New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-13
The south Carolina Nullificrs.


The South Carolina Nullificrs.
In the Convention at Charleston, on the sth inst
Mr. GREGG, from the Committee Of twenty-Oue
reported the following Address and Reso utioas
which were received with applause, and ordered
to be printed;
REVOLUTIONS
RssoIrsd That In the opinion Of this meeting thesss
OF eouIhC srollns cannot submit TO the wlongs ADD ss
eresons hieh have been perpesIed by The
erpms Ut ana Tho Northern States without dsbono and
rup sbd that IL 10 Necessary for her TO relieve herself
heTef ON. whelher with or without tho cooperation OF
2 Resored That concert OF action with OF
COR sseI States OF The Soulb whether through Mo pro
posed Southern Congress, or 10 any oher msnns. ~ ~
object worth many sacrifices but no! tho sscnee involved
5 Resorsd. That we hold the RICH. OF secession TO b.
essential TO the sovereignty and freedom OF tho sAes
mis- confederacy and thsi The denial OF that rsh would
furnish Injured Stale The strongest sddioaa eau"
Rs,ored That this meeting LOOKS with confidence and
hope 10 the Convention OF the People 10 exert me soye
sen power Of the State In defense OF Us Ish ue es
nsst period and In tho nost enocina msonef
and TO The Legislature to adopt the most speedy ana eaee
iusl measures lowsrd the same end
address from the Delegates Of the Southern Rlghs
Association of Soath Carolina, assembled ~
Charleston 10 the Southern R,ghts Ass0cla'
ttons of the other Southern States.
Having met to take counsel together, and hN-
ing agreed upon that course which we think Is
right and necess airy to pursue, we wish to lay DO
fore you the considerations by which we have
been governed, with that frankness which our
res pect for you, and our desire to merit your good
opinion require.
We regard the position of the Southern States
in this confederacy, as degraded and ruinous
The manifest tende..c OF those systematic as
eresslohs which they have suffered for many
yesrs past is to subvert the Institution OF slavery
If those acts Of hostile domination, which have
been rendered more insulting by mockery oflsa.
guage under the term OF compromise we're
final In their nature, and were not followed oy
any further aggresslons, We should SUI re6uo
them as outrages, TO which sove ,eign States, pos
sessisg the spirit Of freedom, ought never 70 sub
nit.
But these measures only form part OF system,
gradually commenced, steadily carried forward,
gathering strength from development, and pro-
ceeding with fatal momentum TO its end That
end is the abolition of Negro Slavery In the
Southern States, and the lowering OF the free
white population of the South to the same level
with that agraran rabble, which, already strong
and dangerous, seems destined, before very long,
to be the controlling power ia the Northern
States. We see no remedy and no safety Tor
the South in the present Union. But we know
that in this we differ from very many citizens OF
the other Southern States, spirited and intelll'
gent, having the same interests, and suffering
under the same wrongs, with ourselves, and who
cherish the hope that the rights of the South
may be indicated and secured, without oissolF'
ing the existing Confederscy.
In this difference, it does not become us to a.
sumo to dictate, and we hope to stand free from
that charge Up TO this time the citizens Of
South. Carolina, aware that peculiarly OF political
position arising from past events, rendered GER
tain reserve on their part prudent and proper,
have studiOusly avoided everything which might
look like assuming the lead In the defense OF
Southern rights. They desired 10 acs, because
they believed that safety aud honor required
action but they hoped that they might find lead
ers in other States, whom they might follow In
defense Of the common cause. When the ancient
Commonwealth OF Virginia, the proper leader OF
the South, declared her determnati to resist az
all hazards, and TO the last extremity, hostile
measures then threatened, South Carons, with
all alscrity, stood ready to support Virglala 10
carrying Out her resolution.
When Georgia-whose former resistance 70
federal usurpatiOD, under her heroic statesman
TroUp, gave promise Of unfinching hrmness IN
any contest In which she might engage-pro
claimed her determination 10 make a stand for
the rights of the South, South Carolina rejoiced
~ the prospect Of ralyiDg under the banner OF
Georgia And when her young and gallant sister,
Mississippi, proposed the wise measure OF q
Southern Convention, for the purpose Of endesy'
Orng 10 unite the Southern States in maintaining
preserving. If possible, the existing Union, eootn
Carolina heartily entered into this measure and
che has carried out the recommendation OF the
Convention so assembled, at the instance Of MIS-
sssppi, by providing for the election Of delegates
10 Southern Congress, 20 whose meeting she
still looks with anxious interest.
In al these proce edings we think that the cl!'
zeDs OF South Carolina have evinced all proper
anxiety to avoid the appearance of arrogance
dlctatlOn 10 act 10 concert with the citzens 1f 10
other Southern States, and to do nothing separsst
~ or precipisstely And now strongly as se
have expressed our belief that there is no hope
for the South in the existing MON, we are pre-
pared TO give trial, fairly and in good faith, 70
any efiectusl plan which may be proposed by any
sister State Of the South, for obtaining redress
for the past and security for the future, witbousa
dissolution Of the existing Union, if there oea
possibility Of such q contamination.
Bot Ne find ourselves forced the consider me
Interior question, what we are to do, II We mo
that there Is no reasonable hope OF the 90 opei
tion Of any other Southern State in any eteo,an
plan oil relief, and the alternative 10 Presen'eu. ~
u' OF submitting, or acting by ourselves. A,s'
reluctant ss we are 70 separate ourselvesi -
uraiirienos and allies, we have made up our ,hr.
we cannot submit. We know that eooIn Va.
DINA entered into this Confederacy as sove,eie.
and Independent State, and that having oeen
wronged. she has the perfect right 10 wfndiI
from IL. Her sons must exercise the r6n' AAN
meek the consequence.
II no other State will join az in relieving our
selves from the wrongs already inflicted 49,
no hope in waiting for new ouusges to afooso
higher spirit of resistance. The new ouHsses'
we are well convinced, will come In due ume'
but we feel 30 assurance that the spirit OF the va
sal will rise In proportion 10 the ndignltes nehPe
upon bis head. On the contrary. we see tnat 'a'