The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-05-10

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controlling vote in the Congress. a pers is
measures against the rights Of the ow n
.rs Of slaves in the Southern States was
and gradually extended. A
Ieries Of measures was devised and ~ os'
,cuted fcr the purpose Of rendering IN se-
sure The tenure Of property in slaves.
Fanatical organizations, supplied with
money BY voluntary subscriptions, were as
sidously engaged IN exciting Rmong the
slaves a spirit Of discomfort and revolt.
Means were furnished for their escape I.
from their owners. and agents secretly
employed 10 cutice them 70 abscond.
The constitutional provision for their
rendition 10 their owners wa FIRST cvaded.
then openly denounced As violation OF
conscientious obligations and religious
dntv Men were taught that il was a
rn.sit A. elude, disobey and violently 1
on,osa the execution of the laws enacted /
10 secure the Performance Of the promise
contained in the constitutional compact. /
omen owners Of slaves were mobbed and /
even murdered in open day, solely for APP /
plying 10 a magistrate Cor the arrest Of
fugitive slave.
The dogmas Of these voluntary orgsniza- !
tons soon obtained control Of the Legs |
latures Of many Of the Northern States, |
and laws were passed for the punishment, |
BY ruinous fines and long continued inn
prisonment in iails and pententiaries, Of
citizens Of the Southern States, who
should dare AK aid Of the officers Of the
law for the recovery Of their property.
Emboldened by success, the theater OF
agitation aud aggression against the clear
w expressed constitutional rights OF the
South was extended; Senators and
Representatives we're sent to the common
councils Of the nation whose chief title
TO this distinction consisted in the display
Of a spirit Of ultra fanaticism. and whose
business was not 10 promote the general
/ welware, or ensure domestic tranquility.
/ but 10 awaken the bitteTest hatred against
! The ritireus Of sister States by violent
/ denuneiation Of their institutions.
The transaction Of public affairs was inn
/ peded by repeated efforts to usurp powers
not delegated by the Constitution, for the
/ purpose Of impairing the security Of
/ property in slaves, and reducing those
/ States which hold slaves 10 q condition Of
inferiority.
Finally, great party was organized for
/ the purpose Of obtaining the administra-
ton with the avowed object Of using it's
power for the total exclusion of the slave
States from all participation in the bene-
hts Of the public domain acquired BY al
the States in common, whether by con-
quest or purchase, surrounding them en-
tirely by States In which slavery should
be prohibited, thus rendering the proper
| ~ In slaves 10 insecure az IN be cOmpari-
lively worthless, and thereby annihilating
In effect property worth thousands Of
millions Of dollars.
This party, thus organized, succeeded,
in the month Of November last, in the
election Of its candidate for the Presi-
dency Of the United States. In the mean
time, under the mild and genial climate Of
the Southern Staies, and the increasing
care for well-being and comfort Of the
laboring classes, dictated alike by inter
eat and humanity. the African slaves had
augmented in number from about six
hundred thousand at the date Of the
adoption Of the Constitutional compact
70 upwards Of four millions.
In moral and social condition they had
been elevated from brutal savnges into
docile, intelligent and civilized agricultur
al laborers, and supplied not only with
bodily comforts, but with careful religious
instruction under the supervision Of a
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directed az not only 10 allow gradual and
marked amelioration Of their own con
dition. but 70 subvert hundreds Of th0us
ands Of square miles Of the wilderness in
TO cultivated lands covered with pros
porous people Towns and cities had
sprung into existence, and rapidly increas
"a in wealth and population under the
social system Of the South
The white population Of the Southern
slave-holding States had augmented from
about l25O.tO0 AZ the date Of the adoption
Of the Constitution 10 more than S.50O,OO'
in 1850. and the productions Of the $ iutt
in cotton. rice sugur, and tobacco. fol
the full development and continuance o
which the labor Of African slvaes was ans
j IL indispensable. bad swollen 10 an amour
: which lormed nearly three fourths Of Fh'
exports Of the whole United States. an,
q had become absolutely necessary 70 th
4 wants Of civilized man.
4 With interests OF such overwhelmin
, magnitude fhe people Of the Southern
/. States we're driven BY the conduct Of thi
j. North 10 the adoption Of some course q
s action to avoid the danger with whic
r. they were openly menaced. With hi
4 view the Legislatures Of the severa
q States invited the people 10 select dele
J. ates 10 Conventions 10 be held for th
II purpose Of determining for themselve
/ what measures we're best to be adopted B
}. meet 20 alarming q crisis in their history
b Here Il may Be proper b observe tina
= from period as early as lT98 there ha'
existed In al Of the States Of the Uniol
n q party almost uninterruptedly in tn
: majority based upon the creed that eacl
b State was, in the last resort, the sol
! Judge. as well Of its wrongs a. Of tn
. mode and measure Of redress. Indeed
!. is obvious that, under the law Of nations
{ this principle is an axiom a. applied 10 tn
{ relations OF independent sovereign States
Z such a. those which bad united them
3 selves under the Constitutional CON
pact.
0 The Democratic party Of the Unite
. States repeated, In its successful canvas
in 1856, the deduction made in numerou
e previous political contests, that IL woul
4 iaithhilly abide BY and uphold the prime
y pies laid down In the Kentucky and Vu
. ginia Legislatures in 1879, and that
, adopted those principles as constitutin
p one Of the main foundations Of is polit
+ cal creed.
+ The principles thus emphatically ~
u nounced embrace that to which have a
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= Judge Of and redress the wrongs
q which IL complains. Their principle
y we're maintained by overwhelming major
ties Of the people Of all the States o. "a
}. Union at different elections, especially
y the election Of Mr.. Jefferson in 1905, NJ
n Madison ia 1909 and Mr. Pierce In ls5
% In the exercise Of a right 50 ancient,
r. we'll established, and 20 necessary Z
e, solfpresorvation, the people Of the Co
"A federate States. in their Conventions, d
termined that the wrongs which they hi
IA suffered and the evils with which tn
10 we're menAced, required that they shou
,a revoke the delegation Of powers % q
Of Federal Government which they had "a
n fed in their several Conventions. Tn
IN consequently passed ordinances resumil
ln an their rights as sovereign and indepo
be dent States, and dissolying their come
ton with the other States Of the Unio
es Having done this they proceeded 10 for
al a new compact amongst themselves,
he new articles Of Confederation, which ha
W. been also ratified BY Conventions Of q
70 several States with an approach 70 unai
81. nifty FAR exceeding that Of the Conve
he tons which adopted the Constitution
o. lTS1. They have organized their NJ
90 Government In all departments. III
~ I NMnNMONA " NNN Executive
h. and Judicial Magistrates are performii
BIZ In accordance With the will Of the peopl
- a. displayed not merely in = cheerful 4
rs quiescence. but In the enthusiastic ga
be port OF the Government thus establish
he By themselves. and but for the interi,
.er ence Of the Government Of The Unit
n. States In this legitimate exercise Of
L. people 10 self government, has been ma
ed Tested in every possible form.
he Scarce had you assembled in Februa
a. Last. prior even to the inuguration Of d
Chief Magistrate you had elected, VIII
m you expressed your desire for the 4
laa pointment Of Commissioners. and for q
'ar settlement Of an questions Of dizagr,
ID 'ment between the two 0overnmen
cp upon principles Of right, justice, equi
rn and good faith.
" Il vas my pleasure a. well a. my du
'ss TO cooperate with you in this work
- peace. indeed. In my address 70 you
~ taking che oath Of Office. and before
a. ceirinr from you the communication
ief this resolution. ! had said that. a. . :
Q! oessity, not ~ q choice, We have resort
AZ % the remedy Of separating. and hem
ias forth our energies must be directed 20 {
az conducting Of our own Affairs, and I
perpetuity of the Confederacy which
er- have formed. n just perception
- mutual interest shall permit "a 20 peace
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