, 1860-12-06

&uu 9o4Lu taIplI01 dIQ noL teGeGe- Inc INFER
mediation Of Gen. Scott, who was promptly
sent to Charleston, In partly martial and
partly medlatorfal capacity. did much to pro
| vent collision; and the knowledge that the
| idea OF concession Ind been suggested b. tue
President, and accepted BY such men as Clay,
gradnlly subsidcd- It vas 10 longer necessary
to maintain au extraordinary armament at
Charleston. Gov. Hayne dismissed lis troops,
with j rhetorical flourish Oh the victory they
had gained over the Federal Government, and
the winter Of Southern discomfort had before
South Carolina boasted fits triumph over the
North; it was only Nj. Calhonn and few Of
the more intelligent Of his party who under
stood how much had been sacrificed, and how
transient Was the security they had gained.
lu thus hastily reeaPitalating the ehronelog:
measuring the popular sentiment then preva-
lant by whit We witness to-day. It will better
serve our purpose to present this aspect the
subject singly.
The actual movement at the present time at
the South presents the entire body Of the peo-
| PIE Of South Carolina in state Of hostility to-
of its yoke. In the grievances which are al
legged as the origin Of this determination We
lind fifteen Southern States sympathizins with
more or less intensity; while III Alabamu,
| Florida, Mississippi and Georgia, there seems
| to be practical unanimity in favor Of follow
ing at once the lead Of South Carolina. In the
| remainder Of the Southern States tho 1isunion
| sentiment, thon.h not In the ascendant, has
obviously very wide and dangerous p1cva-
lencc-
TIE DIFFERENCE
In 1Ss., however, the case was greatly dif:
| terent- Then the cause Of discomfort was as
at present, a jealousy Of the NORTH, and belief
thar fhh hurHonS n ,pfof II,
distributed, andth rights Of the South disre-
| garded: and the remedy proposed WIS anala-
| gous; for, when challenged to draw i distinc-
ton between nullihcation aud secession, the
leaders OF the movement were constrained to
admit the phrases to be equivalent But the
| remedy now SO generally approved MAS then
accepted BY q mere handful Of the Southern
people. In the Congressional election at
Charleston In the fall Of 1852, the nulliticat1on
candidate, tue editor Of the Mtreary then, as
now, ths organ of sccession-was elected BY
only 13o nlsjority. The Charleston cyxrar
State Convention was held at Columbia, Sept
II, 1892, at which multitudes were present, and
notification was denounced chiefly because It
was subTelsive Of the Constitution and Of the
meeting at Columbia, Oct. :3255 used even yio-
lent language in condemnation Of the nullit-
crs; and At Lancaster Court House. in the
month Of December, mass meeting, presided
over by Major Gibson, an influential planter,
protested in energetic terms against the ordi-
nance u notification, and approved the cocr-
cisc measures threatened by Gen. Jackson.
Among the leading men pledged to the cause
Of the Union were Chancellor Harper, Joel K.
Poinsett, Col Drayton, Judge Pettigrew. In
the popular elections Of the autumn Of 1852,
according to the Charleston -Htrruy, there
majority was but 5000 In the Legislature, at
tho special session Of October, the act calling
i Convention had vote of II to II in the Sen
ate, and o. to q in the House; and a lrge
humble. avowedly voted with the majority,
who deprecated auy extreme action on tllcpart
State might be tested, the Union party deter
mined to put forth candidates for every seat
the State WIS entitled TO IN Congress
FrRTHEn COMPARISONS.
Nor WAS tic military ardor, save in Charles |
ton, of alarming heat In that city troors |
were drilled to defend the State, in the event |
of FedeFh coercion; but troops almost rs nu-
1ncrous were drilled to aid in enforcing the LIZ.
tional laws. So hfyh and bitter rau the fcud |
between these military heroes, that it became
necessary to assign certain portions of the city
to each exclusively to put stopto hostile col |
iistuns. In the rural districts much complaint |
was made at the tardfness Of the enrulmcut,- |
The press in the interiar WAS equally divided |
between the rival parties; and while one side |
invited, the other discouraged volunteering
1T January, 1888, the ranks Of the State army |
were still lneagre The Grceuyille Nountdin. !
GER, published In district where now !, Cniuu
man would perish by Lynch-law, gloricd in the |
speaking. Of that immediate region, says,
''slany who have been hitherto drawn along
with the uullifers arc now ready for any cx- |
trvmity in defense Of the Cntou and civil lib
crty. No Union man In the District, and vcry |
few Of the nu!iders, would shoulder muskci |
n H.YJ,f nraink4 Gtnr H1uror r..
short, to use the language OF the t4.ioaai H.
hf!;ycneer at the time, "Thc majority of tic
people in the State were ripe for this rash aud |
desperate attempt. The minority, however,
were strong enough to dare to be bold" The
same reliance was placed on volunteered assis-
lancc from without rs at present. We find
the Columbus 7lncs declaring ,1lat ''throngs /
OF volunteers in aid Of nnllitcation might bc
expected from Aal,ana, Georsia, North Caro-
lima md Virginia, although the Legislatures Of |
all those States arc unanimously adverse tothe
cause"
TIE SOUTH OUTSIDE or CAROLINA.
And this remark carries us beyond the fron-
tiers Of South Carolina While The provoking
eausc which led that State to extreme n3eas-
ures WIS Is kecnly felt BY all The Southern
States, and obtained their urdcnt syupathy,i
that sympathy uas exchanged fur uniyersaN
sion were proposed It wouId be sufficient to
demonstrate this fact, to refer to the debates
in Congress npon tic so-caliel Force lila
debate which clearly elected the views Ut
southern members. They wcsc generally OPP
posed to conccdlng anything to South Caroii-
III, while she retained her ulcnacinS attitude;
denounced her course as r:ssl aud untl!lc.t for;
agreed in recognizing its revolutionary r'aray-
ter, aud approved the application vi coereiye
measures. The Leg gislatures If Kentucky.
Ienncsscc. Alabama, Geurgia, Virginia and
North Carolina, passed, almost unanin,onslyin
every instance, resolutions condennatory Of |
the nulitlers, and denying the right Of scccs-
sion. Gov. Lunpkiu, in his Message 10 the
Legislature Of Georgia, stigmatizcd nu1litica-
tion LIS dangerous and tlelusiye iu practice Is
iu theory, and the Legislature In reply passed
resolutions respecting the ''atlior7cnt doctrine
vi uulliication Us neither peaceful nor con-
stitutioual remedy, but on the contrary, a.
tcnding to civil commoti0n aud disuniou and,
while VIC dcploEc, they say, the rash and rcyo-
iutionary measures recently adopted by Con
amount duty to VAIN our frliow-citizens
against adopting her mischievous poll
cy." This tone Of Georgian sentiment is |
tho more remarkable, because Georgia hal just
emerged from contest with the Federal Gov
ernnent, which might casonab]y hayc left her
enlbttcred feelings, and ready 10 syruIsithiz:
with any similar champion. Tie only note
worthy exception to this accord Of principle
Wis shown ut q dinner In Oglcthorpc, in
August, lSSa, where Judge Clayton, WIN had
been the mlster-tuinl Of the Federal conflict
referred to, was the principal speaker, and was
too fresh from the encounter not to give one
morc pcal Of his war-trnmpet tu cheer South |
Carolina. AL the candidates for Congress
that Tall were fnterFosated on nullitication.
and only those were elected who lisclaimcd II, !
aud swo-e abiding allegiance to the Enion. |
With regard to Alabama, not only Go the rcso-
lHtions of the Legislature, but tic public |
journals Of that day attest, that - Nul1itlca-
tion ~as utterly rejected" In Louisiana, a
mass meeting, Overwhelming il numbers and
influence was held at New Orleans, Jan. ,, 10
acnonncc the attitude OF South Carolina III |
North Carolina, beyond the eLc,islativcrrsolvcs,
the voice uf condemnation found expression at |
all The county militia gatherings, where rcsou.
tlons Of ccDsurc were IN every Instance adopt
I'd anil the Clergy Of all denominations met a.
the capital to express their sorrow and lndc-
nation at the course Of the ncichborinS State.
The resolutions adopted in Virginia, demand
ing an unconditional repeal Of tho nuilttation
ordinance, and arguing that the resolutions OF
l79S afforded no authority for the prctensIon<
Of South Carolina, were sent 10 Columbia bv | !
lie hands Of Nj. b. Watkins Leigh, rs Special |
There is no doubt, TINT South |
Carolina was wholly destitute Of external APP
probation for her extreme measures and that |
when, en- April Q, 1873, Cor. layne la1nented
to the troops when disbandilg them, that !!
thy and support from those whose interests
we're Identified with her own," had been left | :
TO contend singlc-handed. tlat he spoke with |
with deep feeling and perfect truth. Ii
CONCLUSION.
We shall have fulfilled the aim Of these re- !,
marks, ii we have shown, on the one hand, /
that tho cause which moved South Carulina to !
revolt in 1882, was essentially the same Us that
which actuates her now; that it equally ap- 8
al ad tn T. |