Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-01-30

barriers 10 their omnipoicncc, h
| their ihithlcsS constructions in tn
operations OF the general govern
mcnt, it is most natural that the
should cndcavor TO do the Sanctt
wards us in the States, Tho lrutI
is, they having violated the expires
provisions of the constitution it
atrn end Us Il compact, 1t Is mon
ally obligatory only on those VIII
lhousc to accept ilsprcvcricd terms
South Carolina, decming the com
pact not on!y Violated in particula
features but virtually abolished b,
her Northern coni1deratcs, with
draws hcrsclfa as Il party from It's oh
legations, The rights to do so i
dcuicd by her Northern conitla,ca
They desire to establish II sccliona
dcspotism, not only omnipotcnt il
Congress, but omnipolcnt over In,
States and us if to manifest tn,
impcrious necessity ofour secession
they threaten us with the sword, {,
cocrcc submission to their rule.
Citizens of the slavcholdingSta
OF the United States! CircumsIan
sees beyond our control have placed
us in the van of the great controve,
rsy between the Northern and
Southern States. We would have
preferred that other States should
have assumed the position we now
occupy. Independent ourselves, we
disclaim any design or desire to
lead the counselso of the otherSouth
crn States. Providence has cast
our lot together, by extending over
us an identity of pursuits, interests,
and institutions. South carolina,
desires no destiny separated from
yours. TO be one ofa great slave
Contederacy, stretching its
arms over n territory large than
any power in Europe posses es--
with a population four times greater
than that Of The whole United States
when they achieved their indcped-
cncc of the British Empire-with
which mako orr eXia-
tcncc more important to the world
than that Of any other people inhab-
common institutions
to defend and common dangers to
ask your sympathy
and confederation. Whilst constI-
tuting a portion of the United States
it has been yow craftsmanship
whichhas guided it in its mighty
strides to power and expansion. In
he field, as in the cabinet, you have
led the way to its renown and
You have loved the
Union in whose service your great
statesmen have laborcd, and your
great soldiers have fought and con
Iuercd-not for the material benc-
its it conferred but with the faith Of
, generous and devoted chivalry.
You have long fingered and hoped
over the shattered remains ola bro
Ken Constitution. Compromise al
er compromise, formed BY your
,oncessions, have been trampled un-
Ter foot by your Northern conted-
,rts. All fraternity Of feeling bet
vcen the North and South is lost,
II has been converted into hate
md we Of the South arc at last driv-
N together by the stern destiny
which controls the existence of ma
ions. Your bitter experience OF the
and rapacity OF your
Northern confcderates, may have
,cen necessary to evolve those great
principles of free government upon
which the liberties Of the world
depends, and to prepare you for the
,rand mission Of vindicatlng and
c-cstablishing them. We rejoice
hat other nations should be salts
led with their institutions. Con
eminent is great clement OF hap
ness with nations as with indivld-
laIs. We are satisfied witheours,
f they prefer system Of industry
n which capital and labor are in
,repetnal conflict-and chronic
tarvation keeps down the natural
Increase of population-and a man
S working out in eighty years-and
he law ordains that children be
worked only ten hours day-and
he sabre and bayonet are the in
truments of ordcr-be it so. 1t is
heir affairs, not ours, We prefer,
Iowever, our system of industry by
which labor and capital, therefore,
protects labor-by which our popu-
alton doubles every twenty years
W which starvation is, unknown,
nd abundance crowns the land
" which order is preserved BY an
Inpaid police, and the many fertile
egions of tl,e world, where the
Caucasian cannot labor, are brought
nto usefulness by the labor OF the
African, and the whole world is
,lessed by our productions. All we
lemand of other peoples is, to bc
ct alone. to work out own high
lestinies. United together, and we
must be the most independent, rs
We are among the most important;
If the nations Of the world. United
ogether, and we require no oth'r
instrument 20 conquer peace th"n
,ur benefcent productions. Unitea
and we must be great
rec and prosperous people, whose
'cnown must spread throughout
he civilized world, and pass down
We trust to the remotest ages. We
lsk you to Join us in forming a Con
'edcracy of Slaveeolding States.
We have the pleasure of seeing
,ur old friend, Col. Matt Ward, in
.own, yesterday morning. He was
IN business trip, but feels much
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