North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-12-03
S0UFH-CAROLiNA.


The Legislature of South Carolina assembled at
Columbia on the gath of LAST month"; N =.
The Message of;Goy. Means is brief, and devoted
mainly to State affairs. On the subject of Federal
politics and the attitude Of South Carolina. the Gov
ernor holds the following language: - 80
ION the subject of Federal relations I have but
little to say. You arefully aware of our wrongs.
and know that the Federal Government which was
instituted for protection and welfare, well as
that of the other States has directed its energies
to the destruction Of that institution upon Wich our
very vitality depends. You know that we have been
deprived of every inch of that territory which was
won, in part, by blood and treasures that we have
been robbed by tyrannicai and unjust government
of the very graves of our gallant countrymen who
sacrificed their lives that the Sar-spangled Banner
might float ia triumph the bloody fields over which
it waved You kno,O that equality in the Union
has been Denied by the very act which excludes US
from this Territory You k1ow that the tide of North
fanaticism must sweep over US, depTiving US OF
property, and desolatng homes, unless 1t Is
stayed by the bold efforts of freemen, worthy to be
free. The noble attitude of resistance which sup
posed the State was about to assume, and which L
have directed all my energies to place her In, seems
have been delayed abandoned, ud ging from the
popular voice. indicated by the result Of the late
elections. cannot believe that this result has been
founded in willingness tamely to submit to our
wrongs, but in difference of opinion to the best
mode of redressng them. | know of no other mode
to recommend than that which have heretofore so
earnestly advocated, VIZ as
acknowledged in the Union, " we should assert our
independence out of it," This course think our
pride, honor, safety, alike demand. Others,
whose opinions entitled to respect think differ
ently-and it the popular voice has sustained
them in their opinions.
1t remains now for those who have defeated the
proposed mode of action, and who have proclaimed
their unaterabe purpose not to submit to our wrongs
and degradation, to point out better course. my
self, have none to suggest Whatever Is the action
of the State through her constituted authorities, 1t is
my duty to obey. But l solemnly call upon you, as
the representatives of the people and guardians of
their rights, to remember that since you resolved
upon resistance and ordered the State be armed for
defence, single torong Of Whch you then complained
has been redessed indemnify has been offered for the
past security for the future. That under the vaun-
ted Fugitive Slave Law, it has cost, in some insan-
ces, the four times the value of the slave to
cover him, and in others, his life. But above all,
call upon you to remember that the soldiers of the
Federal Government stationed on your coast,
either to overawe or coerce you. That the guns of
Castle Pinckney, and even OF Fort Moultre (Which
your fathers CALAMITY defended) and which were
ceded the General Government for your protection,
insult, added to injuries, will rouse the
pride and patriotism of people. The dangers
which threaten country call upon to bury the
party feelings which have unfortunately divided
and distracted US, and unite all energies against
the common enemy of our institutions. The taunts,
the insults the abuse, that is heaped upon our State,
should cause every true son OF Carolina to cling TO
her with an allegiance still more unfaterng. Cen
tlemen, the honor and safety of beloved State, is
in your keeping. May God direct you in your DELHI
erations.'