Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-03-27

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They Mistrust the People. ~
We have heretofore presented to our readers facts
proving beyond any reasonable inference to the con!
trary that the leaders of the revolution in the seeed
ed States Is we'll as our own dsunion Governor sDd
his newspaper the State Journal and those here in
the secret Of their usurping schemes had for their
object and design from the very beginning the pre-
cptatioH of the people into revolution and anarchy
withou: allowing any time for reflection or delbera
ton. Every thing connected with the secession
movemen. since, and in fact before the first ordi
nance was passed by South. Carolina in December
last proves this beyond a doubt and every step
taken by the unauthorized Convention at Montgom-
cry is strictly in obedience to the programme laid
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tives of the seeded States in Washington in eau
Gus they held the 18th Of January last-the pro-
ceedings of which appeared in the National lnteli-
gencer. In nothing have the people been consulted
except in the bare appointment of delegates to take
into consideration the existing position Of federal
affairs 1t is true the people Of Texas were allow
ed under the influence of armed bands of K. G. Cs.
to 60 through the form Of ratifying what tie Con-
vention had done. The present deplorable state Of
affairs in Texas is sufficient commentary upon that
election and the organized resistance to the usur
pations of the secessionists is foreshadowing of
what will most assuredly take place in the other
States, if they continue to ignore the right of the
people to govern themselves. Their newspapers,
though advocating secession, still warn the leaders
that this ostracsm of the voice of the people in the
formation Of 4 permanent government will be dan.
gerons and unsafe. Their Conventions refuse to
hearken to this voice of warning for the politicians
controlling them are afraid Of the people, The peo-
pie will in those States yet rise in their majesty and
power and vindcate the truth, that all Republican
government is founded upon the consent of the gov
erned The very doctrine of the right of secession
is founded upon that idea, and the people will not al.
low them. to repudiate it.
The Constitution adopted by the Montgomery gov
eminent will be ratified by the same Conventions
which took their several States out Of the Union
1t is contended by many secessionists themselves,
that these Conventions have no authority to ratify
that Constitution or to impose the people an or.
ganic law without their express consent.
The Alabama Convention with about as much con-
sderation and discussion as would be given to pre-.
arranged resolutions in a county meeting, ratified
the permanent Constitution after having first ls;d
on tho table by majority Of q, the following reso-
lutions:
"Resolced !. That the political power in all free
governments is inherent in the people, and that an
attempt to infringe this great principle is dangerous
in policy, and directly subversive of civil liberty
z. That the right Of every people to frame the
system OF government under which they are to live
is fundamental doctrine in all free government,
and should not be questioned or impaired.
"S. That the acknowledgment of these establish
ed principles the spirit and genius of American in
stitutons and the wellascertaned precedents Of re-
publican usage imperatvely demand that the Const-
tuition of Che Confederate States of America shall be
submitted to the people of this State for their rat
cation or rejection"
The above resolutions could not pass Conven-
ton pretending to represent the feelings and sent
ments of the citizens of Alabama. Will the people
of that State submit to such tyranny the part of
the few ogarchs who happen to have the control of
their government in this crisis? The Convention of
Louisiana having confessedy taken the State out of
the Union in opposition to majority Of the citizens
Of that State, now refuse to submit the permanent
constitution for their ratification or rejection.
Will the people of that State quietly submit to the
oft repeated acts Of tyranny the part Of unprin.
cipled ofice-holders and corrupt politicians? Let
the New Orleans True Delta answer. That paper
says,
at is not without reason the faithful Democracy
of Louisiana are daily more and more deploring the
success of the nefarious schemes of unprincipled
offce-holders and corrupt politicians who, through
the juggles Of Convention deliberately and faith
!essly disregarded the popular wish, and attached
the State to the of the provisional abortion at
Montgomery. Already the mu.terings Of the dis
tant thunder are making themselves distinctly
heard, and it is not in Louisiana alone, but in all
the other States precptated blndly into revolution
as we'll that discomfort disappointment and disgust
are everywhere expressed loudly and intelligbly."
The Aississippian, the organ Of the new govern
ment at Jackson, Mississippi, warns the Convention
Of that State Of the danger of establishing Consti
tuition independent Of the voice Of the people The
Augusta (Geo.) Chronicle, admonshes the Conven-
ton Of the "empire State of the South" in the
same significant spirit The Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress originating this movement Of
secession, and by it having secured the Offices for
themselves and friends, do not desire the people to
have anything whatever to do with their acts Such
state Of things SO long as there is one spark of
patriotic love for American institutions unquenched,
will not, cannot last. z. ,@&
We ask the free people Of North Carolina, from
Currituck to Cherokee, if their own Governor and
secession leaders during the past winter did not
endeavor to commit this State to the suicidal
policys Did they not endcavor to 'precpitate"
orth-Carolna into revolution, by calling Con-
vention in an unconstitutional mannerf Did thew