The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-01-08

conscious that he feels little disposition to
aid those who will not help themselves;
and, furthermore, that he gives little credit
to complaints that are not accompanied or
followed by efforts to get rid of their causes
For these reasons, the South should ALWAYS
be unit rs 1t wa. in the recent election.
with the exception of Maryland, which is
itself not only unit but phenomenon.
1t would puzzle the most sagacious inoui
rer, who could see through q milestone. to
arrive at any tolerable theory that would nc.
count Tor State containing greater mum.
her OF Catholics than any other in the
Union except Louisiana, and abounding
in slaves, giving its suifrages to presden,
tia candidate representing a party compo.
sed principally of those who would free all
.he negroes and disfranchise all the Catho.
lies, The good people of Maryland must
be very near.sighted or very disinterested
Feeling, then, the necessity of strict
union of the southern States in defence of
their rights and viewing them as the great
buIwarks OF the constitution and the Union,
1T was with not only alarm, bu: dismay,
noticed, since the result Of the late election.
certain indications that seem to foreshadow
a schism, or at least diversity Of opinion
IN that section, which may lead to schism
allude to the message of Gov. Adams TO
the Legislature of South Carolina, recon.
mending revival of the slave trade, and
to the language of certain very ablv-con-
Quoted journals of the South, with Which,
am sure, great majority of the people Of
that quarter will not sympathze.
In IL pat INV ,las;cx, - Al
quiry Nhether this trade is in its results
beneiich. or injurious to the happiness OF
the unmitigaled barbarians of Africa. 1t
is sufficient to say that it has beco ne re.
pugnant to the feelings of the whole people
OF this country; that it cannot be revived
under the sanction of any law that can be
reasonably anticipated; and that most as.
suredly any serious attempt TO attain that
OBJECT would ut once ALLEVIATE from the
South every friend in the North, and sever
all the ties which subsist between the demo.
cracy of the two sections The democracy
OF the North has always sustained the
South, not from any prediction for slave
ry, but because in so doing they were up.
holding the constitution, which had sane.
toned the institution, and violation Of
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slaves would be a violation of tha, compact.
But the right of trading in slaves by foreign
importation was not guaranteed bv the
constitution bevond stated period. which
has long since passed. 1t is nov prohibited
by law, and venture TO predict that
law will never be repealed. Any attempt
to do SO on the part of the South, or any
southern Stale, will be successfully resisted
and will answer no other purpose than TO
alcnate northern friends, and furnish north.
ern enemies with new and moro well.
grounded theme for new abuse and new ca.
umnies.
Although | acquit Governor Adams Of
any such design, do not hesitate To express
the opinion that this design Of such design
there bc) to revive trade which (whelher
justly OF noD has become dotestabe in the
eyes OF great portion Of the civilized world.
will, if pcrsevered in, do more to weaken
the cause Of .he South than all the fu
ture efforts of abolition. 1t is, moreover,
little else than brand thrown into the
iurnancc, whose fires there is too much rea.
son TO fear will never be extinguished; and
II Is one of the heaviest blows ever aimed
at the Union, because, If persisted in, it will
deprive the South of all northern support.
aud, by leaving it to the mercy OF fauaii
ciNm, force it in selfdefence TO retire from
confaderacy where no respect is paid TO
It's feelings, lis tights, lis property, or its
peace.
The writer OF this article has on all occa-
sions been an advocate and defender of the
rights Of the South. Though AN inhabi,ant
OF the North, living in the hot bed of aboli
tlon, and environed bv fanatics of all classes
and varieties, he has never failed to exert
all his powers and all his influence in stem
ming he torrent which threatens to sweep
away every constitutional right, every bar
rier OF reason, and every legal security Of
person and property. In this character he
has now spoken to them frankly and sin
cerely, not as Dictator but an old friend
and monitor.
a RETIRED STATESMAN.