The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1851-05-10

tons, entanglng alliances wi IN Cur
productions and commerce will Hf Beal to
the interests of all nations to do us Justice,
and secure lis peace. If any nation offcuds
or wrongs US, we have powerful means Of
redress or retaliation, by shutting them out
OF our commerce, and thus adding to the
prosperity of other aud rival nations at their
expense. Navies we do not want; for We
have no shipping on the ocean to protect
Not one bag Of cotton in fifty, when it leaves
our ports, belongs to our citizens. 1t be-
longs to the citizens of other nations, and
goes on the ocean under their fngs; and UNI
der the same flags all produce belonging to-
our citizens can easily reach foreign ports.
We want no standing army beyond what
will be necessary to man the forts of our
harbor. We intend to assail or hnrass mo-
one on our borders. The advantages we
will enjoy by our extrication from the op-
pressons and dangers Of the general gov:
eminent we will freely impart to others and
will expect to win that friendliness and con-
tidence which all good Offices should inspire.
But to meet the extraordinary expenses to
which we will lie subjected, how great will
be our additional resources through the Gus.
toms! How great too will be the bcnetit.
especially to the city Of Charleston. of ex-
pending all the taxos thus raised within our
own State, amongst our own people! The.
city of Washington, as well as all the great
Northern cities, nre standing monuments Of
what the mere expenditure Of money amongst
people can do for their enrichment. There.
on the Potomac, is large increasing city,
of fifty thousand inhabitants, where, few
years ago there WAS an old field. It is a
mere consumer, and exports not n dollars
worth of produce. l think the additional
means secession will secure us, will more
than meet tho additional expenses we mnss
incur by our indepcndency.
l have thus, fellowcitizen,, endeavorei
briefly to lay before You the probable COLI
sequences of the secession of South Carolua
from the Union. have argued the qucs-
ton of secession. as if it was a final separa
t'on from all the States of the South. But
is this correct method Of arguing this ques-
tons If our cause is the cause of the
whole South-at least of the cotton region
of the South-wll not the South in due
time perceive the trutha If in origin, pur-
suits, and institutions we are one, how long
will we remain apart, through the influence
OF those who have wronged and degraded
US, and who now threaten our utter ruin in
the overthrow of our institutions? Will
they prefer union with the free States.
with inferiority and colonial independence
or union with US, equality and independ.
ence9 Safety and honor are on the one
hand, danger and degradation on the other.
Increasing power and responsibility among
tbe nations of the earth, whose prosperity
we will hold in the hollow of our hands: or
increasing weakness, with Government un
der whose prestige they and their institu-
ions become the scoff Of nations. These
are the alternatives, which truth and expe-
renee must present to all impartial minds in
he South. Where must they ultimately
cad, unless to union Of the South2 If
south Carolina secedes from the Uhio.. and
emains an independent State for FIVE years,
Southern Confederacy must be the result.
'r the South will have enforced those gnaran-
ees which will give her that safety, liberty.
md equality to which she is entitled. have
'een battling in this cause for TWENTY-FIVE
ears, and have now but few more years
o Civ" to Your service. Hong to see It set
led. AS a citizen of South Carolina Le-
hand that she makes mo free. Let her de-
ermine, now, and forever, the fate of her
oa's. My counsel is sccede from the Union
4 these United States. ''At every hazard,
md to the last extremity" secede. If t
vas now about to draw my last breath, with
hat breath would exhort you to seeede:
MI above all, my friends, let us be united
II secession. Our disunion will alone tempt
N effort of coercion. Our disunon can
lone bring lis defeat. Let lis be charitable
o each other, and hold every man to bea
'rother, who agrees with lis as to the wrongs
We have endured, and is intent on redressinr
hem. When the State Convention shall
determine on the mode of redress-when il
this State from the Union. all
hese will be with us and in their generous
lvalry for the maintenance of the honor and
berty of South Carolina, they will perhaps
nrpass rs all in patriotic energy and useful
ess. Unite; and unite in secession, md
nth Gods blessing, redemption is at hand
,r us and ours.
WHAT WOULD Do.-If were possessed
tho most valuable things in the world, +
nd was about 10 will them away, the fol-,
wing would be my plan of distribution: -
would will to the world land the rest Of
'ankind) truth and friendship, whicl, are
cry scarce. ..s.