The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-01-17
.NO..45.
tFrom the Norfolk fvs) Argus. ]
1t Concerns ms All.

every State in the Union is lauch intci e..
ted as the one making the issue, since the
principle OF the State sovereignty Is the
| matter in controversy; and instead Of the
reproaches we have heaped upon South
Carolina for asserting her Indepeadenee.
VIC should hail her cause rs our own, and
applaud the gallantry with which she enters
rnaided and alone, into an unequal contest
Tor her sovereign rights.
South Carolina finding that the Csnsti-
tuition is openly disregardcd by most Of the
Northern States on a point ritaf To her, and
that the Union instead of preserving her
| rights and liberties, absolutely cndanyers
| them, determines to take exclusive charge
OF them, and to assert her independence
but she is.met, at the outset, by the Gcner-
al Government, which disputes her sover.
eighty and sets up extraordinary claims to
jurisdiction within her territorial limits,
viz 3: To collect the revenue and control and
command her harbors and defences.: And
all because South Carolina, when the Union
was formed, together with the other parties
to it, agreed, for the purposes Of common
treasury and defence, to grant such powers
to the government. And because they
were once bestowed, it is claimed that they
are perpetual; thus contrary to the naturo
OF things, making the powers granted su-
perior to the source from whence they we're
derived, and the Uuion perpetual bondage
since according to this doctrine, even if
the objects for which it was intended
should utterly fail, :he Government of tho
Union would still have the powers and
privilege originally granted, though they
might become manifestly injurious TO the
general welfare and opposed to the public
sentiment. And, pushing this doctrine to
its logical conclusion, thirty-two of the
States could not secede without leaving
with the thirty-third all the powers and
property OF government, and among them
those already enumerated-which is sins
ply absurd. =
Those who oppose the right Of secession
and coutend for these powers for the Cen
al Government, seem TO forget entirely that
when they were granted, they were inton.
ded to operate during the existence Of the
Union; for no mere grant Of such powers
and privileges could by the MOST fofced
construction, make the Union perpetual
they were given TO make the govern
ment efficient, and not to make the Union
perpetual, although it would certainly have
been desirable to have perpetuatet it us it
was inaugurated. 1t is an insult to the in,
telligence and patriotism of the parties to
to the Constitution, to suppose that they
ever designed to bind their posterity to q
Union which might destroy their liberties
and rights and thus defeat the very objects
Tor which it was intended; nor could they
have INTENDED to limit the rights. of tho
sovereign States forming the Union, to-
merely the rights of revolution and rebel,
| lion-thc right Of SidOes and ser/s to revolt
against the government Of their masterst
no they never intended to create pow.
er that could by any possibility become !,
despotism, or subversive of the liberties or
independence OF the States ~~<
ltthere is 10 right to leave the Union when
our honor aud interestare atstake, then the
Union may become desrotism Suppose
a majority uf the States in Congress should
violate the Constitution in the most fiaerant
manner, what's the remcdyg why none
for II You secede, the Government Will
cpatrotyoa, IT she does not coerce ysa "a
distinction without difference $50 their
IS no remedy but to; fight, and pray THAI
you may die IN battle; for, if you are taken.
you may be hung as traitor by the Gas-
ernment you made to protect yolr rights
and liberties
But We are told that the government
must protect its property at Charleston
what for! That very property was intended
to protect Charleston from foreign atsaek,
ana now that the Carolinians vii! protect
themselve why should the government
desire those forts to coerce South Carolina,
aud for nothing else under heaven = to
dispute her sovereignty aud to enslave her
people Sonth Carolina is willing to pay
literally for the property if the trools ara
Withdrawn; then why not Withdraw them ?
But she cannot allow standing menace,
fHwnins with cannon, 20 dispute and destroy
her sovereign,y-the sovereignty she had
J when she cu;ercd the Union, and which
she leaves the Union to preserve
The question whether she is mistress of
her own soil or not, is the issue, and one
that is vital to every State in the Union
and il 1t must be decided by war, then it
becomes every State and every man to arm
Tor the conflict, for it is at hand and must
b. met. The Government is now at war
with the sovereignty of South Carolina
| ~ess -
THE NICE-PREsIDENT Eject. - The
, correspondent of tho Richmond Dispatch
! says:
J Hamlin has certainly negro blood 10
} hls veins. | have seen letter from a
. gentleman of high character IN New Hamp.
shire, giving the pedigree Of Hamlin. His
grandfather was mulatto and commanded
a-m'xed company Of negroes and indians
during the Revolution. lie poekcted tho
pay OF his company, sold the wine and other
Injuries provided for the sick, aud lift tho
army in disgrace. One of Hamih's unclcs,
or great uncles, was named Africa There
is legened in the family 10 the effect tha,
when Hannibal was an infant in the cradle,