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oct N the Ctarieston Mercury IN avoF OF Null
ticatica ana Resistance to the Laws OF the IN
ion IN c.se the T;.r;:i is not promptly FePe=!sd
l. is eyidsn. that these Free Trades have lost al
hope Of hc.tiag US IN the Election and now i.'li
back on theif reserved rights For months
South Carolina has reseunded with shouts Of
Texas or Disuuion'' Free Trade or Nulltica
ton but nobody IS frightened. Except the vel
ian. Cen Qua.,lebum TIE decI.irncrs and toasi-
cfs have generally bsen men OF little note OF con-
sequence. Bnt now that LOUISIANA has dashed
thci. hopes OF ralIying the Slave States en- 'ssse
Oh Pok, ,h4 rnestegspiEiis begin to break ground.
M, Holmes clearly says, Ii we do Mt clcc, Polk
and Iccz,n we shall not thcr We must Null
fg.' We answer, No, sir You can't play that
game II ,ou beat US, rule US and break down
the Tariff; b,t do Mt cry Mine if you win, and
Not yours 'if you lose. Ii yog are defeated,
you must rsz7ec; and abide the verdict Of the
People .-Bus lat Us give NJ. Holiness mani
festo


T, tAs Ed,,sr ftGe .Wt-ea~y


SRA wricf IN your paper under the sigma
;ure oi Hanen' has pfoPouaded to me the
question-wFa: is the proper remedy io' the evils
which a.tiictthe Sou:hl


l answer lnequivocaly, Resistanee-eoHa5'n'
ed Southern Resistance, i goa can procure it
II not, then State Resistance.


| admit that the question Is narrowed Gown 70
an issue-"fassve Obedience, OF Resistance |
relieve the e;ils OF the 1e:iti cannot be exagger-
ted. That n a few years, II viii operate 10 rem
der Cotton Planting III South Carolina utterly
ralueieSS. That no substitute can DC tound !oE
Cotton Planting, to which ouT labor may DC pro-
iitabl; applied. We may be compelled to manu-
iacture tor our own consumption, because we
may be deprived OF all means OF purchasing as
the Indians are compelled TO manufacture then
own moccasins and deer skin robes.


Bu, the idea OF restoring South Carolina TO the
prosperity she once enjcyed by converting her ia
oor TO manufacturing purposes, app2aIs to me
prcposterous. The result Is Obvious. II Europe
is restrained from selling ,he products OF her IN
dustry, she must buy less OF ours: and increased
supply with decreasing demand must So reduce
PRICES, Us to confinc the Cotton Planting TO the
most favored region, where soil and climate both
combine to Weld a large return for labor. The
consumption of Cotton has been stationary in
Grca, Britain for the last year, and has actually
decreased IN France durlng the years ici2i


1913


No one Will contend that the population ol
these two great nations is on the decline neither
will it be concndcd that less necessity for cheap
clothing nov exists than two years since. What
then is the inference Why, that the French
and English have 10 consume less, because they
had not wherewiinal TO pay for consumption
ihe Tariff has deprived them of 4 market Of
oie hlecn millions Of people, VITO. IN purchasing
the anIcies fabricated by European labor, enabled
those laborcrS to consume the products of our
fields


THIS at present is Pa-:al, but under the siinu.
JUS Of the Tariff every thing desired for consump-
ton in tGis country will be made by Northern
lbor; and in the exact rates OF decreased lmppr.
,ations will be the demand for your agricultural
products, until prohibition is reached; and then
India Corn wall entirely suPercede your coarse
material The consequence of this Will be
rapid transfer OF your negroes to the South West,
aud as ali the income OF TIE State IS derived from
tue products ol your exports, and the products de-
uvCd from slave labor, south Carolina wall have
no income. But 1t IS this income annually flow
ing fron agriculture, winch inparts value TO bank
stock, bonds. .houses In towns, and wherves-
ihs income, winch pays the professional and IL
boring classes, which, IN word, lnparls value 10
all property. for the security of which Govern
ment was formed, and without which Government
is curse. have therefore come to the concla.
sion, however reluctantly, lh4t our present sltae-
ton Is oi decay, our progress onward TO ruin
and unless the causes Of the malady be removed,
the property and the dignity o the Sout. will be
dnnjhilated.


The extraordinary emergency then has arisen
IN winch resistance Is demanded. The degree OF
necessity exists winch lustfies resistance and rem.
Gers II lawful and coDfnendabc. There are,
however TeesoDs which counse! iorbearance until
after the Presidential Lection.


The portion OF the Democratic party whose
opinions coincide with ours, and whose co6pera-
ton wc ought to hope for, are actively engaged
in the Presidential canvass. They inform you
that they expect modification OF The Tariff will
result from the success of iher candidate Now,
although no favorable results are expected by me,
either as it regards the canvass, or The influence
Of the Democratic candidate should he be elected,
yet most certainly would | SO far defer to the
opinions of friends as to iorbcar doing any
thing which may emberrass them.


| should prefer to wait until las | apprehend
will be the case the Tariff President and Tariff
Congress will have been elected-whcn all hopes
of emcliorat!on viii have passed from the mind
Of every Southern man-when in Convention
OF Southern States, where interests, where SYM
pathies, and where suffering are identical, the
question can be distinctly pIopounded. Now,
mat the system which depflvcs you Of the pro-
ducts Of your labor; and that OF the system OF
the Abolttionisls, which threatens the very exis-
tence Of tha, labor, has become the settled policy
OF the majority; arc you for passive obedience,
or for manly resistance" Upon the decision Of
that Convention, We shall be at liberty 10 act. If
they concGde 10 assert their rights and yindicate
the Constitution. i Will be ell well.


The South UNITED repeal the Tariff. and
save the Union. 1t may be asked whether be-
ieve the South can be brought to ac; ? 1 can
dldly confess, that my fears prepondcratc over
my hopes But q wise man Will exhaust hope,
before nc arrives at the dreadful necessity Of In
dlvidual resistance TO an organized society of
Government.


am obliged to acknowledge that, after the
position assumed by Souti! Carolina in 1872
after the declaration she put forth at the time
she thought the Convention adopted the compro-
misc" haiti the expiration OF ten years brought
not lhc promised relief, she would again resist
that the ,esolulion passed in our Legislature in