The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-19

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|. levi, and both sectors viii thsa tutt their A
tensson 70 more elevated and enrabling tort
dpoliticGl controversy II the North be sin
cereIy nti-siavery, they can have no. objet
ton to the dissolutioh--if corrupt, the Sout
should dissolve the connexion at the .isk Of
war n
1t Is admitted by the President in his lat
message that congress has no power of coer
cion over seeding State and that such Al
attempt would be declaration of war. sue
were the views of the trainers of the Constitu
ton and this power of coercion was expresA,
proposed and unanimouslk refused to be con
ferred on the federal government. Moreover
if the fifteen slave States declare their indie
/ Pendence betore the fourth ii March it MAY
we'll be doubted whether the remaining State.
will be in condition to inaugurate Mr. Lin
coin as PRESIDENT, or any legal Congress viii
be IN existence to make declaration of war
The remaining States might not feel bound by
the broken compact without re-enactmeni
ofthe same for n Northern Confederacy in
which they might decline - re-unite. in
that event Mr.. Lincoln conld not be inauguras
tel under the recent election.
Ii, however, madness rules the hour al
Washington and resort to the ultima ratio
regan' is finally determined on, it will afford
the South an acceptable opportunity to
avenge' a series of personal and political
wrongs which have had no parallel in the
history of modern coterminous States in
friendly alliance with each other.
need hardly say to you who know nv
antecedents so well, that | have ever been an
ardent lover OF the .American Union. This
great Gfnfederacy OF free STATES has been my
beau ideat of u universal system of self-gors,
aHssRt. before which all the despotisms OF
the wof.. finally crumtle and give
place. 1t was bsHs, - n admirably
adapted to the full development IF the local
interests OF each community and at the same
time to the general protectijh of them ali, that
its perpetuity became passion with me
which swallowed up all minor considerations.
Hence it was that when resistance was pro-
posed 10 the compromise measures of 1850, |
was found on theatide Of the Union. Howey-
er great had been the wrongs then inflicted
on the South, was unwilling to abandon the
ment-that our Northern confSRieratesswoald
ment for the past, and live with us in aonsti-
buAtOA1A anu guy lditli Tile
That we have been grossly decsived and be-
traYed is now todapparent for denial abe
pretended bond OF amity@ and eternal Peace of
1850, together with thee constitr ton sttselfte
have not only remainedaa dead letter tea us,
but have been i9sfe the false pretext of
still more furious onset and the commission Of
more numerous crimes and datrages upoR
the South than ever before disgraced like /
period in our history. I'd
= fhe civil war waged-the horrible tragedies
enacted and cranes committed by th1@if4nies
OF the South in Kansas, the John aBfs,wn
raid upon the State oil Virginia and kindred
efforts Of arson, instruction and murder in
Texas, the Northern spies that penetrate the
whole South all demonstrate the fact that the
peoples Of the North and South are no longer
a friendly Homogeneous family of StatesznI
They differ widely in their soil, climate, pros
auctions, institutions ;sthd religious views and
in their moral and political ethics. The reve-
nue. system peculiar to the North is onerous
in the South. We require different CONNER
,ial regulations and q different federal gov
in many other particulars. For the
purpose of increasing their power over the |
South and enabling them to control Congress
Ind its legislation to our detrimept they have
established emigrant aid societies whereby |
hey have brought into the country yasanum-
Ders of ignorant and depraved persons Rom
oreign countries who are wholly unfit to ex-
,rciss the privileges of selkgoyernmcnt, and /
therefore produce the most unfortunate re-
iults.
/, 1t is now too apparent that the mob have
Of the ballot box at the North
hat the illiterati the irresponsible and the de-
he patriotic, the wise and the yirtuous. Their
;reat statesmen have all been discarded their
Elevated and illuminated intellects have all /
,een ignored, their examples despised and
heir counsels rejected. With all their ap-
parent material prosperity the free States are
low rapidly descending in the scale of morali-
" and the time is not far distant when their
ystem Of universal suffrage will reduce them \
% anarchy, and prove a curse instead of a
blessing.
The slave States must be preserved from
UGH population and from the power they
Weld in the federal government The earli-
II the dissolution takes place the better for
II parties concerned.
With a soil and climate the most proptious
n the globe-with staple productions that
hallenge the commerce Of the %5rld--with
ca coasts and harbors equal to the largest
laval and commercial marfne-with people
ia homogeneous and lheroic character and
atufally fond Of arms and the arts Of war
Nth a system Of servitude that gives wealth
md leisure to an elevated class, and with
mple territory for great and powerful ma
ion, we can scarcely fail to be prosperous and
lappy in all time to come. 1t will inspire
'sr people with new energies in all the pur-
uits oil life-it will create redoubled activity
n commerce and manulactures-it will in
luce rigid system OF home education and
,uild up schools and colleges, while the army,
he NAVY and the civil list will afford places of
lonor and emolument to which our brightest
minds will ardently aspire Self reliance and
clf.interest are tia great motor Towers Of
nen,snd ,af nations-it was these that sus-
aimed our own revolution, and established
nd maintained our libertias-these that have
ecently sustained and made victorious Carl
Daldi's Italian revolution, and the same will
ustain the fifteen slave States in thesnost
successful confederation that has ever appcafs
d in the congregation of nations.
With great respect,
| have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN ID. FREEMAN.