The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-04-30
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HOW Shall. 4 STATE eECEDI

more ereasian n be efehaled ar amused
Il the sxhibilions Of arfEwrnnghi zeal
and fanaiirism. Tllere Is something IN
lhe exeesses 10 which men are carried. an
sessars af great exriiemeui. ~aieh. whsle
they make Ihe Indifferent smhe by their
exirssaranrr. also make the jnd'rions
griere By the prnof they finnish OF me
folly and weakness a mankind.
The newspapers and orators al South
Carolins are arbaiing how they shall get
Gu. Of the Unien. Mr.. Rheu ad,isrs that
ihey rui their way out with FIRE and
swonl--ihal they give notice 10 The world
that lhey are no longer IN the Union. and
defy ihe world 10 maintain The contrary.
Mr. Builrr. an old gentleman with grey
hairs. counlensnce full Of good hrmor
and benesolenre. and heart fsll Of eou-
rage. is 10 a strange and awkward stale
OF doubt. as 10 The mode Of eypairiaiion.
lie says he is not SO much afraid that
South Carolina cannot get out az The
Union. as lie is Thai, affr she j. out. no.
body will oppose her. II The United
States Government. says he. chooses 10
take no noiice az as and Of our wilhdraw-
al. we shall fsll to work qusrrslling among
ourselves, and there will soon be per-
picking uncertainty rs 10 whether we are
IN ihe Union or out rf 10. The cohsen-
lion, the People. The Legislature. resolve
and re-resolse that South Carolina has
been and is oppressed and ilown,lrodden.
and that her sut1erings are iniolerable. and
thai she is no longer one OF the United
slsics-ll,ai she is an independent enli-
iy-s na,ion-a republic Of hersclf--snd
that she challenges and de6es the United
S ales 10 make her stay any where ex-
cepl where she. in her sovereign pleasure
or dispisasurc. chooses 10 stay. Bat the
United States answerelh nothing. Nobo-
dy knock. OF the CHIP. No nelshboring
cock relors the defiant crow. This. says
Senator Bsiler. will never do. Unless
We have somebody 10 oppose US. when
we gel our armor on. we shall have no
body to Whip. and the fear is we shall
turn our arms upon ourselves. IL we a:e
allowed 10 secede qrieIly. nobody doing
anything 10 hold US hack, The whole AT.
fair will have an air OF luIicrous solemni.
". and our mighty preparations will seem
a, last. only ike
som. prolisions water engine. made
To play on heaven. IL ere should heaven invade"
Senator I,aller. therefore. invokes the
opposition of ihe general government.
His voice is mol exactly for war. but un-I
less there he war. he thinks there cannot
be respectable and decent secession
and he is for secession.
These are decisions. IL South Car0~
lima secetles. she will annul the laws
whirh auIhorise the collection Of duties
in her ports. She will depose the Col
lecior. The Naval Officer. and The Sur.
veyor. She will either be for free Iade,.
or, as she will want revenue, she will in
sis, upon putting The duties in her own
sovereign pocket. The United States.
has Circuit Court and District Court
within her borders. The Marshal obeys
the process of these tribunals. and arrests
free citizen Of the sovereign nation Of
South Carolina. She will tell him his
authority Is gone. lie is nobo,Iy-andj
his Cour, is nnbody--anl the United
States il nobody-and he must lei his
prisoner go. The PosImas,ers all over
The State will charge postage and open,
mails and assert letters AMI papers as
usual. bu, the Republic Of South CARROLL
IA will Tell them there is no longer any
post Office or Postmaster General. She
ms abrogaled al these old fashioned in-I
eonveniencies. and Tor the future, they
must forswear their ancient allegiance,
anI take The oath 10 obey the Palmetlu
Sovereign alcnc.
Is it MT amazing that Senator IN
Congress should give u,terance 10 so vain
an Imagination, as that usurpalions such
a. ihese will be tolerated and acquiesced
IN That all the prerogalises OF the fede-
raI government will be submissively yield
FL %, whenever State Convention shall
,lcclsre lhat The Union, so far as one State
Is concerned. is al an end! No. indeed.
Ire secession that satisfies itself with va.
noting and bombasl and resolutions, may
Sc harmless enough. aud is 10 be treated
ike other irregular manifestations Of de-
lasinn and fDlly-wilh silence and neg
issl. BIT the instant South Carolina, or
qur o.her STATE. lays its sacrilegious hand
npoa one of those powers which The Con-
vsalioa Of 1857 conferred upon a federal
government, we trust she will be made
to feel that there Is energy enough in that
government 10 maintain, By force. ITS me-
cesSarv and Indispensable prerogaiives.
God forbid taat The day shall ever come
when the rasbness and folly of any State
shalt call for The reluctant exercise OF this
Ultimate resort OF iorbcaring and parental
government.
Far. FAR distant be the day when The
questions which Judge Butler has so rash
Is broacic,l shall be brought TO a practical
luton. But, if Snulh Carolina serious
Ii seeks 10 usnrp the admitted preroga
ilges ar Tie general governmental she
denies Ii lie federal officers the right 10
exercise their several funclions-if, in fact,
she attempts to resume any of those pow