The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-04-02
9OOd0doal.
From fhr National Ia,eif,g,n,sr IS.h .u,,unt
Affairs in South Carolina.

~AhA"ho IA hVutu
There u'e ~"u- c,',z,ns IT 5, u,h Ca.oIina
even snong IN" "uppeI ten thousand '-n
~h IN Tie larger part seem t. be favorsble Ia
any revolution which shall distinguish Them
Yet ni"re than they are now distinguished
fiom the mass Of the P-ople-who are no,
blinded to the future, but have the ssgac,ty
4" real'z. and The manIinrss to Disclose To the
People the dangers which environ them aud
the fatal wreck To which the leaders oc The
Revolution are hurry,ug every interest Of the
State Of South Carolina. Among these hon.
orable exception. We ma, cite, as ilu.irs,,cy
the virtues of his race aud the pristine char.
sc'er OF tn" een'lemeo Of Carolina, the er
ample and the conduct Of JOEL r. PoINsrrr
Ltboring under W health, aud unable 10 s,.
tend public meetings, he has ye, no, been ln.
mindful Of his duty q, Christian, a Ph,lan.
thropis, and Republican. We have bef,re
Us, in tho " W,"ysh Observer Of the s in.
slant, Letter wriien by thai gentleman as
long sgo ss the 7ih Of last month to a friend
BY whom II vas read on the dsy fnilo~,ng At
Pubic Meeting in tina, Disrtic, bu, which
Is only now, alter a months interval, sIl,~ed
10 meet The public eye. sad now onl, upon
the Ediior's own avowal of the b.lirf that
nothing which Mr. Pom set, could sa, ar do
would have any ith renee on the Prop,e If
the South; and his fudher belief that The
Letter will he treated b, The paper. IN the
S'nte with silence which speaks more than
any thing which can be sad against -
The Ei,tor himself has n"Ih,ng 10 tepl, to
II; aooe Of h,s l-lio~ disuu,onisis will even
aiempd 10 answer II aud. though he ha.
been obliged BY some cnmpurol,uus vista.
ton TO comply win n pr"mi.r "a publish It.
hr dare not send i, cut from his press wit,t.
out an 'uJnaction to hts c"'rmpnanrs tn be
as m M as himself an III, -uhj-ci. How
rbs must he 'hs truth to H., sc Disun,uui-.,,
when they n"' only dare not face It them
selves, but call upon Others Ia suppress It, as
the f.adie-,, and, certainly Tor them, The
r'"a way nf sns~rr,ngu It.
S1me nf the tiuth- Of his letter are en-
ntey ,oa ,mpnr an, h"se,er. 4" be confined
10 the s'c,a,g- ot the paper "a which ~e Il ID
them. ! shs'l not be our faul, It they have
not ciicula'i"u, tn certain extent st least
IN every State aud Territory ol the Union.
Tn" following extracts from :hal Letter,
therefore, we present 10 our readers, as being
full of wisdom and instruction, aud deserving
"f their whole attention.
Exrs,crs rsox A LETTER or J n PoIN>ETT
10 Col aK.r, or GEORGETOWN, sc
DEAR SIR: ! vas much g,at,nvd 10 f ID.
b' the notice you seat tne al the call ul a
pubic meeting of the voters ui Gruryeto~n
to Consider the CONDITION. Of our bifh,s N re.
gud to The General Government, that tha
vigilance nf portion ot our fellow cit,z-ns
han At length b"rn aroused b, the es'ta"rd.
nay ncls II 90, Legislature. | should have
been glad TO have heard The exp anailon- ol
out Representatives, not only as 10 The object
OF The Convention, and their reasons Tor IN
ct"aSing our taxes, but tn learn whether they
supposed thai their constituents, when they
elected them 10 make laws to promote The
Prosperity of the State, tnt,nded TO confer on
mtm me dangerous pouer Of inuiniine REQ
dictionary nior' ment TOO hk,iy 10 tevm'nuit m
lis vu,nf have every disposition 10 de- ju-.
ice to our Representatives,, and regret, there
lore, my Inability To assist al The merung."
studied ih- proceedings Of our Legl-la.
iufe during ITS las, session with earnest soil.
chude. bur failed TO find there reasons or ex.
pla"s,i"ns f"r ~ha, was proposed to he done.
saw only the expression Of ercittd Etiiags,
pass,ondfs deciamafion. and foregone ronciu.
"ons, all tending 10 reroiutton, secession, +
pfaceobie or fo'c'bie, in conjunction with 9th.
81 States, or alone; IN short, a fixed deter.
mlns,on t. hurry The Stale into the fearful
position !, now occupies. Ard what are the
Causes assigned for measures calculated to
alter the foundations Of our Government and
the des'iues Of our people N"t the adm,s.
""n Of California, for that Is a fuit accom.
ph California i, become a State, aud M
act OF outs can drive her out oi the Unon.
70, "o"r'eT, snNeTt'Sh otH'e' ire I"
'"lnw the dictates of her own interests. aud
may introduce slaves 10 work her mines, II
she 'hmks proper 80 TO do"
Nor can the arrangement entered into
between Texas and the General Government
o' regarded as affMd,pg any color for these
measures. Texas, the party most concerned,
accepted The otfris Of Governmen, with un
.S'mp'ed ma"Im',y, and on that account we
nave u" longer any cause Of complaint. The
s"Pp'esson of the slave market 10 Washing
'"h furnishes no excuse for violence. 1t was
purely mnnic,pal regulation, not uncalied
Ior by the circumsInncea. Are We. then. q