The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-12

ing deduction. ne HuNocutcs seccSSion as Tue
only means of saving the Southern country, its
liberties and Institutions
After the address, the audience were informed
by Gen b b. Foster, that dinner was prepared
at little distance in the grove, where they were
invited to assemble. There was indeed super
abundant supply Of excellent Barbecue fare
Il After dinner, the audience re-assembled, wher
the toasts were read, and in some in iances re
sponded to. The meeting then adjourned il
good order. Il. CANNON, Chairman.
p. M. WALLACE, Secretary
COLUMBIA, August %, 1851.
Messrs. p NJ Wallace, Ii. J. Dean, and Jane.
Farrow, Committee.
GENTLEMEN IL much regret that it will b,
out of ry power to attend the dinner rendered
by you, to the Hon. Daniel Wallace on the 9th
to which you have 80 kindly invited me. No
thing would be more gratifying to me than Ie
have the opportunity of meeting the gallant ant
freedom-loving citizens of Spartanburg around
the He.tive board and take council with them, il
the present fearful crisis. A prior engagement
however, to ONE Of the citizens of Lancaste.
to be present at dinner to be given by then
to the Hon. Senator Rhett, on the Goth inst
will prevent me.
You will permit me to say that most hearth
ly approve of the objoct of your meeting and
that most sincerely join you in approving OF
the political course and in doing honor TO one OF
South Caroir Is purest and most able states
men. Feeling hiqhly filtered in being con-
sdered co-laborer with him in the cause OF
South Carolina and the South. II is time, gen.
,lemen, to take into serious consideration the
high and solemn duty of resisting by every
means in our power the aggression and out
RACES of a wreckless, unp-incipled and urping
government, heretofore only known to us by
its insults and tyranical legislation.
| ! am very well satisfied, gentleman, that the
question to be settled, at this time by the peo-
| pie Of South Carolina for themselves, is one of
| liberty or slavery for all time; that it is out of
our power to avoid or give that question the
eo-by 1t is forced upon US by others, and,
whether we will or no, we must now decide it..
| | am also of the opinion that we will have but
short time left us to come to the determination,
or. rest assured the enemy will by means of the
gold and the patronage of the federal govern
ment use every moment left them to corrupt
our leaders--to divide and destroy MS.
We have, verify believe, not only to defend
our property from the grasp of the most selfish
md unprincipled people that ever cove'ed a
dollar, but we have to defend our lives, and the
lives of our wives and children, who are in
same hypocritca. cormorants- peole who &C,
tuay seem to be tryi to cheat the judge OF
all the earth by charity and philanthropy, exer.
cised by them only atthe erpeaSe Of others.
If, gentlemen, it WAS mere question OF
whether our slaves should be taken from us
and set free, (although it would be great out
rage) which the majority who now rule this
country aim to perpetrate The question is not
whether our slaves be free or not; but whether
The free people Of South Carolina shall become
; SLAVES.
; The South has heretofore, under the work
ings of " this glorious Union" been tributary to
. the North-our labor and the labor of our slaves
have been taken by the North, to build up and
beautify their own sterile and productive
country. This has been accomplish by means
the most unconstitutional, by tariffs of protec-
ton, by appropriations of the public revenues,
! and by unconstitutional banking and swindling
expressions of every kind and, not satisfied
with this slow process Of robbery and plumber,
they have, at one fell swoop, appropriated TO
: themselves every inch of the public domain, be-
longing as it did, and does, to us as we'll as
themselves-and pr lcipally won by Southern
blood, and paid for by Southern treasure. Can
we, as free people, safely submit to such an
outrage, and if we did consent, meanly and
tamey submit TO past aggressionsl Have we
any security for the future or will you believe
that our oppressors will rest satisfied with what
they have already received! ! tell you they
would not Our acquiescence would only invite
them 10 demand more and take all that we have
left. ! cannot believe, gentlemen, that philan-
thropy or humanity has any, or the least, infiu-
ence with the great mass who are moving in
this unholy crusade against our property, our
lives, and our liberties. | cannot believe this
. for when did any people so notoriously graspng
as the people of the North and the Northwest
ever do anything for the love Of God, or Of hu
manityl No, no. don't believe that they are &C
tuated by their sympathy for the slave but
rather by their love of plumber and hope of gain
They can take from us our slaves and set them
down in our midst, if they can consolidate the
9 federal government, and by means Of their ma
jorty can control the sword and the purse of th,
central des2otsm; then II will be seen anc
9 known that both the negro and the white mar
E of the South will be bound in one genera
, bondage Of abject and unmitigated slavery tC
the North then You would find the same whin
ing. canting, hypocritical demagogues, even IL
Q their pulpits, ustfying themselves in the fac,
| Of high heaven, with some plea of necessity Of
policy, and expecting TO cheat even their Maker
by the sancti,y Of their looks or the unmiii
) gated lie with which they would try 10 chea
! others, and even themselves.
{ The question repeatedly asked, and which W.
are bound not only to ask ourselves, but honest
ly to answer, is--what can South Carolina dotc
y avert the impending danger! ! can only gy'
you the opinion Of one anxio1s 10 serve h'
State, and only DESTROYS of being right and dis
. charging all his duties TO his country. | believe
d that South Carolina should withdraw from th'
Il Union, in connection with the other sayehold
r. ing States, If such connection can be brough
/. about but IL this cannot be accomplished IL
time, during the existence OF the convention al
= ready provided by law then let South Caroline
q secede from the Union, singlc-handed and alone
q | would much prefer TO have some assurance
!, that the other Southern States would COOPER
g ate with us before we secede but cannot co n
Il sent to wait until the gold of Phillip has done IL
= work-until the proud spirited sons Of Carolin
have become accustomed to the clanking of tn
!. chainp With which they are msnncled, or unit
: the public conscience beoopes scared and calou
TO the touch of infamy.
d ! am satisfied, however, that South CAROLYN
by bold (, arlesa and gallant stand, can and