The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-06-07
sresel Of the Hon. II u. Rhett

We publish this week the speech of Hon.
X. ". RnEfr, Of South Carolina, delivered
a, Charleston Oh the tib OF APRIL
in view Of our own opinions on the poll
cy o( toe South, SO often expressed, wc
might be content to publish this speech
without comment, giving it, merely AZ u
portion Of the history of the times, aud as
warming Of the crisis to which we are
fastening under unwise and sectional legs.
llton. Having ceatcnded from The begin
uiug Of this unhappy controversy for tic
fal measure Of justice doc the South
having shown that no settlement Of H.,
shoa Of tia, equality Of right and interest,
fully guaranteed rs in the constitution,
would be calculated TO ailay agitation, and
give peace to the oouniry-we might well
pause in silcut despair. ia the presence Of
dangers which We had 30 agency in in.
yokiug But VIC have no disposition TO
cour, silence or avoid responsibility, and
our yiewa, for whatever they may be worth
will ever be freely ard frankly given.
Tho contemplated movement in south
Carolina is one Of serious moment. 1t l.
no. The ,nmnlt Of mere faction. having
its origin in Il desire for REORGANIZATION
and whose plans and purposes mag p
destroyed b. threats Of military soFes' S'1s
ia not composed Of men who ~ nimical
10 our Institutions, aad ~'o SIRE opposed TO
ihs. great islsrvsts Of the country Bat
~ rSo 8s~ho are thus about to be array
ed ia hostility to tie Union. compose =
sovereign and independent State Of the con-
fedcracy; they are people allied with us by
i0cntty Of interests and institutions; whose
history Is blcnjed with the wiscst lcgi-la.
ton, aud the highest glofies Of the Re.
public.
Aswc have shown in ourparerof last week
It IS impossible to sahiugaic Sou'h Carolina
b. military force, aud to retain her in the
Union against her viii Such policy, il
carried out must inevitably bring with i all
the consequences and calamiies Of civil
war. We must. il We world keep this
State in the Union, adopt eoncilatory
measures. or prepare ourselves for her
peaceful separation from us.
We may not :, prepared to approve the
couisc pursued by South Carolina in going
ont Of the Union, bat we eanno, be nsensi
Bic Of the wrongs wilh which she. in common
with her sister States has suffered These.
IN the opinion OF many, did not at the time
Justify resort To desperate measures.
There were others who believed they pust.
fed the most stern resistance. Certainly
no man who il u true friend of the mon,
nnd equal Justice to each section Of the
-on6dcracy, can defend them rs measure.
of sound policy. We can all remember
IN WIN, spirit ;he South met the first threats
Of the North to usurp the territories She
appeared united to resist this encroac'lmcnt |
Neatly every southern State declared in /
he most solemn manner that they would |
resist IL "io the last extremity" Even in !
his State, where thc excitement on the /
slavery question has been more moderate |
han in any oihcr OF the South, General /
iousioa found 1t necessary to tell the PEG. /
he that he would plant himself upon the
Missouri compromise, position from |
which he would not be driven. Vet, no /
sooner was the end of agitation achieved /
and the territories OF the mon taken /
possession Of b. the North than the South |
State hy State, in the face OF the most sol
,mn asseyerationa to the contrary, preach.
I'd submission. All have repadiaied their
avn declarations, save South Carolina,
She aloac, of all the States Of the South.
seems to have meant what she said. She
now ;cIls us that the great principles Of
faith and nmity which have bound the
States together is destroyed. and she can
no ipuIff i'nidH "fsh HH''N ~ """'' '"
the Union. The equality Of the two sec.
lions Is gouc--all the power and patronage
Of the government has been thrown irrcyo
raLlv in the hands of the North; which
" III use them TO maLe a lanatica war upon
us and our institutions We must confess
that We feel the force of these declarations,
aud are iar from believing that this war
made upon us is terminated, The iudica.
tons of Northern sentiment as they come
from their politicians, iher presses their
legislative assemblies, their popular cleo.
tious, all give us unmistale cable evidence
thai the warfare upon slavery will terminate
only with its abolition, aud the destruction
of the Southern States.
What then is our policy Self prcscrya.
lion appeals to NJ in imperative tones TO
look TO our failure safety. We should de.
nand those guarantees which will secure
rs ia the future against aggression, and pa,
m end at once and forever to this slavery
agitation. II the South were united upon
his one thing this dangerous question
would be speedily settled, and Upon basis
which would give peace to the country, aud
,ender the Union, in all probability, per
,clual