Very scarce pamphlet by John Townsend [b.1827] of Charleston, South Carolina. Townsend, a proud Southerner, argued that the choice for South Carolinians and Southerners was the choice between submission and tyranny or resistance [war and disunion if necessary]; that being trampled on by the Federal Government was below the dignity of the glory of the Southern states. 

He would later urge for the establishment of the Confederacy and a withdrawal from the United States, arguing that they should "take their destinies under their own control" by "preparing, without delay, to organize for themselves a separate and independent confederacy." 

Anonymous [John Townsend]. The Southern States, Their Present Peril, and Their Certain Remedy. Why Do They Not Right Themselves? And So Fulfil Their Glorious Destiny. Charleston. Printed and Published by E. C. Councell. 1850. 31pp.

A good copy, bound in wraps, disbound, with light foxing, and an ex library stamp. The title page is handled, with the balance of the text remaining in good condition.