Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-02


MEssRs EDITORS Whereas suain,. IF For the Journal
every honest intelligent and patriotic ezen
son Dixon's Liue well az against the North Of NJ
eohole South the manufacturer The North Earning OU
the public land spectators of the North We as State
the aboLhOntsts generally have entered nto States snS
lition and elected Abraham Lincoln S.o an hocu
States without his having received sol,tor 81 the United
in the fifteen S. uthern States which coat Electoral ro
lst The protection of their manufactures a. mas vE
themselves 3d. The abolition of 600 00 PUBIC lands VI
and 4h The reduction of the fifteen SontInern slaves
mere tax appendages; and wheteAs it ha. Sates
collected in the United states since 1853 ~ has been
penses Of the General Government has been
pockets of the tOG, while about trOirdo 20 IRON b
that has been expended public WOrks has tne anomt
on the North and whereas, estimated ,k avie5
is benefited annually hundred and bir dt The NoS
millions dollars by her connection With he So and ht
South is not benefited one cent by the WILTSHIRE
purchase, in Europe, and elsewhere ali sncb as she
she does not grow, manufacture herself articles a.
she purchase them at the North and Wbea per taD
as the North is engaged in nGnufdCtrno ana 50 oaV
the South in collecting the of the can ne
on imports and resort to direct taxes will mn W duties
this system once tried for three years immsSTera
the war of 1872, and found to be imprdcco6o after
as the North Western States about pro6 anu Where
qrain and raising stock than they can SJ more
market for and as their soul and climate forbid ready
ing cotton it will be their interest to grow
turing, and consequently demand high proert 'yaI
which will throw nearly all the burden OF tsxate Af
South her soil and climate make it her ntere 0" he
cotton, instead of engaging in manufactures and M grow
cultural States have nearly all the revenue to n e 09
whereas South Carolina. Georgia. Alabama Ny and
Florid1 Louisiana. 1e1dS and w guda in vS SIp
this iuStice OPPRESSION orOT ruin and all
ing them in the face have GCltdrG0n from the ar
Government, and established government of e; aas
and whereas, in his last annual message Mr. ~ oN";
says, that the laws of Cong do not authorize the
dent preutnt State from seeding to force t
into the Union after she has Seeded does the C lack
ton authorize Congies to pass any such lam tn
might ICeN haze ddded That the President has ae
rig ut to subjugate the southern COnfederdcv and more
as pay ing appendage, than he has subiugaS "a
BRIAN md hold her as such and, MOREOVER Cen
son. in his famous federal proclamation against Snh %
lima says, State has moral right to secede when 10
ertrelttY oppressed and, If being dTed to deah rot
her slaves and deprived of her share of the public %
not ertr me oppreSSiOn should like to know s,S Us
rerle oppression means Therefore, resolved, '' H.
lst 1nat the SdtTy interest honor and INDEPENDENCE,
the people of North Carolina demand that she immSs@
withdraw from the old United States GoUerq,e7 and
meets herself with the Southern COnfeOeacy wheIe J
naturally belongs
3D. hat secession is pedceabIe measure and doe, m
necessarily involve eUoiuOn an bLOOdShed that Sor
elgn state much right to withdraw j. ON the odI
eral compact she had to enter INTO H. and by The go
naeanS-lhrough Convention OF her cope. S
3D. That the forts the different States, ALTHOUGH br
built by order Of Congress, were built for the no
ton of the citizens there Ot-7.Ot for their deStucm I
moreover raising the uuds for their construction >mS
Carolina contributed at least as much the forts in her
borders cost; and, stat further, we do not believe the Pres
is authorized to garrison forts at GA only 10 mn
tect our citizens from foreign 1TlUdSlOn.
4th That we ht9hy dPproUe OF tie ocSe, patriotic and
s0tesmanl he that has been pursued by Co.. El
that bell We him to be eGdctty the The Cls,
and that intend to STAND by him from A. to z.
5th That in tie combinatiJn OF all the qu0llGS-subm
tdesnaon aodT1or tot.ihAt renter capable
of presiding the desLlnes Of American R4pub No
bel eve that j, terSOn J0UlS stands he'd shoulders
above any other man ON the American cuntLeut whilst
Ab 0hdn LcOtrG'S ignorance, UugGi IN aud uConpl
9th. That shall dloodyS remember with gratitude he
good men at the North who have always stood up
nights. ALBE II lSON . PRECINCT,
NJ Heiald please cory.