The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-10
From Inc Southern Standard.
sketch Of Col. L. w. Haynes Remarks nj the
Late Meeting at Hikernian Hall.

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Col. Hayne said that the gentlemen nomins
ted required no endorsement; this was no per-
Sonal contest. 1t involved considerations Of
much deeper moment. Were it only personal,
he, for one could not appear in opposition To the
worthy gentlemen presented as the nominees oil
the secessionists-the were his near personal
friends But he would fall he said, he was sure,
t in the esteem of those honorable gentlemen
themselves, if he should in crisis like the pre-
sent fir, m regard to them, or forany man, SHRINK
from the advocacy OF that course OF poHcy when,
, in his Judgment, would best promote ,iie inter
ests and the honor Of our State, and which was,
as he conceived, essential to the salvation OF the
Southern cause There were those OF our OPP
ponents, who freely applied to such as differed
from them, opprobrious epithets For himself,
he belonged to political school with whom
, abuse was familiar The ne,o epithets of slime
server and submissionsts," had no terrorS for
him.
As to the motives of the secessonts he would
say nothing. Many he knew were sincere
Among them were some of his most valued
friends, but he believed their measures mschiey-
Gus and their policy ruinous, and thinking as he
did, if he did not oppose them, he would indeed
deserue the epithets of timeserver and subms-
sionist." ave, and of acoward" too. At so late
an hour, NJ H. said, he would not attempt an
, extended argument.
His views, however, great as was his interest
in the question, had taken narrow channel
lie had not found it necessary to calculate the
disastrous eifec.s of secession on our trade upon
, our railroads, on the value OF stocks. lie had
not looked attenlivey even upon Its blIghtnIng
influence on the general prosperity OF inc STATE;
+ a1ert;no rather women and children than fight
inc men. Still less had he considered the ca
lamites of an attempt at subjugatlon. lie had
himself he said, been accustomed ITO auSur
: misgOyernment Mt distance and to snuff tyran-
nv in the tainted gale" and had seen 80 much
1 in our condition to confirm his worst apprehen-
sions, that he had looked perhaps too exclusive
w to the eventual efficacy of the proposed rene
!, DIV.
1t was because he was so firmly persuaded
that the slaveholding States could never DC pros
d porous, could never be safe IN permanent con-
nection, with the 80 called, free States, that most
o of all he deplored this most unfortunate attempt
at premature secession. DIR. Palmer, in his late
letter of acceptance, had said that he for twenty
IS veoys had been a disunionist II might be asked
"a wbv he had not struck blow for his principles
= twenty wears ago? The DR.. would probably
answer that he could not get others to JON him,
u in Numbers sufficient to make the blow ehectual.
It Mr.. II. said that such was his answer now An
abortive effort to throw off tyranny would serve
a only to rivet the chains of oppression
Mr.. Hayne, said that the practical operation
|. of secession had been admitted by its advocates,
a to he \ matter of conjecture. He would pre-
}, sent his; the present administration, ne SAID
. was essentially peaceful. Neither MIR. Fill
- more or Mr.. Webster would, from habit or TEN
q perament, be led to adopt warlike measures
when wisdom and sound policy dictated other
wise. With the absolute sovereignty they as
sumed for the federal government they would
v Mr.. H. thought, affect some of the magnanlmity
q and generous forbearance which soyereigns win
crowns. find it sometimes their interest to exhib-
. it. They would say, we have the r'gh 10
y coerce, but we will concede something 10 Popu-
y lar delusion We confde in the returning rea
i'd son and loyalty of the people OF Sout' oaroiiha
Try your experiment., ana SO iar "s 10 wv wv
fined to Yourselves, we vii not interfere WE
~ will withdraw the post Office. and u yon oppose
is it, will not force on you the federal court" Ar
ry said that his opinion, they would most probably
=, yacate the forts but if they did not, they woull
at lsast put il on US to make the first dSSauif
and if we attacked the forts, and were victorious
g. it would be an attack upon and victory ove
the flag which would still be the flag OF Georgia
Alabama, and Mississippi, as well as OF ~ YORK
and Massachusetts He thought that the eitec,
of an ass1iling movement in producing synpa-
W thy in the South, was greatly over estimated
10 But MraH. said he thought the government
20 would pursue wiser policy than to permit Q
N conflict of arms at all. Messrs. Fillmore and
y Webster would say, if you do not desire ouT
" protection we will withdraw it. We leave foI
70 the present the forts In your keeping. Ihey
No would only insist that we should not be allowed
N TO destroy the revenue of the other States, by
smuggling, az they would term it, Our har
W bors would be declared no longer ports OF en-
10 try, or some ther measure adopted TO lnterceP
10 our trade. Even this matter, Mr. H. though
that the law, once declared, would be LETT, IN
great degree. to execute itself, and that for 1
~ me, the possibility of collision at sea would b'
of avoided Commerce is timid, he said, and }
X would be some time before the intentions o
the government would be fully tested. In thu
meanwhile we would have, partly of their owr
motion, and party through the manGuvers o
the Administration, commissioners from Vlrgr
to mia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, ana no"
as it seems of Mississipp,, apd indeed all Tue
40 Southern States, protesting, persuaaiD8, snIeat
p ing and proifering mediation. Think you, asked
r. Mr.. H., that all this would be without Its effect
o. Can any one doub. that secession would pro
IT, duce, at least, temporary arrangement oil al
:, business? With this arrangement at its worst
p" trade crippled by the means we have suggested
sc and the heroic spirit LET down by the uneypecte
character OF the contest, think you that thes
protests, persuasions and entreates, will pas
mi UNDECIDED Many of the secessionlsts VIII say
IN this is not the warfare we look to; this is no
n the cooperation which we were taught to be
lieve would follow secession" The proiiere
w meditation would give birth to some new pro
ject of compromise" by which the Sont
O. would be again deluded, and South. Carolln
coaxed back into obedience, if not loyalty
Such, Mr. H. said, he verify believed would b
g. the result Of premature secession.
A change in The public sentiment of me Soul
80 was the only sure foundation on which to build
x IL had not yet advanced sufficiently to lustif
TO the movement proposed. This change of sent
h ment was in progress however. Union or dis
union had ceased in many OF the States to be
e matter merely of sentiment, and the question
he was already submitted TO the test OF reason
o. This was itself great advance.
80 Mr. H. said that we should not dsdain T.
= learn from our ancestors who achieved the in
w dependence of the colonies. Let us read thei
history, and study their policy, in stead Q