New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-09-26
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n Nesrly twentyone years ago, gloriously gifted
and patriotic statesman presided Is executive over
tbe state os South Carolina, He was man Of rare
powsn and generous impulses and with him com
Inn events cast their shadows before, as the follow
ing extract from his message to the Legislature, which
We ind in late number Of the Charleston Mercury,
clearly indicates We commend it To our Thousands
Of readers without distinction Of party as containing
matter altogether worthy their profoundest consider
alton. Would that al Southern statesmen would
adopt and follow the golden counsel Of Gov. McDufie
to the leading men and people Of the Palmetto state
Then the South would occupy position antipodai TO
the one she occupies now both regards the present
and the future, for then she would be safe. But,
here is the extract to which we have alluded:
\ tFrom Gov. McDunis's Message Nov. g. 1851 IS
NoBLE THOUGHTS NoBLY ExPREssED. = South
Carolina has achieved an enyiable reputation ly her
noble and successful struggle for the essential in-
terests and constitutional rights OF the Soutnern
States Her success in that unequal contest and the
high character with which she came out OF it, were
principally owing to the apparent and acknowledged
TACT that her statesmen and her people were actuated
exclusively by patriotic spirit OF resistance directed
against system Of unconstitutional oppression with
ont any Interior purpose OF selfish ambllon Ley & US
nobly acquired as the Romans did their vestal fire.
Let no statesman of South Carolina tarnish her glori
ous escutcheon by enlsting as partisan under the
banner Of any Of those political chiefs who are grasp
ing at the Presidential sceptre. The political princi
pies and peculiar institutions Of the State may be sold
and sacrificed but most assnredy they can never be
preserved by such degrading partisanship. South
Carolina, and all the States having similar institu.
tions must not put their trust in Presidents" but
look to their own power and principles for the securi
ty Of their rights and institutions They in per
manent minority on all questions affecting their
rights and Institutions, and whoever may exercise the
Mo- %hnxyv ho
cised in due obedience to the will Of the adverse
jorty So long as this state of things shall continue
so long as the Executive Government OF the United
States shall be conducted by an administration hold
ing principles incompatible with the full security Of
our institutions and rights, no statesman Of South
Carolina can become associated with TINT administra
tion without justly ncurring the imputation of be
coming an accomplice in overthrowing the essential
guarantees Of her vital interest. He cannot worship
the sun Of federal power and offer up the homage o
devoted heart on the altar of the State. 81
II the. politicians Of the planting States would act
upon these obvious principles, our rights and insttu
hons would be speedily placed upon 2 foundation
which nothing could shake in future. The whole oi
the States would be united upon principles essential
to their very existence and standing upon the ram
parts of the Constitution in defence Of their sacred
rights, would present o phalanx which no assailng
power could overcome.
But, however other States may think on this sub
ject trust these will always be the principles ol
South Carolina, and that they will be sacredly re-
garded and faithfully observed by all her public func
tionaries sincerely believe that they constitute the
talisman Of her political strength and that, if main
tanned, they will throw around her institutions g
magic circle, which neither ambition nor fanatics
will venture to overleap. Leaving then the Federal
Government to run its fated career, and standing
proudly aloof from all these intriguing combinations
and "entangling alliances" by which politicians may
atter themselves that they are serving their const
tuents, when they are only promoting their OWE
aggrandizement, let dedicate all our faculties and
ali our efforts to the improvement Of our beloved
State in all that can contribute to her intelligence
wealth, power and security.