The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-02
The Southern Declaration Oh shae'
pcndcnce.

The Southern DcclnrltI On W
pcndcnce.
4 writer in the Charleston Here"ry IN rcPIs
to Major Perry, who asks. If 'he oo"tn nI' r
sufficient causes for disunion, answers us 'o'
lows -
The history of our union wit:i !he Nortner'
States is history Of repeated injuries anu us
urpations, all having direct oojec'-'ie %
taGlishment of an absolute tyrai'nf over theSc
States. 10 prove this, let fac Is DC s"olh'''e"
to candid world.
They have overthrowu tlle. .coasl'tutoh WHICH
binds MS together and collstisutes the terms OF
our union, 10y Il total disregard OF Its I''"'ta'
tons. 5.zetjiss.
They maintain that thcsGcngrcss OF thc
United States, under their. e2ltrol' Is as ON
nipotent in its Iegislation;a as t'ic Drlt'Sii ia'-
Lament claimed to be over our ancestors. '',s
+ BY disregarding the sovereignty OF the ota'es'
and establishing the wiikofa l'alorlty II, Con-
gfexs as the rigtful authority i IT'S legislation
they, have set up oyer. ies south an odlous'
dangerous and reinorseless d&Eotlsln.
They have rendered. rcprcsSS III Con
gress Of no avail to protect, the interests Of the
South, and thus taxation without representa-
tiun is practically enforced oyer us.
They have destroyed 5onrsFoIe,,sn commerce
by the most unjust NavigatnI Laws aun inc c
most unconstitutional and UBIQUITOUS larilt
laws.
They have exactcd taxes .fom us, not only
to support the comniou govcgIne't' O"t take
their property from the people :ot inc '9o"t''
and give it to tile people of:tiiS North.
TIev deny to us a common property III orr
territories. acquired: :coaaIiy by our money and
blood, on the ground that tle people o' t'e
South, with their institutions, '!fe not worthy
to colonize them. =.
They bav. assailcl for iforc than thirty
years thc institution of Atrirhn slavery in the
South and ave made oar coil mon Legislature
of the Federal Govcrnmcnt.affra Instrument
for oriurcndiarisn and abolition
They have compcllcdEist % separate rom
them, in our churches and essler religious in
itutioms.
They have passed laws instlelr State Legs
laturcs, nuifying the laws Of Congress prov'I-
ing for the recovery Of fngitv? slaves altlo"S'l
solcmuiy adjudicatrd to be constitutional py
the Supreme Court of the UIftea States.
They have organized asso. .latlpns to stc',
our slaves and tO.prcvcut thcT recaP'"re' anu
have murdered their masteI RS seeking Their
rcndtion. ,.,
Tl,,v have invaded our LoIics and killcd our
inotfcnsivc citizens to raise or slaves III '''s"r
rcction against their masters:
They openly declare their purpose TO ,, cifl'n, ,
cipatc our slaves by the power OF the fcueri''
81,
Government, and that they viii put lis to inc
sword five resist.
And. to garry ont these lt'stilc ana nchdlSi'
purposes, they have organl.l scctiona' par
IL AZ The North TO take posstssiSn OF the Fed
eral Government; and arc, tstrinss our towlls'
and striving. bv. distributing arms and poison
umo,r our slaves. to. 5lcso2te the South 10y
fire, iusrrection aud blood. igsiS
In every stageof these opkrcssios, @e. nave
petitione,l Tor redress IN tlte1aYbicst terms.
FEC
only by repeated injury. .!@topIc whose
character is thus marked byl every act which
may 'leiiuc tyfants, arp unfit 70 be the coed
crates of free people. J
Nor have We been wanting III attention u
our Northern brethren. We have warned
them, from time to time, Of II Ftcmpts 10y their
legislation, to extend unwarll,ntable jurls,lic-
ton over lis. We have rcmihdcd them Of the
circumstances of our cniuraticn and settlement
here. We have appealed TO ahelr nature, JUS,
ticc and marnauirlitv; and vie have coniurcd
them bv the ties of our comnon kindred, to
disavow their usllrpatiuns, which would incvi-
tabIv interrupt our CONNECTIONS and corrcsp"Il-
dcncc. They. too, have been tcaf to the voice
of Justice and cosaurllintv. Nc must, there
fore. Acuuicscc in the necessity which dcnou!l-
ces our separation; and hold tilrln' as we hold
the rest of mankind, enemies il war, in peace
friends.