New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-14


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80 TN. n, HArioN OF INDEPENDENCE.
A ;,;,on &c Con-. 4sAag,ea Constitution, Nor 49,
-f.l,< n Carolina has sent MS the following |
'e "a. =. r Deed forms of declaration of ndepend-
my r lifted to the Convestion which Is to meet
on the i'u Pr Oximo:
zen, Id the course Of human events, IT becomes
for people TO dssov the pohtlcai oanuS
WINCH ID we connected them with another, aho 10 as
sumo among the powers Of the earth the separate anu
equs station 10 which the laws OF nature anu oi na
sur els God entitle them decent respect 70 ihe op
10 "a of mankind requires that they should declare the
sanses which impel them TO the separation; =,
Wehod these truths to be self-evident that although
all men are created S o Ss a4e al cor@Hg snIed
unaer every civilized government TO the full projections
of their Ires, persons, and gr9pety Tor when pro
deriving their just powers solely from the consent OF
the governed: that whenever any form of government
becomes destructive Of these ends 1t is the right OF the
reople to alter or to abolish it, and TO institute new
government, laying its foundation on such principles
and organizing It's powers in such form as 10 them shall
seem most likely effect their safety and happiness.
Prudence indeed, viii dictate that governments long
established should not be changed for light and transient
<auses; and accordingly, all experience bath shown
that mankind more disposed to suffer- while Ills are
suherabe chan to right themselves by abolshng the
forms TO which they accustomed. But when
dong train of Aliases and assumptions, pursuing invar
ably the same object evinces design to reduce them
under absolute despoism it Is their r'ght 1t Is Their
0attH TO throw off such government, and to PROVIDE
new guards for their future security. Such has been
the patient sufeance Of the Southern States OF tins
Union and such is the necessity which constrans
them 10 alter their present system of Federal Govern
mept The history of the present Northern States is
history Of repeated injuries insults and usufpatios
on having direct object in the establishment Of an
absolute tyranny over the Southern States 10 prove
this let facts be submitted 10 a candid world;
First The Northern States OF this Union nave iof
many long years warred against our pecuhar institution
OF Slavery instlgaed by the olceS nj fo he a
moral sin while we hold it 10 be Divine INSTITUTION
established by God himself In the following decree
enuncated TO Moses ON Mount SINAI; BON InS
boulmen and bondmads which thou shalt have sDall
: abe of the heather that are around about YOU OF
" them shall We buy bondmen and bondmaids; more
''over Of the children of the strangers that soouTn
among you, of them shall We buy, and they shall be
s'your possession We shall take them as an inheritance
" for your children after you, 10 inherit them Tor pos
"session; they shall be your bondmen forever Ana
we further hold that this Divinely established lnstltu-
ton was always sanctioned by our Savior and Ills
Apostles. c-
have Ruli6ed the Constitution of the present Union by
passing laws to prevent the fulfment of that Consti-
tuition which declares that fugitive slaves shall be de-
fivered up to their owners the principle of which
fugitive slave law has the express and sacred sanction
OF st. Paul the Apostle.
Third: The Northern States of this Union have de-
ared that the people of the Southern States shall not
emigTate with their property into the Territories,
which rightfully belong TO them equally with the
North and that the people Of the South shall not have
their property protected by the Federal Government
when such protection is las above declared the sole
end and object of all governments
Fourth: Those Northern States have, by relent-
less and INSCRIPTIONS majority, constantly imposed
heavy taxes not simply oh0ut, but drecty against,
our representation and consent In the general Con-
gTess by evying Onerous and excessive duties upon
goods imported return for, and purchased 6g our
cotton ric and tobacco, in order to protect and en-
courage their manufactures and In order TO eX-
pendvas at the North IN Improving and forty-
ing their harbOrs towns and cities at the evident
and direct expense OF the products and labor OF the
South.
Ffh. Those Northern States have elected by an
overwhelming sectional vote a President and Vice
President, both from their section of country in
direct opposition to wishes and protests neither
of whom has received one single vote from our Sec
tion and whose express creed is that there Is ire
pTessible conflict against Slavery, which can never
- cease until Slavery is eXtiDguished."
We have for long years, III vain, appealed TO then
sense of justice and common rights we have coniureC
them by the ties of our common kindred TO disavow
sind abandon these usuTpaons which would inevitably
interrupt and destroy our connections and our mon
But they have been deaf 10 the voice of justice, o.
honor and of consanguinty. We must, therefore
acquesce in the necessity which denounees separa
ton; and hold them, we hold the rest Of mankind
enemies in warm peace, friends.
We therefore, the representatives Of the people OF
The State of South Carolina in Convention assembled
appealing TO the Supreme Judge Of the World for the
recude of Our Intentions do in the and by the
authority Of the good people OF this State sOlemny
publish and declare that the State of South Carolina
;s and of right ought TO be, free and independent
State and that all political connection between 1t anc
fhe Northern States is and ought 10 be dissolved anC
knst, az free and independent State, we have full
power levy war, conclude peace contract alliances
establish commerce. and to do all other acts and thing
which an independent State may Of right do And
fo the support Of this declaration with firm reliance
Oh the protection Of Divine Providence, mutually
pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, ant