Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-30
Extra Session the ProvlstonsI Congress of The
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THIRTEENTH DAY.

Mr. Rhett. of South Carolina moved that an additional
member oe added to the committee foreign affairs which
Mr. Hale, of Alabama moved that the President appoint
member to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Mr.. Clayton on the committee the judiciary
Congress then went into St cret session.
congress suhse queny removed secresy from the follow
ing report, althoug the report not been adopted
me p Rep rt I Of Nh The Cs"m,ee on Fore AtH' on te
/ Confederate and the United itotes
Inc Go9mttes nit on Foreign Affairs to whom was referred
of the Confederate States with the United States respect
That able narration of the facts and prin
cples involved in the contest between the Confederate
States United which Presidents Message
contains constitutes vindcao of the of the Cou
deae States viii ought to satisfy the world of the JUS
tice of their cause
But all who to change the general order of things
amongst nations stand at disadvantage They looked
upon as asang the peace OF the world aud hence those
VINO 6reak up long established Governm Mt AMI effect
thereby the nterests of other nations to them
well as themseves TO make the usfca of their
as cOmlet possible The contest between the CoDfed
and the United States, merely war;
Wars too often determine nothing but VIII ch nation the
strongest bravest. This contest is contest for const
utiona government in which the interests of all mankind
concerned Your committee therefoe propose the
VIDE subject committed to them, briefly to present some
views support of the Presidents positions, which may
not be useless 10 eucdarg the relations between Con-
federae and the United States.
The real issue involved in the relations the North
and the South OF the Amerc States, is tt great priDc
pie Of self government. Shall dominant party of the
North rule the South shall the people of the South rule
ter the lapse of eghtyou years this party of the North
set up the pretension the British Parliament claimed
ed that the British Parliament omnpoen in its egs-
aton the Colonies, the Northern people
majority is omnpotent in its legislation the people of
the South Whilst the North-Ihe stronger section of the
Southern people tolerated the union with them Although
sectional minority, they not necessarily ruled by the
majority section however despotc its principles
til that ecton became united in the of its sectional
power. That union effected in the late Presidential
election On the fiscal operations Of the in
the laying and the expenditure of the they pre-
viousy sufficiently united completely to rule the South
Ihn of fhQ opH c1yj Of
its public kept them at bay whilst the people of the
Northwest being ike the people of the South agricu
tnral people, generally opposed to the protective tar
1T policy the grand sectionaising insrumentay of the
North They allies of the South to defeat this policy
Hence it has been only partially and occasionally
full To make it complete, and to render the North Omnip
oen to rule the South the division in the North must be
healed. To accomps this object and sectiona e the
North the agitation concerning African slavery the South
was commenced his institution was purely sectiona;
must also he sectional The agitation would unite the South
the south but the North being The stronger section would
gain power by the agta ion Accordingly, after the
throw of the tariff Of 1928 by the of South Caro-
lima 1885, the agitation concerning the of At
rican slavery in the South Immediately commenced in
Legislatures of the Northern States and upon pretext
another and ont of Congress- has been pur from
that day the 1860 ended in the election
of President and Vice President of the United States
purely sectional support The great end at last OBJ
taned united North rule the South The first fruit
the sectional desposm thus elected produced the
if Lately by the Congress of the United By
this tariff the protective policy we'd in its odious
and oppressive FORMS aud the agricultural States are made
the tributaries the manufacturing States 1t has revived
the system specific duties by which, thu cheaper
ce becomes from the Of the superior skill
foreign manufacturers, the higher the relative
imposes specific duties is the expedent of high taxation
to enforce its collection This tariff illustrates the oppres
policy OF The North towards the South
high by specific duties is foreign
of the country which the hern people
policy to purchase the commodities they
need in the cheapest market 1hese amongst the
raj Of the south The late tariff passed by the
Congress of the United States, designed The
dearer commods of bs Norb stesd e o
the cheaper commodities of European nations. What is
this but robbery Does It not take from citizen
ton and give to another The foreign trade of the United
States has always been carried by agricultural pro-
United States Upon what principle of justice of the
Constitution, have the people ct the North interviewed be-
and natural customers and forced by the
OF the Federal GovernmentayDg prohbitory duties
the production OF foreign natOnstO their pro
ductions Shall not have the right to deal directly with
those who consume our agricultural productions and who
return supply US with their cheaper manufactured
manufactured in consequence of their greater
cheapness they not afford to give for
ton? And if pay less for their manufactured commod
ties, not so much the richer by the uade2 This
tariff alone would have heen ample cause Tor separation
the Southern TIE Northern States. The reign Of
sectional oppression and tyranny anticipated by the seced
ing States is fully inauguraed at Washington, by the pas
sage OF this
It may be supposed by those have considered the
history the that Constitution of the United states
would be barrier to the sectional omnlpotence claimed by
the North in the OF the Government OF the
United States. Undoubtedly The ons uton does not
States 1t established the principle of nom
venon by the General Government all local
onal interests whatever. lis trainers perfectly
difference between the STATE composing the
United States in climate productions and pursuits of in
dusy There but that different people, with
interests, could live free and harmon1ously
u u under Government. All local sectional Interests
must be lett to the exclusive governance OF the pie to
4 whom they belonged; and ouy such general iaeress
should be tied to the tol of Govern
men would make all equal, and equally protected III
heir exercise Any policy, therefore, which is local
sectional in its operation must from the nau OF the
Constitution, be constitutional this great principle OF
Constitution had been observed there would have been
serious divisions contests among the people Of the
United Toe Of section of The Union
the interest Of a in the powers exerci-ed by the
ID General Government. Hence, sectional majority coud
of the Constitution would be all sections
r tha UDion and majority could not press minority
without oppressng themselves. Party contests for power.
f th % Ana9oS wonId he within the sobere
general protected and by general
powers and would not arise between opposing sections
Union This the theory upon which the Const
tion of the United States built.
From the of the operations of the Consti
the United States the controlling party OF the peo-
TO make sectional in its operations and subserVent to
their sectional interests and to make the OF the
aim of their steady and unlntermted efforts BY the
OF nature tner neustry must De eagageG G IN
they obtained from Congress- were laws granting them
bounes their fisheries by which annual tribute has
been obtained by their fishermen from treasury of
United States, from 1889 to this day They obtained
United States by which the Southern people have been de-
from using the cheaper navigation of other nations
They had determinations the duties imposed on
vessels of foreign nations that the
pie the South may be compelled by the increased duties
laid foreign commodities when brought in foreign bot
toms, employ their vessels import them No vessel
built in foreign naon although purchased by citizen OF
the United Sates be protected by the flag OF the Uni
ted states-thus forcing buy vessels built by them
The selfish and sectional policy they endeavored to
carry with respect all branches of their industry,
through the Tariff and the expenditures of the
encroachments by Congress on the Constitution OF the
United States they have uniformly upheld until at last the
Constitution by their interpretation is virtually abolished
and consists only in three words the general we
fare, of which they the judges and dispensers The
last phas of their usurpaons claiming for Congress the