The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-05

t-satoifhteu lfe uc4tfuclfonsoI our systcIH "
federal gsvernmeurt; fsr it Is ofthe very es-
sepce of representative government that the
gosernmentssh aerive its powers Tom the
wIipls pedple. onrs'is feaerative rspsblic,
cohposed Of mpiy dif5erentstates and biased
upon the representative principle; and the
genius and spirit Of our Institutions require
Fahat each part sirooni,ib1 able top~tect itself
against any attempt, on the part of other
portions Of the Confrlcraog, 70 usprp author
. Hy overfhe whole. The North, by means Of
I.wpelis;esl eemtinstiemHmon., the pcDpie Of
that section, has now acquired the control Of
all the powers of our general government
part of the Confederacy has seized the reins
of government, and declared its purpose to
rule over the whole. without regard to the
wishes or the rights Of the other part; and
it possesses the power, under the forms OF
the Constitution, TO execute the purpose il
has threatened IL the South submits to this
state of things, she will be sibjugatcd by the
North. i do not mean to assert that tho
people of the South are new, or are likely
hereafter to be, deprived of the right to in.
Fdulse in the innocent amusement of deposit.
ing votes in the ballot-box What | mean,
is, that voting and selfgovcrnmcnt are no,
convertible terms. You may go on casting
votes, for generations after generation, with.
out being able thereby toaffect, in the slight
est degree, any measure of the gencrahcov-
cnment. Suhjugation does not necessarily
I imply the total destruction ofthosc forms Of
government to which the subjected people
had been previously accustomed. When
Philip of Maccdon had conquered the other
States of Greece, the forms Of their govern
mcnts still remained unchanged. To all out
ward seemneJ the people Of those States
continued to administer their own govern
mcnts as they had previously done; but
Philip was their actual ruler, notwithstan!-
ing the outward appearances to the contrary.
I Ills Influence prevailed in their councils,
moulded their policy, and determined tho
character of all their measures. His viii, in
short, was their law; precisely as the win OF
rthe North viii be orr law, if We do not at
once adopt some efficient mode of security
against the danger now impending. Look
at Hungary! Behold, in the fate of that
gallant and unfortunate people, tile destiny
that awaits ourselves, Il, likcthc,n, we quietly
submit to the gradual and steathy encroach-
ncnts of TYRANNY. Submission, in their case,
too long persisted in, rendered chem, at
length, too weak for cttcetn!l resistance, AMI
they were compelled TO bow their nccls to
the opprrssor's YOKE. If Lincoli becomes
the President of the United States, he will
not hare bccIfelcctcd to that position b. the
vote Of the South: he wilfnot have received,
from the South, a single electoral vote. Tic
North, in open dcfiaacc Of Tie known wishs,
Of the South, will have lccted thc prcsi lcht,
and will possess the power Of cAacting, cx-
poundl-s &, and enforcing, al The laws Of the
general government; and the Sou;, will be
utterly powcrlcss, within the Union, TO check
or arrest the action of the North If the dcs-
pots of Europe were to appoint our President
and control orr legislation. we should feel
hat We were subjugatel. Does dcspotism
change its essential nature because it is cx:
crcised, not by fo?yiya luonlr.s, bat by the
people Of hostile set!i5n' If people can
not elect their officers, or check the action
Of their government, they arc no longer free,
Lincoln is elected, not by a majority of the
nation, but by mere majority Of the North.
If you arc bound to submit to this for four
years, you are bound to submit for ever, and
to rclinguish, for all time, every claim to a
real participation in the election of . Prcsi-
dent. If ono department of the government
may rightfully be subjected to the power Of
a section, why should not, and why may not,
every department be thus suhjcctell Black
licpubicanism conccives that the contest
against slavery-aganst the South-is al
ready decided in its favor With the inal-
guration of Lincoln, it will have entire con.
troll over the executive department. Control
over the legislative and Judicial departments
will speedily ensue. And what will then be
donel The North does not propose to change
any law that operates upon itself 1t has
never complained Of usjust or oppressive lie
gislation. 1t will scarcely exercise its power
in the repeal of the laws which have given it
ten millions, out of the federal treasury, in
fishing bounties; or, the navigation laws,
WHICH, without any compromising advantage
TO us, have contributed, greatly to our cost
to build mp the marine interests of the other
section; or the tariff, under which, from the
organization of the government, we have been
Systematically plundercd for the benefit Of
the Northern manufacturers. Mol Their
real object is to overthrow the institutions Of
the South The mildest advocates of Black
Rernhlicanism in its mildest form, express
ing themselves in their mildcst language, de-
clare that nothing less than the ultimate ex-
tinction of slavery is their object II is said,
BY some, that the North has been provoked
to this course Is this so! What has the