The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-01-09

ty VI SohSTcSn. iHe" Npresenton III
Congress is useless TO proteG them against
unjus, taxation; and theyare taxed 5v
the people Of the North .fo their benefit,
exactly as the people Of Great Britain
taxed our ancestors in the British Parlia.
ment for their benefit. FoD tho last forty
wears. the taxes laid 10y the Congress of
the United States, have bon laid with
view Of subserv,ug the iuerests Of the
North. The people Of th, South have
been taxed dy duties on Imports, not for
revenue, but for an objec inconsistent
with revenue-'to promote by prohibi
tions, Northern interests in he productions
of their mines and manuiacuies.
There is anolhe, evil, intbe condition
Of the Southern towards the Northern
States, which our sncesr r. refused to
bear towards great Bri,ai. Our auces.
tors not only taxed theinelves, but all
the taxes collected from Lem were ex
pended amongst them. lad they sub
mIted 10 the pretensions { the British
Government, the taxes elected from
them would have been expndsd in other
parts of the British Empis They were
fully aware Of the effect ofsuch policy
in inpoverishing the peole from whom
taxes sre collected, and in uriching those
who receive the benefit Of heir expendi
ture. To prevent the eviof such a poll
cy, WAS one Of tho motive which drove
them on to Revolution. y, this British
policy has been fully reali.d towards the
Southern States, 10y the Nrthesu States.
The people Of the Souihrn States are
not only taxed for the benefit of the
Northern States. but afleN the taxes are
collected. three four,hs OF hem aie ex
pended nj the North. lis cause, with
Others, connected with III operation Of
the General Government, has made the
cities Of the South provind,l. Their own
growth is paraly zed /; wtlst ,h.y are
mere suburbs Of Northe, cuies. The
agricultural production ot,he South are
the basis Of the foreign commerce Of the
United States; yet Soulben cities do no,
carry it on. Our foreign ado is almos,
annih'lated. In l740 ,thre were FIVE
ship yards il South Csrt ma, to build
ship, to carry on our hnet trade with
Europe Between l74O al 1870 there
were ui!t in these yard twenty five
square rigged vessels. besis. great
num.er OF sioops and scboners, TO car
~ on our coast and West Lula trade. IN
The half century immediately preceding
the l,svUIution, from 1880 1915, the
population Of Sou,h CaroI,s increased
seven iuid
No man can for a momer believe tha,
nur ancestors iriendel to eta Olish over
their poslcriiy exactly the Mne sort oil
government they had overtrown. The
g,eat object OF the Constitution Of the
United States, in its intern operation
was, doubtless, to secure lheNtrea end OF
the Rev Olution-a limited se govern.
meut-a government liinite to those
matters only which were genealand com
mon TO all portions Of the Uned States
All sectional rr local in,erest,sere to bt
left TO the States. BY no orlar arrange
msn, would they OIL tain free gvernment
by a Constitution common 70 30 vast a
Confedsraey. Yet, by gradual and stsa
dy sncroschmeu's on the part the peo
pl,'f the North, and scqui9sence on
the part Il the South, the limitations in
the Constitution have been s~pt away
aud the Government Of .he U ned States
has become consolidated, with, claim o
'imitless powers in its opera,iot.
II II is not a. all surprising, aiilst sucl
IL the character Of the Governrsnt Of the
. Unted States, that it sbouId,ssume I,
] possess power over all the instulions o
y the country. The agitations or,he sub
D Jsct Of slavery are the nstura results o
the consolidation Of the Government
: Responsibility follows power; md if lL,
T.. people Of the North have .Lepower b,
Congress ito promote the generl wellar
. OF the United States," by any ueans the,
Q deem exPedient-why should they no
I assail aud overthrow the institution o
slavery in The SOUTH They ss respon
sible for its continuance or ex,tance, i,
i. proportion to their power. Amsjori.,
in Congress, according to their ntereste'
. and perverted views, is omnipotat. rb
, inducements to nc. upon the uiject O
!, slavery, under such circumstares, wer
90 imperious rs to amount sliost to
Q moral necessity. To make. however
4 their numerical power svailsbs to ruI
: the Un;on, the North must cosolidst
a their power. IL would moi be rnited o
any matter common to the wh,s Uoio
lin other words, IN any constitutions
suhjsct-for on such sui j-cts iivision
Q are as likely TO exist in the Nolh as u
0 the >outh. Slavery vas s,rictF a sec
. tional interest. ftbis could he ,ade th
criterion Of the parties at the Nth, tn
1 North could be united in its pows; ant
9 thus carry out ito measures Of sc,ions
: ambition. encroschment and aggandize
Z mept. To build up their sec,iosl pre-
]. dominance 10 the Union, the Conitutio
y mpst be first abolished by constr ctions
br, that being done, lhs consoIidion q
. the North. to rule the South, by 10 TART
I and slavery issues, wss 10 the bviou
q course Of things
+ The Constitu,ion OF the UniledSlats