Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-12-15
SECESSION No. TX.

SECESSION NO. IL.
RKxKpIEs FOR EXISTING EVILS PROPOSED BIT |
SoUTH CARoLINA-THEIR ABsuRDITT -THE
AvowKD Nor THE True MOrIvE-OPRNINe OF
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE The LEADING o.
JEcT-lrs EFFECTS ON THE BORDER SLAVE
SIATEs-THEY ARE TO BIZ USED TO EFFECT
"PKAcEFuL SECESSION" AND THEN ''CoRRczp"
INTO TERMS on LRrr As A BARRrKR AeAlNsr
ABoLITIoNIsM.
To hs People Of ths Sosfk. ~
Let us briefly consider the remedies which
South Carolina proposes for the wrongs Of which
the South complains.
They COM plain that Northern men intend to |
exclude SHAREHOLDERS from the territories, which
are the common property Of all the States, and a.
q remedy for this prospective grievance, South
Carolina proposes TO girs up the territories alto
g.th.!
They complain that some of the Northern states
have violated the Constitution by passing acts to
impede the execution Of the fugitive slave law,
and as a remedy for this violation on their part,
south Carolina proposes to abolish the Consfits-
tion altogethsr
They complain that the Constitution and laws
Of the United States are not sufficient to prevent
the abduction Of slaves secure the rendition Of
fugitives, and South Cardinals remedy 10 to re-
sce Northsrn gro stsalers from those rsstraits
and girs up all claim to the rendition Of JHgi-
tees!
They complain Of the Underground railroad"
| by which slaves are transported to Canada, and,
| as a remedy, South Carolina proposes 10 SAGE the
| cost and trouble of transportation BY cirtsaI!y
| bringing Canada dorvn TO the Ohio rirg and the
borders Of the slarsholding States!
Theynomplain that there Is party in the North
| eru Std015 which is seeking the overthrow Of
southern Institutions, and South Carolina's rem
| edy Is to drire all other northern into that
| party,
They complain of the sympathy expressed by q
| few madmen In the North for John Brown, and
South Cardinals remedy Is to rsniors ecsry bar
risr to the organization of popsrfIl flibusfsring
expeditions against slavery on the Gerry borders OF
| the sIarshoIding States.
/ In every one Of these cases the remedy she pro-
| poses would aggravate the injury beyond calcu-
lation, though In these particulars 1t would fall
lightly upon her. Ensconced az she Is upon the
| seacoast, surrounded by double and triple cir
cumvallaton of slaveholding States, she does not
lose one slave by abolition thieves where Mary
1 land, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri lose hun
dreds. IL her remedies were adopted they would
| expose those States to a constant border war ard
the loss Of ten slaves where they now lose one;
while the statesmen Of South Carolina might still
sleep quietly In their beds, undsturbed by the
increased peris and losses brought on other parties
by their mad ambition.
South justly complains, inasmuch as they affect
South Carolina very little Ii at ALL constitute the
real motive with her leading men for plunging
into revolution, the only effect Of which, II
peaceful and successful, would unquestionably
| be greatly to increase the losses and dangers Of
other States without the least benefit to their own
| State.
There must be some other motive not openly
avowed, which stimulates them to take this des-
Il Il. - .-N -Af.~ L. n q -
| understand.
Already the men who expect to lead I'm the
Southern Confederacy have declared themselves
in favor OF reopening the African slave trade.
They have no hope Of the accomplishment Of that
object long their respective States constitute
| portion ofthe present Confederacy. But should
a new confederacy composed Of the cotton States
be established undoubtedly Of their rst acts
would be to legalize the African slave trade It
immediate effect would be to depreciate the value
of slaves more than fifty per cent throughout all
the slaveholding States; for while the cost Of a
Z good hand from Virginia in the cotton States II
, not less than 81 COO able hands brought direc
from Africa under unrestricted slave trade car
, soon be purchased for 500 And II the Southern
Confederacy should then conquer Mexico and an
mex Cuba, what a magnificent empire IL will be
/ come
: | But in the meantime, what is to become Of th,
!; border slaveholdng States, They have no desir,
70 open the African slave trade, and no interes
\ which can be subserved by IL. On the contrary
v such a measure would at one blow annihilat
: more than one-haf the value Of their slave prop
: efty, while the breaking up Of the Union woulS
n | expose the residue to increased peris.
venture to predict that Virginia and the othe
border slave States will never be allowed to joi
the Cotton Confederacy, should II be established
o unless IL be with the clear understanding tina
they win assent to the reopening Of the African
slave trade. They are now to be used for the pur
pose Of efectiug the "psae.fHI ssesssiosu Of tn
. cotton States and to ward of from them the peril
Of disunion but when that object shall have beel
e effected, they win be required to submit to tn
o terms Of the seceders, and In any event remain
e barrier between them and the abolitionism Of tn
North, relieved from the restraints Of our presen
! | Constitution and laws.
3 In another number we will consider the possi
4 bility Of practical remedy for the real evils en-
n | dured by the South. AMOS KENDALL.
r Caucus OF SOUTHERN MEMBERS OF CoysRKss
m | At the request Of Hon. Reuben Davis, of Misy
| member Of the Committee of States, the Southern
| members Of Congress assembled at his rooms OF
T Thursday night, and adjourned at eleven O'Clock