TH E&PU BMC DOM AIX.
The halls of National Le^l<4ttpa,-.ii&tt?,' for
Rome years past, Hew' the tB&Mgof dis?erutable
. : ol'ies for tiie domain.* The schemes ;of
spoil.:tihave been eo-extensi,va with tfie va- f
rious views of their proposers. At one period i
the public lands were regarded as a fund lor I
Internal Improvement and Ivhication; At an- j
other pmiod they were held, as of right the pro- j
pertyof the *Staies in which they lie and to he
disposed of accordingly. Then .again as if this
was an object too limited, all coiners were to
be permitted to t > occupy them, without a money
equivalent ar.d rinq !y on the condition tliat
they would settle and cnliivate. In tiiis way i
the splendid landed patrimony of this Republic j
was proposed to he parcelled out by the do*- ^
ceiidni.ts of those who had purchased them at
a large -acrineo of hlood and treasure in the
better davs of the counuonwealth the pub*
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lie domain was regarded as a irusi iuiiu,
to be held as a guarantee for the payment
of the public obligations. The diversion
of the fund from its original purpose is .1
violation of the national faith. Except for
purposes of sale in open market. the policy that j
would place these lands in the hands of foreign 1
ers, is to be characterized as nothing short of j
downright spoliation.
What pretence of inst'ec is the e for making
a gratuity to foreigners of lhi.?, t1;*' pinperty o. '
the citimiis of tiiis republic { W.Tat 1ig.1t iias 1
the Congress of 18" 1, ur any other < o. gress
to donate land-, whicn, having been acini ei
by our ancestors for ti e cotitniiai i encfit, are
among toe sacred i eiitages o! t'r ir p >ate. itv. i
To alienate tiiem, is to commit an act of undisguised
| binder. We are heaping debt on out
descendants. If this policy of inviting the
whole world to enter on possession of these
lands prevails, the mentis will be measurably j
cut off for its redemption. What shadow even
nf abstract ri'dit is with the i:e:?! le of fo cign
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states to enter on this patrimony witiiont e^ui i
valentf What efTorts have they made?what;
sacrifice have they endured?what perils haw
they encountered, to have the possessions of our
people distributed among them, as .a free will
offering of equality-loving Americans 011 the
altar ot repnhlican fraternization. This would '
be a glaring' injustice to our own people, who
have braved the perils of war to conquer?who !
have taxed themselves to purchase the public j
domain. It would be even worse. It would j
be a discrimination in favor of all comers j
against those whose valuable inheritance, next j
to thei?liberty, is the public domain.
But this is not the only, although the most '
offensive, form in which spoliation of the pub- j
lie lands appears. The scramble for their possession
by the new States of the West, in which j
they lie, is uninterrupted. There appears to :
be an apprehension they will be absorbed by
gratuity to all comers so rapidly, that the donees
will seize on the best and most eligible tracts.
Therefore/it is that there is a consta.it stiuggle
of the members of Congress to obtain grants
for the State they represent, to effect internal
improvements.
There is no limit, in fact, to these schemes
for parcelling out the national territory. It is
a race in which cupidity is the incentive and
popularity the reward. The Senator or Representative
who shall win the largest share ?who j
shall obtain the most liberal appropriations-will
he the fortunate demagogue. Between the
advocates of a gratuitous distribution among
all comers?between the friends of bouhfv
grants to the military of all our wars and the
dispensers of tracts to aid internal improve-1
ments, the victor)' will be, we apmehend, with |
the latter. They will succeed, in engrossing,
a combination, all the mo-it d-sirahle public
territory, for as these lands all lie in the new
States of the West, they will make common
cause, and vote together, in confiscating them
to their own use.
The old'Atlantic section should unite to prevent
this mal-appropriation of that which is
common property of all the State?which has
cost nearly equal sacrifices, and wliico being
common patrimony, should be distributed according
to federal numbers. We have no hope
that this will bo done. The West, united, will
ultimately engross to itself all of that patrimony I
which the popularity hunters may not succeed
in distributing to all in comers from foreign
realms.?Evening tXews.
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT IN MISSISSIPPI-CO-OPERATION.
An intelligent correspondent of the Mont-1
goinery (Ala.) Advertiser aw I (InztUc, wiitingj
from Prairie Point. Noxubee County, Missis-i
sippi, stales that the au-v of Southern Rights j
is in the a remlai in that section of country, i
and. thai allhongli tlie 11:.il??r i'onie pa-m-.I
through .Noxubee county and addres-o I a
large concourse of people :,t Macon, the county
seal, he could not make the e<?:nt y v?->.
mam v -w.illow (he do.-e ii" had pr-p ired lb.
t : ... t '
UlPm. .'MIV, l Ills Jill S'T.-I i <1 v til- I - .... . Iing
with his deserts, and mi will ::II 11I1 nis
siouials. .St 111 t!i Carolina !?. ?-? < 1:1!v fo s ??i* in-:',
connection with the IVilfr.il ( overument, and
tli.m3 in Jj, aye tens of thousands, w ill, ii' need
be, (lock to her standard.
As Col. R. II. Corvlwyn, in lifs re-ponse to
sundry queries addressed to tins gentlemen i
nominated as Delegates from this Di trict to ,
our .State Convention, well remarks: "Organi- |
zatiou and united action never precede but follow
after revolution lias begun. Let South Cam- j
lina itrrr.ile, and the now iio despicable ininori- j
ties of Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, j
Florida, .Mississippi and Vi ginia will be with
her, heart and hand. Wo want no further assurance?their
co-operation is certain, and all
suificient. Let us once stjike for our igiits,
1 a ? - ...;n >'..li
ann me mniii ami uuic-xDiug ?..? .....
ranks?and the majorities grow so thin and
beautiful by less, as no longer to exist. Uu South
Carolina the true friends of Southern interests
now look with anxiety; to her has devolved tho
high honor of leading at this crisis, and her
fair escutcheon would he forever tarnished, I
were sh'< to allow any false ideas of courtesy
to cause her to shrink from the proud position
assigned her.
Let us not then be deceived by the syren
voices of those who bid us wait for co-operation;
such d lay is but procrastination of the
most perilous nature; the glorious niinoriiies'of j
our sistof 9bdtHefrf *"9fatoe are with us, and |
were they not, it were better far for South
t'aroliim to lead the forlorn hope, even were
he to peri.di in the attempt, than oblivious of
her pa rt. pl-.r-lg,-. ;.;iy longer to remain in a
ninth: of-iiii 'ioi ions iniietivitv.? State* Rights
Wcpuforan. '*** " '
Immigration to the. Unitrd. Slates in 1850.?
The Secretary of. State has furnished to Con-,
gross a statement'oftoe number 'of -immigrants
; which have arrived at the ports of the L. States
for the year ending 30th September, 1850, the
general aggregate of which is 315,333, opposed
to29lM'>10 lant year. This shows an increase
of 15,723, notwithstanding New York lias fallen
off nearly 1 l,0<>(). The increase in California
has been between 70 and 80,000 ; but
omitting that new State, the decrease has been
proportionate with New York throughout the
Union. At the rate of 315,000 per annum, the
immigration to occur from 1851 to 1801, ten
years, would amount to three millions and oneeighth?or
equivalent to the white population
of the whole South in 1840. It is remarkable,
too, that of the numbers last year, nearly onefourth
came here prepared to engage in useful
brandies of industry, with means at hand, and
but a moiety of that population denominated
paupers.
THE RIGHT 01- SECESSION.
The ljo:.ijvil!e Journal lias contained several
iiti -I -s denying the right of secession, but admiiiii.g
the light of Revolution. When Mr.
Webster was pressed by .Mr. Hayue and Mr.
C .Ilioun to explain what was meant by the
right reservea by several mau's 10 r^uinc mc
powers thov had granted the federal government
-what was meant l?y the right asserted
in the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of
US, for the States to interpose agiinst Federal
us'irpation?what was meant in the Declaration
of independence, when it abetted the
right of the people to alter or abolish their Go
ve. unit-lit at pleasure?he said it was the right
of revolution, which he admit ed also.
This was simply a retreat into a high sounding
phrase which meant nothing, for it is a con
tradietion of terms. There is no such thing as
a riuhi of revolution. A revolution is a mere
trial of strength, iu which might and not right
decides. According hi Mr. Webster, a State
lias a right to resist, if she thinks herself oppressed
but the oppressor lias the l ight of re
sisting her resistance. Ti e Declaration as
sorted the right of a people to alter or abolish
governments at pleasure. It asserted that right
for those colonies, and consequently the attempt
of Great Britain to resist that right was
a wrong. Mr. Wehster meant the right of
miirht. The Declaration of Independence
o ?
meant no such thing, for if it had, it would have
been a defence of the British forces as much as
ofnur own.?Southern I re.is.
TENT LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.?FREE
AND EASY EXPERIENCES.
California, Saturday, Nov. 23, 1830.
We are here at the old place, Dwight city,
making enough to get our grub, without begging;
that is pre*tv much all. For 1113- part. I
am not very miserable; it makes little difference
where 1 am; I do not know that i have any
children crying or suffering for my absence.
As you say 1 have 110 wife to write to me,
neither have I any to trouble herself at my absence,
nor to curse tne because I do not make
my fortune and come home. If I had a wife
she would be here with me, to wash my shirts
and do my mending. I could make one very
inseful as well as ornamental, and where i
could live, she could live also. The fact is. we
are not so badly off* in our tents as you may
imagine; they" are quite as comfortable as
your three and four story bricks. One important
feature in favor of our houses, is, there is
110 getting up stairs. We eat, drink, and sleep
011 one floor, (beg your pardon) on the ground
? it is all the same. If a snake or a mouse
! 1 -l? ite tlia uuiiui Hnnr wi?
wissues iu simrc wnu uo mv o?> ?- 9 .. v
never dispute their right. ?They probably have
the best right being the oldest settlers. We
? ?
have no history by which one can tell when
they first took possession. They might have
come in Solomon's ships which lie sent here to
get gold, when he was building the temple.
I have often heard people say they had
found the place where Solomon dug his gold,
and I think I have found one of them, for there
is none left. There are mighty few Solomons
left now-a-days, or this country would not
have so many tools coming to it. 1 was one of
tlie fools, yet I came here with my eyes open,
expecting untiling, ami 1 have not been disappointed.
lint 1 am not troubled; I would as
soon live here as anywhere in the country.
There i* no part of the world that I have seen
that is pica winter than liii? sam - California, or
wlio.e a m in can make a comfortable living
ea>ier. Any man with two hands can do it,
vv i rover lie may be placed, and pay c<da day
fir board.
Tic rainy season we conclude lias commenced,
as it lias rained siucu Tuesday evening
last, and wc have, like the stpiirrcls, put in
our WlilU'l" provisions a.l'l goilv iui.? WI.I
The wc.atVi is iidI ciil.I; were il not lor the
rain we should n-rd no fire. 1 have seen
many colder days than this at home in August.
Vet there has been no time during the summer,
when the mercury stood at 100 tliul we could
not go on the top of a hill near lis and see the
mountains covered with snow, which 1 suppose
has been there ever since Adam was a little
boy, and will last as long as the world does.
From sic/ness we have been remarkably
free this season. There has been much of the
cholera at Sacramento during the last six
weeks, but it lias not reached the mines. ? Correspon
L ure Tribune
The Washingbm Monument?In aid of this
work, the Chickasaw Indians have, in council,
contributed 8200. During the discussion oftho
matter, it was stated by the members that the
Natl jii had never shed the Idood of white men
in war, and that they venerated the memory of
Washington as much as their white brethren.
Death of a Heroine. ? Mrs. Bailey, who is renowned
for her patriotism in furnishing means
for"prosecuting the battles of the revolution,
was borned to death, a few days since, at her
residence, in Groton, opposite New London,
Ct She was upwards of 90 years of age. |
I THE CAMDEN JOURNAL '
;
THO. J. WARREN & O. A. PRICE, Editors.
FRIDAY Ef EirilTG, JANUARY 31, (851. i
There will be a meeting of the Southern
Rights Association for*"Kershaw District, on
the first .Monday in February.
- .w JOHN CANTEY, President.
Our MarketSince
our last, tho Cotton Market has been tolerably
active, prices ranging from 10 to 12 5-8.?
The recent reduction of this staple, has had a tendency
somewhat to depress the market, but we
have rejson to hope that tin's will be of brief duration,
and that former prices will be again resumed
and remain firm.
Corn is worth,from the wagon?, $1; O.its 75c.
Of the Charleston Cotton Market, the Mercury
of yesterday say??
The market yesterday continued depressed
and quite irregular, hut without material change
i in pi ices, the sales footed 1*200 hales at 11 1-2
1 to 120-4.
Change.
Every day and every hour we see clicnge writ-'
ten on the face of h&7fire?the mutability of hu-!
man affairs is constantly, to our minds, a sclf-evij
dent proposition. One day the gonial rays of a ;
I delightful spring raav be shed upon us but alas ! j
j how soon a change conrs o'er the spirit of our '
I dreams, and we find ourselves taking "fair days in '
winter for'the Spring," shivering with cold, tremi
tiling like the Aspen bough, when rudely shaken j
! by a regular norili pastor. We have our hands
1 full to keep from freezing. Again has
"Winter come to rule the varied year
.Sullen and sad with all his rising train,
Vapors and clouds and storms."
or as our Jeemx would remark, the Thermometer
is decidendi/ below Zero, and no where else.
Election Notice.
At 11 o'clock, on .Saturday, (to-morrow) the
' polls fortha election of Captain of Beat No. 2 will '
J be opened, and continue until 3 o'clock.
The notice advertising the election to be held \
Ion Monday and Tuesday, the 10th and 11th
days of February next, for three delegates to rep- |
resent the District af Kershaw in the State Con- i
vention, will be found in our advertising columns, i
Tt will !?. sphii that tho same rpciilalinns are to he
"" O I
observed as in the election of Senator and Repre- I
sentatives to the Legislature.
Last week, we spent in Charleston, and if'
we had space, would like to fill out a column rela-'
tiveto this, our city of the South. But we can on-'
ly notice one or two things?and first, of course,
we would notice the
PRESS.
We think no city,.North or South, can boast a
higher toned or abler press than Charleston. We
forbear to particularize?they are all above medi- i
ocrity, and some very far above.
In passing by the splendid stores on King-street,;
i wa dropped into the enchanted store of .Mr. Oates. i
Pianos, Harps and Lutes lay around as ifSnpho 1
arid Juhal had scattered their instruments, atteinp- ,
ting to strike a note of discord?and then such ,
splendid fancy Escritoires, Port Folios, &c., upon
i which the seraph of the jewelled isle might write
her lays ot love, or pen the soft embodiment of her
affection to the light haired knight of Obla. His
splendid Tables, like the rest too, imported directly
from England, and without a tarnish of
Yankeeism attached to them. Never pass Mr.
Gates when you are on King-street, and be sure
i to rend his music advertisement in the Journal.
We had thepleasuie too, of hearing the truly
scientific and interesting Lectures of
MR. WILLIAM C. RICHARDS,
delivered in the South Carolina Hall. We do
| not recollect of ever hearing a more agreeable
j an i pleasant Lecturer than Mr. Richards, nor one
j who seemed better acquainted with his subject,
j Sure we are, that the large houses In draws will
i be pleased as well as edified. Lint we will say !
I ..I
I more of Charleston and Charlestomcs hereafter, i
I Our corner in the editorial column i- out.
Where will we be Found.
On the tenth of February, the election for Dele- ;
; gates to the State Convention conies on. It is an j
; election of momentous interest to the People ol
South Carolina, and its action will seal the doom
of Southern Rights, or unfurl the Flag of Freedom
to the breeze. We believe that the candiI
dates should be pledged to a certain course for variI
ous reasons. One we have before mentioned?that
individuals are more apt to change than communities?and
if the people nmo elect a separate State
action ticket, they will be less apt to change than
the individual electors. Another reason?we be'
lii-ve that the people should know where the State
was?in what sea she was navigating, and know
how to steer clear of the shoals and quick sands,
1 and should know if secession is our course, in or
; dt-r that the may he preparing for it. We have
heen lung enough an uninformed mass?our pur;
p-ises a chatoic substance?if'the term isndmissaj
ble?sailing without compass or quadrant. It is
j time for us to see some headland in view?for our
I prow to point toward some port, and if it be rocky,
j stormy and sterile, or narrow and uninviting, why.
let us decide whether or not we land. But we are
presuming, and with justice too we think, that there
willhe a Submission Party in thisstate. They will
term themselvesthe 'watch and wait,' or 'anti-separate
Slate action party," hut if you will analyze
those names, you will find in them but one ingredient,
and that submission. And why will they
submit? Forsooth, because they are afraid to resist?some
afraid of losing dimes, some afraid of
losing quiet and ensp.and, we verily believe, some
afraid of losing blood. They have cursed too,
with dreadful ire, the bribed demagogues who voted
from the South for the compromise measures,
and said they were bought by Federal monqy.?
And herq are,men scared by Federal arms?anij
for fcar of losing their dimes, which ia equivalent
to being bought, they submit to the compromi eJ :
Aye, and worse, they have been threatened with '
force, they have been laughed at, they have been '
booted, and still they are going to submil They 1
say, "whv we cannot go alone; they will blockade '
our ports; let no cotton go away from the Slate; '
our people will leare the State and emigrate to *
Georgia, and South Carolina will he reduced to a (
desert." Grant it?that it is all this, and worse, ,
hpw much would ym lose? One hundred or a
thousand, or five thousand dollars? And for this j
much you will submil, with all the eternal weight !
of disgrace upon you and your State! Why,
Clay, Foote. &c., we suppose, got five times that
amount and the liope of honorable office, and the
credit of being ostensible patriots. They were not
forced into il; did uot do it blubbering with the rod
upon their backs, but were simply bought. You are
bought, beaten and degraded. But would the picture
that we have sketched (it is not original with
us, but we have heard it from those who are opposed
toseparate State action,) be as ba i? We say no.
As Journalists, we should honestly say what we
think the probable consequences would be. This
we think, is far from so dark a picture. Suppose
the General Government blockaded Charleston,
and it was impossible for us to break it, the result
would ne, mat our irane- wouiu oe more among
ourselves?our foreign debts would be by this
act, paid, and though we suffered some from it. yet
we might eonn learn to get along very well?for
we could raise within ourselves, every thing we
want, and it is but natural to suppose that in less
than one century, the General Government might
get weary in keeping up its blockade, and it would
look about as ridiculous hauling up its ship an- I
chore and leeing off, as South Carolina would
knocking for re-admitiance into the Union. Certain
we are, that she would do it first. But that
would be unnecessary. We believe England
would acknowlege us as an independent Republic,
and rorne in and trade with us simply passing these
blockading ships by and coining in, and if, in their
passage those ships should lire in them, why a
broad side from an English steam-hip would settle
it, we think, rather to the disadvantage of a
Yankee revenue blockade cutter. Recollect, our
ships that have done good service against English
ships have had some Southerners aboard, and in
their cews no disaffected persons. This would
be different. England has never shirked a war,
for fear of crippling her commerce, for if seems to
llourish by war. She would clear the biockad",
for the reason that she would be glad to see this
Confederacy broken up?because she would be
fighting against the North, her natural rivals of
the loom. She would do it, because then she
would have an open and free American port. N'he
would do it, in short, because interest would drive
i :* A j *i. * i. 4 ... a.n.
Ilt'r lU 11. iviiu ui* ilium iuiu uiiii ?? o%hi.ii
roliua?might gather i:p a few little sloops, and
like Paul Jones, throw some hot shot into the Yankee
blockaders. The other states would then tall
in with us. Unless we do it, they never will.?
They will look upon us as the example; if we j. o
alone and stand, they will ail come in with us?if
the Government attempts to coerce us by blockading
our ports, they will be with us at on e. Bi.t
if we basely yield, ami when t!:e true hearted patriots
in other states awaiting to help us ask u>
where we are, and we tamely whine out, "we're
watehi' g and waiting," then will we he what the
veriest galley slave would scorn tube?
Submission firc-ealers?Secession sines.
Missouri Senator?Benton Defeated.
We have reliable intelligence from Missouri,
that Mr. Benton has been defeated in the election
for United Senator. On thejfor;iety ballot, Geyer
(whig) was elected?beating the Colonel twentylive
votes.
[3f"VVe spe it stated that there are no less than
lorry candidates lor the olDce ot U. S. Senator
from Rhode Island.
^?,, < '
Fur (Ik Cum leu Journal.
The great body of tho people of South
Carolina, would rather be out of the Federal
Liiioii, because they believe in the language 01
the Lancaster resolutions: "that the federal
Union having failed to answer the end tor
which it was formed, and therefore, they are
ready and willing, and feel it to he their duty,
to withdraw from it."
There are some, however, who are unwilling
to separate without a co-operation of the other j
Southern States, because they believe that the
State could not do so, without great danger of j
annihilation, and even if she could do so, that'
she is too poor* to support a separate govern- J
nient, and without the power to maintain her i
independence. To that class of persons who |
demand a co-operation of tiie other Elates of ,
the South, 1 would write, that the only means
by which it can be brought about, is for the!
people of South Carolina to elect for the Convention,
men who are known to he decidedly i
in favor of a separation by the Stale alone, ,
should the Southern Congress fail to insure a '
co-operation ol the other Stales. .Not.dug
could be better calculated to compel them to
this Congress, than the publicly declared fact,
that this State bad elected men for the Con
vention, who are committed to separate State
action. Should the people of this State, on the
contrary, elect men, who have no deliuite
views ; w ho are not committed to any particular
measure of resistance, or who are declared
to he opposed to separate State action, in reason,
who could expect that a Southern Congress
would ever take place i The other Southern
States having uiadu submission, should
South Carolina, like Georgia, also elect submission
men to the Convention, would it not he
well calculated to make these States, now too
tame, as gentle us lambs, and moreover, aflbrd
them consolation in their degradation, and con
vert, in their opinion, that, whidh tney once
believed to be the most awful tyranny, into
nothing more than the compelling power of a
kind superior by law?and thus the loud, c?amorous
discontent of the South, bo made "to
pass away swiftly, like the morning dew, and
the early cloud." People of Carolina! are you
willing to forget your past high estate,and with
content, submit to past wrongs, when this submission
"Will tender you base and ridiculous and
md advance you far into irretrievable ruin ?
Should you also, bow down your once proud
lecka to the yoke of a most galling tyranny,
ivhere is the State to lead in future, iu the effort
:o throw it off! Where is the State, that would
lead in future, relying upon you to back her,
should you now, after this grand parade of resistance,
signalize and even legalize your submission
hy the form and decency of a solemn
act of a Convention of unrrreig/ts ?
People of Carolina! let us review in brief our
acts. We have exhausted the whole vocabu
lary of Resolutions and held till kinds of meetings
and Conventions, that have ever perhaps
been adopted by ? resisting people?and all
with years of deliberation, and a clamor for
war has been raised in every part of our State,
and this has been gratified with the means of a
high military preparation, and the old and the
decrepit!, as well as the young and the vigo- oas,
have bounded into ranks with hearts of fire for
the battle-field?mul heboid is it all to become
a dream, a mere Quixotic ptiuik for the amusement
of children ? The member* of a -ubniUsion
Convention with new shining clothes oil,
trot to Columbia, and cast in their high resolves?to
submit! and paid out of yu.tr raxes
their daily wages for their noble services, return
to their constituents, having relieved themselves
of their vast load of valor and patriotism.
.Shall the* figure, so nobly commenced vt-ars
ago and lately made pregnant with ali the lofty
elements of liberty and the dire spirit of war,
the very embodiment of desperate resistance to
Federal tyranny, finish with the lowest and
humblest of beasts ( And should this take
place, what State. 1 again would ask, could
ever rely on us, and, from this signal failure of
ours, take courage to oppose Federal aggressions
I And ye, dear lovers of the Union ; you,
let me ask. how far would this empty parade?
this harmless wind serve to quell the spirit of
the Northern fanatic, and tend to preserve the
Union ?
Hut to impress yon, Carolinians! more
forcibly with what is before us should you be
invited to march under a flag with a picture
with your conduct for the last twenty years?
your Meetings; your Conventions; your Resohtions;
Military preparations; your Brigade
Encampments on it and on it o statue of your
great champion irii/i a scroll in his hand, and on
it inscribed " The admission of California is
fk'* test; if l/nu admit her, ire know what you
mean,"?and on the same flag, inscribed in
1 irge golden !e ters, ' submit! Goml God! inn
blood curdles in jmj reins," and then close beneath,
submitted! signed by a Coarention of
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you, how would vo?i feel, and who would expect
you to co-operate with them in deeds of noble
daring?in the reJress of Southern wrongs?
L"t those then, who earnestly desire a co-operation
of the other States, vote for men, who are
committed to separate State action, irf: case the
Southern Congress should not insure a cooperation
of the other States, and afford this stimulant
to these States, to send delegates to this
Congress.
But there are some, who are afraid to sepa- <?
ate; they are alraid of Federal arms, should
the State act alone. Let lis see how those
tand. They admit that the Federal Government,
instead of being the protector of our
rights, as our agent, lias become an unjust and
e ere master; but they are afraid to resist,
'e ;t they might be slain, or subdued again.
These individuals acknowledge then, that they
are subjects of a hard master, and, through
fear, they tolerate him. Are thev right? Let
us te t it Suppose a flag should be raised and
on it inscribed, " give me liberty, or give me
death," how many Carolinians, on S*-.p..?ide
day, would refuse to march under it? How
many would fail to fall in under this motto of
rmr n nn icfnra fKomcalroa onmnor-i tirnlv few.
fighting the most mighty and brutal people in
the wo;Id? People of Lancaster district!
what did one of your humblest fellow citizens
do in the war with Mexico? He marched up
voluntarily with Capt. Lilly, of Chester, to aid
Capt. Drum in firing a cannon at a Mexican
battery, not more than a hundred yards off;
yes! he marched up three times after the body
of one individual was cut in two, close
side, and the head of another was shot on?rho
marched up until Capt. Drum himself was shot!
Now, here was danger braved by one of your
most unpretending fellow citizens, and braved
successfully?Itere was all the danger braved,
that could, in the worst supposition, l>e put upon
our case?and braved by James Burr, one of
the most unaspiring of our fellow citizens! Yo
men of epaulettes! Yo men of houses, and
lands, and negroes! Y"e men of wives' and child
en! Yemen! whoso father's graves are before
your eyes! will ye be overawed, by present
danger, from contending for all these, and
he surpassed by your humble fellow citizen,
Jam >s Bnrr, fighting in a foreign country, not
immediately for his home and his fire side; not
for a wife, or children; not for property? wilt
you be surpassed by other individuals, wuo, in
the same war, from this district,stood up against
showers of bullets ? I appeal to those, who
have grown grey in the military service ol
their country at home, and to our honored families,
don't you admire the valor of James Barr
and other Mexican soldiers from this District;
and don't you think it worthy o' imitation, and
ought we not to imitate it, when called on to
defend all that is dear to a freeman ? Who *
should not rather do what Jaines Barr did, than *
live under a despotic government?than see his
country, at no distant d iy, ruled by those, that
are now bis bondsmen; ruled eventually by
" Cuffoy the Second i" But people of Carolina
! the Slate can act alone, without much
danger. The Federal Government cannot exercise
much force, should she attempt to coerce;
and should wo be well prepared, we can tri
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is on our side !
But some say the State is too poor for separate
existence. There could be no greater mistake.
She has eight or ten millions of exports,
a duty of 30 per cent would afford her a revenue
of nearly two and a half, or of three nriMp
lions of dollars, enough to support a grartn
Government. Our present Federal Government
has been administered with seven millions,
and when it first started, it was administered
with less than the half of that sum. But our
State could increase herimpoi taby lower duties,
than those imposed by the Federal Govern