Southern States, Their Present Peril, and Their Certain Remedy

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Excerpt from Southern States, Their Present Peril, and Their Certain Remedy: Why Do They Not Right Themselves? And So Fulfil Their Glorious Destiny The citizens of St. John's, Colleton, having assembled at Rockville, on the 18th inst., for the purpose of obtaining from their candidates an expression of their opinions upon the question at issue, between the Southern and the Free-soil States, and the meeting having been organized, Mr. John Townsend arose and addressed them. The following being a brief abstract of his introductory address: He admitted fully the right of the people to be made acquainted with the sentiments of the candidates, and the duty of the candidates to express their opinions without disguise or concealment, and in such a form as would be least likely to lead to misapprehension, and especially at a time, like this, when the state of the country was so full of difficulty and peril. He considered the liberties and political independence of the Southern States as being in greater danger at this time, than at any other period before or since the Declaration of Independence, and requiring from their citizens all their energies of mind, of heart and fortunes, to vindicate their rights. He regarded them as rapidly approaching the turning point of their destiny, and that the great epoch, from which they would hereafter have to date their history, was not very far off. Like the colonies of '76, in their relations to the mother country, so the Southern States would soon have to take their stand towards the Free-soil States of this Union. They cannot stand still as they are, and at the same time preserve their property and liberties as citizens, and their political independence as States. They are in a transition state, and every man begins to feel that a great change is about to take place in their political condition, which some lament over as a calamity, but all regard as an unavoidable necessity which must be met, and must be provided against. He regretted to perceive that there was wanting, as yet, that buoyant hopefulness, that undoubting confidence in a favourable result which is so necessary to success. Vague and undefined apprehensions, as to consequences, appear to perplex the minds of our people. This is but natural. It was so at the commencement of our revolution, in '76, and harrassed timid men, during the whole struggle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.