The national Republican., 1861-02-13

maximum OF ten per cent, hS suPPoseu W po
prescribed BY the Constitution adopted at
Montgomery, is of little consequence, the re-
striction imposed by the circumstances OF the
case, is very different matter. 1t cannot be
changed, or evaded, and it necessarily limits
duties to scale utterly inadequate to produce
such O revenue, as the Cotton Empire will
need, even in time Of peace.
UPON WHAT ISSUES THEY HAVE
Seeded.
That neither Of the six seeded States had
any good cause for the revolution into which
they have plunged, and that what has happened
has been brought about by the selfish ambition
ofa few men, who prefer unbridled power in a
petty empire Of their own, to the constitutional
restraints Of great country, is the unanimous
judgment Of oil spectators, here and in Europe,
of current events.
But the means used by these men to inveigle
their fellow.citizens into their schemes, are not
SO generally understood, and it is not easy to
cause Them to be credited in communities in
which the general diffusion Of intelligence and
the freedom of oral and printed discussions,
render the use of such means wholly impracti.
cable.
A large per centage of the people in the Gulf
States cannot read at all, and those who can
read are permitted to read scarcely anything
from which they could derive any correct
knowledge Of public affairs. The newspapers
in these States, of all political shades, are
filed with the most stupid lies, and no Northern
papers, except of the lost mischievous stamp,
are permitted to be circulated. The people
are told, by their own papers, that the Repubi.
cans are all Garrisonian Aboltionists, and it is
only such infamous Northern sheets as the N.
Y. Herald and N. Y. Journal Of Commerce,
which affirm the same thing, which are tolera-
ted at the South.
1t is upon the basis Of ignorance and mis-.
information, thus laid, that the demagogues
who have contrived secession, have built up
their strength.
As examples of the falsehoods Of those dem.
sgogues, VIC make the following extracts from
an address to the Georgia Legislature, from
Hon. VIM. L. Harris, Commissioner from Mis-.
sissippi, and said to be distinguished" man
in that part of the country:
"The North have demanded, and now de.
mand, equality between the white and negro
races under our Constitution equality in re.
presentation, equality in the right of suffrage,
equality in the honors and emoluments Of Office,
equality in tho social circle, equality in the
rights Of matrimony.
| "Our fathers made this Government for
| the white man, rejecting the negro as an igno.
rant infarior ha arhariau inca m hle Of self
government, and not, therefore, entitled to be
sssociassd With the vhits man ON terms of civil,
political, or social equality. This new Admin.
| istration comes into power under the solemn
| pledge to overturn and strike down this great
feature of our Union, without which it would
never have been formed, and to substitute in
its stead their new theory of the universal
equality of the black and white races.
=" Mississippi is firmly convinced that there
| is but one alternative. This new union with
Lincoln Black Republicans and free negroes,
without slavery, or slavery under our old con-
stitutional bond of union, without Lincoln
| Black Republicans, or free negroes either, to
molest us. If we take the former, then sub.
mission to negro equality is our fate"
These are specimens of the address, for which
the distinguished" Mr.. Harris received the
thanks of the Georgia Legislature, couched in
the following terms:
" Resolved, That we do hereby express our
cordial appreciation Of the dignifed and gen.
tlemanly bearing of Hon. William L. Harris
toward this General Assembly, as well as the
satisfactory manner in which he has discharged
the responsible duties of his high commission
This stuff of the distinguished" Harris, is
really not worse than the average af the har.
augues and appeals, which the leaders Of Sc
cesson have INDUCED in. We might fill col.
umns with extracts, if we had the time to spend
upon them, and could presume that our readers
would have the patience to look at them. But
we make now but single extract which is
from printed address of the 2sth of last De-
cember, from Mr.. Wright, q member of Con.
gress from Tennessee:
care you prepared to have the negro sit on
your juries, represent you in your Legislatures
and in Congress, marry your daughters, and in
all things be the equals Of yourselves and youl
families will not insult you by leaving thil
question unanswered, and yet do not exag
gerate the facts when l tell you that in many
Of the States which voted for Lincoln ant
Hamlin, things have well.nigh progressed u
this point and abolitionism would bring vol
to this condition if it were only permitted t.
get Ioothoiu among you. KNOW you Wouit
scorn such a state Of things; yet such is tn
condition to which ambition, urged on by ab
olitionism, would reduce you"
1t is by such appeals and by such arts, tha
an ignorant and constitutionally excitable pee
pie, have been wrought up to the work of revo
luton.
Cans FOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT.-In tn
Central depot now stands, side by side, thre
cars, designed to have the honor Of transport
ing the President elect on his route to Wash
ington. One is q sleeping car built for tn
Central Railroad Company, at Troy, and con
tanning all the comforts which could be imagine