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

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such service or labor may be due a,
This stimulation was 70 material 10 tho compact that
without Il that compact would not have been plaoe;
The greater number OF the contracting parties nS'u
slave and the State of Virginia had previously de-
clared her estimate of It's value by making ~ me con-
don of her cession Of the territory which now com
poses the States north OF the OHIO RIVER. .,.o
The same article Of the Constitution siipnlates a'eo
for The rendition by the several States OF fosiVes iro
iusiice from the other States.
The General Government, rs the common agent,
patsed laws 10 carry into effect hese stlpuIauons %
the States. For many years these lave were
But an increasing hostility on the part OF me Norensin
States to the institution OF Slavery has leo 70 oi7
REGARD of their obligations and the laws Of the Generai
Government have ceased TO effect the objects oi tne
Constitution The States OF Name NoW,iielnps'nfs'
Vermont Massachusetts,, Connecticut, khode ishaiiu,
New-York Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, ONO,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa have enacted laws
which either nulfy the acts OF Congress, OF rehaet
useess any attempt 10 execute theH' I'D many vi
these States the fugitive is discharged from the service
or labor claimed, and in none OF them mas tne oa'
Government complied with the stipulation made IN the
Constitution The State Of New-Jersey, AZ an early
day passed law for the rendition OF fugitive slaves
in conformity with her Constitutional undertaking;
but the current of antiSlavery feeling bs led ner more
recently 10 enact laws which render imperative the
remedies provided by her own law and by the laws OF
Congress- In the State of New-York the right OF
transit for slave has been denied by her tribunals,
and the States Of Ohio and Iowa have refused 10 sur
render to Justice fueitiyes charged with murder ana
with melting seryile iusurrection in the State OF var
gnia. Thus the Constitutional compact has been de-
iiberatey broken and disregared by the non-slaye-
holding States and the consequence follows that Soutn
Carolina il released from its obligations.
The ends for which this Constitution was framed are
declared by itself to be form amore perfect Union,
establish Justice insure domestic tranquility provide
for the common defense, protect The general weae,
and secure the blessings Of Liberty to ourselves ana our
These ends il endeavored to accomplish by Federal
Government in which each State was Recognized az III
equal and had separate control over lis own nsti'u
TONS The right Of property IN slaves WAS reGoeIeu
nv giving TO free persons distinct political rights oy
giving them the right to represent and budeDng them
with direct taxes for tbree-iths OF their slaves; by
authorizing the importation of slaves for twenty years
and by STIMULATING for the rendition OF iug'Ves Irom
we affirm that those ends for which this Govern
ment was instituted have been defeated, and the Gov
eminent itself has been made destructive Oh 'hen Wy
the action of the non-sayeholdlng States. lnose
States have assumed the night OF deciding upon :e
proprety Of our domestic institutions and nave deeu
The tights of property established In hfteen OF tne
States and recognized by the Constitution; they nave
denounced az sinful the institution OF slavery; they
have Permitted the open establishment among uhem VI
societies whose avowed bect il TO disturb the peace
and 10 endanger the property Of the citizens OF other
Staes They have encouraged and assisted thousands
of our slaves TO leave their homes and those who re-
main have been melted by emissaTes BOOKS ana pc
lures, TO seryile Insurrecti0n.
For seveutyfye wears ths agitation has been stead
ily Increasing, until il has now secured 10 liz ad the
power OF the common Government. observing lhe
forms OF the Constitution sectional parry hs iouhu
within that article establishing the Executive depart
ment the means of subverting the Constitution ITSELF
geographical line has been drawn across The Union,
and all the States north of that line have united IN the
election of man TO the high Office Of President OF the
United States Whose opinions and purposes are hostile
10 Slavery lie is 10 be ntrusted with the admlnstra-
ton of the common Government, because ne mas de-
clared hat that Government cannot endure perfa-
nently half slave half free, and thai the Iubhc mnd
must rest in the belief that Slavery ID in the course oil
ultimate extinction. -
This sectional combination for the s1bversion of the
Constitution has been aided IN some Of the States by
eevatng to citizenship persons who by me supreme
law of the land incapable OF becoming clzells ana
their votes have been used 10 lBangnrae new pOlCy
hostile TO the South and destructive Of liz peace and
On the 4th of March next this party viii take pos
session Of The Government. it has announced that the
South shall be excluded from the common territory
that The judicial tribunals shall be made sectional and
flat war must be waged against Slavery until II sha
&C ise throughout the United States.
The guarantees of the Constitution will then no
longer exist the equal rights of the States Will be lost
The sayehoIdipg States longer have the power
Of self-govemueB or selfproteeton, ana the beueIa
Government will have become their enemies.
Sectional interest and animosy VIII deepen the lrrl
tatiOn and all hope of remedy Ii rendered VAIN by tne
fact that public opinion al the North has invested
great political error with the sanctions Of more erro
neous religious belief
We therefore, the people OF South Carolina by ON
delegates in Convention assembled, appealing To the
Snpreme Judge of the world Tor the recti,ude Of our in
teuliors have soennly declredthat the Union hereto
fore existing eween This State and the other States OF
North America ia dissolved and that the State of South
Carolina has resumed her position among the nations o.
eVord as "a free sovereign and Independent State,
with null rower TO levy war conclude peace, contac!
alliances establish commerce. and 10 DO all other acts
and things which independent States may OF right do
And Tor tie support Of this declaration with firm
reliance on tie protection Of Divine Providence, we
mutually pledge TO each other onr lives, fortunes,
and our sacred honor.