Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-08-26
SEPARATE STATE SECESSION
PRACTICALLY DISCUSSED IN A
SERIES OF. ARTICLES. g,;.,r
'nblishsd Originally f1 The RdgefIeld Advertiser,
By RuTIzDten.
~ q. NO. VIM. 80 81 ...t. -.
Should SoutA, Carolina strike for her, hide.
NO.."VITI. .

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- -. =. Pendence? s.7gIr 7, estsSai
We have. hitherto written to show, that once
established into an Independent Republlc,,S.
Carolina would be much more prosperbnsthan
at present, while those. i'll. Consequences 50
much dreaded by mans; are neveriikely toi0c-
cur OF the probable cost, of the expeaiehcy,
and of the prac,icability OF achieving our indie
pendence, we have yet said little, We propose
now briefly to touch on these points,, ;Itiwould
be useless attempt to count the costsof the
struggle in which wemay be engaged in break
ing off from the Union. That istrugglearnsy
never take place. Besides, the uacertaintyiof
its character-of its duration-of .its&rrsults,
forbids such an estimate. But who would stop
to cast up snch an account! VIII q, people,
actuated bya high and generous, purpose fpause
to calculate the costs when called on to yindi-
cate their dearest rights and libertiesl Such
an enterprise is above all money value. What
is property without liberty' without the ability
to protectit? The gaus of the industrious
would only: be spoils to the tyrant. saASbrsye.
people, bent on, preserving their Liberties, would
yield not third or half, but all of. .therworld-
ly goods sooner than submit to be ,slaves.+
Who has failed 70 admire, tbesnobles generosity
of our brave fathers, who freely pledgedsshelr
lives, rsfortunesI and their sacred honor"
to gain the liberty we are about 70 surrender!
TO achieve liberty fortheir descendants, they
not only pledged, but freely expended their
treasure and shed their blood The people
that are not ready and willing, to do this, doaet
deserve liberty, and will not long enjoy yisseSat
isfed, then, with he.justiceE Of rour caase,gand
the happy consequences OF its success; s;how:csn
we, as brave and high.minded people, bausesto
calculate the costs of the blow we may have to
strike? We may rest assured that the means
of resistance will; rise to meet our wants, as
they have in the case Of all other nations, great
and small, that have, struggled TOR Liberty. So
longa we prove ourselves worthy ofcopRaepes,
our credit will command in any market OF the
civilized world, ample supplies, of money and
munitions of war. And all Batiens. going to
war, are compelled to contract ,loanssto meet
the demands on their treasury. tss9'.Ssw
Thc gucstionfor US to consider, then, is, tliss:
are our wrongs Of that oppressive and sdegra-
ding nature, rs to submit to which would stain
our character, and destroy our Liberty andlin-
dependence ;! II they are so deemed BY i,s,
then whatever all others may say.orsdoS we
should resist them at all hazards, cost ,chaEE
may 10 the people Of South Carolina, ,itsis
certainly needless to discuss the various wrongs
and grievances we have suffered from the Gen.
eral Government. iArebare recapitulationTsof
them will serve our purpose. they are =famit
lar to the minds ofall. Theirenormty is known
and felt by almost every one. ..'y x1rt&7ftSsi
|. First, then, since the formation ofthis gov.
erumcut, and especially within the last twenty:
five wears the people OF the South have been
GENEROUSLY and uhiustly taxed by the epeople;o OF
the North. From the year 1890. to lS40 tie
South has paid seren-niaths of allthe- dutiesari
der the Government, }and has received back
only tuo.nmhs l. c. she has paid S7l ls200, ,OeG,
willie not more than S2O6, 100000 have been
spent in her borders: the other S505, ,20O,0O0
having been expended at the North. The NORTH
has paid meantime only S2l5,S50,097. So
that the tax paid by. the South per head within
the period specified, has averaged S23 ~ per
10 years, while that of the North has been only
SO co. In late years the disproporh6d has
been much greater. From 1S4l to 1915 the
tax paid by the South per head was $l046,:
the North 81 99:* making for tho South Der
head nearly ten times more than for the North
This has been in the way Of duties alone.
But consider the increased price Of Northern
protected articles, the Elimination in price or
Southern produce, and the increased price of
frcghts, due 10 the Tariff and navigation laws,
and the South has paid to the Government and
to the North from 1870 to 1870, over 81 ,260,3
OOO,OOOf The one tenth of this would make
for So. Cs in the same period, $l2o, ,DUo, 900.
But it has been estimated upon data furnished
BY the Congressional Documents that The South
in various ways now contributes annually to
Northern wealth not less than $50,000,000.t,
Allowing one.tenth for South Carolina, her an:
nual contribution to the North is about IS ,000,.
600: being upwards of SIT for every white
soul, man, woman aud child, among aus,, while
our State tax is little over one dollar to the
white inhabitant. - ls@ - ~ 80 ,se'gs
What people, claiming to be free, ever; en-"
dured taxation 50 unequal, unjust and .enors
nous! - ssaTsx
Nor is this all. - 5s.5,st
ii. In the acquisition of California aud the
new Territories, the South contributed about
t,co.thirds of the soldiers, and will have to pay
at least tpo.thIds of all the heavy expensesinsa
Cured. Yet of the whole of these Territories.y
worth millions upon millions of dollars to that
Southern STAKEHOLDER, the South has been, ont
plundered,, in contempt not only of,,
all constitutional guarantees, but in the most
offensive and insulting manner, by allowing ss
mass 81 squatters and gold-dis
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