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Ole 1 : 11 11 1. t'~ l t: :1 ''9 4i11 N e IIL'vcr beO 1.tsscil by .1ii as it sI ioild I~ :t 1iiil e have a( :lready Icelt i ecM~iI ud II~ui lillijisi le'!islalti9I, or (. iiglr's. i l( i.i ti ili to Cc lciiali t:I.i ;" 1 l Go: Lu- o 4nit Ii li ia:i''". " ~ *'- :1'I _'i f10 iii :!cl , t") ''iii I u" .;I' i it**w' I 1 s in t1' Lt b:l z;. t* ill r tl V'N t i ,V ta tl I ::l 1t : ,r ~ (:r '' ~ t'ilc "V. -' ' II t i 'i I.Il i1 .l' i . ' *i _ , t e i I.til t q ! 1" lttIr ~ in~i I,:..... ..... ~ e F::.ll F:ml; below our highI1 4! 'Mill : it v'.' I:ti"( vi..1'4 the co)urage. dudi the LA!~2 to meet all the \'iis:tr.ts i. a cuiit st whlich t i1:,t! :iiml of last year,J buIl Ua : ; c' h i at 4.1 Coll 'ersa ti s, Ij r;1''at 14 B\!%, SS the opituton,F tI:t i!:t' 1 1,. t:t !ilhuttld beC"(lC t~ Li it: ul Government iould I'Il'l(e .4 i 1 ci',erwe her itltu die- t I L.24v4 5ilifi' SCCiI naothing.. to I c hu 1t~ I1i. u CI t.. Coiilii'mi that A I[i~ It isi (tu Iiiilec of Conigressa to 11.:4 l:i\\s. but, thte duty of the c 1'sid''iat t') .':elite them. 'This c "..t:"I,c . cuiuu1 Swears lie willu -rill. 'I I 'zesidtiat 1a~ is a >l'': cv'i Sathave givema 1 ".!!" ,I:.:''! l' ',l 1 know oif no c t a, iitt thW 4*' i10i1,ai1d otf the Pret3. I *t*11 " It tle tw* he Pa-esi i"..' 1 1'. \. u"l'_t y belong to a o to . 1.i i:.ele fruiai d 1 . 'i'i ;': 11{1,1 haS C ltci Mon i . m '':\ir. \VW-!dttr, andl V I11 dl \Vt! IC'.lICue toj South-" it L 1 that vc1sistaituee \ uc t Qtly Tess bC y a -lt h~'l * 41 S1A - 111(4 auudi to be \ rutn-ic do_ ac4 4t ,.f rebels andu a I . \'* ' mt"1ll4 i l's to ,aster * 44 '. r ii ~ lcil I il'lJ IIl tt.., . !L Stl'tiillV4.l I y thle 1 - 1 0 he 1.4 .'. uj ilulula Ui. ally other i :iL l 1,5 that te 1.. a .:i'_':..&11 a!:' \ i l u t h '11 . l I t: .. :try i i iith. . .. "" . :1:,, c il I ' ..t t t ". t '- 1 1 :;11 ........... I II .4hIlv It " l 'I~ t . Lortune. you are not prelpared for ,eccssion. The North c:nnot and will not part from you and the reasure she wrings ftiom you, without t mighty strunrgle. She may uSe 'rce if she dare, and there he need. 3e sure, before you move, that you annot fail, and he sure, also, that uceess will biring the realization of he bright hopes and i:ippy visins, hat lead you on to the contes-t. If' -ou are induced to favor secession by he idea, which Somie of t hose who are lamorous for that measure hold out to 'ou- that you would be caressed ud coaxed by kindness ard con essions, to return to the Unicn, I ntreat you to discard the vain and nworthy hope. Secession for such purpose, would be a paltry. and a iiserable trilling w ith the gravest nestion of the century. I would corn with as proud a disdain as you ould feel, any unmanly ap"1 cal to our fears. I make no such appeal. only conjure you to tring home to our own consciousness, the realities f this great issue, bef.re the sword I dran . That bright weapo.n once rawn, can never be sheathed without ishono'r. Ietreat inl such a contest, oul b lie as diasltrors:;, mu1 infinitely lore disr'aceful than defeat. Either outld be irretrievable, ruin. Thelln. e wisc, be rewAlvel. t'e rea dV, before on strike! I have not a purp'se, or hope, or a wiTh, that is nta in e a ably connected witlh the dk.stiny of outhi-Carolina, ald' with the hll, of ed her dest in v shall be iny destinv. I am, gnztleien, wiili gr'at spect, y"our humb le andt~ obedtienit erv zmt. untIes oil the enir' 1111! oit 0 outl arolina. We havednesrad 1What Inulnuer, mt t wha:t et".'nt. rate of duty of onl y 12 1 htp et, t pr llein , 1.-:f0 1'n t . 11V. the sm o . i uirdl - ." lut1'lrds. old!l ebany11_t the ti1:lit1 ti,. Of Il-r! :tu ital invet' tl in t:1ricullture. W1, ;itji chi .i'. th :c et hlani nge. th , ti a li .:. I e :.t, 1 : 1 ' eeliar' indusl ;'ry of this ,a:;te I' uldl pr1ogr"1it' l n I' :'h the p -a1t cass of her e\1r, re1':ctil .ain n lher a hril . The 1 i lv i!, it uuul be. insanctive mznd usehd 11.1111' ' C:l'. . :l el~ t 1 ':l ..' d t! 11 ira:: e' n c tly to tni1 :'eltendt th. S l t f ii rt'1 't a n d e r ._ti Ia 1 er cent, 1. our1 mijits him he vurnti eS l , 1t l i ser . 1'ul~t~tt.'I .:! 1!' :1 ,.1 J : 'i l ei, iet enu~ i~ I toa i-a er i m lil. 1rov i '.. e i nu !.,e il&tLliAoL ln tiii se' till s ThlIis nenlts ti ebah i ar lt , ' t i' nc - 12 I :- Ier cent. The culture n uhl omiler whiich, we wiHll sof e a mie. h-rate .sthzuils. .\t the cud of a short eriod this, acting onl thle ex port's, ;ind4 then~ce on the impo~rts. Ii oiu b e attendied by a reduc tion inI lie mnun lit of rim ue raised fromii the laitter. 'Ilie rate of duty would, cer hap s, 1have to be raised I romj 1:' I -' to I ~lfteen per eUn ltoIi1~~ prodce the requ~tirel son11 if ' I,*'f ,00 3. (hisi in~ cese of dIuty not~uld ope rate San aditjiwnal stiulas to ex\tend ~th icu lturei- of I 'revisions.~ and~ dIimin hat Inorei can he made hrV thie one' l.odel of induistr y thani the othier. In a short time the wh !o of that por iin of ( the suol y that lad been ised for nort Ihernt censu~iptionf, 30),IIIIt hales ill disappear. The icessi'ityV of a conltiud inc(rea'fsC in 1the11.' rat ofi dty, to su pply~ the icqui d te amuoun t of irevenue, w ill at length ecLh t hat p or tion of the su pply ~hich fonuiSs the inirec:t t rade be ccen ?iiuth Carolina and the north, utrinishinmig exebianien fw our northern imp.orts, to the extent we ha 'p psty mated, of $(,000,000 annually. 'his series of effects would follow although the North should not ratali ate by imposing a couig'tprv4il pg duty on South Carolina products siinl.y from the operation Of anr sport duty, gradually increast"g Northern prodpe!2t, but in he case the eftects woul n be tpre $ inl the other thevy would bp rea accelerated. It mariy ad p"o a 'ill har [.1en that r utual irritation be. ins engendered the intercourse mpy be cut off long before the operatio of circmnstances which prog'ysvely changm the character of tha; intc course. vhien ri;ht millions ofd . ur exports, and ')00,000 on which q reVCIe ;,Lo raised from the latter. To pruce $1,200,060 from 1,000,000 of imports, would require a rate of dity of -50 per cent. 'This may Le said to present, an extrem suliposition. Such, however, would be the inevitable tendency of suph 4 scheme of taxation, that changed the distrib:.tian of capital, in conscquencp of an iuipost raising the price of articles of necessary consumlption. Long before this point had blp reached, however, there would be ar extensive emigration pf capital. The liinal result would not he changed ifk p rtion of this $1,200,000 were r:aied by direct taxation. In he one case it would be a tax on con sumj.tion--in the other on capital. The State of sNotnth Carolin - not hear ;uch a burthen. w; '3" . 1" ., ee .'tate .,000UU s muliplied fivefokd. .Uut theL:-x (toestion aussumnes quiste another aspect when a change <dt revenue syst'em 1uilies an flteidn in the who clen e of iat.dust r, more especially On the uns:.pported hyvpothesia o I ut1 l :e, th at 1'': surh change Soutle twou i be throwing off a urln *Ie 1 ;i, 00fper annum. W.. have shown, to conclude, 1. T:at the c:ttribution of South Cart :.:I in d:ti;s, under the existing tarsf, das not exceed $500,00 3imalyahi. . ''hat instead of there blat at larg: e pr-t:it to the north og tl i sebn ; drwnagainst Sou'l} arau.a exhorts, the gain in a great '. I bils l'iirchased and drafts sold elnsures to Nouth Carolina banks, whiuch are dist i hui ted amoig their :eh ld e;s. . That the freighti bv thet North on South Car: ,sit:a Produes could not be obtained , her unless she largely changed ber - nnsin building ships anA aan aang thuna. 4. T1hat the inercanatile profit 'in our exports and( iinj-. r ~eceived indirect, will fall inj ' a parint of N uthi Carolinat incomo rn trle whenIever she acq uires. c 'iomie~i al cai it al for th d cirect trad, 'r:itlually a m.1 eautiously " limng. thne si here of its operation,..~ . T!at bHuutth Car-.,ina pannrot chaang'e her r'evenure systen, an prepwsed by Rutledge, withqt4L a dist ribution, eintirel y new1 of her aiinultural capital, greatly affecting her exp orte, anid leaving~ burdens oij coum~Iption from inidirect taxtioD, froin which sho is now entirely exemplt, whilst there is huinn hazan d thnat an extensive enltigration~ of capital wVould follow so iportang a chang.e. Itevrna No E-A ma~n <cnagultedl ono ofor ha wyers the other dayi, in a ca whiebdhd nDolt bk exactly right un his qwil sh.A P4.r he had told 'his story, hoe sidI thee now,~ youI havec the faiCts, I an q to tix teri up in go id apefl), nd if imy. iadstahoods~ nre needed, just piut them n mmgt \ Rrn'.v 'rn A Cii.cWy.-~-The folow ing is the reply ut Coonef Ga.rdJinar a hiriish tilicdr of disdtiction arol tried ylr to a challenge senlt haimi Iy a young aidyOn, turer: " I fear not your sword, but the angar pf myW (Gd. I dare venture myi souli jIJ Q goot caiuse, but I can't hnzarud rny squI ip a btru one(. I wilt chaargo tUp to the cannon'si mouthT fo r th good'taat of toy countlry, but wrant Courage' tq storm the citaidel of'8tq 1I E op ladies ia who araways. - ,t e'e to rdl newOsfdppeS, are alwdyA 0,. siIrtd to p *s.m wantunig wVsa, maost amnet ble d.hpor -i ao:>, inavariale marke good wves antd ni a relect 0 loaba-,ws. r,,,t