St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-17

"--.- ~'"'" anu StripeS, and IN vessel
"hich carry clcaranccs properly a,
thentlcatcd by officers of the FEEDER;
Government, they sweep proud
through the seas, and boldly cntc
the ports Of any civilized nation in th
world, because the strong arm of on
National Government guards then
against all danger, and The slichtcs
'nd'Gnlty would call down upon th,
offender the avcnging power of one 0
the greatest nations Of the earth Bu
if they should sail in vessels whicl
holsted the unhonored, unrccognizcd
and unknown Palmetto flag, they
might become the prey of any pri
vatcer that chose to pounce upon
them. In no uncloscd port would
they be sure Of a friendly reception,
or could they have sufficient guaran-
tee against total confiscation.
South Carolina is as yet unknown
among the nations of the earth not.
withstanding her passage of a scces-
sion ordinance-and before she can
rise to the dignity of an independent
power she must tread along a stormy
and thorny path, bcset with Difficult.
ties and dangers.
10 fully carry ont its programme,
the Convention must estal lish army
and navy and a diplomatic and con-
sular system, and the expenses thcy
must inevitably incur for these pur-
poses, to render their new system at
all effective, could not, at the lowest
calculation, be less than four millions
OF dollars. Their army alone, as they
propose to organize it, would cost
nearly $3,000,000, and to set the
wheels Of government fairly in motion,
if no possible obstacle was interposcd
Dv the other States, and if no other
states united in her disunion move
ncnt, would probably cost her about
i've millions Of dollars annually. To |
'aisc this sum would require au annu
II tax of nearly two per cent. per an
'um upon the total value of her whole
or tax of but little less
han twenty dollars per head upon
CT whole white population. With
'hat degree of cheerfuIness they
would submit to such an enormous
urden, after their long and bitter
against the tariffs of the
xisting National Government, which
as dealt with them in the liberal
lanner we have already described,
an be readily imagined.
But, even if the people Of South
arolina, after q full consideration of
le whole subject, adhere firmly to
leir present avowed determination Of
occding from the Conrcdcracy, the
Their States Of the Union have right
} be consulted before any portion of
lcir territory passes from under their
ominion. 1t is no characteristic Of
nr country, or Of our rnle, to surrcn-
cr without a struggle, any of our
oil. While she has gone on acqur-
lg region after region, and State
fter State, she has never yet, VIC
elieve, yielded up single inch of
md to which she had once acquired
possession. The greatest
in which we have been in
olved, and the deepest eXcitements |
hich have been aroused among us, !
ave grown out Of the natural desire
} extend our boundaries, to jealously
nard against all encroachments, and
preserve intact and unbroken this /
Iorious Conlederacy. 1t cannot rea- !
'hap'y DC expected that any state
i'll be permitted to mar the Symmetry {
our geographical proportions, or to !, !,
'tablish the principle that at the first !
gn of discomfort in any one of the
divisions of this Union the )
hole fabric of our Government NAV )
. crumbled into ashes, and the
nited States of America be swept
ON the list Of nations, without ter
bic contest. The preservation of the
Mon is an object Of the first and {
CHEST importance to the whole Amer
an people, and it will not be de-
royed until they lose the power to
erpetuate it. That day has not yet :
the passage i,
the South Carolina ordinance.