Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-12-27
Poor South Carolina !

The world still moves The earth turns on
its axis. Tides obb and flow. Rivers run to
the sea. The sun shines by day, and the moon
by night. Every star is in its accustomed place
The solar system yet holds its position in Gods
Universe. And yet, will our readers believe it,
South Carolina has, bya unanimous vote in her
Convention, passed the following ordinance
An Ordinance to Dissolve the Union bet,oeen the
State of South Carolina and other States uni
ted Nth her under the compact entitled the
Constitution of the United States Of America;
We, the people of the State Of South Caloli-
ia, in Convention assembled, do declare and or
dan, aud it is hereby declared and ordained,
that the ordinance adopted by us in Convention
on the 23d day of May in the year of our LORD
1888, whereby the Constitution Of the United
States Of America was ratified, and also all
Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assem-
bly, Of this State ratilying the amendments OF
the SAID Constitution are hereby repealed, ana
that the union now subsstiDg between South
Carolina and other States under the namc OF the
United Sttaes of America,
South Carolina has seeded. This happened
on the Goth OF the present month She has
previously snubbcd the stars and stripes, and
shown loye-sck fancy for piece Of bunting
ycept a Palmetto flag. The has talked brave
| ly Of rifles and swords Of cannon and Paixhan
guns of powder and shot, and SHE'LL and all in
genious contrivancesfo for carrying on war Of
determination. And after having scoded and
clustered, and foamcd at the mouth, and been
regular Pistol in her defiant gasconade, she
has gone one step further and unanimously, by
her Convention, voted herself II foreign COM
munity; whether kingdom, principally, colony,
or duchy, doth not yet appear. She has poted
to leave Uncle Sam s bed and board, chiefly
because she can no longer wear the brooches,
and have things all her own way about the
I House She did this once before, and the Tn
ion survived. 1t takes more than q paper or
dioance to break up this Union. South Caro-.
lima cannot do it bya vote. She may make
herself 50 uncomfortable by her yxeni,h be-
hayior that the rest Of the family will be ready
to let her have her own way, and stay out in
the cold, bat, until then, tho3o United States
will embrace the territory and the p3opIa
oi the Palmetto State,
Thus far South Carolina has had comparative.
" an easy time in her madness. Cobb and
Floyd have given her wIataid and comfort they
, could. The poor, old shattered Imbecile and
Coward at the head of the Government refuses
to execute the laws against the traitors. Trcm-
4 bling and shaking IN his boots while the incen-
. diaries are putting the torch to the citadel OF
our Liberties, he only snivels out, Let US
pray F." The traitors sneer and laugh at his
shvering pusillanimity and rush on in their
mad course.
But we beg leave to assure this little foreign
municipality, of South Carolina, that the Jor-
dan upon which they have entered will be found
particularly hard road to travel. Already
they are quarelling abouta tariff and free trade.
:, They will meet a thousand difficulties in everv
, step of their progress. They have commenced
their enterprise in the pleasant company Of
/ small pox aud fire. Let them have care that
its history be not written in their own blood
and end IN anarchy and murder.