The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-26

and educated on her so % express to YOU fully the
we ws 800. w11n Prevail n NY adopted STATE relation
tno eieat mBures OF deliversnoe and relef from ~
principles ~ policy tbs administration which
there N cannot consent however, upon the
myself Of your respectful couresy 10 e state have tho
honor TO represent well your personal kindness
subject which, however important and ahsorbiug has
doubtless been already exhausted in your hesr-
ing BY some OF the drst inteIIects Of your STATE,
il not Of the nation beg hrefore, refer you TO the
action Of Missiasippiaready submitted your Execu
tyeto ask for her the sympathy and cooperation she
seeks for the common good and briefly suggest 10 you
some OF the motives which influence her conduct IAN
instructed by the resolution from which derive my mis-
inform the State OF Georgia that Mississippi has
passed an act calling Of her people to COZ
slider the present threatening relations of the Northern
and Southern sections of tho b.
the election Of the President upon principles a
hostility the States of the south; and TO express ths
earnest hope OF Missssipp that this state will ooopc-
common defence and safety II viii be remembered
that the violation OF constitutional rights, which has
caused such universal dissatisfaction in the South,
Lot Of recent date Ten years since this Union ws
locked from centre 70 circumference by tho
very same outrages Of which we now complain
My now aggravated BY the recent election Nothing
but her devotion 70 the Union fathers made nduCo1
the South then TO yield TO compromise, in which Mr.
honor. We had then in Mississippi warm contest,
which finally ended in reluctant acuescence in the com
Sc M Ssr Inc North pledged anew her lsn
property They are now and have been since thae
1T, denied 70 US, until her broken faith and impadeat
threats had become almost insuferable before the
election. There three candidates presented tho
North by southern men, all of whom represented the
spective parties willing to yield, to appease the Ca
natcism Of the North. Some Of them were scarcely
1sa as aash the Ssr ssr
And yet the North rejected them Al;
aud their united voice, both before and since
their overwhelming triumph in this election, has
been defiant and intolerant than before
They have demanded and demand equality bctweea
The white and negro races under constitution equa
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equality in the honors and cmouments OF Office equality
in the social circle, equality IN the rights OF natrmony.
The cry HIS been and now Is hat slavery must cease,
American liberty must perish that the success Of
black republ;cansm is the triumph Of antisavery,"
revolution in the tendencies Of the that must
lie carried out To-day government stands totally
revolutonzcd in It's main features and constitution
broken and overturned The administration, which
has effected this revolution, only awaits tho 4th Of March
for the Inauguration OF the government, the
principles, and the new policy upon the success OF which
they have proclaimed freedom t. the slave but eternal
degradation for you and for No revolution ever
complete, though boodless, If you viii amely sub
mit 10 the destruction OF that constitution and that
Union our fathers made. Our fathers made this 60
sernnent for the white man. rejecting the negro as an
ignorant Inferior barbarian race incapable OF sefgo
ycrmen, and not therefore, entitled be associated
with the white terms OF civil, political social
equality. This new administration comes into power
der the solemn pledge to and strike down thu
great feature OF our Union without which would never
have been formed and 10 substitute in its stead their new
theory Of tho universal equality Of the black and white
Our fathers secured TO u.s. by constitutional
Cnon boing overturned by this black republican
e protection 70 fe liberty and property all over The
Onion AID wherever its flag Was unfurled, whether on
land Under this wrcfched awcss spirit policy
now usupng the control Of that government, citizens d
tho South have been depriv Of their property for
tempting toseek the redress promised by the compromise
laws have lost their liberty and their lives Equality o.
among tho most prominent features Of the Constitution
under which we have SO long lived This equality beea
denied us in the South for years in the territories
while the North has virtually distributed them as boun
ties to abolition fanatics and foreigners for their brigaad
service IN aiding in our exclusion Our constitution,
otnob anita
fugitive slaves Congress- has recognized her duty il
this respect by enactng proper laws for the enforcement
81 this right And yet these laws have been continually
nuIhed, and the solemn pledge Of the Compromise a
1850, by which the North came under renewed obga-
ions to enforce them, has been fahessy dsregnrded
aud the government and its officers set At de-
Dance. Who now expects these rebels against
the laws passcd by their consent aud procure
ment-rebels against justice and common honestyto be
pious patriots BY the acquisition Of powers who
expects Mr. Lincoln 10 become conservative, whca
liza authority Is the win and Command 81 that robbcr
clan whose mere instrument he Is, who have achieved
this revolution 10 our government BY treading under
their unhaowcd feet constitution and laws and tho
Union Il fathers and by openly deying high heavea
b. wlfui and corrupt perjury. And above all who 10 II
who loves such company that he viii long hesitate
before he obtain the Of virtuous patS
o.s hea. and consSience 70 separate from them for
one alternative. This new union with Lincoln
black republicans and free negroes, without sla-
very, OF slavery under our old constitutional bond
Of union, without Lincoln black republicans,
free negroes either TO moies IL take the former,
then submission ~ negro equality fate. II the lat
ter then SECESSION II nevitbo each State for itself aud
by itself, but with view to the immediate formation q
b. such &C the ssse dc states az shall agree in their
conventions 10 unite with Mississippi socks delay
tho Issue not new to her people, They have long and
70 negotiate more compromises with bankrupss IN
political integrity, whose recreancy 10 Justice, good faith
and constitutional obligations " the most Cherished fea
ro Ct their political Organization She has exhausted
her rights in ssorfcal offerings W the Union, until
nearly al lost but her honor and the courage TO defend
hecone the ridculc Of both our friends and
enemcs-snere instruments Of fraudulent eva
slons and delay, TO wear out the spirit OF our
pcope and encourage tho hopes Of enemy
In short she II sick and tired Of tho NORTH and pants fr
respite from eternal disturbance and disquet Sc
comes youour glorious old mothcr-thc land Of
adwin who fret deantiy asserted and preserved your
rights o. % slavery IN the federal coSsentI IN oPpos
whole Unior except the Caronas,he land OF Jack
son, who immortzcd himself by his bold exposure aa1
npcn tho rights tho people-the land Of Troup, Tho
scrncst Roman Of them ALL who, snglohanded and alone
without cooperation, without cnultson, but with truth
and justice and the courage of frecmcn al home his
SIDE deied the national government in ia usurations
,he i-@sts 81 fcserai Coercion I, 4 70 von ve cp~e
the brightest cxemplr among the advocates and de-
feeders Of State rencdcto take counsel and solicit
sympathy IN this hour o. common trhal. ] ask you,
hsl Mississippi follow in the footsteps Of Georgia, who's
lc by her gallant Troup, Is reserved for this gone
the history cf my native statcr impossible God for
bid H. Forbid il yc people OF all Northern and western
Georgia who to-day your existence and unparalleled
prosperity 10 the maintenance Of rights at the risk
of civil war. sec around gallant spirits whs
bore their share in the dangers. and with honor
LIRE to-day this ball, the hures the side d
their State under Tn banner inscribed Group The
Treaty in that memorable struggle. Need appeal
them on behalf Of my adopted state 20 know 90 what
side they win range themselves IN this struggle 81 right
against assumption o. brute force, against the coastu
tonal rights OF sister Of this confe<rracy of equal
Sasess make no such appeal know where you stand.
To doub, y would he 20 orsr you tho greatest In
sulf. In this schsoi Vt old republican orthodoxy drew
my first breath. u was hero first staticd, then
hrsced and ncvt feeby Advocated the principle Of Slss
rta and state remedies Of resistance n tyrannyof
The supremacy and sovereignty Of the people of state
and the shsery.ency Of governments 10 their pcecs
and happiness snf safety Th.se rr ncipss viii descend
with re 70 tho grave when this fre tenement o dust
INST parish; but they win live with time, and only
pcrsh when tyranny shsi be moro. I noed ma
rcrand your great Stste that thousands and thousands a
her and daughters who have sought and hap
ny hnoe and prosperous fortunes in the distant forests
q her Old colonial domain though adopted chidr~s
of Mississippi, s',u cling with ths ond embrace " hsa
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