Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-01-30
.-rf,ts Of the Herald.
The Address to the South.

The Adaress to the South.
Tle address Il the people OF South Car
0lna. asSenbled In Convention, 10
Ihr people of the slayeholding States
VI tsc Uultsd States.
ii is syy. ty- three years since the
Union Ur.N zen the United States
wns made h, the Constitution of the
United Si1Ics. During this time,
their rdymge in wealth, prosperity
md u,wr. nas been with scarcely
aparul.si 10 he history of the world.
rr urort lject of their union was
,N.gun AuDrnce from the aggres-
siors ut m,re powerful nations; /;
which puc is now attained, from
ta.'r a,rg progress in power. Thir-
rv.ona m.llons of people, with n
rommgnc, nd navigation which ex-
ulorr every sea, and with agricul-
lur. aru,u.tions which are ncces-
sarv ru orgry civilized people, com
marI thr h'icndship of the world,
Butt unnr,mately, our internal
p,1.. has not grown with our cx-
'puu' wa.pcrity. Discomfort and
cuulunfiru nave moved in the bo-
som Of ., ,onfcdcracy for the last
1nrtr-a,c ears. During the time,.
South glroiina has twice called her
rrorlc tleather in solemn convcn-
';.,' r, i,Lc into consideration
tha Il. gressions and constitu-
tion.l wrongs perpetrated by the
Dcoplc {, the North on the pco-
o,a on 70 South. These wrongs
wclc su, raittcd to by the people Of
the Soul under the hope and cN-
pcc,atior that they would be final.
But >nch nope and expectation has
proved I, be vain. Instead of pro-
ducin4lc ,earance, our acquiescencc
has only lstigated to new forms OF
acgrossio and outrage; and South
Carolina. gain assembling her pco-
,}c in con ention, has this day dis
solved her onnection with the states
constituting the United States.
The one arcat evil, from which all
oihcr evils have flowed, is the over
throw Of INC constitution OF the
United States. The government OF
the United States is no longer the
govarnmcut of confederated Repub-
lies br, Of q consolidated democra-
~, 1t is no longer free govern
ment, but despotism. 1t is, IN
fact. such government as Great
Britain attempted to set ovHr our
fathers. and which was resisted and
defeated by a seven years, struggle
for Independence.
The Reyolution of 1776 turned
rron ono orcat principle, self-gov-
el.nmcnt-and self-taxation, the crl-
terton of sclf-government. Where
the interests of two people united
together IN Ter one government are
different each must have the power
70 protect its interests by the organ
ization Of the Government, or they
cannot be free. The interests OF
Great Britain and the colonies were
Jltl'erent and antagonistic. Great
Britain was desirous of carrying
out the policy of all nations towards
their colonies, of making them tri-
butary to her wealth and power
she had vast and complicated rela-
ticns with the whole world. Her
nolicy towards her North American
colonies was to identify them with
her in all these complicated re,a-
lions. and to make them bear i'll
common with the rest of the En-
yirc. the full burden of her obllga-
ions and necessities. She had
vast public debt; she had an Euro
mean po'icy and an Asiatic policy,
which had occasioned the accumula-
lion Of her public debt and which
Kent her il continual wars. The
North american Colonies saw their
Interests. political and commercial,
sacrificed by such Il policy. Their
Interests rcquired that they should
not be identified with the burdens
and wars Of the mother country
They have been settled under char
ters which gave them self-govern-
ment. at least so far as their proper
~ was concerned. They had taxed
themselves, and had never been tax
ed bv Great Britain. To make
them a part of a consolidated en-
pire the Parliament of Great Brit
ain determined to assume the power
of leeislating for the colonies. in all
casce whatsoever. Our ancestors
resisted the pretension. They re-
fused to be part of the consolida-
ted government of Great Britain.
The Southern States now stand
exactly in the same position towards
the Northern States that our ances-
tors in The colonies did towards
Great Britain. The Northern States,
having the majority in Congress,
claim the same power of omnipo-
tence IN legislation as the British
Parliament. ''The general welfare
f.a rl limit to the legislation Of
...l..4..4.a the majority ia Co1e1css
AZ IL the British Parliament are the
sole Judges of fhe cxpe.iicn'y Of the