being able 10 maintain an independent govern ment. her sister States have only to remain where they are, rejoicing III the benefits of gloyious Union.
 We remark that 1t has not escaped the observa- ton of the South Carolinsns, that those most bit tery hostile to that State are the same men who are most opposed to her secession, and prophesy most confidently her ruin, as the conSeqaence thereof. Ii is therefore not believed that prQpRts are sincere a their predictions. For such S1 le ma hgnIty of their hate towards that State, aM such the hendiSh delight with which they would pgoba- bly contemplate her misfortnnes, that did they real ly thIDk that secession would work her ruin instead of deprecaing they would, 1t IS believed ardently desire Il. Many of them dread her prosperity in case she throws of the Federal yoke Others, like Seward, feel that to accomplish any thing for the overthrow of slavery. the Union must be pre- served they therefore look with painfal emotions on tae prospect of their victims aeing themselves without the range 0f abolition maeajRations; know ing that by becoming an independent nation, 5. Carolina with her slavery will be as little under their control as is Cuba aad the same institution in that Island.