Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-11-20

We, the Representatives of the PEG
pie Of south C.rolins, Georgis, Alabama
Florida and mississippi, do, in the,l
name and by their authority, agree ane
declare that, for the reasons hereunte
annexed, We deliberately and solemnlJ
announce to the United States and t.
the civilized world that We no looge1
owe any allegiance to the United States
but that We are, and o. right ought Z
be, free and independent Power. And
feeling confident that We can justify oul
astioo in the eyes Of the world, aud ap
pesIiug to the God Of nations aod Of
battles - witness to the righteousness
OF our cause, we do hereby, IN the name
aud by the authority OF the people, form
and establish ourselves INFO q separate
and Independent Southern coofederscy
to be maintained, II need be, by force o.
arms, and claiming to be recognized, 90
soon as our government shall be organ
lied, a. free and sovereign tat Oh, pre-
pared to enter into treaties With foreign
Powers, to lay impost duties and taxes
to create an army and navy, to coin
money, emit bills Of credit, and other.
wise to perform all acts incident to ma
tionaI sovereignty.
The following are among the reasons
which make it impossible Tor US longer
to continue members Of the federal
Union -
l. The phraseology of the constitu-
ton (article 4, section 81, clause pro.
fessedly conceded tor the benefit of the
South, but so worded as to AVOID the
recognition in specific terms of the in
terest it was framed to protect, thereby
casting an imputstion upon our social
pol,ty, 40 if it WAS unfit even to be
named in the formal articles of agree.
ment between the original contracting
parties. This ambiguity, introduced
into tie instrument to satisfy the Han.
cocks and Adamses of the North, has
been for the last twenty five years will
fully misunderstood by their deocendents,
who have so far forgotten all sentiments
OF justice and good faith that they have
established in every principal city of the
North an organized system snbversive
OF its intent and meaning, known in
popular language IS the underground
railroad" aud by which organization
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars are
annually lost to the South.
2. In the most important cases which
have occurred in the history of the
county, where the material interests
of the South have been concerned, the
far reaching acquisitiveness of the
North has wrested from the free handed
generosity OF the South the means OF
and expansion. Early in
the history of the State Of Virginia that
uoble Commonwealth ceded nearly the
whole Of that immense tract Of countr.
now known as the Northwest to the fed
eraI government, and which territory
since been colonized with hostile
who have turned the ruth
less hand Of ingratitude with menacing
aspect upon their parent State. Aud
now, after lapse of seventy three years
since the passage of the fatal ordinance
of 1887, We see the people who have
found homes on the rich and generous
soil Of that immense territory, including
the States of Ohio, Indiana, illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, &c, turning
their Migrate hearts, their mercenary
votes, and threatening to raise their VIC
torious political arms against the most
institution of the ancient
Commonwealth to which they are so
deeply indebted.
8. When, 10 1860, the federal gov
was to be provided with site
Tor a Capitol, it was again the South
which offered her land and yet from
thai time to the present hour,the inhab-
tsnts of the District Of Columbia have
had no cessation from the rude taunts
aud Insults Of the Northern people,
merely because they choo to retain
The domestic customs of their fathers.
4. Not content with having restricted
the growth and consequent wealth and
influence Of the South by the ordinance
81 81. two decades had scarcely passed
way before the tyrannous North struck
! fresh blow at our prosperity, by inter.
iicting, through their subservitn mt tools
o Congress, the importation Of laborers
tilted for our soil and Climate.
S. Again, in 1920, still closer to con.
ract the growth Of the Southern States,
he prominent politicians of the North
the measure known as the
Missouri Compromise, which was in.
ended to exclude forever the advance
Of Southern policy above the line of
So deg. 80 min. north latitude. Yet.
when IN 1850 it answered better the
purpose Of the North to remove that
barrier to Northern immigration, it was
done with little regard to political pow
er and good faith as there had been
Justice IN the original compromise. But
through oil the South bas borne and for
borne, theoretically protesting,,t is true,
aga INST these charges and encroacb-
ments, but ever, finally, yielding at the
voice Of patriotism and de-
lire for peace.
6. In addition to these national acts
thus passed to the aggrandisement of
the North and the despoiIing of the
South, there has been sedulously cult
waited among the MOI them people SEN
timents hostile to the maintenance OF
smicable relations; their ignorant pre
judice against the employment Of the
negro race 10 lsborers has eliminated in
severa. States in Legislative acts caIcu-
lated to affect the security of our pro.
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