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Unhapp it v eifwe. rhanget ourselves, as towhat these shoul be Jindgig froni what I can colleotiof the offici'in d - authoritative acts of this State, shois pledged te- o.ope. rata with all or oven a= portion 'of the other slavcholding States, to oppose t4 resist to the last extremity a doli Lirawee of the- wrongs and oppress ion 'oftheFederal Governiment; and witlihai view the Legislature atdits last es.sion provided-for" thoeloction: ofirlelegatesito a Southern Congress, io. which -it was supposed all -the lavoholding .States - would unite. p to'rVIV'd& time we all worked-harmo muonsly in the sameo runes. But un mistnkeabloindications of (IrT il. clintien of-tlb other - States to unite with us, giver rise to a party- which have:g ne off at-a tangent, and insist that' wre must all follow at'the.peril of proseription,aid nianiains that South Cirohna owes it to herself aod is y!latosolitary and Malone' to protect harself-against' !the- dangers with nhieh she is threatened by'the Fed. ralGoverment- and Iraj tIiha: -par. .t 5i ompUhn'int- ii s'n. that they rospeeted furtheir intelligence and' wisdom. -Another party deserving as I believe, the same co.nsideratioiu and resp etand as I suppose equal. la, if not more numerous, hold on to the -old platform and insist that any-attempt of Sonth Carolina to re Aistt'io action of the Federal 4Gov crnment and. the machinations of the Abolitionists of the non-elaveholding States, without the aid of the other slave Statesoi-'at least a formidible Portioh , of thon, will ' be fruitless, ind ita-d rather than forward the e ivo all nave in view. !Fiero. aie a few, and I believe vcry few,' amongst us who suppose that in the end, our best interests onild be consulted, by bearing as Svell as we may, the wrongs done to uis by the Federal Government, and tosAmit to those that 'are in store ot . They reason that all the slaveholding ftates united, would be unable to resist the power of the Federal : Government-that all the eiailhze7irorldi are united against us en the question of slavery, and that the protection of this Government is thie aly seeurity weo have, against a| uii crsal combination aainikt us. Sith these, I have rad right, and there is no one so visionary as to sup poso lthnt pheaviill consent to separate fromn isin peace. The example zd1oo nould be ruinous-each State, stilts'turn, inight take occasion to qriarrel with and. separate from her, and thiustri-ak up all her foundations. ie~crevyc .1 he lovies upon us is no. cessary to pamrper the more favored portions of the North. How are we it~iet1L0is Staterof things ? Are 9.prepa~d' aria ready, arnd have we the means of, succecssf'ully oppo sing Lthe force -she can bring to bear upon us?" I pray yotr to believo thet I3a not addressing 'lyself to your. fears4 but to your good sense and sound impartial judgment. I know 'thatI am ftddressing a peop~le aspa triotie and bravo as any that light of benyo~n pver shono upon; and I also 'know~ tat there are many who hear mre now, arid thousands within the bor.ers of' the State who wouild offer tho chulve td willing sacrinice in dei len'e of their rights~ if it would avail anything. Wid this be wise and aprudent in a contest so hopeless and ianeinalff Theu~ war d the Revght. ~tup, that of 18I19 ed the more fe. oitwnt* iithi -Mexico, attest dlte 'f$Vo"f thbikd eal Goveruimient.ii t e Z94.1Wunmtefiaf Vo' ie ruwitleae *woukd to ty theq wiptTnf b~ nndi d.'boa lationri tt 6 t ',~ I z'the UnitcqW'$t: Ve/p l l shoul om.enr pten i v tlo ish tidn biber l de.. i his' i t $no es at lid3fr i >,-i~~ sea coa tnd an (ef lnist woU .: beP aov ti toldt that iehittestre f 'her will be no iicesstty for her eoming.wi - im.th' rlganige of u r lo'est guns. n cnlre s 1n ofe uind -to a stabe n .o:u f " te ii 1 ta thresh chi a, u eireny rmarpn wut bw bg ne essn iothe t ;cm g waye liut to ra e .. tje .,san:ra and the others i indisg States wil rally around' us., h's au,n er, ther cir cu:stances 'i otId benimpgsing and udi:berndnably calgsited on. ltue t 1,01(ns are expiogied the 'same da ger s'.whih taigt,ens l un uip ; el e . 'nt ies ol p jult if elioi isc n' ten o is'sucere eh~r s the io areeof ,ti.<Ooy eotP1 1 i e I itoy into the U n'u with a. constitutioli fjalldinog t)ih iitrouluction ofslavery and so Ir the purucha.se of nca Iexieo.fr om i as. You arev rong, therefor, i seizng this ccasion tc quarrel, with the (ioverrinent, ,and We will not inite, .ith.. you. tendency of the course of the .Gov. einment, will led to an .attem.t te overthrow the institution of slavery. and ebelie with yuO thaat th time iot dlistoat when.'f it. will be clearly inanifeted in overt acts. In that.ccnt you may depend on our hiady Co opeirition. We mav qjuestion the proprety and wisdom o this detie ination, but I .cannot conman d a confidence in their chane of opinion, and their comin to our relkif now. I blush for the ignorance of any one who hopes or expects aid from any of the Gov qrnent of Europe. Is t knowi n that every civilized nation o the carth (and w must speak of thing asthey) are opposed to involuntary slavery, and will any onp believe thsat any one of the nationsof Europe wyill forego' the advantages of conm mere community of feeing_ or sen timlent. But these conisiderations tverlook ecntirely, that the .slavthod iag States, united by a common imterest and actuaited by a. con n prmipleil, 'would .be .formidad le in numbers, arid from the~ richness of our soil, and the valua of her products, wonld commaind resources adequiate to ahliost any demand, that patriotism would. require. Ta sheo would have the power of ri taliating any interferengcb (f our ieighbors with our silave population -that the .great. motivo power of all the nations of the earth is wealth as the means of attaining power anid glory-that our sttleo productions are not only intl ispensable to all Eiurope~, but to the neighboring States; aint it is not likely that any or 'them woulid forego thcse advantages to pursuie a phantion omatnating from a distemipered aban-aaet sentiment. -1Be this as it may, I, for one, am willing to hazard the consequences, if the slave States will join us in'setting'iup fur ourselves. I have no fear's of the interforence of any. fot'eig1 .Goverminent, anl the dread of a contest with our neighbors. Amiongs t .onrseh'es ouir ..right to 89ppde from theoUnited States, if the, Oqvernmeiit shill violate tho con dhiois centginedi the boni pur~ ti t44 ISI a nt t d te atip r ab~ o , a t slave. States; Tiro pis ih~~ designated bytthitrmgi' :oiain-dtha ah s k i l facaof thenwold dy in k ptan .o"e .,pt.,., coflng~lE~nts ;Spthh+r power she candbreit o detsinatei o t %%Arigtor 4 n so ' poorer. Slteats Doe histr furis c Oumpitppos :- e r itd tatct bh l ,ts poow.r eihor? cs -ir~~ nnn V gOIC ing he sufferin. -r Er States? Does history u 3 r1eisln oampfesor litiiafter in Qtend o 1 nd fenh aStes. o el k onrgchmelnt of their re 1owerful neig hbor~s? . Is :there' wnin toice in the sufein g Li-isg . a ioland, denc Huin y us mn our ears? We, the v lersi; e , dij CvdLrtl *(Vss take .our c position-,-confrdnt'in our own -strength anid resources. 0 - owvn 'govermnt must ie .ee-uidl ed' to sti this new state: of b tiing a ,a ro without descending to minutii we must' have ill the part plierrdalifi of at sofcterei indsepentdent al-. ernent.:, #musteors, or~other Nagetuts; to: repress nt us a broadl; a Navy -to protect our commerce, if we would have any; annArmv, to proti-ct us against - he. petty insults .and lawless violence of our neighbors, both might bo necessary to secure us agminst the crusades of the fanatics of .every portion of the globe, made with a view to liberate our slaves. I will not -suppose cur immnediate neighbors capjale of it, but .it is rnot without the range of possibilities to conjecture, -that individuals might be fodnd who~ would be inclinedi to sti-engthen their intation. forces by Ooaionial drafts from our sablo population. There is nIo data from which to -estitnntc the necessanry Cxpenses of this 'new - oi-r of thinrgs, but, to put it.. down at five times ..the Omount of our prestat expenditures would1 in my judgl ment, fall greatly short of1 our actual wants. Will our people, can they, bear' this in the form of ai direct tan? Who of'us has not hea rdl a buzz of discontent rnn throughout the Stato,:on account of the addition of a tax ef a few cents on each hunidred1 acres of land or slave? Caui impost duties he relied on to supply any deficiency? Ttheo most ?1angum~o cannot hope thatthe United States will allow us to import foir them, and unless wo become a nition of swindlors andi simugglers; our inports must be liinited to oitr; own neceCssit:es, and if theo duties on themi is ibnited 'to what would bel beartable, theo ' amount must allih greatfy'holen the demandsution our treasuity. Monhave, and may gm offer up their h~vbs on the altaru of patriotism, but they cannopa sbite that alone.. ; ant alone 7 will dri@v thuousanids and tetas-of. thetisands not the mosts .wortliy of ouriij i seek .if r~aogin thoe l 9 -I , "' 6if. ,t X f ciiti ii te~ 'Pe~nv -t t wn lo the ove't )ii4t' it' 1a tel' cl he 1he m~ l r a t 4 na, ii ' shand, i he i a x , no distant. ;ftyL$riko abo#t'i j sound tin oughout the1 .... s lend on-.ther- :aid''iind co.9p ratiom; ught. to coniidWer ratfar 'vhat pis;:~ b, coining and- duoato oarer ,:than aj what is dto-to I '2~Cni of :the J Litedat 1ea wa ti .. t! ; Y r "i r 1 "t , _ :sue - --- - r r 1 "- . 3 T t - ' 'r r " ", tii .." f , i r ti i'S.J. t t ;111-. " tj as 'Y y "t 4? "!T ...H C.., , _ ." 1,:^f i". If.-.S 'IiII ',, +- !'nr' -y t)r:f a t 1 " L "A.:).. Ott{ r ) it J - ; ~ t r < y r Y.1 1 u;.t +J !l t .t 1jt 1 . t T t ."1 , fc It z.7' rt r-i ". J i J} f. t'It f+' a:? 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