The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-15
PRINTED BY G. A. SAGE
From the Southern Standard. 4j,3
sketch Of Col. i. w. Haynes Remarks At the
Late Meeting nj HlberDlAn Hall.
We extract the following from the c0-opera-

k4t0 WeoIlng NJ MlD6Iula0 MuAs =
We extract the following from the co-opera-
ton document, No. 6. .
Col. Hayne said that the gentlemen nominal
ted required no endorsement; this was no per.
soncl contest. II involved considerations OF
much deeper moment. Were 1t only personal
he, for one could not appear in opposition to the
worthy gentlemen presented as the nominees OF
the secessionists- were his near personal
friends. But he would fall he said, he was sure,
in the esteem of those honorable gentlemen
themselves, if he should in crisis like the pre-
sent, frc m regard to them, or for any man. SHRINK
from the advocacy Of that course Of policy which,
in his Judgment, would best promote the In Pr
eats 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 ,op-
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 nei0 epithets Of slime
server and submissionists," had no terrors for
him. 4 .t. !,
AS to the motives of the secessionits he would
say nothing. Many he knew were sincere.-
Among them were some of his most valued
friends, but he believed their measures mischiev-
GUS and their policy ruinous, and thinking as ne
did, if he did not oppose them, he would indeed
deserpe the epithets of timeserver and submits
sionist," aye, and of coward" too. AT 50 late
an hour, M. H. said, he would not attempt an
extended argument.
His views, however, great as was his interest
in the question, had taken a narrow channel
He had not found it necessary to calculate the
disastrous effects Of secession on our trade, upon
our railroads, on the value of stocks. He had
not looked attentively even upon its blightning
influence on the general prosperity OF the state;
affecting rather women and children than fight
ing men, Still less had he considered the ca.
lamities Of an attempt at subugation lie had
himself, he said, been accustomed TO augur
misgovernment at distance and to snuff tyran-
ny in the tainted gale" and had seen so much
in our condition to confirm his worst apprehen-
sions, that he had looked perhaps too exclusive
ly to the eventual efficacy of the proposed RENE
dy.
1t was because he was so firmly persuaded
that the slaveholding States could never be pros
porous, could never be safe in permanent con-
nectioH, with the so-caed, free States, that most
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
wears had been dsunionist. II might be asked
why he had not struck a blow for his principles
twenty years ago? The Dr. would probably
answer that he could not get others to JOIN him'
in numbers sufficient to make the blow effectual-
Mr.. II. said that such was his answer now An
abortive effort to throw off tyranny would serve
only to rivet the chains of oppression.
Mr.. Hayne, said that the practical operation
Of secession had been admitted by its advocates
TO be a matter of conjecture. He would pre-
sent his the present administration, he said
Voc essentially. reerefpl.- Neither Mr.. Fill
more or Mr.. Webster would, from habit or tenn.
permanent, 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
Mr.. ii. thought, affect some Of the magnanimlty
and generous forbearance which sovereigns with
crowns, find it sometimes their interest to exhib-
IT, They would say, "we have the right to
coerce, but we will concede something to popu-
lar delusion We confide in the returning rea-
con and loyalty ofthe people OF South Carolina
Try your experiment, and so far as It is con-
fined 10 yourselves, we will not interfere We
will withdraw the post Office, and ifyou oppose
Il, will not force on you the federal court" Mr.. H.
said that, in his opinion, they would most probably
vacate the forts, but II they did not, they would
at least put il on rs 10 make the first assault
and II we attacked the forts. and were victorious
IL would be an attack upon and a victory over
the Gag which would still be the flag Of Georgia
Alabsna, and Mississippi, as we'll as Of N. York
and Massachusetts,. lie thought that the effect
OF an ass1iiing movement in producing sympa-
thy IN The South, was greatly over-estimated.
Bot Mr.. H. said he thought the government
would pursue a wiser policy than TO permit Q
conflict Of arms at all Messrs. Fillmore and
Webster would say, :" IL you do not desire our
protection we will withdraw u. We leave for
the present the forts in your keeping" They
would only insist that we should not be allowed
20 destroy the revenue Of the other States, by
smuggling. ~ trey would term it. Our har.
bors would be declared no longer ports of en-.
try. or some ether measure adopted to intercept
our trade. Even this matter, Mr. II. thought
that the law, once declared, would be left, In q
great degree, to execute itself, and that Tor q
time, the possibility Of collision Mt sea would BE-
avoided. Commerce Is timid, he said, and i
would be some time before the intentions Of
the government woold be fully tested. In the
meanwhile we would have. partly Of their own
motion. and party through the man9uvers Of
the Administration, commissioners from Virgi-
mia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. and now
Il seems Of Mississippi, and indeed all The
Southern States protesting, persuading, entreat.
ing and profferiue mediation. Think you, asked
M. H.. that all this would be without its effect
Can any one doubt that secession would pro-
duce, at least, temporary arrangement OF oil
business7 With this arrangement at It's worst
trade crippled by the means we have suggested
and the heroic spirit let down by the unexpected
character Of the contest, think you that these
protests, persuasions, and entreaties, will pass
unheeded! Many Of the secessionists will say
athis is not the warfare we look N; this is moi
the cooperation which we were taught to be,
Iieye would follow secession" The proffered
meditation would give birth to some new pro.
ject Of compromise" by which the south
would be again deluded, and South. Carolina
coaxed back into obedience, If not loyalty
Such, Mr.. H. said, he verify believed would be
the result Of premature secession.
A change in he public sentiment of The Soufh
was the only sure foundation on which to build
u had not yet advanced sufficiently to justify
the movement proposed This change of senti
ment was In progress, however. Union or dis
union had ceased in many ofthe States 10 be
matter merely Of sentiment, and the question
wss slresdy submitted To the test Of reason
This wss itself great advance.
Mr.. II. said that we should not disdain q
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