The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-02-21
Fort htelhgencer.
A Gift for South Carolina, my Native State.

Gift for South Carolina, my Native State.
DEAR FRIENDS: 1 wish your cause we'll, and not
being in condition at this time to contribute pecu
MARY aid to you, will give some advice, (worth
S2O,000, which, if not kindly received, hope may
not insult those for whom have so much respect.
Will the South never learn her rights and to as
sert them? The right of secession is maintained,
and the right of self-preservation is also asserted
and so Ear maintained by the occupation of nearly
all the Southern forts, at our own expense. Now,
gentlemen, We want justice, we want peace, we
want independence. We have declared the latter,
but not yet achieved it. Our people are Taxed to
defray the expense of standing armies for our own
defence, while our enemies collecting the rev.
enue at our own door or ports, to raise money to
enable them to wage war upon us and our institu-
tions. Is this justice-is this right? If it is, my
conceptions are very obscure, for cannot discern
wherein the right, unless we confess our chivalry
has forever taken it's fight, and we haye5 been
abused and tramplcd down by oppression until our
conceptions of what are rights are parayzed or en-
feeblcd Now take the Holy Book for advice
Do unto others as you would they should do unto
you.' What think you the citizens Of New York
would think to see revenue cutters sailing in her
waters to collect revenue for Charleston, S. c.
would only be q retort
We must have the revenue to defray expense OF
government and to pleasethc North, instead of free
trade, which they so much dread. would advise
the present amount of duties collected at all other
ports in North America, and to make no difference
between our Northern citizens and European yes
sells; but let them all fare alike by paying the
same dutes-at least until the word coerce was for
gotten by them, until peace shall be fally estab-
lished 1t will afford ample means to defray all
necessary expenses of government.
The city of Washington is ours, but fear may
keep Vrginia,un the border States from secession
see that they, our enemies at the North, are
making preparations to fight or hold ON to us.
Then if we must fight, had we not as well fight for
something ss nothing? Let US, then, have the
venue of the Southern ports to pay our soldiers,
and feed them and their families. Let us have
half of those revenue cutters, we can collect on
the high seas as we'll as they.
The North has always cheated us in all COM
promises we ever made with her, and l am now
willing to compromise with her only on the follow
ing terms, namely: We will divide North America
on the 10th deg. Of latitude, and all cast and south
of that line shall be stavc territory States, and
ell North shall be peopled by Republicans; and as
will not object to their settling on my side with
their stocks and machines shall demand the right
to settle ON their side with my slaves, if choose
for there is justice in division where the par
ties ere 50 unequally situated, that one side has a
right to ,aac his part of what he has ccded away
and the other is debarred because his skin is black
or he owns slaves. Oh, you abolition ncgro-wor-
shippers, who, after you sold all your slaves to the
South and pockctted the money, discovered it was
great sin to own them! What pity you had
not found it ont sooner? And as all men equal
among you, let me bring my slaves amongst you,
and if you do have envy towards mc, pray cont
steal them from me, nor incite them TO insurrec-
ton or arson Are you better than the Apostle
Paul, who advised the slave returned to his mas
ter? Or, are you better than John A. Murrcll
He was retail thief and you wholesale abel ton
idem. D. CROCKETT, Jn