Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-28

snite tbs Conssitution, to mite the North
seainst the South. That there is great diff
ference between the institutions os the North
and the South, none will deRY; but whether
the instaGtions Of the North have the sle-
ments OF greater stability for maintaining
free popular government, may well be guess
timed The South has the Institution OF Af-
riean slavery, With four millions Of slaves.
Their slaves have no political power. Tie
white man is a privileged nan. He alone
rules the country; while the Offices OF SER
vit4la are performed by the slaves. With
tha North it is different. They have a labor
ise and dependent class, who perform the SER
vices Of the slaves ID the South, but they are
voters. Wilh universal suffrage they infu-
ence, and may control the elections, and
through the elections, the government. The
/ evil day, when those who own no property will
/ be the majority at the pollss may be put of for
a time. It has been put of in The North by
4 our vast vacant territory and the union with
/ the Sauth sbcwsring upon them an artificial
I prosperity. But the bust come az
I issf, and may not befar distant. Nearly every
corner Of Europe acknowledges its existence.
And when that day comes, will their free in
stitutions stand the conflict which nust arise
Will property be protected from confscation
and appropriation? VIII non-property hold
ers i've want and starvation, With the gov
eTnment in their hands, by which they can, by
all the forms Of law, take the property Of the
couBtrv for their subsistence and reliefP No
atatssmanshin can prevent want. When the
day arrives at ths North Of supersbounding
population and want, what will become Of
their free iastitutiou9? They will, indeed,
have an "irfeprsssible coDflieto-but It will
Be betEeen capital and labor. The depotism
thsv are 50 ready 70 extend over the South may
be extended over themselves.
Nearly an the political contests in the Uni
ted States, have originated from violations Of
the Constitution. Anticipating that they
would b the majority power in the Union,
the people Of the Nsrth have steadily upheld
tie policy Of setting aside The Constitution,
and thus rendering the Government Of the
United States omnipotent in It's legislation.
They have sndeavoree 10 drain the treasury.
to carry on internal improvements, aud at the
same time by its exhaustion, to afford pre-
text FOR higher tariff duties TO replenish it.
They pu7hed their opoysesioas, By the tariff,
to sGch q extent in 1928, that tae whola South
protested against it; and when one Of the
Southern States resisted it, and compromise
was effected BY which the taxes were to Be re-
duced and limited. they overthrew the com
promise, and renewed the expressions. They
have disregsrded the plain obligations OF rho
Constitution Of the United States, 50 deliver
up fugitiTes bcpHd to service, without which
guarantee on their part, they know, that The
Constitution would never baVe been formed;
and BY acts passed in their State legislatures,
they have practically nullihed It. with these
various mears OF sectional aggrandisemsnt-
protective tsrifs-sp appropriations from tha
tFessury--the exclusive settlement Of our ter
ritories-and anti slavery sgitations they
have at last succeeded in uniting the North
against the South. To escape their ruthless
mastery, the southern States were compelled
TO seesde from the Union with them.
Such has bpen the conduct Of the people Of the
North toward sbe people Of the South. What
has been The corduct Of the people Of the South
toward tham2 While at every step,the rscord5
Of the country show, that the people OF the
South were fully aware Of the injustice and
oppression praetieed toward them, they did
not resist them. They submitted to them, Up-
der the vain hope and expectation that spirit
OF forbearaDCe-a spirit OF fraternity and
returning sense OF justice in the North, would
prevent future sggressions. They had been
most faithful confedsrates. When Che ris}ita
Of the citizens OF any OF the United States
were esssiled, they were foremost TO redresa
them. They made the war Of 1912, TO redress
the wrongs done by Great Britain to northern
seamen and northern commerce: and when
this was ended, they consented that the war
taxes should be kept up, that norsasTn inter-
ests vested Ia inanufsc urcs should nof he sni
no ignoble iealousiss limited the broad views
Of their great Craftsmanship. To make the
United States as illustrious BY its free fnstitu,
tions, IS for its unparalleled progress and
prosperity, was the high aim OF their
wise policy. And while doing their dyltv
TO their confederateg, az q constituent norton
Of the Union, they have never sought TO use
the Government CT the United States to benefit
themselves ct the expense Of other portions OF
hr #Hfa
blinded their Ee8se Of Justice Their ci,jsa.
which before the revelation Of 1776 were ad.
vaneing rapidly in prosperity, have been par
alysed in their growth, and have swened by
their tributary commerce, the great CONNER
cial smpOriums OF the North. Fheu have no.
asssiled the institutions Of the North, aItbough
agrarianism, Fourierism, free-lovsisra. v,nr-
monism, bave found there conqaaial Acsi For
tne e'gntY-tonr years that Te have been asso-
eiated with them under one Government. VIZ
nsve acted on TIE principle, that the Northern
oGates as tie 7outhern States, were sovereigns,
whose internal economy Wss sacred TO them
selveE. And now when we leave foem. ,va
take notnlng from than, We leave them all
the ehds tfes OF Government, unimpaired by
us as laid dnwain the Declaration OF Ipde-
pendrnce, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness" We simply take sursalyss from
their political association and control. What
is their course? They offsr US violence and
war.
The pewsr to eoerce a State into obedience
70 TIE Federal authority, was distineiv uropose5
Ia the convention which framed the Conssitl-
ton OF the United States, to be part OF tbe
Constitution, and It was as distinctly rejected.
such power was totally inconsistent with the
whole theory OF the Constitution, which was.
that the Constitution was a comoa-t
between the States. Give to the agenl-th,
General GoTernmeBt--the power Of construe-
ting the Constitution, and Of enforcing its con-
stFuct.oas upon The parties Of the constitutional
compact, and the parties to the compact would
Be superseded. The trainers Of the Constiti
tiuD when they rejected it, could not have rnis-
understood The p1rport Of the proposition 10
confer on the General Government the power
to cosTeo State. Yet in the clear light Of tbp
principles involved, and the distinct refusal 20
grant this power, the Government OF the Uni
ted States claims that L exists, and calls ont
troops to enforce It, II their blinded avarice
and luss Tor power, bad LEFT them their usual
discretion, they would have seen the absurdity
OF attempting 70 subdue the secsded States 10
their authority. They would have has
tened to propose terms Of friendly accom-
mediation, and if hey had failed to save
nnioa Eita "a, they would have obtained such
arrangements az might have made the south
as valuable to them as the United States
proved 70 be TO Great Britain after their sena-
ration. Bot they are as reckless Of their own
liberties ss theV are Of ours: and support tbeir
executive in an usarpation Of powers. for
which, in the puFsT days o. their political ex-
is ence, they would have executed him. Fer
what crime can be greater than that OF un-
ccaatituti0nGilg producing war? Instead oe
rebukt1g the usurper, however, the people Of
the North seem to recognize in the President
correct exponent OF themselves. II tbe Con-
fedeTate states ever bad sny Doubt as to tb q
necessity Of separation from toe peoDlr, ~
the North, that doEbt would be rsno,,e5 bv
the recklessness with which they allow fI,si1
own liberties to be trsmpled on. Jg,sv apoear
to have no IDEA cf free government. Those
necessary restraints f-sss posFar-thoae nicely
aolus ed balances ny Nch Justice and liberty
dsrstood.
TIE fnturs historian OF the times in which
We live may be astoBished at The long forbesr-
snee and patience Of the people Of the South,
under the continual azgressions Of the people
ct the North. Looking merely to the interest
og the people Of the South, their submission
cannot be accounted for on any principle credit
able to their intelligence OF patriotism. But
q people are not always governed by motives
Of Interest. There are traditionaTy opinions
and attachments which are uften stronger in
their influence than mere interest An attach
ment to the Union Of the United S stes was a
sentiment, pas ion, with the people OF the
Sosth, traDsmitted to them BY their ancestors.
{ The great hero and patriot Of the Revolution
OF '16 was a SouthernsT. The Constitution ~
the United States was mainly the work Of
Southern statesmen. All the Presidents OF the
United States, excepting Eve, were Sortherners
In the cabinet and in tbs field, the Union was
the great thsaier on which the genius Of ths
South for command was displayed. It ia moi
surprising, therefore, that the peopla Of tbe
South should be ss'lw to surrender q Uoioa ana
Government rendered illHsirious by their ppb-
lie men, and rejecting its glories on them
selves. They loved The Union, aud could wIts
difficulty realize thar il bound them to their
bittersst enemies. Aggressing on the North
in no ygay--ssking only the observance OF The
Constitution their fathers made with osrs-
conscious that the operation Of the Govern
nent Of the United States wac to the advantsg.
Of the North, al she motives which usually
sctuais men would seem to render Il most
reasonable that tbo North would cease its
seaseless aggress' s'ons. Such was TIE rea-
soDabis hope and expectation OF the
people Of the Soata, after eRch successive
contest 9 while their love fer the Union.
dictated The sacrifices they made to preserve IL
But delusions cannot prevail forever against
facts sowiy bat surely the great fact was