Red Wing sentinel., 1861-01-02


lions released the other. Fifteen Of tho
Northern States lave deliberately refused for
years 10 !ali'l their constitutional obligations
we woul'i refer TO those states for a proof
OF TINS. When the fouth article of the con.
st'tntlon was adopted. the greater number
OF tne contracting parties held slaves, The
host'lity OF the Northern States to the in
st'1utlon OF slavery had led them to disre.
gard their constitutional obligations.
IHc laws Of the general government have
ceased TO effect the objects Of the Const;tn ~.
ton. Maine, New hampshire Vermont
massachusetts, Connecticut. Rhode Island
New York, Pennsylvania, illinois. indiana
OHIO, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa have
enacted laws either nulIifying the constitu.
ton. or rendering useless all attempts to
execute the acts of Congress. In manv OF
,nese states sitives "hrld to service and to
laoor' nave been claimed, but in none Of
them has the state government .omnlied
with the stipulation on this subject made in
the constitution. "
IN the formation Of the Federal govern.
'aent each state was recognized as an equal;
Tue i'Sht OF property in slaves was recog-
,i, n'zed oy giving all free persons distinct 20
.l'lca! rights; by giving them the right to
represent and burdening them with direct
taxes tor three-fi!lhs Of their slaves; by au.
.hor'z'hg the importation Of slaves for
twenty years. and by stipulating for the rem.
c't'on OF ius,tives from labor. The ends
LOT "h'ca lh's government was instituted
nave 'een defeated, and the government it.
sell made destructive by the action of the
nonslaveholding states. Those states NO.
sumed the right Of deciding upon the nro.
pr1ety OF onr domestic institutions.
Insy denied en the rights of property c,t.h-
l.shed IN fifteen States and recc .n;zed hv v't t'o
Constitution: They nave dcnonnced s;nf"i 'iI
tho institution of slavery; have permitted
an open establishment of societies whose
and object are TO disturb the peace and nros
perlty OF the citizens Of ether States: thew
have encouraged and assisted thousands Of
our slaves to leave their homes, and those
who remain have been melted by emissaries.
by books and pictures to seryle insurrect;on n
Twenty-Five years this agitation has been
steadily increasing, until they have secured
the power Of the common government -
Observing the forms of the Constitution. q
sectional party has found within that article.
establishing an executive department, means
OF subverting the Constitution itsel.
A geographical line has been drawn across
the Union. and all states North of that line
have united in the elevation Of man to the
high office of President Of the U. s. whose
opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery
!. He is to be entr,lsed with the administra.
ton Of the common government, because il
is declared that government cannot endure
permantly half slave and half free, and that
;. the public mind must rest in the belief that
slavery is in. the course Of ultimate ex-
tinction.
This sectional combination for the
subversion Of the Constitution has been
aided by elevating to citizenship per.
sons who, by tho supreme law Of the
land, are incapable of becoming citi.
zens, and their votes have been used to
'naugurate the new policy hostile to
the South and destructive to it's peace
and safety.
On the 18th of March next, this party
will take possession of the government.
1t has been announced that the South
shall be excluded from the common
territory; that war must be waged
against slavery until it shall cease
throughout the United States. The
guarantees Of the Constitution will no
longer exist-equal rights of the States
will be lost-the slaveholding States
will no longer have the power of self:
government or selfprotection, and the
Federal Government have become
their enemy. Sectional interests and
luminosity will deepen the irritation,
and all hope of remedy is rendered
vain by the fact that the public opin-
ion of the North has invested the no.
Ilitical error with the sanction of more
erroneous religious belief.
We, therefore, the people of South
Carolina, by our delegates in Conven-
ton assembled, appealing to the Su.
preme Judge of the world for the rec.
Ititude Of our intentions, have solemnly
declared the union heretofore existing
between this State and the other State.
of North America, dissolved, and that
the State Of South Carolina has re-
sumed hea position among the nations
of the world as free, sovereign. in
dependent State, with full power to
levy war, conclude peace, contract
alliances, establish commerce and do
all other acts and things which indie.
pendent States may Of right do: and
for the support Of this declaration, with
a firm reliance for protection on Divine
Providence, we mutually pledge each
other our lives, our fortunes and our
sacred honor"
EXTRAORDINARY POWERS GRANTED TO THE
GOVERNOR.
| Charleston, Dec. l9.
An ordinance entitled IAN ordinance to
amend the Constitution Of South Carolina
provides as follows: '''''
That the governor has power to receive
! am hassadors from and make treaties with
foreign nations, to appoint ministers con-
suls and all Officers not otherwise proyid. ID
for. 10 convene the Senate whenever he
thinks it necessary and calling on him to
Immediately appoint four persons with the