The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-15
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
AT Sc PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER a..
From the National ht,Hisencer.

Occurrences in South Carolina.
The more immediate ntefes, Of the cir.
cumsiances and consequences Of the late
criminal enterprise, chiefly prepared wllbln
the cl.ies of New Orleans and New York, g.
gains, the Government aud people Of Cvba.
has taken off very much The attention of tho
Public from what is going on IN South Catu.
Iiaa in the woy Of preparation for war by
that State against the Government aud Peo.
pie Of the United States. The Revolution.
lists in South Carolina, have in The mean time,
slackened none Of their zeal nor relaxed auy
OF their preparations for the conflict, or uf
their efforts to drsgoon, where they cannot
cslole, the righl.mInded and independent por.
tlon OF The People into their schemes. Ii
looks now. howevsr, ns il conflict Of opinion
at least, If OF no more serious character is 10
be decided :eithia tho State, before the Stale
itself. as State, arrays itself sgains, The rest
Of the Union. Some evidence Of tho ap.
pIoech Of such an internal sonflcl will be
perceived by discerning readers in The article
from one Of the Southern journal. which we
are about TO present to them.
More than Elk months ago, the reader may
recollec,, 80 directed his attention 10 the
portents, even then visible, of crushing des.
polism or sangulnary in!sInRl war n South
Carolina es almost certain 10 be the oonse.
quenco Of tho isolation Of the State from the
Union. We quote single sentence from
the National ln.eigencer Of the 18th Of Feb.
ruary last TO refresh the memory on this head
Wha, reader does not see, that, in the
State, released Grcm the restraints upon ipjus.
tice and cruelty imposed by the Federal Gov.
eminent, denunc;aon prescription, vepge.
ful death in its most uncere monious forms,
conhscatlons Of properly, and even at,siuder
of blood, nigh, moro than possibly become
The order OF the day 7"
Every intelligent. man will Judge for him.
self, after reading the annexed article, whe,n.
er the horrors which we foresaw and eplored
as the probable consequences Of Secession,
are no, in a fair way to be realized as the
prelude instead of the sequel TO the &C. of
withdrawal of tho State from the Union.
From the Southern Patriot" Of September Is
Messrs. EDIToRs You will seo, in this
mornings Carolnian, a meager account of
the " Southern Rights" meeting held here
at Columbla on the 9th instant. The meet.
ING continued from hall. past len TO half past
four, yet Mr. Johnston Editor of the Carroll.
nnn condenses the whole proceedings into
about column and half Of his paper. He
dared not insult the people Of South Carolina
by telling them all that passed. He shrunk
back from faithful report Of the insults and
reproaches heaped upon Mr.. Preston, and Of
the triumphant manner in which every one
OF these was met and hurled back upon the
scaihed and discemi ed foe and, with all his
hardihood IN bad cause, he yet had pru.
dence enough TO suppress the lhrea. Of Col.
Maxcy Gregg against the citizens Of Green.
vile, that their course rds a traitorous one,
and that they merited the fcte Of traitors
Emboldened by such a declaration as this
from the Chairman of the Central Commit.
lee, Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart F." are ia
full yelp this morning. was told few mo.
ments sgo by a respectable citizen, who is
known as co.opera,ionist that he vas rude.
ly aceosled IN the street few hours before
by one of the FIRE. eaters and told that every
man who did not 60 with the State ought TO
: be compelled TO leave it, and that such he
hoped would bs the course adopted towards
them.
When such a declaration a. the above 10
made before the world by the Chairman Of
the Central Committee. we are fully justified
in leaving broad margin for the impious aHd
unholy deeds medl.aied and acted upon in the
} secret council over which Mr.. Gregg pre-.
sides.
confess | am net sorry for this threat
For being thus forewarned, We will, trust,
be forearmed. Let the freemen Of South
Carolina take warning from this note of prep
ara,ion on the part Of tho enemies Of freedom,
and at once organize themselves into district
associations, az the " defenders Of Southern
rights sgains, Southern tyranny" lie, this
organization be perfected and perpetuated as
other similar ones are. Let the causes that
! render il necessary be spread before the
world, and lf our owa country is to be de-.
Iuged with blood and our own beloved Carroll.
ma become a wilderness, let those who record
I the massacres, the murders, the rapes, and
the conhs gra'ions Of the dreadful hour be en-.
ablsd to say: "The commencement of the
. terrible catastrophe was threat on the part
: Of a jacobn club to inhc, the death Of tra.
tors upon the freemen Of Grsenvills." Free.
men Of Greenville Oue who loves you well
would most respectfully suggest that from
II ,h, day forward your motto shall be
n LIBERTY OR DEATH!