The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1851-01-16

| ,N SN''u"i'S Ndo HOS DCCU lntlnHtCU q
| probably necessary ten ycars, or five, or tbrc,
| 6ut one and no more. L um unwilling to ws
longer, because forsooth, / hUncstiy belle =,
that u Tic slave States cannot be aroused
! lha' Time To sense of the danger mcnacin
! us all, IL will bc folly if not madness To wa
longer. Upon what do gcnllclncn found tI,ci
hopes of cn.opcra tion by delay MOI ccr,a;;;,
"pn anything which appears upon the poIiti
cal surface al this time. Dove not sc. i'm n
the southern States disposition 10 shrrpI
rom The contest, To submit to prcscnt wrongs
and lay down new platforms ir the future, I,
90 abandoned. j"dging from the past, us 500,
as new ng2rcssions are complitcd. In proo
OF what say, look 10 Georgia, ,our coicrminou
S'ateon tho South. Her Convention is nov
IN session, doing what7 Doislng ways AN,
MEANS 10 protect the interest, the honor, th,
rights aud property Of her people No sir. bu
drVlsIng the ways md means 10 conciliatc th,
Fedora Government, by backing out as ou,ck
~ and smoothly as possible from The hiyl
position heretofore assumed By her Legislature
WIN the cmbittercd feclingt Of the contest
through which she has passSl. upon this very
SUBJECT, now ranking in IN bosoms Of bcr
pc"ple--with the flush of ,Yictoy aud pride o
party consistency still green 10 Their memories
- with the hope Of reward held out to her poli
llcIans for their betrayal Of iL,r country. bv
The powers that be-" is thereany REASONABLE,
hope thut she will soon wheel lnu line fear
not. Where too, is Mississippi, whom we nil
couhtcd upon as certainly as iur own Palmetto
Ststc7 1t is true she has caltd Conycotion.
bul NY 50 ineagrc ma ority. is to render carly
u any cooperation, almus} hopeless, rh,,
very fact Of the ostponcmcH Of her Cony.p.
lion TO so remote q pcrudIis To nv mind
conviction strong as proof ol Holy Writ. thai
her people aIc not yet rcatk, and that she
looks TO South Carolina 10 fake the issue for
her. Aud where is the ont nvblc old Do.
ti'Inion Years ago, Juhn Randolph declared
she had lost "thc breed of nble. .6loods" nd
ienr II IL true, FOR ahc, even ,lie, has ialtcrcd
and fallen back fiom her hig position, aban.
don d, slamclcssly abandone. the. ground as
suncd two years ago, by hehLcgslaiuro in
solemn resolve. Can she !, aroused Z Not
certainly by past wrongs, Ecfcciy by new ar.
grcssions of the Federal Government. in
sight Of The Federal Capto with "tIic seven
loavcs and two fishes" King IN her very
hos'rhs, ovcrun by Y|nkcc population,
which lIkc the locusts Of EYpt have settled i'm
countless hordcs, upon cvc} nook and corner
OF her fair inheritance, it kll prove a more
than tlcrculcan labor for Or true and noble
friends there to arouse her lom tho dccp slccp
which now ovcrwhcims III. What / have
said of Virginia, Georgia Ind Mississippi, is
true 10 a'grcacr or lesser cant of every other
slavc.hodng State in the lnion. Dcia ~ sir.
are sometimes dungcrOs in the affairs uf
nations, as individuals. I.cI the present occa.
sion pass by, let the people u The South become
once more involved in Il dlsraccful scramble
for the Presidency, aud Be voice of south
CuTollna proclaiming rcsistilcc u tho tyrunny
Of the Federal Govcrnmck, will be like tbn
voice Of one crying in tt wilderness, with
none to he2r none To he'd. Then will the
cause OF The South be lost fdtvcr, aud in s,ck
cloth and ASH s we may motn over the ruin of
The laircst portion of Gud'4 4crcat,on, wrought
out chiefly by our own apatk, indifference and
urlay.
Not 80, however, II VIC tRspsi -1s - -. l::..
Let us then appoint depukfs 10 n
Congress, and call a Conuekiou of ,In
Of this State 10 meet upon i a adjoyrn,.p nm pe'Pte
e 'a..u ssas -
atehe u necesspf y wien thcPnc comes. and
my lie upyH y, succtss VIII own our effort,
victory VIII FeFeh upon ourbAicr, Thu grea,
qneeiion IL tho pfactica cxerac Of State sove.
feiEntyf BY sttsssiea, wiIi be tncw, so,une..
pecied. SO startling 10 lis Charter, that il will
absorb aud ogef-rsdc all otllcrs Ii will arouse
our sister Staics from their l9brgy, il will in.
spiri, our friends. IL will fright our enemies. |
IL suejugaiion be attempted GUohthern State
dare stand idly by and witne,ihe struggle, |
Tor our ruin would he theirs, outriumph lEcir |
release from worse than Ruau bondayo.
No sir, however rash and premarc they might |
esteem such action ON our Parto momcnt |
the blow is struck, that moInensll serious di. |
visions cease. a community on,crcs,s and |
common sense OF danger, must,itc us for a |
common safety. Such has beeiSstory--sucb |
will bn history again. The cajof the colo.
MES during the revolution, which,s brcn cited
by tho gentleman from arlcst in favor of |
delay. is case in point, affordira beautiful
Illustration OF tho iruth Of tho ition. w.
all know that although there w,corcspon.
dehcc between them, there was,thinp like
concert aid union unit. Massaclsits struck
The blow at I.cxington--tiii Uioucas smiled,
lf with such diversity Of nters, such a
differc0ce in climate, soil and pfS0ilons, such
Az attachment TO the time hohorc siitnions
of the old world. so small a cause complaint
whom comiarcd 10 ours, With { colonies
fccbled and unarmcd, the action Massa.
chusctts could unite the old ,Aifletinto on,
bond Of resistance; how much moprobabc.
nay certain is il, that The actdr cf NTH Car.
olina, will unite the fourteen sfonp puwcr.
ful slave States, into similar u, NH strong.
or bond? Like the colonies 4 oldyc have
long complained Of, aud protdted .ins, our
wrongs, like them We have had endcocc
with The parties aggricved, ID us, n, like
Massachusetts,, precrpitato TIP issues soon
as tile most vigorous preparation willus for
defence. Wo are now sufficitnily ued for
this purposr,- perfect uranlmly we cnever
hope for-no cause ever hep. The were
torres and traitors In the Revelation. ahcre
will be now. Even Poland and fla .ry,
crushed as they arc by. The iroil heel aoespo
lisn. have always had degenerate sons,ady
to lick tho rod that smites them, and stheir
country fora price. Can wo hope for nip:
ton from This common lot Of all nations
Tho. gentleman from Charleton, tMr.sm.
mingeD called upr attention taa ]sttcr H a
distinguished ciizcn Uf another. State, yo.
king US to delay, to wait ihu Wheeling intnc
of onr sister States. Itco, sii humble
AM, have correspondent ID Hississippine
not entirely unknown 10 fameiand ho intes
delay, not for time. but unit new issuarc
| made, which never will be mad, until tho bit
Of submission will have becom 80 strongm
exercise, that like second dtufc i, VIDE
impossible 10 shake Il off, for ally new outrc.
This gentleman writes, that Though tho.
glsla.ure has folly sustained u gsihn: ,it.
man, IL Is as certain AZ fate thd tho feoploill
"prosiraton him next fall. tifs,l scaely
believe, and only mention II ala eight oset
to tho testimony introduced bfhd gcnilaan
from Charleston, and TO shoI ttSt therare
some OF least within the boides oI alssippi
even who believe she 10 takSg &iep lex,
ward. II tho correspondent tlb,cntlaan
DO correct, our action will on hakn ihoro.
gross Of things--if mine bo Fialh .mo i,
| action VIII arrest the rctro9edtmoBlcnt. l.
1 know, AIR. Ciiairinan, fhas SOU Csriina
10 looked to abfoad, as tho lht ke oIthc