The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-10-25
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Me,srs. Editors: Perhapssat no period OF the
worlds existence has there been such a diyersit5
If mattersfr reflection and discussion as nowaaa a
never was there such an array of disputants, who
ire ready to WELD the tongue or pen, as occasion
nay require, and no objection could be urged to
,uch u state of things were the subjects of discus
,ion such as are calculated to benefit mankind OF
,cdound I'd the good of nations; but unfortunate
" so versatile is the talent of our land, so fertile
s now the brain of man, that in casting about Tor
new matter for reflection, he has let loose upoa
sciety o heterogeneous mass Of lists and lsps'
which, urcombatted, would sink our race lnS
degradation, in comparison with which, the saslse
life Il our primcval forests would be paralise.
Thescvcaections are caused by'th state OF 'naifs
that NOV exist throughout our common cou''iy.
well remember the time when the actin OIL .lle
abolitioaias of the North, and the consequent 'aih
of secession at the South, would both AVE ceen
pronounced treason towards each other. treason 70
the whole country; aye, and treason against the
God who had 50 signally assisted to staoiish this
government; bu, now, these two spyects are Kept
prominently before the respective sections Why
is this Has there arisen any necessity Tor the
interference of the North with an institution that
has been continually growingbetcr for both mas
fer anil slave ever since the establishment of our
present government? no man who understands
the subject will pretend tlatylch is the case We
need not follow up the reaGhing. 1t is sufficient
for our purpose, at prose,sto know. that such q
state Of things will soore1ist 10 drive the South
in defence, Of not lylcr slaves, but of her very
existence as sovereig' states therefore, the only
question that nowis@ paramount significance to
the Southern man 3, how shall the separation be
effect ed and II toes appear to me, that more gas
is expended, ani more nonsense cnunciated upon
this subject tim upon any other that has ever oc-
cupicd the puiic mind.
Scarcely hl 1.-THE i,ca of secession taken root
on soutlcr soil in 1850 and 81, when some un-
bounded enius discovered that it had be cfcc=
ted by cooperation; that is, by union of several
or all O,the slave States; and strangc2sas it may
appeor this absurd idea has held its sway over the
Sou ltfor ten years. There is no such thing as
COT Grafton in secession. 1t can only be effected
bv npdrate State action. If the States arc sover-
co in their capacity Of. States, then they had the
rih to form the union, and altloughino provision
v4s inserted in the Constitution for a breaking up
that union, yet the States hold. that right by
virtue of their sovereignty, whenever the compact
should be violated by any number of the partners
to the contract The only question, then, that is
Of much Significance at this time is, have The arii
clcs of agreement, or any of them, been violated
or broken by any Of the contracting parties! Most
assnrctlly they have. When this Confederation
was formed, of the States then held slaves,
AMI I.havc no doubt would have held them yet, if
the institution could have been made to pay but
as it did not slavery was abolished in all such
and in few years the inhabitants of those States
discovered that they had got rid ofian enormous
sin. What rnhcard of sagacity. hareIno doubt
but they had committed almost any amount of
sin. have been informed by persols who were
ccgnizant of facts as slavery theft spod in those
States, that the most horrid crueltis were then
and there practiccd by the ancestors Of these vile
possible cxtort a fortune from two or three slaves
But has the compact Of the Statcslcen violated? !?
The South has steadily adhered 4 all that she
agreed to perform, and has since, fc the sake of
peace, made compromise after compromise, until
these self-shriyen ex-slavchol'lcrs have come to
the conclusion that they are the Uncil States, and
have ossuilcd us i'll every concelablc manner.
They repudiate the Constitution, an IRE really the
only dsunionists of this country. rhcy incitc our
slaves to scrvilc insurrcction, an destroy our
property in every conceivable ma'lcr They de-
ny us the right to enter the comma territory with
our property while that territoryFas iiiaiify paid
for by the blood and treasure of tc South. Ina
word, they would throw all thcburdens of the
compact upon the South, whilcthcy alone arc
competent to take care of its hmunitics. The
compact not violated, CHI? 1t is been violated
for years, and the South has boic with it until
forbearancc has long ceased tope virtue, and
secession is now the only rcnlIly left, and will
have to bc rcsortcd to soon, if NJ upon the cleo
ton of Lincoln to the Prcsrncy. Secession,
then, being tho last resort, it tst be performed
by separate State action-cac State, upon the
rights of her own individual soireignty, declaring
the compact at IN end, go far ashe is concerned
and then may come up Che idcof cooperation: u
cooperation of the seeded Stcs against COM
mon enemy The mere cccth of Lincoln will
not be Fundamental ground fl secession, for he
will no doubt be corsttutionay ecctcd; but that
election will say to rs that the compact will still
be violated, and to greater exep than ever; and
having ground ALREADY for such acoursc, there is
no propricty in wsisns to see hS much more we
shall be revied ardlramplcd upo. Then let Sc
ccssion be the remey, but as weyaluc all we hold
dear, let not such mn as YanccyH Howell Cobb and
Sam Houston be or leaders,
Selecteior the Intellfenccr.
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