The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-12-06

Awake professions, formidable only to
the capitalists and conservatives of their
own section. they begin to change their
tone, and appeal to us, rather as suppnants
than as conquerors to save Union from
which they have reaped rich harvest OF
profit and honor, and the South has only
known by its exactions. 81
They have been deaf to the voice OF
reason and consanguinity; they have dis,
REGARDED the counsels of their wisest and
hest citizens. Their Neros, in the persons
of Seward. Sumner, and others, have been
fddlino While the Constitution has been
trampied under foot, and a higher law in
anruratedin its stead; in accordance with
their treasonable advice and teaching, and
by the crowning act Of electing a Black
Republican President to carry out their
long cherished designs against the peace
and and prosperity of the South, they have
declared open war against us.
What course, then, is left for the South
ern States to pursue for the maintenance
of their rights and the security of their
property but separation from such open
and undisguised enemies, and the estab-
lishment Of Southern Confederacy, with
every element OF greatness and every
means of defence necessary to protect
them from any enemy and command the
respect and admiration of the world !!
1t is gratifying to know that in the con-
templated movement South Carolina has
strong assurances that she will not stand
alone; that if the lone star we must have,
it will be but for Il short season, when
star after star will be added, and the
Southern banner present to the heavens
the bright constellation that adorns it"
There is no reasonable doubt but that
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and
Arkansas will Immediately follow, and
that the other Southern States will event
ually complete the galaxy. 1t WIS not
to be expected that they would move be-
fore South Carolina; not on account
of any want of patriotism and deter
mination to resis aggression and in
suit, not because they are less inform
ed of their rights. or less prepared
to defend them; but on account of the
national parties. so lately striving for
victory in the Presidential canvass; III
which contest there would naturally arise
distrust and jealousy of each other, and q
scramble for the ascendancy. Now that
the Presidential election is over, and an
enemy of their section is chosen To rule
over them, VIC find all parties becoming
nnited against the common enemy, and
prepared to forget thcirpast divisions. and
unite in defence of their affairs and fire
sides.
There is no longer any jealousy on the
part of other resistance States toward
South Carolina; on the contrary, they all
urge her by every consideration Of duty
and patriotism to lead the van in this no
BILE struggle for our violated rights
What q sublime moral spectacle is pre-
sented to the world by our beloved State; ;
small in territory, with comparatively
sparse population. and without much mill
taly training, yet relying upon the JUS
tice of her cause and the approving smile
of Heaven, she is first among the foremost
to sever her connection with the Federal
Government, and to accept the consequent
ces that may follow her decision | will
not enter into an elaborate argument to
prove the right Of State peaceably to
seccde from the Union. 1t will not be
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Union rs State, and not as an morgan
lied mass of individuals. and that the ac-
ton of each State was Independent Of the
others, and if any proof OF this fact be
wanting, it may be found in the action Of
North Carolina, which State did not en-
ter the Union until more than year af-
ter it was formed by the admission of nine
States, which number wasrequired by the
Convention that adopted the present Con-
stitution of the United States.
1t is true that no provision is made in
the Constitution for dissolving the Union,
and it is very probable that the patriots
who framed the instrument had no idea
that n loathsomc fanaticism, pandcrcd to
Northern politicians, would ever make it
necessary for the safety Of the South, that
they should dissolve the compact on ac-
count of its violation by the other section
of the Confederacy, but it must be remem-
bered as rule Of universal application,
that a violation Of a compact or agree
ment by one party releases the other par
ty from its binding obligation, and the
only question is, who is to Judge of the
infraction From the very nature of the
case, in q compact with soveregns, there
can be no umpire, unless one is provided
by the instrument itself, and in the Ian
guage of Mr.. Jefferson, each State must
Judge of the infraction and the mode and
measure of redress" A compact between
sovereign States, with the understanding
that the majority should put their con-
struction upon its provisions, would not
be worth the paper upon which it was
written. MJorities need no protection,
for they can protect themselves, but mi
norities insist upon constitutions to re-
strain the majority, and to allow it to put
its construction upon the compact, is