The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-14

for their future security Such has been the paten
5 suferance of the Southern States of this Union
and such is now the necessity which constrain
them to alter their present system Of Federal fiov
ernment. The history of the present Northern
States is history of repeated INJURIES insults
usurpations, all having direct object in the estab
lshment OF an absolute tyranny over the Southern
States. To prove this, let facts be submitted to
candid world:
lst The Northern States of this Union have, fol-
many years, warred against our peculiar insti
tuition of slavery, instigated by the dictates of
lentless fanacism, which declares that institution
to be moral sin whilst we hold it to be a Divine
institution, established by God himself in the fol
lowing decree enunciated to Moses on Mount Sinai
"Both thy bOndmen and bondmaids which thou
shalt have shall be of the heather that are around
about you; OF them shall ye buy bondmen and bond
maids moreover, of the children of the strangers
that sojourn among you, of them shall We buy, and
they shall be your possessions We shall take them as
an inheritance for your children after you, to in.
herit them for a possession; they shall be your
bondmen forever" And we further hold that this
Dlvlnely established institution was always sane
toned by our Saviour and his Apostles.
I'd. A large number of the Northern States have
n"dsfed the Constitution of the present Union by
passing laws to prevent the fullment of that Con-
stiution, which declares that fugitive slaves shall
be delivered up to their owners; the principle of
which fugitive slave law has the express aud sacred
sanction of st. Paul the Apostle.
Sd. The Northern States of this Union have de-
clared that the people of the Southern States shall
not emigrate with their property into the Terrific
ries, which rightfuy 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 fas above de-
clared) the sole end and object of all governments
4th. Those Northern States have, by relentless
heavy taxes not simply .otkou but directly against
our representation and our consent in the general
Congress, by levying onerous and excessive duties
upon goods imported an return for, and purchased
6y o" cotton, rice and tobacco, in order to protect
! and encourage their own manufactures, and in Or
der to eXpend vast sums at the North, in improving
and fortiying their own harbors, towns and cities,
at the evident and direct expense of the products
| and labor of the South.
5th. Those Northern States have elected by an
| overwhelming sectional vote President and Vice
President both from their own section of country,
in direct opposition to wishes and our protests,
neither of whom have received single vote from
our section, and whose express creed is that there
is an irrepressible conflict against slavery, which
! can never cease until slavery is eXtinguished."
We have for long years, in vain appealed to their
sense of justice and common right; we have con-
| jured them by the ties of our common kindred to
disavow and abandon these usurpations which
would inevitably interrupt and destroy our con
| nections and our Union. But they have been deal
to the voice of justice of honor, and of consanguin-
ity. We must therefore, acquiesce in the neces-
| slty which denounces our separations and hold
them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in
| war-in peace, friends.
We, therefore, the representatives of the people
of the State ofSouth Carolina in Convention assem-.
bled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World
for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name
| and by the authority of the good people of this
State, solemnly publish and declare that the State
| of South Carolina is, and of right ought to be- a
free and independent State; and that all political
connection between it and the Northern States is
and ought to be totally dissolved; and that free
and independent State we have full power to levy
war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish
commerce, aud to do all other acts and thing!
which an independent State may ofright do. And
G,rt tha nf c.,
ance or the protection of Divine Providence, we
mutually pledge to each other our lives, our for
tunes, and our sacred honor.
OPINIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PRESS.
From the Ne,o Orleans Picayuns
Greater watchfulness, higher prudence, strong
effort for concord of opinion and preparation for
any possible event in tine future, is taught by the
result of the election just closed. spirit of con
ciliaton towards each other becomes a duty, anC
patient forbearance with opponents, while dis
cussing the grave matters to which it gives rise
are necessary. There need be doubt of thu
position of our whole people, if any attempt il
made to reduce the doctrines of Repubcanism tC
practice.
Those who to-day refuse to make the victory los
a cause of revolution would be the first to resent
and resist an open, undisguised violation of tho
rights reserved to the States. They are not less
true to the South because also true to the Union.
They do not less danger because they deter.
mined to meet it in the Union. And it is because
of their DEVOTION both to the State and to the Fed
eral Government, that they will not make an issue
| which cannot unite the people Of the States who
will all be imperied by it, in every material and
social interest.
Southern confederacy cannot be formed by
States while in the Union. 1t is forbidden by the
Constitution is association of States for any
| such purpose. The secession of one State without
concert with others is a species of dctaton to its
coequals Of the South. Difficulties of every char.
acter surround the subject and it requires deiber
ate preparation before single step be taken. In
the meantime we shall see what necessity may exis
Iop acton ,roved aage whetheFo Hope of freedom
is lost. of tho ,,eo
pie of the South, and we look for tnv nxcitement
of feeling to give place to sober, intelligent anC
deliberate purpose to take hasty STEP yet to be
prepared for whatever the future may have il
store.
From the Nero Orleans DeHdl
Men, parties and partisan traditions must alike bC
consigned to oblivion. Our homes, cur fresides
our social systems, our honor, our liberty, are
enough to engage undivided affection, care, so
Iicitude and devotion. The South must consult
deliberate and determine with the grave dignity
and serious purpose of people who stand on the
brink of great perl-who are compelled to choose
between a dshonorable submission and capitu
latiOn to a naughty and uncompromising enemy
for a temporary peace and the security o
certain material interests, with an ever-present
and increasing peril to even these or accept
all the responsibility, danger and honor OF untet
resistance at all costs and sacrifices, to the dishono
and eventual ruin which are inevitable from our &C
quiescence in the government of the fanatics ant
sectional demagogues to whom the Northern masse
have committed the powers of this government
This is the issue presented in the South, and W
shall await, with deep anxiety, the action Of tn
leading States of our section upon it.
From the Neo Orleans Crescent
We read the result in the face of everv citze
upon the street. There is universal feeling tina
an insult has been deliberately rendered our people
which is responded to, not by noisy threats or pas
sionate objurgations, but settled determination
| .lo ,bo SO,,th holl ha Sae1 Mr
Lincoln's administration.
Mr.. Lincoln, however, is not yet elected Pres
dent. If the electors who have been chosen on hi
ticket are wise, they will pause before provoking
the disastrous consequences, not to the South bu
to their own section which will ensue, as assuredl
as the sun shines in the heavens, if they consun
mate the indignity they have meditated. by pu
ting a sectional President in the chair of Washing
ton. They under no legal obligation to vot
s for Lincoln. We warn them to pause before it
8 too late They may the wind if they choose
: let them prepare for the iChirloind!
8 From the Norfolk Argus.l
To dav nine Southern Gulf States-NoTth Care
t lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabami
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas-aG
compelled to look upon the incoming Federal Az
= ministration as hostile government, and to tax
measures for selfdefence. Six other States-IeI
/ nessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, Marylan
n and Delaware-every one of which has exhibited
. the recent popular suffrage an almost unanImot
feeng-so nearly unanimous, in fact, that "
W
n idea and policy that animate the Black Republlca
party which has elected Mr.. Lincoln, bold then
selves bound to maintain common cause with thei
. more Southern brethren, and regard the people
= the North as the natural enemies OF their lnstit
:; tiOns
l. From the Norfolk HeraIdl
o In view of all the excitement at the South, ar
!, the provocation which has come from the North
produce it, we still adhere to our often expresse
, opinion that the election of Lincoln, strictly a
cording to the Constitution, is not just cause of
Of faEap ftunn CTnfnl n
e Let us wait the issue; bound by the con
pact to wait it; and if the rights of the South al
not respected under the administration of Lincoln
if they are violated in any particular, then II
:. South with present united front
e From the Selma (AId.) Sentinel.1
n But we say to our friends of the South, OF q
parties let Lincoln take his oath of office-let hi
d take charge of the government affairs. No goiI
l. ont of the Union for any cause, but must al
t. will defend our rights in the Union. Do not let
e break up our government under any circumsta
D ces but make every North and South, obey Il
e Constitution even though hemp has to be used
e do it.
d From the Alexandria Vd.l Sentinel
}. Let no man delude himself with the idea that Il
d Union will stand in the present position of issue
and the present rapid working of things 1t is siI
D. plv an impossibity, and he who would save
" should 90 nationally and instantly to work. DELI
:? is disulion, swift and sure.
re From the Alexandria Va Gdzette,l
VIRGINIA is as Jealous of her rights and honor,
" is South Carolina. She will maintain and defer
II both, as seems best to her Intelligent and indepen
1t eut citizens She is not to be forced or caJoled in
le reckless and rash measures. She will take time
look and see, before she acts. When she does ac
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