The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-12-05

effect Of producing the concurrent aetio,
OF all the States interested. II therefore
Virginia Is right as TO the best mode O
redressing wrongs and obtaining the con
current action Of other States, it follow.
that the separate action of each is tn,
best method Of getting co operation o.
concerted action Of the other States il
any movement, aud it would therefor,
be wise in South Carolina, in imitation O
Virginia, to decline representation in
"any assemblage which can exercise nc
legitimate power except to debate and
adv,se,' and IN no asSemblage whatever
until bv the Ordinance of her Couveu
ton she has seeded from a Union which
she once acceded to, and which has
proved a curse instead Of a blessing.
The effort Of South Carolina 10 assem-
bie the Southern States, in the hope that
lie North might lie induced to pause and
retrace their steps, by an earnest and
unanimous protest against the course pur.
sued 10y them, and a notification that un
less d" change OF policy took place, the
I South would be compelled to take the re
! dress ot her grievances in her own hands,
i"l'ed on account of the refusal Of Vir-
| gInia to join in The movement, although
/ her borders had been recently invaded,
aud her citizens murdered in cold blood
I toy band OF aOolitionists, instrga;ed to
/ the deed by the teachings oil men of con.
/ trolling power in the North. All hone.
therefore, OF concerted action bv South
ern Convention being lost, there is but
one course left for South Carolina to pur-
sue, consistently with her honor, interest
aud safety, and that is, to look neither to
the right nor to The left, bu, 90 straight
forward TO the consummation Of her bur
pose.
IL is too late now TO receive PROPOSE.
uons for conference and the State
would be wanting in self respect, after
having deliberately decided on her course
I" entertain any proposition looking to a
continuance IN the present. Union. We
rAn get 40 better or safer guarantee than
the present Constitution, snd that has
proved impo,ent to protect us agains, the
fanaticIsm OF the North. The institution
OF slavery must be under the exclusive
control Of those directly interested in its
preservation and not left to the mercy
OF those that believe il 10 be their duty
to destroy it.
The tone Of the Northern press has
greatly changed since the unanimous and
determined action Of South Carolina
Heretofore, Il was sorpossd bv our en.r
nles that We were divided and distracted
at home, and that, in consequence Of our
divisions, the scenes Of 1851 would be re.
enacted, and the State would finally &C.
qniesce in Black Republican rule, or a,
best, that something less than secession
would be adopted, and our energies ex
hhnstcd IN fruilie@ eIpedients ard una
vaihng threats. Now that the unw.lcome
c9"victi"n forces itself upon them that,
I'VE have counted the cost, and find moth.
my so IntolerabIe as voluntary slavery"
and that We are not to be deferred from
the assertion ard maintenance of our
rights by ihe threats Of Federal bayonets
or the unmeaning and senseess display
Of Wide Awake professions, formidable
only to the capitalists and conservatives
o' Their own section, they begin to change
their tone, and appeal 10 Us, rather as
supPl'an,s than AS conquerors, to save "a
Union from which they have reaped
rlyh harvest Of profit and honor. and the
South has only known by its exaclons.
They have been deaf to the voice OF
reason and consanguiniiy they have
drsregarded the counsels of their wisest
and best citizens, Their Neros, in the
persons of Seward, Sumner, and others,
have been tiddIing while the Constitution
has been trampled under foot, and
iigher law inaugursted in iis stead in
accordance with their reasonable advice
aud teaching, and by the crowning act Of
eIect'ug Black Republican President TO
carry out their long cherished designs a
ga'nst the peace and prosperity OF the
South, they have declared open war a
gainst Us.
What sourse, then, is left for the
Southern States 10 pursue for the main.
tenance Of their lights and the security
Of their property, but . separation from
such open and undisguised enemies, and
the establishment Of Southern Confed
eracy, with every element Of greatness
and means Of defence necessary 10 pro
leCI lneIn from any enemy, ana com
mand the respect and admiration of the
world : 1t is gratifying to kpow that
in The contemplated movement South
Carolina has strong assurances that she
will not stand alone that il the lone
star We must have, it will be but for a
short season, when star after star will be
added, and the Southern banner present
to the heavens the bright constellation
that adorns it,"
There s no reasonable donbt but that
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida,
Texas and Arkansas vii! Immediately
follow, and that the other Southern
States will eventually complete the gal.
axy. twas not to be expected that they
would move before South Carolina not
on sccoust OF any want Of patriotism and
determination to resist aggression and in
snIt-not because they are less informed
Of their rights. or less prepared to defend
them. but on account Of the national
parties. so lately striving for victory in