The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-02-18

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The Legislature Of South Carolina 20
Gently passed preamble and series Of
resolutions, in which il il announced "a
the deliberate opinion of that state,
that the slavcholding States should In.
mcdia,cly meet together. TO concert meas
urcs sor concerted action The prsam-
bic sets forth that South Carolina. by an
ordinance. passed in 1859 asserted her
right To scccjc from the can'rdcracy
whenever he occasion should arise TITS.
tifying her IN her Judgment IA taking
that step, and in the Resolution taYpicd
by her convention, declared thnt Size
forcborc the immediate cxcr, sr IT that
right, from considerations f rzpcdicncy
only. For seven years the assaults up
IN the institution 81 slavery and tie
right. and equality Of the sou,hcr States
have increasingly continued in new and
more alarming forms South Carolina
still dctcrring to her sister Southern
States now urges upon them to take
the necessary steps To meet in council to
project measures for their common safety
This is the sum and substance Of the
preamble and resolutions adopted by the
Legislature Of South Carolina, and which
the Governor Of that State was instruct,
Cd 10 transmit to the Governors Of the
different Southern States, with the re-
quest that they be laid before their Lcgs-
latnrcs for consideration and action
Their plain Interpretation AS the Pic
ayunc very justly observes, is that
South Carolina holding to the right of
secession, as the remedy for her grev
ances, an Southern State dcfers to any
Joint action which her sister States, on
consultation, may agree to adopt. The
right Of solitary secession is waived, in
terms, and the whole subject referred 20
the common judgment Of the slavchold
ing States, who may decide not to sccedc
separately or unitcdly, and may devise
means by which the desire 10 -eccdc may
be cS,ingulshcd, or very much abatcd
even in South Carolina
Gov Houston lays this preamble and
the resolutions Of South Carolina before
the Legislature Of Texas, and embraces
INC occasion to accompany them with an
elaborate message lie assumes that
the object Of this movement Of South
Carolina is to prccipitatc the Southern
states into disunion upon thc plan of
secession enters into an argument
against the righ. Of q State 10 withdraw
from the Union, and contends that dis
nnion SO far from reMedying evils would
only increase them. That a Southern
confedcracy even if formed would be
liable to be broken into frag by
new discussions arising from imaginary
or real evils existing IN the Government
Quotes from the farewell address of
Washington in which he warns his couu.
,rymcn against sectional agitation aud
d,suniun from Jefferson, who pointed
ont the consequences Of dlsunlon, and
the improperly of even considering such
grave issue upon light and trivial
grounds from Madison upon secession
and disunion from Gen, Jackson's proc
lama,ion to South Carolina IN s32 and
from Clay and Webster upon the value
Of the Union. That there il no warrant
for secession # the Constitution should
be violated. and the government become
in,olcraldc, that there would be no longer
any Union to soccdc from, but tina, rcvp-
luton would cnsuc. and that then wound
come the fearful struggle for the mastery
lie asserts that there hns hcen for years
party in the South who for trivial canses
have been cndcavorine % p, ison llr
pnblc mind Of the south by exagg.ratrd
statements Of the condition oi tn. South
crn States, and by enforcing their ideas
Of secession, Qualification, and disunion,
to peciptatc destruction Of the Govern.
meet That this movement If South Car.
olina originated from condemnation Of
the Compromise measures Of 1850, which
met the appreciation Of the country and
particularly Of Texas That there is
really no cause at the present time for
alarm. The miserable band Of fanatics
at the North, as long as they stay at
home, should only excite our pity and
contempt That the recent invasion Of
Virginia, which forms the pretext for the
present sectional excitement, has been
productive Of beneficial effects, by calling
out the Union men of the North He per-
ceivcs the happicst and most ovcrwhclm.
ing results from the late Union meetings
held in the non-slavcholding states, and
while he il not nscnsible Of the present
state ofbur national affairs. has an abiding
confidence in satisfactory settlement, Of
the vcxcd questions at issue.
The foregoing embraces o brief, and.