, 1861-06-10
our cons tltutiop Is almost as pre9nank-aTo

uoSt brilliant and peEs1aaa orators that ever
ived, to;embcdy opce mo1e In n set Of sound +
ng kophyams The mntn rgunents which had
ion to prevent the adoption Of tbs CenssItu.
!iop. and to exhibit them now q legitimate |
DEDUCTIONS from the Constitution. Tie mem
o1ahle tariff controversy was the occ.aion In
which the argument Of State Sovereignty va3
put forth in ~ ita strength In regard to the
dispute itself there can be no doubt thst the
South Vas IN the light aud the North WIS In !
The wrong. The promotion By an exaggesa-
ted tatiR Of a revenue a. much over and aboye |
the whnts Of government, that It wss at list I
divided among the separate States, aud fool~
1shly squandeIed,. WIS the Most Triumphant |
rAd,tetio cd a1sufduna that ths South could hlye
desired But It ia none the lesa true that the
qualification by State Legislature Of . federal
law vas greater injury to the whole nation
than foolish tariff, long since repealed. hM
inflicted. It was stab to the Unioo IN its
vital part The blow was partially parted,
but it may be doubted whether the wound
vas ever healed.
Tarils, the protective system, free trade
although the merits Of these Questions must
be considered as settled By sound thinkers in
all civilized lands, must, nevertheless, still ro-
main In some countries the subject Of honest
argument and legitimate controversy. When
ali parts Of q country arc represen.ed-and
especially in the casa of the United States,
where The aou1thern portion has threefftns
Of certain kind Of fpropett3" represented,
while the North has no propefy represented
reason should contend with error Tor victory,
trusting to its innate strength. And until
crate tariff Of 1857 uas In operation, with III
probability OF It's repeal Moreover, the adyo-
Gates Of the enlighteued Bys.em of free trade
should rttlect, that should the fourteen slave
states become Permanently united In sepa.
rate confederscy,. the state Of thesz internal
The absence Of the fugitive Law will necesss-
rily drive all the slESea from what arc called
the border states; and he must be shallow
politician who dreams here in England that
Tree trade with all the world, and direct tax,-
ton for reTenue, will be the policy Of the new
spd expeusiye military empire which viii arise.
Manufactures OF cotton and wooden will spring
up On every 1iTer and mountain stEeaEn in the
northern slave states, the vast mineral wealth
Of their territories will require Development,
ard the cry for protection to native iniustfy
III oDc quarter viii be n surely Needed - will
be that other cry from the Gu1f Of Mexico,
now partially suppressed for obvious reasone,
fer tie African GlaSe trade. To establish
great gulf empire, including Ms1fco, Central
America, Cuba, and other islands with unlim-
tied cotton fields and unlimited negroes, this
IL the golden vision in pursuit Of which the
grea. republic has been sacrificed, the bene6-
cent Constit2tion subverted. AID already the
vision has fed, but tbs work Of destruction
rtmafne-
TIE mischief caused by . thrift, howsYer
selfish Or however absurd. may be Temporary.
In the 1sst nineteen years there have been four
separate tariffs pasaed BY the American Con-
g1tas, aud nothing i more probable than that
the suicidal Morrill, tariff will receive essential
notifications even In tue special session OF
July; but The woes cncsed By secession and
civil w1r are infinite; and whatever be the ra.
suit Of the contest, this generation is not like
| II to forget the injuries already inhictsa-'
The great secession, therefore, Of 1850 81 Il
u rebellion, like any osher insnrrection against
! established authority, aud haa been f0lloxe1
ccnEe ounce II Eucceasful, It Is revolution,
aud whether successfal or not it will be jeaged
| before the tribunal Of mankind and posterity
according to the eternal LAWS Of reason snd
justice
Time and history viii decide whether 1t wss
good and aagaclous deed to destroy fabric
Of 80 lorg duration, because Of the election ol
lii. Lincoln; whether it were wise and noble
| to substitute over large portion OF the
American E0ii. = confederacy OF which slavery,
In the worGs Of its Vice -Preaident, is the cor
1erstone, for the old Republic, Of which
Washington, with his own hand, 1sid the cor
uer etone.
It is conceded by the North that 1t has 70.
| cetved from the Union innum8raa1e blessings.
| But It would eerm TINT the Union had also
| conferred benefits on the son!h- It has car.
tied ita mal1s at large e1pense. It has ra.
captured It's fugitive slaves. It has purchased
| vost tracts Of foreign territory, out Of which q
| whole tier Of elage States has been constructed
It las annexed Texas. Il has made war with
Nexico. It hns made al offer-not likely to
be repeated, hoNeyer-to purchase Cubs, with
Its multitude Of slaves, at price, according to
| report, 81 large as the sum paid By England
| for the emancipation o! her slaves. Indivfdu
/ ~ Sx,% Ind $afA G,oWa nd f1,xnFY
selves freely on elayerY, as upon every top!e
: Ct human thought, and this must eger be tht
! ense where there IL freedom Of tue press and
Of speech The number Of protested aholi
tionists has hitherto been very small, Will.
the great body Of tho two principal Politica
opposed to them. The Republican party Wat
determined to set bounds to the extension o
s;ay. r, while the Democratic party favored
that system, but neither had aesgus, secret ol
evowed, against slavery within the Statea
They knew that the queation could only b
tlemselvea. But both tha parties, - present
events are go sfgnally demonstrating, Ner'
inibue1 with passionate attachment to th,
Copstitntion-to the established authority 0
government, by which alone our laws and ou
liberty s1e secured. AL parties IN the fte
noble and generous emotion to ytndicate tn
Eu1ied honor Of their dng. and to save thei
country from the abyss Of perditioa into whicl
1t eeen:sd descending.
Or the ultimate re4nlt we have no intention
Of speaking: OnlJ tho Presumptuous vi
accuracy coming events, the most momentou
perhaps Of our 1mes. One result Is, howeve.
secured. The Montgomery constitution, witt
slavery for its corner stone, Ia not likely to b.
accepted, - but lately seemed possible, no
only by al the slave States, but cyeu BY th
EAnku &s.k> 1nfT4 T44ofF
Washington as The new nattonal Law In th
name Of the United States Compromises vii
no longer be offered BY peace conventions, il
which slavery Ia to be made national. nes,roe
declared Property over ali the land, sud sla
very extended over al territories now pos
United states' government yet driven iron
EVENT. are rapidly unrolline themselves, AZ
It will be proved, In courae Of time, whethe
the North will remain united In its inaeIibl
purpose, whether the South is - firmly un
edectnai in either section, which must ~neees
tarity give the victory to its opponents. "
know nothing Of the schemes or plsus
; either government.
The original DESIGN Of the Republican part
vss to put an end to the perpetual policy {
Territory for that purpose, and At the SAN
" time to maintain the Constitution aud the /.
, tegritY Of the Republic. This at the so1t
| seemed an outrage which Justified civil var
fer events have amply proved what sasSsciou
; statesmen. proPhes1ed thirty yesrs aso--th.
secession IS civil war.
Il If all is to end in negotiation and aepar
" tion, notwithstanding the almost fntermina ab
, disputes concerning frontiers, the stronghold
. In the Cult, and the upehack1ed navigation .
the great rivers throughout their wholslengt]
which It l. probable, will never be a6an1ous
by the North. except ss the result Of total d
fest in the field, 1t Ia at any rate certain tn
both parties will negotiste mora equitab
I With arms in their hands than If the unarmt
. Of either section were TO deal with the arme
. If it comes to permanent separation, too,
Il certain that In commonwealth which VI
stiIl glory In the name OF the United State
: and whose people will doubtless re estab1i4
the old Constitution with some fmportal
amendments, the word secession will ba
: sound Of woe not to he lightly uttered. .
. will have been proved to designate, not
i. peaeeful und natural function Of political Hi
! but to be only another expression for r. 7ol
y ton, bloodshed, and al the hotrora OF ei'
! Il u probable that i long courss Of yea
:. will he rCo, and many incooven!ences a.
y grievances endured, before any one Of Il
: f{ee 8tstes seesdes from the reconstruct
Union. .5.+ j..
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