The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-04-16
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The F0lly Of Secession.


mend to the attentive perusal and stud, o.
cur readers. the following admirable article
on the FOLLY OF SECESSION" from the
Greenvitie Is. C.) Patriot the pr~ Unou
paper recently established "a thal State.
We would that il could be read ~ every man
10 the South. for tho truths whici8,, cnn,eias
and the manly and patriotic manner in which
they are spoken:
Col. Thos. C. Perrin. Of Abbevills, a dis.
linguished lawyer and member Of The State
Convention, . mild and nmisble gentle man
has pronounced q separate Slate action, the
greatest hunbug II the day." We heartily
eoocvr with the Colonel, 10 calling i, hum.
bug, and also IN declaring it TO bs no remedy
st all" II Is very much like The remedy Of
man who has been insulled, and IN order
to revenge himself, turns round and dashes
his brains out against q pos, South Carroll.
ns, 10 common with all the Southern States,
has been grossly insuited, her rights disregaf
ded and her honor outraged. The remedy
proposed by the secession,sls is for The Stale
10 destroy the Republic. separate from oil
her Souihefo friends, plunge her people into
the horrors Of . bloody civil war, and crush
them 10 the earth with taxation.
That secession viii separate US from every
Southern State, Is veil ss from the Northern
States, no one can doubt. Georgia has ia.
ken her position Of sequIeseeocs BY major.
hy Of thirty thousand votes at the polls, and
BY . vote 10 her Convention Of Two hundred
,nd thirty TO twenty seven! Florida has re.
used, BY her Legislature, without division
ia oce branch, TO elect Delegates TO South.
sn Congress. Alabama has not made thro'
her constituted authorities. a single move to.
wards CO. operation with 8 nth Cafolins. One
lfof Tennessee, the Wing party, refused
even TO eoun,enance the Nashville Conven
ton, and the other hall. the Democratic pat.
ly. retired frem that Convention with open
,od expressed Indignation. North Carolina,
brough her Legislature, has repud,sted the
right oi secession. and declared for the com.
promise. The Stale Of vmg,o,s has Mt
tskeo, aad will tot take. 90 onward step,
whilst things remain as they are q, pre-
sent. Louisiana. Maryland, Kentucky, Tex.
AZ, and oil the other slsvehold,ng States no,
aready mentioned, excep, Mississippi are
beyond the pale Of hope. IL Is SAID that
Mississippi, will mol elect a single dIsunion.
lG 10 her Convention neIt fall. The Wing
rany are oil opposed to the moyemen, aud
the Democrats divided.
Can, then, South Carolina stand up, and
sngle handed, 6gh. her way out Of the U.
mon That she will have to use force IN
tevoutiouizing her Government, is admitted,
expected and declared, both by the State and
the Federal Government. SO says the Sec.
rerary Of State, and so the President has 10.
umaied. The Legislature Of South Carolina
have made their calculations accordingly, 10
,rming and equpping the State, &c. The
Military Committee have Illuminated that our
army should be ten thousand men. Lot Us
see what this army will cos, the Stale. Ev.
cry soldier 10 the United States regular army
costs the Government, including officers aud
oil expenses, one ihousaad dollars per anoum.
1t Is said militia and volunteer corps cost still
more. This army OF ten thousand men, ra.
lher small one too, TO contend against the
whole United States, will cost the State ten
millions of dollars. We must have a navy,
and to build this, humble as i, would necessa.
rly he, the s ate must expend, at avery mo.
dcrate calculation. including It's annual sup
port, 6ye millions more The necessary de.
lente Of our sea coast, which the Legislature
have n contemplation, would cost five mil.
hons or perhaps Ten mIllots more Hee
We have already the enormous sum OF $50
700 900, Ia be paid and raised annually BY
the State o s uth Carolina, 70, perhaps five
years to come. The whole properly Of tie
State, real and personal, may be worth 5000,
100000. According to the last census,
Gseenville was worth abou, FIVE millions aud
Laurens District seven millions. The latter
may be iair average district. which would
make for the whole STATE, two hundred mil.
lions. Then in ten years South Carolina, by
this revolution, will have consumed her lands
and negroes in supporting her army and ma.
W.
But 10 the mean time, her citizens " i'll have
fed. with their property, from this intolsra-
ble burden Of tsxation. We have already
heard number Of het wealthy men say, that
they wuuld remove their property the mo-
meot ,hs, the State seeded, and that they
Considered themselves ss Unsuitable IN doing
90, ss they would he IN removing from
house on fire, " hen there was no hope o: ex
''uguishing i,s Rames South Carolina vii
boone i0 Eve years bloody wilderness The
prudent and ,imid gone, the brave and patriot
&c dead. madly sacrificed on the field Of bat
'ls not rose left TO mark where the gar
Zen once stood.
lie. Us suppose the, secession 10 peaeeabls
and that tho Federal Government did not al
tempt 10 cosrce the State, what then woul
% hsr condition Has sho strength and rs
sources snough 10 maintain her independence
Does any sane man, with ordinary informs
noa a. to the expense and dangers Of an II
dependent government, believe IL? Ther