THE

IMPENDING CRISIS

of

THE SOUTH:

Η ο w To MEE TIT.

BY

HINTON ROWAN HELPER,

OF NORTI O AROLIXA.

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 I-Shakspeare.

The liberal deviseth liberal things,
And by liberal things shall he stand-Isaiah.

NEW-YORK:
BURDICK BROTHERS, 8 SPRUCE STREET.

HENRY M, WILLIS,

OF CALIFORNIA,
FORMERLY OF MARYLAND.

WOODFORD O. 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,
WIETIER AT HOME OR ABROAD,

THIS WORK IS MOST CORDIALLY
DEDICATED

BY THEIR
SINCERE FRIEND AND FELLOW-CITIZEN,

THE AUTHOR.