Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-10
THE RICHMOND WING.
OUR CAUSE BEING JUST, AIN GOD WILL WE

eeded fact
| Even the enemy to American liberty and freedom
Chen defeated) and its posterity (the English people
concsde these truths. Now that the Southern States
impelsd (ss they conceive BY equal justice snd by
indispensable and unavoidable necessity have had forced
upon them second unwe.come revolution, It Is bu.
necessary to the parallel between the causes leading
to and the ects sought to be accomplished BY tie
former aud those Of the latter to establish the justice and
the right Of the Southern Cause it eiH be recorded
the impartial future hi,orian-aye, by those Of
our enemies, when assumes ito dominion over he
Northern mind and the present military ,posm is do.
prived Of lie coercve tyranny. To establish therefore,
the Justice Of cause will advert, frst to
Northern authority.
Mr.. Fillmore "a nominee for the Presidency in 1856
In reference the then sectional nomination Of Mr.
Fremont for the office, addressing the people Of
Albany Troy aud Rochester said that a sectional nomn
adan for President and Vice President both from the
section, for the frat time since the organic Of
the Government and their election by the votes Of the
section, SUFFICIENT Of ITSELF for resistance,
aud revolution by the other section, and that If great
act Of Eju'hes were eonsEmmated against his South
6rettrsn, they could and ought to stparah and
dissolve their political relations, from their Northern
brethren and from the operation of such Ubiquitous
aud unwarsnted usurpstion He justified the dIssolu.
ton, at once upon such nomination and eecor no.
upon the administration founded such principles For
he says "thsy ought not to submit to IT," "EO, not for
one moment"
Mr.. Fillmore may nov in view Of his prsssH! siatas,
Remember Peters fall,
Nor confidently say,
never will deny my faith,
But hope | never may"
Now 10 the nomination and election Of Lincoln and
Hamlin we Of the South have had consummated this
great Of injustice and iniquitous aud unwarranted
u.urpation against US Nay, more: upon q platform
forbiddng by its enuucated policy the votes Of any
Southern sufragsn, and followed by administration
the legitimate fruit Of this poisonous Upas"
This unnatural war; thus rendered necessary and forced
upon the South by the EOrth seeks, by its wicked
thors to populari.s isf with the Northern mssses by
the Ia. assumption that aims Only and has for It's
tjsct the ends that carried our torshera into
the frs: revclutiQp.
This assumption, faiss ia fact aud jaise IA .ory, and
used by its au.hors tnOving tie to be Jass) to
miseGd and delude into their military meshes Of
ciOp, the honest and unsuspectiug yeomanry Of the
North, ia perfectly untenable and faacious.
The facts in the compared show the opposite to
be the truth that those the part Of the North forcing
and carrying on this war for the invasion end suhjags
ton OF the South, are only Hosa vickedy) repeating
over sgan sgsns! their brethren socially, morally and
CONNIE rclsly, the objects that Great Britain at
tempted against ioreiathers -colonss Of the British
Crown-s that the South occupy the attitude II thu
that veneratsd and patriotic istle,s md towards
England.
In this connetio We aust remember that every hon
orable effort plder continued and repeated wrongs had
been exhausted by the South for the rparaon Of these
-ougs aud for gparsntoos against their repetitions
without resart to this unweoome that CON-
missioner after commissioner, HON State after State
and Populations from associated States, had waited
UPON the President-rth repeated propositions Of
peace rather than war and Just partition Of liAbil
ties and ssep-,hst Constitutional legislation pro-
posed by the South-that peace commissioners assem-
bed and exhausted all their posers patriotism aud wis
dom, and their propositions ALL all rscsd BY the
BY the popuOGS ei!oa-has all these were indig.
nantly rejected, and honorable gentleman tsstshtsd
with wsiing, ultimately deeire3 a. sadsrse with the
President anl instead Of entertaining any proposition,
or lisieaips TO- or entering into any negotiation, he
.ares the nation by Presidential proclamation Of
~ar and rsquisitiou Of seventy vs thousand armed
men, to prosecute the rgdnst sta.es M. even Gd.
m;ted be changed in the .t-us ny any act Of their
own.
Mr. Lincolns administration has been too brief 10
have become obnoxious to all the complaints enumer'
sied against the British Crown by our patriotic fathers
in their celebrated and honored elaratoH Of 4sri
eat Independence"
Many OF its declarations are however, most applica
bic to the brief admin satiou Of President Lincoln even
more go than to King George.
The theory of our Government, AS Interpreted by Mr.
I.Aeoln aud as administered by him, derives not such
powers " from the consent Of those upon whom he
seeks to make the same operate and Is destructive Of
tue very ends for which our Government instituted
The train Of his abuses is not very long, but sufficient
y 30 to show the evidence Of design to reduce 1.-The
Southern people, " under an absolute des2otisS'."
| The administration Chough hFef) ia but "a history
OF repeated injuries and rGipatioas all having, In d.
rect object the establishment Of an absolute tyranny
over these States" il not over all the Safes.
The Declaration Of American Independence com.
planned that King George
Had erected multitude OF new cth,es, &c, 10.
S, has President lincoln. He has ISN'T into Virginia,
for her invasion and slbugaton an increased standing
~ army designated the Grand Army, for the enforce.
ment Of his uncor stutiona administration. The decls
ration complained of the King "tha. he had rendered
the military independent Of and superior to. tho civil
power"
So has President Lincon-provsp BY the judgment Of
| Chief Justice fancy.
L
The declaration complains Of the King I" that he has
combined with others to subject US to Jurisdiction for.
| sign to our Constitution."
So has President Linctlu.
"For permitting large bodies Of armed troops, quar-
tered amongst US against consent, to commit muir
der Of the inhabitants Of these 5outhsrn) stAtes
| So has President Lincoln.
"For cutting of our trade with all the world"
So has President Lincoln.
"For proposing the imposition aud military collection
of an enormous tariff and in addition, direct tar upon
us by sectional Congress, from which We have been
practically driven"
This Mr.. Lincoln proposes, and his Republican sup.
porters pass the bill.
"For transporting captured cz,ns beyond the boun-
darss of their own States 10 be tried for pretended Of
fences"
This has been repeatedly done BY President Lineolr
"He has rsvaged coasts, burnt our towns and de-
,troyed the lives Of people"
So has President Lincoln.
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