The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-16
Southern Confederacy its Tariff
and its Government in General.
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tba, the rnrorrement Of thn nov T.niiY
laws of the Southern Confederacy viii
take 'iiect on and after the 4th oi March,
,b '%oi ",' LIN ;,, ~. o"ls .',l',hs lr",li
| laws. eypenses. form etc ne Fn,o,,e,n
aud other foreign vessels now taking
clearanee and permit ut this port.
..n "u v'i,'t o'' "us,'i''.' "iia c"..,'.,'rc.
lutthrr cun,ncnt.
In the second letter. dated February
| 2Ttb. he gives hi. corrosnondent the ,ol-
lowing instructions. ...f
Tell the boats to have. by the time tley
reach Vick~burg, two maniirsts of the
cargo maze up and stop and enter AT
t,,'i pe'' -. '"S ii''e e;' q:
Ger. sending one bv Exnrass from that
point here, that consiynees may have
their entry maze by the time the boat ar
go, sa,.;ors 49, Iii no.;, G,iir,,
on the arrival of the boats in this port.
This is the free navigation of the Mis-
sissippi, which some OF the secession con.
ycntions promised to the inhabitants of
the valley of that river, and We would
ask our readers in general and our com
mereial friends i'm nnrtioular. whether
they feel li,posed to hermit their South
ern neiyhbors to exercise tho uncon1i
tional control of tl,is preat highway to
the ocean?
Itison article ofthe Tennessee Declor.
alton of RIGHTS. an equal ,ortici.
patton of the free niviga,;on of the Ms.
sissippi is one of the inherent RIGHTS ol
the citizens of this State; it cannot. there
fore he conceded 10 INV nr;nce noten.
tate. power, person or persons whatever"
This same fundamental right was claimed
in our first Constitution. and was insert
ed N our present Constitution in the
identical words in which it was originally
conceived
In the celebrated "Ordinance for the
government of the Territory of the
United States. northwest of the river
Ohio" passed by Conpres on the l3th of
Julv. l7s7. il was declared that ..'rhe
nnvirnble waters leadinr INTO the Missis.
sippi amidst Lawrence. and the ,arryinr
places between the same. shall be com
mon highways, and forever free. as well
| to the inhabitants of the said Territory
as to tie cit:zcus of tI,c Uni,,J States
and those of any other States that may
be admitted into the Conicdcracv, with
out any tax. imnost or duty therefor"
| When the Independence OF the United
/ States w,s ackuowlpdge,i. the ri ht of
navigating the Mis>i.sippi was secured to
! the citizen. of the United States and the
! subjects OF Great Britain. Ly the SEPARATE
! treaty between these powers. But Syliu
| b,inr possessed OF both banks q. ,I,o
river at It's month and , consid.,.,hl,.
distance hove its n.nth cIaiuad il. ey.
/ elusive nnyirntiou betoy tba ro;ri ,yh.,o
! the Southern bnuuIarv of thn ITn.-.d
/ States .trtieksthe riy4r This claim, wu.
! resisted. and th. riobt to u,riiai,o,e i.
! the naviaa,ion 'og the river. from its
sonrce-to lbe sea WAS insisteJ ON ,viba
/ United States nnA,,,.,bo ,rao,ios or17fs
/ and l7S3. as wrlI as bv tba law If atm.
and nations. The di,pute was tcrmino.
ted by the treaty OF San Lorenzo el Rea,
in l7Dj. by the 9Th article or which il wo.
urr,cd ,bni the n,yis,tion of rho Miss;.
.inui in its whole bre,lth and ito y,ol,
I.uuth from i,s sonrce IN tho ocaop
sliould he free 10 the citizcns of the Uu;,e,
! States and by tl,. ood article thcy w.r,
u.rm,iled ,o denosii thr;r MOOD. -, tn,
,,o,., of Now Orl.,ius and ,,'.x,o,t ,,,,
thence. without paying auv otler dn,>
,hnn Tia, hire Of the w,rehou.e. TIL,
snbseou.nt ,coui.i,ion of Louis,,, on,
4 Flor,d, 5v the United STATES b,vin, il,
cln,led within their territory tue wboI,
,ivnr frnin il. se,r,e 40 ,l.GuI,o or N,.vi
60. and the Stimulation in tina tre,.v o
l7Ss .ecurir, 70 British .ubiacts ri.ht +,
r,r,ici,,,,o in tic r,y;o,t;on not ,,.,;,
hean ,en.wed nv rho ,roatv of Gbcnt /,
lSl4 the rioLt Of nnviyotino the Mi.sis
.u,,i for ever vested exclnsive.v in th,
United States and ,bei. citizens F"
"Tue right of the United STATE, to mar
ticinote win Su,in in ,be nov;.otion .
,be riyor NJississ;,,i nroyionsly 70 ,I,,
oa.sion or Iorisi,,a nas rostod ~, ,I,,
An,o,io,,, ,,o,ornmant an ,,a so,,;n,o,,
written in doan cbor,cto,s an ,6o hoar
or man ,h,, t,eo,ea, i rre. ,o an ma,
mi ,,s n;,a,.s 80 ii, ,ha ,i,,arian ;nr'h,