Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-05-31

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THURSDAY, MAY 90, 1851.
In the National Intelligencer of Tuesday last we
inserted part Of an article which we found in the
Charleston Courier, said to be taken g by request
from "the South Carolinian," the object of which
was to show that the apparent uRanimity Of the
late Convention Of " Southern Rights Associations
was fictitious unreal, and Elusive. Exception is
taken to this republication by the organ of the Sc
cessionists in this city, the ground that the ORR
ginal article in the /" Carolinian'' was not edito
rial" bat communication, and was published
with 81 protest by the Editor against its state
menis. This fact was not stated in the paper from
which we took il, nor is it in the least material
The "Carolinian" is vouched by its collaboration
here to be highly respectable paper" Such a
paper would not have published at all communi-
cation from source less respectable than itself;
and the force of statements published from such
source, and copied into apaper of as high charac-
ter the Charleston Courier, is not at all weaken
ed by the Editors dissent from them.
The evidence which we have already seen of the
opinions Of highly respectable members of that
Convention satisfies US that the statements of the
article taken from the !" Carolinian'' fall short of
the actually as to the number of dissentients to
the Resolves said to have been unanimously adopt
ed by it. Since our paper of Tuesday went to
press we have received, among other such proof,
Letter (also published in the "Carolinian'') from
w. W.. BoYcE, one Of the members Of the Con-
venton aforesaid addressed to the President there
of, from which we make the following extracts. to
the marked passages Of which we refer every one
who may yet doubt the want of unanimity in that
body:
Ioithe Hon. ]. p. RICHARDSON, ,&c.lS'c.
81 take this medium of addressing you few observations
the subject of seccssion-ideas which oud hare been
glad Advance the Conpention had DELIBERA
BoDH.
81 am willing epen By my silence, sanction the
ton of the Convention. Approaching, however, highly the
patriotism Of many who urge secession desire from
them in spirit Of kindness.
Whout further preface, object the secession Of South
Carolina for the following reasons which shall briefly
indicate and not elaborate:
The great purpose before give future security to
the institution Of slavery.
eff accomplish this purpose we accomplish every
thing ifno accomplish nohing for the present Of slavery
is not endangered, its future Is.
81 that the future Of slavery can only be secured
by the union Of the South. In union our hope in
our dsunion is despair follows, them necessarily that
all policy should tend produce this union and avoid
this disunon Of the South.
The question then comes up, How can this union Of the
South be brought about
''To which reply that i. be brought about by the
pressure of external DANGER and in other way Thus all
unions have been brought about The Achsn League the
union Of the Southern States Of Geecean lustrious and
suggestive pecedenwas caused by the pressure of the Ma
cedonian power; the confederacy
caused by the pressure from the German Emperor Aber
the League Of the Netherlands the pressure Of Philip
II; present Conederacy from the pressure from with
out Examine all history, and you will that all unions
have been formed by the pressure from without and that this
necessary law of union evident from obvious principles
The same cause.-The pressure from without-whch has
caused all unions will union of the South; especially
when consider the interest the Southern people
have in the institution Of slavery, their intelligence and spirit
This pressure from tie Northern power must if any thing
cam unite the South.
One thing is certain that South Carolina cannot pro-
duce this Southern union for its indispensable prerequisite s
co'auicon Of its necessity the minds Of the Southern
people and dissemination arise possible ,Oay
cepf from the march Of janacsm. If the North continue
to infringe upon as, the conviction win be forced upon the
Southern people that they safe in he present Unon
convcon get and hence have not Southern Uaon for
ths moral revolution must pecede the political one and in
view of The non-exsence Of this moral revolution the
South, have hesitation in saying that you could BY
political convuson break the present Union and have
the form Southern Union you would have scep
TIRE in your grippe Year Southern Union ,DouI be whoy
ice to work out the great and arduous mission before
it; BECAUSE the spirit prngng from conviction Of ts
siy being absent the Union would be inert without
vitality, unmoved by any passions those Of internal ha
tired and dscd And the certainty that the Southern peo
pie not yet qualified by their opinions, for Sou hen
Union, should aimonish try them prema
turely into such Union" = ~
Secession, then, whether attended with peace war; not
causing union Of the South, in fuheance of our
great policy Of bringing about Southern Union, and there
fore should not be adopted. n aa
cas- to the second purpose Of secession that il good
measure in itsef-.he Nationality Of South Carolna-I
hardly know what to say, it be dramatically an
tagonistic to every principle of policy.
The first great fundamental, unanswerable objection to
it is that il is the disuon Of the Southwords Of such
fearful import that will weaken them by elaboration
Il, %. South Carolina BECOME a HArroS. God
makes Nations not man. You cannot extempoize nation
out Of South Carolina. is simply impossible we have
not The We could exist by tolerance and what
that tolerance would when consider the present hostile
spr OF the age to The institution Of slavery of which we
would be looked the peculiar exponent All NAV res