The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-02-20
Looking forward to the speedy estab-

20 take the place of this, which, by
it's greater moral and physical power,
will be better able to combat with
many difficulties that arise from the
conflicting interests of separate ma
tons, enter upon the duties of the
office to which L nave been chosen,
with the hope that the beginning of
our career, as a confederacy, may not
be INSTRUCTED by hostile opposition to
our enjoyment of the separate existence
and independence we have asserted,
and which, with the blessing of Provi
dence, we will'contend for and maintain.
Our present political position has
been achieved in manner unprece-
denied in the history of nations. 1t
illustrates the American idea that gov
crnments rest upon the consent of the
governed, and that it is the right of the
people to alter or abolish them at will,
whenever they become destructive of
the ends for which they were estab-
lished.
The declared purpose of the COM
pact of the United States, from which
we have withdrawn, was to establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defence, pro-
mote the general welfare, and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity; ; and now, when in
the Judgment of the sovereign States
composing this Confederacy, it has
been perverted from the purposes for
which it was ordained, and ceased to
answer the ends for which it was estab-
lished, a peaceful appeal to the ballot
box has declared that, so far as they
are concerned, the Government created
by that compact should ce exist.
In this they have meral 5serted
the right which the De- kration Of
independence, July 4, I776, efned Ia.
be 'inalienable.' Of tho time
occasion for its assertion and exascise,,
they, as sovereigns, were the iy
judges, each for itself.
The impartial and enlightened YER
dict of mankind will indicate the recti-1
tude of our conduct, and He, wIsoa
knows all hearts, will judge of the;
sincerity with which we have labored.
to preserve the Government of our
fathers in it's spirit.
The right, solemnly proclaimed at
the birth of the United States, and
which has been solemnly affirmed and
re-affirmed in the bills of rights of the
States subsequently admitted into the
Union of 1889, undeniabiy recognized
in the people the power to resume the
authority delegated to it for the pur-
poses of government.
By this right the sovereign States,
here represented, have seeded from
this confederacy, and it is an abuse of
language that their act has been demo-
minated revolutionary.
They have formed a new alliance,
but, within each State, its government
has remained the same, nor have the
rights of person or property been
disturbed.
The agent, through which they COM
municated with foreign nations, is
changed, but this does not necessarily
interrupt their international relations.
Sustained by the consciousness that
this transition from the former Union
to the present Confederacy has not
proceeded from disregard, on our
part, of just obligations, or any failure
to perform ovory constitutional duty
moved by no interest or passion to
invade tho rights of others; and anxious
to cultivate peace and commerce with
all nations-if we may not hopo to
avoid war, we may ut least expect
postority will acquit us from having
necdlessly made it.
Doubly justified, therefore, by the
absence Of wrong on our part, and by
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