The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-29
THR REVOLUTIOE.


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Aagne n analogous case in which tAsy would MOI DO
. sass :. s's M he Nss fss1
nAnufAetmiss TO bloody and noendiary revolt Suppose
- should employ agents Throughout me country 70
esgasse copspracies rxvSge the country and, q i'm
yaSs NE hast osch 81 snosiy 10 the pscture 70 nane
lie whole working population to blind nsrrect,onary
ven Who would believe tina the people 81 New England
weuid patiently endure al accommodations Of wroagsS
= cCS,d only say Tia. tSoy did not possess s
he spirit Of their ancestry, who booked upon
nsueraoe oppression. But yet these grievances were
endured by the people Of the slavehoding States But
ssp Of But Rs did nos res. ns
II the South upon the slavery alone Their aAver
s.r,es, svaling themselves Of the preadices against
Ne South had other object than the perpetuston of
Bondage for the purpose Of elicting unfriendy crit
sems or the foreign press. But it time that the
Southern placed In its true light, and on the
grounds OF fair defence and s true principles and
then instead Of being isolated from the sympathies Of
Ne word she would command respect wherever justice
rules and the maxms OF republican liberty prevailed
For iy years the South had under the safe
guards OF the constitution. BY that compact the
equality Of the States guaranteed, and the rights
70 sell government recognized by every member Of
spirit Of raterna alliance The States North and South
acqs,csced in the Upon upon these oonditions--that
these rights nvoable and that their property
wcuh De secured under the protection Of inst govern
mont. THIS sacred covenant the sacred bend of
between the coslsdsrate republics. The constitu
seD mpoeed rocproca Obligations upon the states and
eshged them to mutual offices OF good Fellowship He
ssnandcd how these had been redeemed and
those pledges Observed BY the Norh2 Not the least in
0e category Of complaints was, that she fundamental
principle Of the constitutional compact the equality Of
tho States, had been subverted by combinations the
part of the majority Of the States TO exclude the
Southern States from an equal participation OF the
deveopement and expansion. He would ask all candid
whether the significant fact tha the South
aid NOT a could
swaken theindignation Of free menY breach OF the
ssDstitutonal compact and stigma Of inferiorty-a
principle involving civil disabl ty and a measure Of
practical opprcssionwoud in civil life be presented by
IN individual grievance than any invasion Of
mont upon Janitorial possessions was airont which
alone could redress. The South placed in this
position by her exclusion nom any participation the
common domain Of the confederacy Not alone they
deny the South equal rights with the North by subvertng
% ,S So;a, svstsu Of the Sm,h vas denomncaS az
~the sum Of all vinanies." This not ALL but what
bad been left TO them In the exercise Of the sove
Heign right administer their Affairs and deveope
her own resources in harmony with the general int
Of the republic whatever Of this had survived the
% be destroyed by the application Of Mill
vary coercion. And now they saw an attemp.
Ssovncisi dependencies But they would and that the
ndomabe spirit and courage Which had In the past dis
sgaished the Southern character would not now quail
before all the pomp and circumstances Of their martial
preparations. An explicit provision Of the constitutional
compact enactment for the restoration OF fugitive
slaves. And yet that provision, essential that with
cut the South originally refused Join the confederacy
was shamelessy annuled and millions Of Southern pro
Derty has been forfeited infringement of implied
contract between sovereign State and It's sub
jBcss absoves the latter from all allegiance.
4 was this principle Of constitutional liberty
which distinguished the great rebellion of 1888
the most glorious epoch in English history. And he
would ask, there less obligation in soemnly rat
Aed written contract, sovereign States TO be de-
niod that redress which the genius Of free
guarantees individuals But in defence of the South
om The ocnfederacy could Be justified by higher prin
sBles than vindcation Of violated guarantees Abso-
nonarchs But here a dominant section of the con
Sederacy claimed the exercise OF absolute power
hons of the government were broken down; and
without responsibility, because in the nature OF
things the weaker cannot control the stronger VI al
species Of tyranny this the most nolcrabe. Under
the rule Of despos they might hope something from i'm
Darialty and indifference as between the sections but
10 be exposed 70 the unbrdled sway oil majority Amen
interests nmical in feeling and ambitious Of domi-
.aton be reduced to condition moro abjcc than
that OF the slave, whose emancipation was the petence
for all this controversy Against this despotic and de-
aeetable rule the people of the South had taken up
arms THIS was the cause o. Inc ssa'h ana .v nc
eonsecrated revoltp This was the Of SELF
government against the domination Of foreign Power
l776 Sooner than their fathers would submit to the
ArsponsibIe rule Of alien interests they oosed them
Ssvos from the embrace Of the Mother Country, and
etaked adj the triumph Of secession Washington and
JEFFERSON the most lusrious Of seccssioniss and
sus e.Snus. Applause and hisses fhe south was re
preeented that floor but their voice was unavang
Ser own consent but BY he votes Of hostile majority
against the rule a sectional that the south
declared her Independence. Tho North had avAhed
much sentiment in the Of Hungary when she
Sought against Austrian despotsm, and he would tell
hem that their identical in principle and pur
pose with that of the HungarAns and he would remind
ahen that At that moment when they were besiowing
adiraton and applause upon the success the Italian
the T psEIe ss 1I ,sss n Ss .. s
swakened the Italians 70 recoeetion Of their long et
Hberties The only safeguard for American IL
soossitutiou, and especially IN preserving in
1aca al the safeguards and restrictions Of the
government and In this light the South contends that al
we're Alike In the success Of her action. II
aer the commission Of many wrongs, and the menace
q others more nss,oas anything pe wsnssa s'hy
bar soude 70 avoid violence and 70 redress her wrongs
within the Union. They were charged with preeip-
anSy In not awaiting the overt act OF hostility the
part Of the dominant section but ins their own
Judgment the proclamation Of Was an overt act, and
sush proclamation was found in the election, BY an
slnsivcly sectional VOTE Of President pledged 70 violate
eur rights BY providing in course Of time for ther tota,
nsy sSS , sS ssA see ses ses SsS sues
- hold their rights by higher aud more e2emn tenure
Shan The capricious temper Of any Individual
n The sword alone 70 decide the controversy they
resolved nos 70 be unprepred Ever since the f.
SaiSeth Of November the south had exhibited most
omnsdasiDg spirit evnced by the action Of Southcrn
representatives that door and N the senate. who
of TOE SpPontmsn, 2. % -
NE fart Of the South met with uniform and ayow
I'd spyit Of rejection, and conemptuous refusal Of al
compromise The republicans STOOD by their platform
and sooner than the reproach Of Inconsistency
0ey would prscpitaie the country Into civil var They
Aesssyed that their purpose 70 push the South "
sne asbtramsat Of the sword. Instead o. a proolaul
Of conservative policy 70 give ASSURANCE d peace
distracted country, their leader announced, NY his
standardization programne, that he b. guided
shs councils by the Cherubm OF the irrepressble
Act;' and instead Of that patriotic spirit which they
AaA been ssA stn animated the southern people the
Legislature sent and munitions d 70 put dcwr
thaA resistance which had been aroused ny their per
~~pfer D2S Ne dsv
developed the completion Of this system a force. one
ame bill 70 exclude South Carolina from tho bene
- u postal communication at another II sill for
she compulsory collection Of the revenue and again in
armng In this very district, soldiery intended i'm
poee obnoxious yoke on the necks Of the people Tb
vNs q specious Inauguration Of republican pccy-a
Aapvy prestige Of liberal administration. II THE happy
could be carried doubt at the cod
- The four ycars' reign Of this would
have the South reconciIed the ruepf this dominant
party and by series Of expressions ehect that which
world in could accomplish The South MAN
esaenial prncKAe Of Tie cnnsti