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The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-01-10

OF he United Statcs, will not fail to carr
out the sectional purposes for which it ha
been abolished. There must be a conflict
and the weaker section of the Union ca,
only find peace and liberty in an intlepcn
dencc OF the North. The repeated effort
ma1c by South Carolina, in wise conscr
vatism, to arrest the progress Of the Genera
Government in its fatal progress to consoli
dation, have been unsupported, and she ha
been denounced ;is faithlcss to the oblua
tions OF the Constitution, by the very mcl
aud States who were destroying it by tbci
usurpations. 1t is now too late to reform o,
restore the Government of the Unite,
States. All confidence in the North i, los
by the South. The fath!cssncss OF tn,
North for half century, has opened .
guii OF separation between the North and
the South which no promises nor engage
ments can fill
1t cannot be believed that our ancestors
would have 'asscnted to any Union what
ever with the people of the North, if the
feelings and opinions now existing amongst
them had existed when the Co stitution
was framed There was then no Tariff
no tanaticism concerning negroes 1t was
the delegates from New England who pro
posed, in tie Convention which framed the
Cons,;. tuition, TO the delegates from South
Carolina ana Geors;a. that if they would
agree to give CongrCSs the power OF reGu
lating commerce by majority. that they
wou..,:. support the extension L, the Al
can Slave icadc for twenty years. AIr'-
can slavery existed in all the States bu,
one. The idea that the Southern States
would be made to pay that tribute to their
Northern confedcratcs which they had re-
fused to pay to Great Britain; or that the
institution of African slavery would bc
made the grand basis of sectional or.ani
zatiou of the North to rule the South ncv-
or crossed the ilnaginations OF our anccs-
tors. The Union Of the Constitution was Il
union OF slaveholding States. 1t rests Oh
slavery, by prescribing representation in
Congress, Tor thrcc.liiths of our slaves
There is nothing in the proceedings OF the
Convention which framed the Constitution
10 show that the Southern States would
have formed any other Tn: II; and still less
that they would have formed Union with
more powerful. non-slavcholding States
having majority in both Branches Of the
Legislature OF the Government. They
were guilty of no such folly Time aud
the progress of things have totally altered
thc relations between the Northern and
southern states, since the | mon was cs-
'''''s hei. i hat identity u feelings, IN
,eres'S ana institutions which once existed
gone ihey are now divided between
aSr'cutur"l ana manufacturing and com
mere. Htates-setwcen siayeholdinG and
non 'siayehoidinS State'' her institutions
ana i ,'iuus.flai pursuits ma nave made them
'o'aI'y inherent people That equality IN
'nc ""v'F"m'n, between the TWO sections
ol 'hc ! mon "hich once existed no long
CT eAiS,'' we but Initiate the policy oi
o'' ',''nT.a III u'S,ol| M union "i'h non
S'o>c"o'aInS cl"!edtf'',S, ana seeking i
confederation Wi'h sid'e.o!1'ng states
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-01-10

pursuits; but over Il vast Statc-stlil more
over vast Confcdcracy, having various an,.
conn citing interests and pu'su,ts, it is a
remorseless despotism. In RESISTING it, as
applicable to ourselves, we are vindicatine
the great cause OF free government, more
important, perhaps, to the world, than the
existence of all the United States.
Nor IN resisting it do we intend to de-
part from the safe instrumcntality the svs.
TIN OF government we nave csl,,hli,hcd
with them. requires In sc;a.at,n, from
them, we inradc ao righ;s--no interests ,f
theirs. We violate no obligation or duty
TO them AS separate, independent States.
IN Convention, we made the Constitution
Oh the United States with them; and rs sen
araie, independent States, each State act.
lug for itself, We adopted it. South Caro-
ma, acting IN her sovereign caracity. now
thinks prope5m9 sccede from the Union.
She did not rPrt with her sovercisuty in
adopting the Constitution. The last tlin.
State can be presumed to have surrender
cd is her sovereignty Her Sovereignty is
her life. Nothing but clear exrrcs.
grant can aiienatc it, Inference has no
| place Yet 1t Is not at AL surprising that
those who have construed away MI ,hr
limitations Of the Constitution. should also
by construction claim tie ann;AiIai;,n o.,
/ ei.c sovereignty OF tia. G,ntcs .Lyin.,
! aboishlA all barriers to thciy ou,i,:pg;,,,,.
~, their faitiiiioss construction, in -. one.
rorious r., :" the Ge crc,' vernment. ;s
mos, n,tn,,, at they L.ulu ,vor to
DO the same towards =. n The .'',.es. Ia,
truth Is, they, having yiul.,. the e&.!rc>s
end as comnaet Jtis ~, ,Il;.., ~
ONLY ON these w!,, cb,..c +, .,n..,.t -, w.,
vcrt.d fern, Sm,,I. r.,,.i;,,.. ~
the cumpaot not nnIv v;nI.,lI - ,os,;"''i'a1 ''na
features. but yi,,m.l,v ,h.,j.h,i ~, L"r
Northern copfeIeratr. WILL. h,rl'Ir
os = rartv from ;ts oll;',,t;,,.s RIA r;"L,
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-01-10
Historicay.

The following item of history win be Of
great Interest to our, readers at the present
time, as most Oh them know she occupies
ihe same position to the State as it did be-,
fore the rerolution-so with our people.
The fort is row manned by the Moultries
OF the present day.
"On Saturday, the fourteenth -
cember 1872, the British -
Charleston afte hayialo
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-01-10
~ ORDINANCE TO DEFINE AND ruNIsH
TREASON.

We, the people os the State of South
Carolina, i'll Convention assembled, do de
clare and ordain, and il is hereby declared
amd ordained, iht III addition to what has
been already declared to be treason 10y the
General Assembly, treason against tins
STATE .h... consist only in levyjng wal
against the state or adhcring to its enc
mio~, giving them all aud comfort; and
that treason shah be punished by death
without bcncii; o! CLERGY
Done at thur.c,;on, the thirtY-frst day o.
December, in the year Of our Lord ouo
THOUSAND eight hundred and sixty.
ID. +. JAMESON, President.
Attest, Is. /. ARrHuR, Clerk.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-01-10
An ORDINANCE CONCERNING POWERS
LATELY VESTED IN ruE CONGRESS oI
THE NlrED STATES.

We, the People of the State of Soat
Carolina, in Convention assembled, do d
clare and ordaiu, and it is hereby declared
aud ordained, That all powers which, by
tlis state, were horctriore delegate to- the
Congress of the United States shall be
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22
The Inaugural.

The papers and letter writers continue
to criticise Mr.. Lincoln's inaugural. One
of the latter, dating from New Orleans,
speaks of it in the following strain:
Ibid you ever see such tumble of alb
surd contradictions as this manifesto of
Lincoln presents? Did ever trumpet give
out sounds so uncertain and so contradict
tory? The fate of the country whose 60
vernment he assumes is to be left to the
development of "currcnt events!" One
paragraph is in the vein of Sempronius.
whose ''voice was still for war!' while
another seems to breathe the sentiments
OF Lucius, whose Thoughts are turned to
peace The laws are to be enforced. but
there is to be no force. Forts, and other
property, are to be 'held. occupied and
possessed" but no "obnoxious strangers"
are to be sent to "hold, occupy and pos
sess" them. Revenue is TO be collected.
but not drop of blood is to be shed in
the process. Now how these things that
are to be done and that are not to be done,
are to be done and not done is the puzzle;
or, rather, the no puzzle; for as set out
with saying, now we know all about it, and
what we know is that there is nothing to
be known. And if man has not any
thing 10 say, how can he say it? Like the
predestincd fate of the country, rs ora
cled by this ambiguous giver-out OF dark
sayings, the course of the new Federal
Administration is to be left to ''the de-
velopment oil current events" And after
all. that is a soft assertion, nay, sufli-
ciently palpable truism. What in this
world is not left to be tried by such a
test?"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22
Morality in Politics,

Without high standard of morals, no
government can prosper. Truth and
equity must be the basis of all law and
the end of all legislation, else the most
sacred compact will be violated and the
rights Of the honest laboring people will
be disregarded and perpetual tumults
prevail. Right and not might should gov
ern every intelligent, christian people.
The dishonesty of politicians, blind
party zeal and the intrigues of design
ing and enthusiastic demagogues. have
brought upon US our National woes. -
Talented men of bad morals and base
principles, have been admitted to the
halls of Congress.
Until a higher standard of morality is
erected by the people, We need not ex-
pect national security and political quie-
tude. While party issues and party pre-
judices prevail, we cannot hope for peace
and prosperity. The question to every
citizen should be, not what is consistent
with the former or present policy of my
party, not what is popular, not which side
is strongest, not who the most eloquent
and renowned leaders, but what is right.
And to determine what is right, each man
should think for himself.
We boast of independence and Demo-
cracy, but how many exercise freedom of
thought and cast their votes from an
honest conviction, that the cause tney
sustain is just? How many are there
who love purity of principle and the plain
unadulterated truth more than their
party? How many in this country con-
tirue to quarrel over party issues that
can never be resurrected, and ought to
be forgotten. while the interest of the
country demands union of action?
AMERIcus.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22
Mr.. Douglas on the inaugural.

An interesting and important debate
occurred in the United States Senate on
wednesday. On q motion to print the
usual number of copies of the Presidents s
Inaugural, Mr.. Clingman attacked the
Address as proclamation of war against
the seeding States. Mr.. Douglas re.
piled, dissenting from the conclusions Of
the North Carolina Senator. Though the
Inaugural was not as explicit on some
points as he desired, he (Mr. d. had
come to the conclusion that it twas
peace rather than war message" Mr..
d. then entered upon an analysis to main
tain this view of the Inaugural. We
have only space for the closing remarks
of the Senator, which are as follows:
This brought him TO the construction
of another clause-the most important of
all and the KEY to the eHlre policy; but
he was reioced when he-fcad il. He in
vited attention to it as showing conclu
sively that the President is pledged to a
policy which looks to a peaceful solution
of our difficulties. and against all others.
He says: THE course here indicated, will
be followed, useless current events and
experience shall show a modification, or
change to be proper, and in every case
and exigency, my best discretion will be
exercised according to circumstances ac-
tually existing, and with view and
hope for a peaceful solution of the nation
al troubles. and the restoration of irater-
nal sympathies and affections" In 9TH
er words, the President says if the collec-
ton of the revenue will lead to peace
ful solution. then it will be collected. If
the abandonment of the collection will
have that effect. then it will be abandon
ed. So of the forts and arsenals in the
seeding States. He will recapture or
not recapture them, and will reinforce or
not reinforce Forts Sumter and Pickens.
lie is pledged in either place to a peace
.ul policy and to acting with this view
II this is not the true construction, why
was there not inserted pledge 10 use
coercion, retake the forts, recapture the
arsenals, collect the revenue and enforce
the laws, unless there was attached to
each one condition on which the pledge
was to be carried out? But the pledge
is only to do it in order to peaceful So
luton, and for no other cause.
When it is known that Mr.. ID. had an
interview with Mr.. L. before his inaugu-
raj, that he not only attended the inaugu.
ration ball, but danced with Mrs. Lincoln,
the friends of peace will be relieved by
the above exposition of President Lin
coins views and feelings.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22
VOL. XIII---NO. 652.
Whig Principles,

Time, the test of all things, says the
Augusta Sentinel, stamps truth upon an
other Of the principles for which the old
Whig party was condemned and villified.
The Missouri Compromise, the repeal Of
which the Wings opposed, and for re-
GREETING which Mr.. Fillmore was defeated,
has been sanctioned again by some Of
the very men active in procuring its re.
peal. They are now willing to acknowl-
edge that Mr.. Fillmore's assertion was
true that the repeal has proved Pam
dora's box" full of evil to the county,
We fear that the box has remained open
so long that not even hope remains. The
destruction of that compromise has done
its work of evil, and there is little hope
that its restoration, proposed by the
Peace Congress, will repair the calamity.
1t IS always easier and more popular to
dertroy than to reconstruct.
A tariff for revenue with incidental
protection. was another Wing principle.
The Democracy of the North have, by
their acts, fully recognized the justice
and expediency of such measure, and
in our new Confederacy we have adopted
precisely such tariff. True, free trade"
has still its admirers here, but we seem
to bejust as far from it as we were thirty
years ago-the necessities of the Confed-
eracy will always stand in the way. So
far from having free trade, trade is more
shackled than ever--we have not only
import but export duties, and we have
likewise the dictum of our Premier, Mr..
Toombs, that any reduction of the Uni
ted States tariff would be "unwise in the
last degree" A sound paper currency,
national and current everywhere in the
country, was another Wing principle
North and South, all parties have given
up the idea of an exclusively metallic
currency, and propose now to issue gov
ernment promises to pay in small sums,
such as may serve as currency in many
transactions. The only difference be.
tween this Democratic and the old Whig
idea is, that the new rag money is not
based on specie, nor on demand convert
ible into coin. The cry of "hard money"
is no more heard in the land, unless the
words signify that money is a great deal
harder to get.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22
Shipments for Tennessee.

Under this heading we ma the follow
ing dispatch in most Of our New York
exchanges:
SAvANNAu, March 2.-It has been de-
cided here that all goods shipped via this
port for Tennessee must pay duties here,
as Tennessee is not one OF the Southern
Confederacy, unless the goods were pur-
chased before February %, and loaded in
the vessel before March II. -5'
We are authorized, says tho Savannah
Republican, by our collector, John Boston,
Esq. to correct this statement. Duties
,oiu not be required on good, passing through
this port and destined for States not be-
longing to the Confederate States. Unless
instructions to the contrary shall be re-
ceived, the only obligation that will be
required is that such goods will, in good
faith, pass to their destinations and not
be stopped in the Confederate States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22
From Washington.

A letter from Washington of the 18th
says: I'm the Senate, to-day, Mr.. Doug.
las offered a resolution, requesting infor.
nation as to what Forts, Arscnals, Navy
Yards, and other public works within
the limits OF the seeded States, are now
in the actual possession of the United
States Government; the number of men
in each garrison; whether reinforcements
are necessary to retain them, if the Gov
ernment has the power and means, under
the existing laws, to supply such rein
forcements within the necessary time
whether it is necessary and wise to rein
force. them, with the exception Of Tor
tugas, Key West,) and recapture those
seized by the seeded States, except with
view to the subiugation and occu patton
of those States; and If such be the mo-
tive for their recapture, what force, reg.
ular and volunteer, would be necessary
to reduce them to suIjugaton, and pro-
tect the Federal Capital.
The resolution lies over.
1t is understood that the object of Mr..
Douglas resolution is to disclose official
ly, the fact that there is no adequate
power to retake or hold the Southern
Forts, now in possession of the seeded
States; to show that such a poceeding
would involve large additional military
force, anda great expenditure, and there
fore must necessarily be postponed till
the meeting of Congress.
Mr.. Douglas will address the Senate on
his resolution TO morrow. He will lay
down three propositions:
lst. Such amendments to the Constitu-
tion as will guarantee the seeded States,
their rights and bring them back into
the Union.
I'd. The recognition of their indepenG-
ence and commercial treaty with them.
Sd. A war of subjugation, to be follow
ed by military occupation.
These he considers the three horns of
the dilemma. He believes the first prop
ostion 10 be the best, and the last the
worst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22
Effect in Wall Street.
[From the N. Y. Herald.1

The news that the government contem-
plate the evacuation of Fort Sumter crea-
ted quite a sensation in Wall street yester-
day. Stocks rose, and became buoyant.
This eff ct was, of course, produced by
the probability that there is one chance
the less of civil war, from which we may
infer how disastrously the public securi-
ties would be affected il internecine strife
should once begin. As for the stock job
bers, it is in perilous times like these that
they reap their harvest. They fish in
troubled waters, and in order to enable
them to catch numerous gudgeons they
are now inspired from Washington like
the Paris Bourse from the Tuileries. II
seems, since the accession of the Lincoln
administration, they have access to State
secrets, and by this dangerous faculty
they are enabled to make their opera
tions tell, to the loss and injury of the pub
lie. This arrangement is the result of the
money they subscribed for Mr.. Lincolns
election, and their readiness in taking a
portion of the new loan. The govern
ment is thus turned into great stockjob-
bling establishment, with it's ramifications
in Wall street and elsewhere; and if poll
tical events of q cloudy character are
about to take place, the jobbers in New
York are placed in possession of the in
telligence beforehand, and, after buoying
up the market with some false intelli-
gence, they sell out. Next day the news
is publicly known, and down go stocks.
In few days after some political move is
contemplated which will clear away the
clouds, and the joobers, receiving previous
information OF it from headquarters, buy
all the stocks they can lay hold on while
they are yet down, and when the "cheer-
ing" intelligence is publicly announced
and the mercury rises sufficiently high in
the stock barometer, they sell out again,
in anticipation of another check.
Thus the stock kjobbers will gamble from
day to day, and from week to week, on
the current political events, between the
public alterations of hope and fear, the
prospects ofpeace and the anticipation of
war. Never in the history Of the govern
ment has there been such speculation in
stocks, in connection with State affairs,
under any former administration, as there
will be under the vacillating Cabinet of
Honest Old Abe Lincoln,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22
The True Policy of the South.
From tho Baltimore Ameriaan.1

| We cannot too often enforce upon the
South the obvious but neglected truth
that the encouragement Of its own in
dustry and the development of its own
resources are the only real security ol
Southern interests. If the Southern
States will pursue this policy there is nc
need that they shall go out of the Union
to protect their rights. Unless the South
exerts the energy to accomplish these
objects in the Union, it can never re.
ceive them in an independent Confeder.
acy. Let it place its chief dependence
upon that enterprise and self.reliancc to
which The Wilmot Proviso or kindred
prohibition cannot be applied. What is
the real condition Of the SOUTH? Where
is its commerce? its manufactures Z? its
machinery it's iin-s Of irsternal improve
ments? In the hands of Northern capi-
talsts. It's agricultural implements. its
household furniture, its very clothing,
from the crown of the hat to the sole of
the shoe, are made by Northern hands !;
its school books for its children are made
at the North. 1t does not encourage its
own literature, it patronizes Northern
periodicals, and permits such magazines
as the Southern Quarterly to die the
death. Producing those important staples
which control the markets of the world,
the South neglects every other depart
ment of industry. Northern ships carry
its products abroad, and Northern looms
weaves Its fabrics. Its pleasure-seekers
frequent Northern watering places, and.
we venture to predict, if there be no war,
will be found at those places next sum-
mer in greater numbers than ever be-
fore.
And yet everywhere in the South are
elements of wealth. We have mountains
brimfull of valuable minerals; forests
which are mines of wealth soil adapted
to the production of every species of
grain and inter-tropical fruit; navigable
streams inter secting and irrigating the
whole land; magnificent harbors; mex
haustible water power and cheap and in
telligent labor. Enterprise and energy
are all we need to avail ourselves of ma
tural advantages such as no other people
in America possess.
The most solemnly guaranteed rights
are not secure from cncroachment. We
must rely upon ourselves, and ourselves
alone, for protection from aggression
We must spin and weave, we must mine
and plant, for ourselves. Instead of ex-
pending our energies in agitation we
must light up the fires of industry; we
must encourage each otherin hard work
and in economy; we must provide By
combination of capital and labor, for di-
rect importation into our own ports. In
one word, let us cease to battle with sha-
dows, and, graphing with our own indo-
lence and love of ease, conquer our worst
enemies in conquering ourselves.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22
The 2ost.
----.----------
Athens, Friday, March &c, 1891.
/" Good News"

We know every rejecting mind in this
direction, will heartily reciprocato the
spirit of the following paragraph, from
that high toned paper, the Journal and
Messenger, Macon, Georgia:
Good Necs.-By reference to late dis
patches from Washington, it will be seen
the prospects of peace are more cheering.
This will carry joy and gladness into eve
ry patriot heart. Let every man, woman
and child, in every portion of our once
united and happy land, devoutly and earn
estly labor for peaceful solution of our
present unhappy political differences, and
whether we shall again be reunited or
separately work ,ut our allotted destiny,
Heaven will smile propitiously upon us,
and make US a great and prosperous peo-
pie. With peace we may anticipate plen-
ty. With war, crime, poverty, wretched-
ness, weeping and lamentation all over
the land. We hail, then, with heartfelt
satisfaction every peaceful omen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-22

NJ Several service men have arrived
in Montgomery to report themselves to
the Governor of Alabama, and the Prcsi-
dent Of the Confederate States of Amer
lea. Among the number are Cadets VIII
liams, of Tennessee; Capt. Peter Turney,
in command Of rifle corps in his ooun-
ty of Tennessee; w, d. Pickett, an en-.
gineer, of Tennessee; Capt, st. Clair NJ.
Morgan, late of Tennessee. ~. t.,4.