New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-27

her Northern c0niederatee. 1Dey ueeile W ee.apn
despoiem not only omnipotent in Congress, but ON
npotent over the States and il 10 manifest The na-
perious necessity OF our secession lhey ihrea,eh w
with the sword 10 coerce submission to their RUE
. Citizens of the saveholding States OF the United
States circumstances beyond control have placeh
III the van of the great controversy between Ihe
Northern and Southern States. We would nave pre-
ferred that other States should have assumed the posi-
ton we now occupy. Independent ourselves we dis-
claim any design desire 10 lead the councils OF tue oln
er Southern States Providence hs east our lot together
by extending over us identity of pursuits, interests
and institutions. South Carolina desires no destiny
separated from yours. To be one OF grea, savehoa-
ing confederacy stretching its arms over terrofy
larger than any Power in Europe Possesses-wiih Pop
ulaon four times greater than that OF the whole Uni
ted States when they achieved their Independence VI
the British Empire-with productions when MAKE
our existence important 10 the wOriu thh tlh. VI
any other people inhabiting it-with common sll,u-
tiols Defend and common dangers TO encounter-we
AK your sympathy and confederation. While consli
tuiiTg portion Of the United States, II has been your
craftsmanship which has guided IT IN It's mighty STRIDES
TO power and expansion. In the field, as IN the GAP
met you have led the way TO its renown and grandeur
You have loved the Union, in whose service your
great statesmen have abored and your great soldiers
have fought and conquered Tor the aerai Dement'S
il conferred but with the faith of generous and devo
ted chiyalry. You have long fingered and hoped over
the shattered remains Of q broken COnsuuutioh'
Compromise after compromise formed by your con-
cessOns has been trapled under foot, by your North
the North and the South il lost has been converted
into hate and we Of the South at last driven To-
geher by the stern destiny which controls inc eAs
enee of nations Your bitter experience OF the iait
lessness and rapacty OF your Northern eolneoera!es
NAV have been necessary 10 evolve those great pm
cples of free Government upon which the liberties OF
tho world depend, and 10 prepare yon Tor the grand
mission Of vindicatng and reesiabllahing mem. we
rejoice that other nations should be satisfied WIN lneir
institutions. Self-compaceney ~ great element OF
happiness, with nations with individuals we are
satIsed with ours. If they prefer system OF ndus-
try in which capital and labor are IN perpetual con,
hict-and chronic starvation Keeps down the hslur.i
increase Of population-and a man Ia worked on. III
eight years-and the law ordains that children shall DC
worked only ten hours a day-and the saDer anu
bayonet the instruments OF order-De So IL is
theraiiair not We prefer however, our system Oh
industry by which labor and capital areidentlhed m
terest and capital therefore, protects labor by when
our population doubles every twenty years. Dy "hiep
starvation is unknown and abundance crowns inc
lands by which order II preserved by an unpaid onGe,
and the most fertile regions Of the world where the
Caucasian cannot labor are brought into Usefulness by
the labor of the African, and the whole worid u
blessed by own productions. All we deinaiu VI
other peoples ia TO be let alone 10 work out our own
high destinies United together, and we must De the
most independen AZ we are the most important among
the nations OF the world. United together ana we re-
quire no other instrument to conquer peace thn our
benefcent productions United together, and we must
be great, free and prosperous people, whose reho"h
mu,t spread throughout the civilized world, and pass
down. we trust, TO the remotest ages We ask yOn 10
ioin ms il forming confederacy OF Slayeholdlng
States
MGR ,RATlos or IyDFPFSDEScE OF SOUTH CARO-
LIMA, DONE IN CONVENTION, DC. ~, 1861.
Tie State of South Carolina having determined 10
resume her separate and equal place among nations,
deems il due to hersef to the remaining United States
Of North America and TO the nations of the world,
that sle should declare the causes which have led to
this act.
In the year les, that portion of the British Empire
embracing Great Britain undertook to make laws for
the government Of that portion composed Of the thir
teen American Colonies. 4 struggle for the rght OF
sef.yovernmeut eusued which resulted on the lth OF
.july I176, in a Declaration by the Colonies That
thew are and Of night ought 10 be free and lndepend
ent States, and that free ana independent Slaes
they have full power TO levy war, conclude peace con-
tract alliances establish commerce. ANA to 90 all "heF
acts end things which independent States may OF rght
DO.
They further solerrnly declared that whenever any
forl OF government become destructive OF the ENDS
for wi ch il was established II IS the right oil the peo
ple alter abolish it, ana to institute new govern
ment." Deemrig the Government OF Great Britaln 10
have become destructive OF these ends, they declared
that the colonies care absOlyed from all allegiance to
tie British Crown. and that all political connection
between thun and toe States OF Great Britain ~ and
oUgl 10 he, totally dis. Owed"
In pursuance Of this Declaration of Independence,
each of the thirteen States proceeded to exercise lis
separate sovereignty; adopted for iten CONSTITUTION
and arpuu,d ocers Tor the administration o. govern
meIt IN III. It's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, exec ave- ana
udi,iaI. For purposes Of defense, they united Their
arms aud Il er counsel Ia and IN IfS entered lntO
league know the Articles Of COnierauon whereby
tnev slIeed 10 cutrs the standardization OF tDcn en-
ter relations to "a common agent, known a. The Con
aresr ii a., United States, exprt SLY declaring ~ the
mt article That each STATE retains lts sovereignty
freedom ard independence and every power, Jursdic-
on aud night which Ii not, by this confederation en-
.t.l. al .4- mo fTtfN
fcmbled.
Trder this confederation the war Of the Revolution
was carried on, and on the ID OF September, llS, the
contest ended and definite treaty signed BY Great
Britain in which she acknowledged the independence
of tie colonies in the following terms:
ARTICLE His Bdtee mic Majesty actuowled;es the said
United state VIZ: New amPhiTe As-ghusetts hay Rhode
leland Providence lnaon Connecticut New ork New
Jersey rennykaia, Delaware Maryland Virginia North Car
dependent sles with them such aud Tor him
self his heirs and renquhes al claims to me gov
eminent pzopTcty and territorial nghs Of the same and every
| part thereof"
Thus was established the two great principle assert
ed By the Colonies namely, the right of State to gov
erp itsel ana the night OF people TO abolish
| ment when il becomes destructive Of the ends for
which il war instituted. And concurrent With the e.
tabislment OF these principles was The fact that eac
| Colony became and was recognized by The mother
country as u free sovereign, and independent STATE
In 49, deputies appointed by the States 20 re-
wire the Article OF Confederation aud oa l1h Septem
her 1857 these Deputies recommended for the adoption
OF the Satef the articles Of union known as the Con
stituiion % the United States.
The ualtics 10 whom this Constitution was submit,
ted were the several sovereign States. lhey were
TO agiee or dsagree; and when nine Of them agreed
the contract was 20 take effect among those concur
ring and the Generl Government, as the common
agent was then TO be invested with their authority
If only nine Of the thirteen States bad cOncured, the
other four would have remained ~ they then were
separate sovereign States independent OF any of the
provisions Of the Constitution. In fact two Of the
States did not accede 70 the Constitution until long
alter il had gone into operation among the other
49,. al tla,r o.aaIt In.