Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-12-25
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already built On the apprehcnded
ruin Of the Federal Union, we in
vito particular attention tO the
suljoined extract from an elabor-
ate editorial article in the Augusta
ga Chronicle and Sentinel. Of
the 9Th instant. II is only one of
very many similar limitations which
have recently met our eye in The
Southern press
eff the Federal system is a fail
IRE. the question may we'll be ask
ed. IS MT He trhoie R'ppJI,con sysiem
a faiI"reH Very many wise, think
ing men say So. We formed the
Federal Government because The
separate States, il was thought,
were not strong enough tu stand
alone, aud because they were like
ly To prove disadvautageous. if not
dangerous, each to the other, IN
their distinct organization, aud
with their varying interests. When
we break up, will the dlsadvantag
es aud dangers of separate Stntes
he snCh AS require the formation
ut new Coniederacy Of those which
are, ut present, supposed to be bp-
mogeneous If we do form a new
CODiederary, when the old il gone
1t would seem to be neither wise.
prudent. bur statcsmanllke 10 frame
1t alter the pattern Of the Old
New Safeguards and guarantees
must necessarily be required. and
none but needless maniac would
seek to avoid looking this matter
squarely IN the face.
at is true that we might make
a constitution for the fifteen South
ern States which would secure the
rights Of all, at present. from harm
or ut least which would require
clear violation Of it's letter. So plain.
ly that the world could discern II.
when unconstitutional action was
consummatcd. But then. in the
course OF years. as men changed.
times changed, interests changed.
business changed, productions
changed, violation of the spirit
might occur, which would not be
clearl y n violation Of the letter
II may be said that the constitu.
ton might provide for its own
change, as time changed. Well,
that was the design when our pre-
sent Constitution was formed, ana
still we say it was - failure. How
much more carefully could n new
one be arranged 7 Men will say
that we Of the South are one, and
that we shall get along well enough.
But they who say it know neither
history nor human nature. When
the Union was formed, twelve Of
the thirteen States were slavehOld-
ing and If the cotton gin had not
been invented, there would not pro.
badly to-day have been an African
slave in North America.
But how about the State organ
izations 7 This is an important
consideration, for whether we con.
suit with the other Southern States
or not, t is certain that each State
must act for itself, Ia the first in.
stance. When any state goes out
Of the present Federal Union, it
then becomes a foreign power, as
to all the other States, ~ well as
to the world Whether it will un.
tic again with any Of the States, or
stand alone, is for it to determine.
The new Coniederacy must then be
made by those States which desire
it-and If Georgia, or any other
State, does not find the proposed
terms of federation agreeable, she
can maintain her own separate
form Of government, or at least try.
Well what form ofgovernment shall
we have %? This is more easily ask
ed than answered.
"Some OF the wisest and best CT.
tizcns propose Hereditary Con /
stitutional Monarchy but, howev-
er good that may be in itself, the
most important point to discover is .
whether or not the people are pre-
pared for it. 1t is thought, again
by others that we shall be able To |
60 on for a generation or two, in a
new Confederacy, with additional
safeguards-such, for instance, as
an Executive for life. a vastly re-.