Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-22

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THE NEW DECLINE AND FALL.
The Condition OF south Carolina
Ehe TsrrOrtanAAl hHt krevOIIs Win
Compared with thai OF IS8I-.iIer
Cntt1 Guy Going 80 Decny-lIer
Ml.erabte ana CheMyiable C0udI-
Most well regulated minds entertain bro
found pity for the druukard WHO reels
rrnziiy along the street. II is clear that
hv is0n the highway to destruction. Irin
his dleirium he runs Violently against
| some sober wHyt;Irer, the collision is suf-
tered to pass without being resented. 1t
Is known that tue offender is tUburinE uD-
- delnsiop strong euougl to. make him in
some d'gree am UnaccoIinIabie 'Iiting.-
Hence pity aud iorbearnuce become stJonL
taneOus impulses. For kindred reasons,
we look upon the deIiriOus lnfntuniiOn
of South Carolina with equal pity, aud
| thus far with mercitul fOrGeatstnre She
500 has drank of II puisun which has taken
away her aeon, mud being TINS dement,
ed, she Is reeling, like tie uullnppy drunk
Ird, to her Certuin destruction. Luuk nj
her As she lOw stands, without cuuu,iug
lie iUsane lengths to which we imuy vet hu
driven, The ultimate cOus, quencvs uf her
| IrvUsOnab.c iuE,tiuatiOn cannot be- dOulIted
Tie l'Hven If her ruin is already rermcu.
tug the whole Suciul AEL monetary sys.
TEN.
All know that it is population whicl,
gives value to land. IL is known, more
fNN 4,
the l"md III South CnrUlimW is only 81 Ter
| acre, whi'li is lower than in any ot!:er
State. SCt we have certain evidence that
hrrPopulatiOmi RAPIDLY diminis h,ng under
he terrorism wherever they are mh!c to
c'rnpc, taking with them suclt muvnbles
aus 'lIeY c"n.,Hud, seeking in more prucrlul-
regions ptavc Of safely MIirh can no
longer. lie found WITHIN her -tsoFtler..--
FhUHHh.itCt jhWrnIiS tA1y seek to sJIiIprt.ss
'bsrtHCiS set III ''nnnOt be rOhUcaIcd IL
srHres VI US in tire embellishments ut prop.
erty for sale winch c4piuusly gAruisIttheir
columns. frivates cUrrvs poItirnce reveals
1t as existing eSeu inallIe very r0rus of thp
I rebellion. II WIS just 80 III the.hHlf Gcdg-
I'd rebellion Of 1852. Mcn SOLD what tlIsy
then c"u.d, submitting to any sacrifice.
th"nktulat 0tinR allie Ia escape with sUmc-
tlllhgi rlI7 depOpnlHtion kept the pricc
ot lSnl Stati6hary, it II did not ACTUALLY
/ tdepreciute.
iiut the exodus of 1861 cannot he com.
pared with that OF 1882, Ii the Nnllifira-s
ttuirOf the latter year. unsettled aud tlr,,v.
AWAY SO wpHy, the Rebellion of this must
end in "a general dcpnpIlatiom. Men will
uot i've where war Is either CONSTANTLY
! threatened only occasionally occurring
especially ia II country from Which they
! car fly SO readily, Il is this tear which
e has q ,1NA At1N. N
to this country. There, all has been dan.
fgcr-hcre, all hns ncstH safety. As il,ey
seek to escape fIum Que deSputism, so the
|, ,tlcc'ing GaruliuiHms will unUmcstiun,,bIt
+ fly from the other. liut, 10 :,ggrtv:tI,. ,i,e
EtUllyiwlicii is illus destroying south Caro-.
Ina, She is not content with OstrIr;zino
her native population only Thousands ~.
Northern men, go1d and profitable citizens
with capital und skill, are driven of
| Iynched in their persons, aud r,.incd IN
theirpockels, each one living wnrninu
tlmt she closes licr dours against even the
most dcslrPhlv form Of immtgrntiOu.-.
Where other States invite, she reprls =
\ Under combination of measures 81, Inns.
t.lestO AL nationIl prosperity, if moi IN
natiOnal existence itself, the end must he
clearly visible. IS depOppIation gees, on.
so taxation vi ! become burClenSHmc bevond
enduruuee Those who choose TO remnin
will Mt last be forced to ily from tiiar.
which they cHnuot fall TO see will aoon
devour them. IL WAS just so in tPennsvI-
wanna when all her firms were subject tn.
her State moFtgNge oi S4n,0Oo, 600. the IN.
teFest OF which at one time compelled the
State to suspend payment, aud required 4
ta1Atlon SO enormous as to drive of. tlOus.
n"ds,to the West: Inher case, those who
remained knew that this o,lerOus tax mIlst
1 n fnV 81,
sources OF the State, and the event mas
justified their foresight; taxation there Il
now not only cndurable, but is aunnally
| diminishing ~ ~
But the position of South CAFoliaa is
essentially different Though owinp, !,
heavy debt which she is now increasitis ~
fearful rate, yet her always feeble re.
sources ate rapidly Diminishing. kSefy
Kind OF property is sinking in. vulne, aud
sue has no recnperative future. This
Heptec'nted property is now subjected
!o5 I9Eyed. loaps yhirh prove 6 tho rex
istfnce of u terrific JlcspotistD. yEtiiTle,
yet there is no prospect OF their not heing
cont uMiiy repPAtcd. The bauks have
contributed large sums to tie State. br,t
j they llHve only commenced 4 prBeckt
whose end is certain if not close Mt hand
Her population numbers only .47.0uO white
mates over twenty years old. upon whom
most of this increasing burden Of taxation
must eventually fall. The low -condition
OF !lte aud business is apparent in tho
Federal Government carrying her nalls. ,t
an annual loss of $4,000, wi,ilc in
Fel,nsylvnnia the annual profit is S7s .Oo0.
lIer PHpa lation, always Eirtrst, with IoliltS
yersitied Industry, has increased hnt slow
" even when political tiislocations we're
not present. Her leading minds have
been devoted TO petty aud local objects;
their highest ambition being treasonsble !;
aud they have 50 fomenitd d rbeirepestilent
hrlcsics rs to inueulate the masses with
rhrohic aFlitui, FOR orrehelIinu. BveFyIlEing
, mas neen done 70 MAKE quiet mru niru,n-
IGFtshte, 'iid TO drive toUrst ones AWAY.