The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1851-01-16

philosophy, regard property of ever,
description crime, will by the eleva
tion OF its instruments. get the cntir,
control Of tho government aud proceed
TO leSlslate upon asrarinn principles
winch will army the conservative class
North and South, against them. aud ",
shall have tho spectacle "f the Soul
fighting the battles of The North for the
defence Of nn artificial system, in tn,
establishment; Uf which, the Snm,h hHs
been, by unconstitutional legislation
drained Of her resources. II we &c
out the Union we shall not b. compel
cd 10 protect the North from the couse
qucnces uf its own sclfdcstruc,ive Gle
rnents. 1t we secede, we may stand
alnof aud leave them TO themselves; bu,
u we submit 10 q consolidation Of III.
government to u loss of our State sove.
reign'y. we shall n, some future period
DC forced 10 sustain the North by the
same means that we have been already
to build ii up. Consolidation in what
Mr.. Calhoun warned Us against. 1t
may be defeated by q contcderncv
or separate State action. in the event
of our fuiling to fnrm Southern Con.
fcderacy. Every one must then admit
that successful agitation at the North,
except for ctfec,ing consolidation
OF the government is exceedingly pro.
blemalicaI. The great issue now is State
Sovereignty aud consolidation. BY sc>
cession We give the Souih an issue
which will most assuredly unite it,
Mr.. Boyce's idea is, that VIC are merely
called upon TO resist the abolition ten
denctes Of tho Government. Most fatal
dclusion-lhey ure no doubt tho Ultimate
tendencies OF the Governm, nj, but not
the immediate. Nr. Seward has uvow.
cd his policy--cmancpa'ion is to be the
result Of consolidation. 10 resist emun>
clPalIon successfully, VIC ,nusl Fl 81 re.
sist consolidation, There will no doubt
be II long pause before the agitation of
slavery commences again. 1t may be II
quarter OF century. bu, should il Oh IL
amall scale continue, will TINT unilo the
sspnth or cause her 10 resist II Is tnusl
Improbable, Judging from the past.
AHhut then becomes Of cu.opcraliun, by
deluy. What becumcs of S,ulhrrn con.
iederacy, which is the end Of CO opera.
ZION. A Southern Confcderacy hangs nc.
iually upon speculation. And is tho ex
erclso Of State Sovereignty to drprud
npon doubtful res,s't.
vsilAo fellow. citizens; our remedy Is sc.
N8a6Ais State action, but before rcsurliny
20 sssls successful remedy we arc all
lSslhng To walt unnI Alabama and Mis-.
klssippi have acted. aud until the meet.
my OF our State Convention. which cat
Rot possibly assemble before the action
OF ,hose two States; this is the ia,0 Of the
lard, and when tho Convention does
meet wc merely propose action before
The final adjournment thereof, which will
be the laller part of The year 1882, near
No Yaars- -nH mud ihni 900 after wn
shall hnse- had iha sr"''"C'ury
EVIDENCE of the designs of Mississ'ppi
md Alpb,H,a when we say we go tor
Immediate Stare action, VIC mean action
eighteen months, or two years hcrce.
forlhe lngislu,ion Of the State hns been
such rs to prevent us from acting before
that ,ime. None of Us are. None Of
us can be fu, State action before Missis
sppi aud Alabama have acted, and when
SMessrs. Boyce ond Rulland tell you they
Aro opposed To inmrdintr State action.
They ouIy speak our sentiments, no one
cun be in Favor oi imhediule State action
who recognise the law of ',ha Iund.
Mcssrs. Boycc aud Rutland, and wish
TO cull most particular attention 10 the
fact, ns it is ~ this, that VIC differ most
materially. They mean .ha, they ore
opposed 10 separate Suite action. my
iime during The legal eSislence Of The
Convention which must continue until
the middle and probably unu! the fall Of
1882. They IN oihorwords will oppose
the States succession for two years next
ensuing, and lhat after we have oscer.
taiued what Alnbamn and Mississippi
intend 10 do--und no, merely This bul
after the election Of another President,
after great political developments huye
taken place. Well another still more
material difcrenco IL that in snying they
are opposed to Immediate separate State
action, they do no, tell US that they are for
ultimate Stale action. When you speak
of this, indefinite delay is The reply, thai,
is they are In favor of South Cardinals
acting when the other States do. |, is
absurd to call that separate State action
which depends upon the co actioti of"ihe
0iher States. These gentlemen are for
neither immediate nor ultimate separate
State action, they hnve unquestionably
mounted the Union Platform Of 1882.
Both of them ridieule the idea and con.
demn IN unqualified terms the policy Of
South Cardinals Turning herself into u
aeRpgaie and independent Government.
teaps that not show most conclusively that
They are opposed to separate State action,
even should, Mississippi and Alabama no,
bet. Thatmay be the platform Of Messrs.
lBuyce and Rutland, but it surely was NOT
khat Of Fairfield District in 1882. Do
they no, practically mike Suite sovereign.
ty and with il Stale Rights, depend upon
the chances of u Southern Caufederacy.
Most cer,ainly they do. They may say
swhat they plense about the right Of SO.
cession, ,--wha, does il signify il they are
opposed to it's practical exercise. We
saSe oil for delay. genllemen, although
20 n cnnnnt aubscriha :, tho indie 6n;Ie do.