The North-Carolinian., 1860-11-24
pEAcEAgI.E sEcrss1oS-orR RIGHT.

pEACEABIE SECESSIOE-OUR RIGHT.
Our right pea euhfY to do this have never en-
tcrtan, q doubt of; and think if it be resolved
on l,v number of States in co-oDcyati0n bringing
with them sufficient power to organize proper gov
na' @ IS IS IL @ abf t' thes rights are IN
N:.ded. Whilst, however, l think that the South
shoul be armed and equipped in every respect, and
ready and prepared for any emergency, | do not
think that the SLACK Republican party in this Con
alcracv have vet become hartlee in the perpc-
tlatton Of wrongs and justice, and so tenacious
yet of the s!,o'l> of the Government, as to unde
take forcible sujugation of the South to their
dctestahle control. The eight ceding States stand
upon principles IN the justice OF which, nlne other
States with them. The moral influence of
their position will then be very strong in the do
mestic family Of States of which they lately
me1nbeIs and either terms Of reconciliation salts
factory to all parties will be proposed, and
guarantees given to the South for the fullest pro-
lection of their rights Of person and property, and
their unlimited expansion in the Union
cable separation will be agreed on, between
ereign and independent Misunderstanding each to pur-
their of prosperity may best suit their
respective circumstances.
This will be the ''Dsunion," dreaded by the
timorous; anG this, the 'Revolution,'' grosvled
over by the old togl@s. We do not deny, (for
deeply feel them) the grave considerations which
should accompany the idea of dissolution of this
Union. We aware that revolutions seldom
otherwise than re-ilous and uncertain and that
they should never pe undertaken except with great
caution and from ample cause with full prepara-
|
whole ground. But there Evils, which, in their
actual eudurauce and their certain prospects,
SO great, and 50 overwhelming, when they do come,
as to Justify all the hazards which may belong to IL
/ revolution We think the condition of the South,
in relation TO The BLACK Republican party of these
L nited States, furnishes such
OF: JHIoN WAS : UNION oT VII TIE MEN, NOT OF
WHITE MEN AND NiGRoEs, ON AN EQUALITY WITH
| THEM.
Ihis Union was formed by men Of the white race
n a,,1 heir
S cure to them the blessings of peace and the pro-
lection of their propcrty-of which negro slaves
were well understood and fully recognized species
But this species of property has constantly been
warrel upon, and the holders Of it increasingly vii
lifted and insulted by certain parties in the Cnlon
whose misplaced sympathies for the negro, have
made them unnindful of their obligations to their
partners of the white race Wrong, at Their hands,
| has followed wrong in such rapid succession, and
provocation and injustice have been hcaped upon
| the South with such increased aggravatlon, that
even the most calous to such things, have lost all
| hope Of saving the Union, and now look upon us
(liss uton IS only q estion Of time: hesitate
to say that think the time has already come.
| in tilnatcd lust now, Mr. Chairman, that When
any people undertake to break up their political ties
and tn assume new relations with the rest OF the
Norld-in other words, when they have determined
on recolu'ion-that it becomes Their duty as WIS
and prudent men, carefully to survey theif *hole
| ground. This is csSentiH-}or the purpose, IN the
first place, of ascera aiming whether the grievances
which they suffer such as, IN the eye oi reason
| no oul1liieMt to justify sucn sleP, ~,
the measures proposed for relief are equal TOT tht
| emergency and, 3D. whether the consequences o.
| these measures likely to be such, as to oette1
| their condition.
| These principles brin, US to inqunre-lst, VIVA,
! are the grievances of which the South complains
2d, what is the remedy suited to their case ano
Sd, what will be the consequences OF these measu
res three topics, which only be glanced at OF
an occasion like this And now
| GRIEVANCES OF THE SOUTH.
| lst AS to ol7r Grievances I have anticipated al
ready much which properly belongs to this topic
but the half has not and (for want Of time) canno
| be told When we look around over the South, apl
perceive that deep-seated feeling of d'seo'tet wilcf
is brooding over the minds OF her whole people
when we see them worried annoyed, freted, in thei
political reatons-lt is but reasonable to suppos