The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-30
Rsbsic Sentiment La South C~rsliaa-epeeeh
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~ Senator Hammsnd.
Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, had re-
Gently the compliment of public dinner given
in bis honor at Beech Island, in that State. II
appears to have been an al fresco affair, for e
learn from the Charleston Mercury that Their
was an assemblage of fifteen hundred persons on
the occasion, o whom some three hundred were
of the fair sex. At this demonstration Senator
Hammond delivered speech, report of which
will be found elsewhere in our columns to day.
This speech, az coming from Senator from
South Caroline, is remarkable for its moderate
pess Of tone, and for the many sensible things
though not altogether upmixed with some things
quite the reverse-which it contains; and it is
difficult to know which most to wonder at, the
courage of the Senator in speaking them, or the
agreeable spirit in which they seem to have
been received by the audience.
Mr. Hammond, as was very natural, reviewed
the important political questions OF the day,
and gave his own views of them in an easy, in
dependent, of-haud style. As to squatter sove
reignty he declared that its whole theory aud
scheme was matter OF disgust, aud the Kansas
Nebraska bill delusion and deception from
the beginning, and rotten with fraud. La these
views he will find a large majority of sympa
thizers ia the North. AS to the disuniOn seuti-
merts Of his own State he did not seem inclined
to give them any more counteeance than he
gave TO the Kansas Nebraska bill. The South,
be said, under the present aspect Of affairs
would have to remain in the Union To be eure
the parenthetical phrase /" under the present as
pect Of affairs" is not very definite or intelii-
| gible, and may be interpreted to suit the views
of whoever undertakes to define it. The grounds
on which alone he comedies the propriety
| of dissolution of the Union sre-irst, the
Generalization of the federal courts by making
| the judiciary elective, and then the establish
ment of offensive tariffs, or Of United States
Bank, or the direct tampering with slaves. But
| as to dissolving the Union on any such rid
culous pretence as the refusal of Congress to
give validity to the Lecompton constitution, he
entirely ignores such an idea, and does not even
mention it in the list of grievances. But he
does distinctly declare, that even if at the next
| Presidential election the North should by COM
bination elect an abolitionist, the great body of
the South would not, on that issue, 60 out of
the Union; although on repetition of the same
offence, they might do so. Where was Keitt and
the whole body of South Carolina chivalry
when such sentiments were publicly declared by
| Senator of the Palmetto Stateg Here is an
indirect invitation to more Northern aggres.
| sioDs; and yet not dissentient voice and not
word Of disspprovalis heardfrom that respecta-
bic auditory. We must infer from this that the
yeomanry and the chivalry Of South Carolina
do not march under the same banner.
But, further on Mr.. Hammond takes still
more extraordinary positions. The North, he
said was by no means wholly to blame for the
present condition of the sections Many of their
grievances took their rise at the South. Many
false theories had originated there, aud many
others the South had adopted The Bank Of
the United States had originated with the South,
and the tariff had it's godfather there. As to
the agitation against slavery, no smaller men
example.
Let Keia and Boyce, and Miles aud Bonham,
and the other chevaliers Of the Palmetto State,
rave and rant as much as they choose in favor
ofwresting Cuba from the Spaniards, of absorb
ing Mexico, and Of overunning Central Anne
RIGA with ilibusters-as for him, he thought Il
all wrong. He was opposed to any further an
nexation Of territory, and wished the country
to have nothing to do with Mexico or Central
Arerica-though II we wanted Pacific route
he would not object to selling Tehuantepec or
Panama, with the right Of way. Neither was
he in favor Of reopening the slave trade. The
idea Of doing 50, while the South was in
the Union, be conceived to be an impracticable,
visionary project What benefit he asked,
was the South to derive from increasing the
area Of slave territory--or what Southern man
would place slavcs in Kansas. The reporter
does not make the Senator respond TO these
questions put to himself but the answer may be
inferred from the whole scope Of the argument,
and from a subsequent remark that the South
VAS now struggling TO keep Texas against the
inroads of Northern emirants Why. there
fore. should the South 60 for Central America
on Mexico! They wanted none Of those vast re-
gions now, but should rather address them
selves 10 the Development Of their own Internal
resources.
1t Is really refreshing to read such speech,
delivered by South Carolina Senator in pre-
sence Of the chivalry and yeomanry of that
State. And now what we want to know is
whether the sentiments thus uttered by the lips
of Senator Hammond are fair exposition of
the views of the people; for If they are, then
all we have TO say IL, that Keitt and all that
pack of fro,h and fury secessionists are nothing
but consummate humbugs
A PRoruET HATH No HoNoR IN Hrs Own
CorNTRr.-Some time since we felt called upon
to notice in a commendatory spirit speech de-
livercd by Jefferson Davis at Portland. Me.
We thought that the conservative, high toned