The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-05-28

From me Detga,es Of The Southern Rights
Associations # South Carolina, as smLltd
IN Charlesfon, 10 the Southern Rrghts As
soeiot,ons of fhe other Southern States.
Having me, to take council together, and
having agreed upon that course which We
ttink It 'ieht and necessary to pursue. We
wish TO lay before you the Considerations By
which We have been governed, with that
ffsrk1ess which our respect Tor YOU, md cur
desire To merit your good opinion, require
We regard the position Of the Southern
States n tins Coniederacy as degrnded and
iulnou.. The manifest tendency OF those
systematic sggresslons which they have sui
Tered for aahy yeaisp past, Is to subSefi The IN.
stuuiion of slavery. lf those acts Of hostile do
minAnon, ~h,cb have besn rendered mo,e Ia.
sulfIng by mockefy OF lang uage under the
term OF Compromise, were final IN their
nature, nnd were not 10 be followed by auy
further ssgress,cns, we should s',ll regard
them as outfagss, to which sovereign Sia'es
possessing The sp'r,' OF freedom, ought rever
to submit. But those measures only form
par, ola system, gradually commenced, steu.
dlly carried forward, gathering strength from
development. and proceeding With fatal mo.
meatum to it's end. That end Is he abolition
Of negro slavery 10 the Southern States and
the lowering Of the fee white population OF
the South 10 the same level with that sCtari.
an fabble, which, already strong aud DANCE
ruus. seems destined. belare very long to be
The cunIrnil,gg power IA The N"fthern States.
We see TO remrdy aud no safety for the South
IA the present Uu,on. But We know that IN
this We differ from very man, cIllzeas Of the
other Southern States, spirited aud inleIi.
gent, having the ssme Interests, and suffering
under tie same wrongs win ourselves. aud
"ho cherish the hope that the rights OF the
South may be y'ndlcaled and secured with.
out dissnlyug he exisihg Conledefecs. Ia
thIsdilierebce. II does mol become Us 10 assume
60 die ate. and We hope to stand Tree from
that ,hatge. Up to this lime, the citizen.
o: South Csro'ius, aware that peculiafiy OF
political position, atis,ng from past events,
rendered CERTAIN reserve on their part pru
dent and proper, have stndiously avnided
everything which might look like assuming
tho lead IN The defence of Southern Rights
They desired TO act because they believed
that safety and honor required action but
they hoped that they might find leaders IN
other States, whom they nigh, fol In de-
fence Of the common cause. When the an.
c,en. Com on~eal,h Of Virginia, The proper
leader Of the South, declared her detertn,na.
tion To resist, al ali hazards and 10 the lusl
extremity, hostile measures iben threatened
South Carolina, with all aiacrliy, stood ready
70 support Virginia IN carrying out her h. vt
resolution. " hen Geofgla- whose former
resistance to Federal usurpa.Ion, under her
heroic statesman, Froup. gave promise Of un
tlnchiog htmness IN any contest IN whlct
she nigh, engage proclaimed her detefml
nation 10 make a stand for ho rgh's Of the
South South Carolina tejoiced al he pres
pect Of rail. ing under the banner Of Georgia
And when her young and gaan, sister, Mis-
sjssippi. proposed tho wise measure OF Sou
them Convention, for tho purpose Of eodea
vorips 10 unite the Southern States in main
tanning their constitutional rights, and at tn
same true preserving, II possible, the exist
ing Union, South Carolina heartily en'ete
into this measure and she has carried ou
the recommendation Of the Convention so as
sembled at the instance of Mississippi, by pro
'iding Tor the eec',ono oi Delegates '" SCUM
efn Congress, to whoss meeting she s,'
looks with anxious interest.
10 all these proceedings we think that III
cllizens ni South Carollua have evinced u
proper anxiety to avoid the appearance ot a
rogsnco or d,clailon, to act IN concert wi,
the citizens of the other Southern States, at
to do nothing separately or preclpita'el.
And now. strongly as We have expressed o,
belief that there Is no hope for the South
The existing Union, We are prepared 10 g''
atrial fairly aud in good faith to any efie'
ma' plan which may be proposed by any 81
Tor Slate Of the South, for obtaining redre
'or the past and security for The future, wit
Out dissolution Of the existing Union,
mere bea possibility Of such cousummutio