The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-09-25
from III" Charleston .jfcrcu,.y.
THE TRUE REMEDY.

MEssRs. FDrroRs: In your issue of tho
the 9th instant, yuo copy in articlcce from
. the Richmoud Dispatch" in which the
re"i''" of the Soutl, arc counsccd to im-
tate the proceedings Of the Colonists in
lT74, locking 10 non.intrrcourse with
/ Great Britain. / think the Dispatch is in
error in cornscliing this course In IA it
:,av possibly have had something to re-
commend il. But it is difficult to show
'l:at il influenced, in the slightest DECREE,
the question Of independence. Those who
ad"p:cd it hoped, no doubt, tn make some
impression on the mercantile classes in
Great Britain, that miyh, react f;,vorably
upon the ruling class. The history of the
revolution shows that it was a weak meas
are, although no doubt the friends of the
C"lonists i'll the mother country made the
| best Of il.
| The contest in which we are engaged
. with the Northern section OF the Conietcr-
"ry, has much more bitterness and intensity
| than the Revolutionary struggle. In III
many patriots locked to the possibility Of
Il reconciliation. Many still believed that
farther continuance nf the connection
Wit, Great britain would not, of necessity,
fatally involve the fortunes of the Colonies.
Hence halfway measures and tcmporisirr
expedicnts, mislcd them and lclu,lcd them
for some time
But i'll cur case, there can bc but little
room Tor dcl,'>ion, except among those who
are wiitn!iy blind. Our enemies certainly
take no pain, whatever to deceive us. They
play their game very openly. Their war
has been carried on with great directncsS
and consistency for thirtylivc years. 1t is
Il war i'll which success on their part in
wolves us not only iii disgrace, but u!ler
ruin-a disgrace and ruin, compared with
which, nothing Of disaster and calamity
that has bctallcn civiiiscd communities, de-
serves serious consideration. The dc"ra,a-
ton of the Southern people, the 'lesccra-
ton of our Southern homes, the dcsolaton
Of cur Southern ticlls-lhese arc inveia-
ble. il we fail in the contest that the North
cln section is wa"ng against us. And
eleventh hour, in the very crisis of our fate.
do not buy Of the North" :" edo not sell
10 The North :" Weak. wcals-wcrsc than
weak. Docs not the Southern man who
; counsc!S thus, know that the whole course
"f the confederate legislation has been such,
and will ever he such, rs to .ivct us com.
mcrcial!y to the North 10 tell us not to
buy of, nor sell 10, te North, is to tell lis
neither to buy nor sell us long us this Tn
ion lasts. The North knows this full well,
am! laughs to scoln all such weak and
puny devices. She knows full well, that
her commci.:,! supremacy necessarily fol-
lows in the wake OF l:cr political domina-
ton; and that the South is but dreaming
dreams, nr"cr to hc realised when she talks
nf Independent Southern Commerce whilst
this Union continues.
"The Richmond Dispatch" advises that
which is utterly imprlctirablc, L;.raHse your
legislation b;' made it so-and ln.:t which,
were it practcablc, would be Intellectual,
! because that which is more potent than
lesisIalion, has the mastery Of tile Moth
crn mind. You cannot "minis;er to a
mind," it rejects all medication, it ,lefies all
; Logic. BESIDES, f,na:irsm apart the North.
crn mind is bent osr,lng and running, and
YOU cannot prevent ii, If you remain in the
Union. You have been relrcatins, and
; concecd;ng and compromising, for thirty
five years. You have lost your equality in
! the Senate and can never recover it. A
con'cderacy composed of unequal hostile
sections, must be destroyed, or the minor
section must be destroyed by the MAJOR
The very i'iea Of II confederacy comprising
hostile sections. is a political solecis,n
: pray the Dispatch not TO he holding
ont To us these ilusory mcasures-thcsc
: "i9ncs Juiui;' they can but lure US 10 our
doom. Let it rather present to our con-
/ temptation more substantial objects. LIT
j, ask lis whether there can be any sense in
! lhe attempt to keep in union Il hostile pro-
! pie? Whether there can he any wisdom
IN attempting to keep mp union be-
tween the North aud the South, when
equality (lle vital principle of that unon)
! Is irrctricvally lost? Whetl,erthc common.
/ est prudence should not compel! the Sonlll
! - dissolve n connection which is annually
transferring millions Of her money to the
! Northern srctiun-whicIl, whilst it f;ltens
wealth and power TO degrade and to crush
: us9
! Instead Of running after phan:oms, let
it ask itself whether Abolition communi-
ties should be permitted to have voice in
/ the government Of slavcllol,ling communi-
! ties Let it determine for itself that poti-
ca problem.
And farther, let it unite witt, lis in ap-
pealing to its own political mother, to the
: Old Dominion, to join with us in driving
out Of our Union the hire'ing States.
With, Virginia as our leader, and Mason
and Dixion's line as our frontier the South
can easily achieve her independence, vindi-
cate her honor, and establish her aericul-
ture and commerce upon solid and pcrma-
ncnt basis. Jim.
Acur Georactown, Sept 8, 1856.
PRIVAfEERINe.
The London journals do not like Mr..
Marcy's despatch upon privateering any
better than we anticipated. The London
Post Q'e'merston's organ) says that Marcy's
proposition "would be mode of war
which would utterly disarn the nreat ,nnr;