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Or. Geo. ". Carter on the Present Aspect 81
Afafrs.-Dr. Geo. w. Carter, President of
Souie University in Texas, formerly of Vir-
giuia.l addressed a large concourse of citizens
on the vexed ques tions which at present In
terest the public. ut the African Church, at q
o'clock last night. The conceded ability OF
the orator prevents any CONNIE a Is on the man
ner OF disposing OF his theme. He said that
MS excuse for appearing on the poll iticai
forum wonld exonerate him in the eyes of
Southern auditors. He stated and vindica ted
the views of those who held secession TO be
our only remedy for intoierabie grievances.-
He held that 1t wYs conservative remedy for
our wrongs, rendered expedient by the I'M
friendly tendencies of our Northern allies
their assumption OF power, and a radical diff
ference in sentiment. which rendered har-
mony and brotherIy union impossible
BY secession, the now determined foes of
our domestic institutions would be con-
verted into conservative allies. 1t was
our right to cut our Northern brethren adrift
from the eonceit that they had any hand
in the regulation of our domestic concerns
1t was the direst resort of revolution. to make
our four millions of negroes the equals OF the
white man. The means by which the North
sought to accomplish it We're not feasible
The end which they would accomplish would
ruin us-the means revofutioniZe us. The
right of secession was inherent to sovereignty.
BY secession we sustain our legal rights, and
main tain the local authority, which is their
guaranty. Secession appertsined to us, a
community of sovereigns. 1t was g legal
remedy. When it was accomplished the
Southern Contederacy will have, in pre-
eminent degree. all the elements of greatness
The monopoes Of the North We're artificial
they did not raise all their people needed
their exclusive privileges were perishable
The secession of the Southern States would
produce only temporary Inconvenience TO our
people-no fundamental change could occur
without this result, we had all the elements
| of unbounded prosperity chance of getting
| their best men, besides more territory
| A contrast favorable to Southern advantages
was presented. A Border Con tederacy''
was deprecated There was no conflict of in
terest between the Border and Cotton States
| The slave trade had been prohibited by the
Constitution of the Confederate States. The
| southern States could harnoniZe together
The Creator had made the negro inferior to
| the white man-he had made a place and ere
| ated him to fill it. At the South. white men
| were on an equality with each other; not so
| at the North. When an inferior race comes
| in contact with a superior race, there are only
| three solutions of the problem of government
| amalgamation, determination, or subordina-
| tion-all of which had found an Illustration
| in this continent. In Mexico, the Spauiards
| and Indians amalgamated,-t hybrid race
nave neither the sense of one parent nor the
| yigor of the other. In our country, Indian
| determination has been the rule. With the
negroes, subordination is the policy,-and ad
| mirably has it worked for all concerned This
| relation tue North seeks to overthrow; but
| by all that is dear to us, we are resolved that
| 1t shall not be done, and that we will neither
| kill nor marry. There was no earthly proba-
| bility that the status would be destroyed
| Society at the North would terminate in an
| archy or monarchy-it was tending to agra
| rianism now. The people of the North were
| becoming foreignized. AT the South it is diff
| ferent. We have fair proportion of Irish,
| German and French, and they are among our
| best citizens, and fully understand this view
| of the question, and do not wish our naturali-
| zation laws changed any more than we do
| The pros pect of obtains ing orr rights by guar
| ntees or concessions, was small. Union men
| now looked upon it as hopeless. Each recur-
| ring day strengthened fanaiicism. The senti-
| ment against us was pOwerful--we could not
| hope to overcome it. There was not going to
| be any fighting The South was ready, but
| the North was loath TO engagein:an undertak-
| ing that promised such unfavorable results
| in money and glory.
| In advocating the duty of secession, incum-
bent on the representatives of the State, he
| earnestly appealed TO Virginians TO rally al
| once to the side of their brethren of the
| South, and assist them in laying the founda-
| tions of an empire which held out such urex-
| ampled promise of prosperity and happiness.
| The Southern people are your children-your
| descendants. They love you-long for you
| wait for you-desre you as their leader
| They know you will come, m ust come-but
| they are anxious for you to come at once. koy
| themselvefs their course Is taken.
The Grafton was greeted with enthusiastic
| plaudits.