THE

IMPENDING CRISIS

OF

THE SOUTH:

HOW TO MEET IT.

BY

HINTON ROWAN HELPER,

OF NORTH CAROLINA.

COUNTRYMEN! I sue for simple justice at your hands,

Naught else I ask, nor less will have,

Act right, therefore, and yield my claim,

Or, by the great God that made all things,

I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hack'd l—Shakspeare

The liberal deviseth liberal things,

And by liberal things shall he stand.-Isaiah

HUNDREDTH THOUSAND.

NEW-YORK:

A. B. BURDICK, No. 145 NASSAU STREET.

1860.

STANFORD LIBRARY

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857, by

HINTON ROWAN HELPER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the

Southern District of New York.

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To

HENRY M. WILLIS,

OF CALIFORNIA,

FORMERLY OF MARYLAND.,

WOODFORD C. HOLMAN,

OF OREGON,

FORMERLY OF KENTUCKY,

MATTHEW K. SMITH,
OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY,

FORMERLY OF VIRGINIA,

AND TO THE

NON-SLAVEHOLDING WHITES OF THE SOUTH

GENERALLY,

WHETHER AT HOME OR ABROAD

THIS WORK IS MOST CORDIALLY

DEDICATED

BY THEIR

SINCERE FRIEND AND FELLOW-CITIZEN,

THE AUTHOR.