New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-28

rat olstinct voice came from South Saro".
Senator IRON tbS.t State-one OF INC iaeoes
iJara NJ the country and most strenuous Psrlisan
81 sIayory-- Mr. HaInmoDd-opeDly declared 10 i,li
nene moi easiIy forgotten that before the iSn De-
cember South Carolina would De out oi 'bo ohoh
Soh ayd dry and fors YER" These words beraded ibs
outbreak With the Fortunately OF demons us le .I
ers nsbed forward Their avowed object was the
dig aemberment Of the Republic by detschng State
Ter state in order to found slay ehoding C0nfed-
sracv And here the clearest utterance came fron
late Repreeentaiive of Georpia-Mr. Stephens-now
Vice President of the rebel States, who did no. hts
tate 10 proclaim "that the foundations OF tne new
Government are laid upon the great truth, that sh'v-
eIy-su bordnation TO the superior races the De-
pros natural and moral cOndition that Il IL the
first Government in the bitory Of the worie, based
upon this great, physical, philosophical end moral
tuth ana hat The stone Which was reJected Dy Tue
fret builders is in the new ediGce become the eng
stIne Of tie corner" Hero lie a savage fiaDkntsS
which shows en- inseuei ility TO shame. Surely TIE
object avoaed is hiieous ia every aspect, whether
we regard il as treason to our paernai government
as treason to the idea Of American institutions OF
AZ treason also TO those commanding principles oil
economy, morals and Christianity, without which
Civilization is changed iato Barbafsm
Aud now we stand face to face IN deadly conliict
with this oou l. headed, triple-beaded treason De
ginning with those States most peculiarly interested
In Slavery, and operating always with an intensity
proportioned to the prevalence OF SlaveIy-i1 las
fastened upon other States less
North Calolina-VirgiDia--a with diihcolty bao
been prevented from enveloping every o'a,e cVH-
tIininc Slayes-no matter how rev; lT sueh 70 tue
MALIGNANT poison of Slavery hist only lew slaves
Gill Constitute Slave State with al the SYM athies
and apimOsi les of Slavery. This IS the keoellion
which arm 10 unnask. But bad as il is on its face,
IL becomes aggravated when we contider lis orlgln
and the agencies by which 1t Las been conducted
In Is not merely RebehiOn; but IL Is Rebellion
becun in Consriraey nor in ell history, ancient or
moderp il there any record OF Conspiracy 80 vasi
and 80 wicked, ranging over such spaces ooth OF
time and territory, aud contemplating sucn iesu = :
A conspiracy to eelze castle or 10 aesaseIo"to /"
pnuee Is petty by the side Of this enormous pro
iracted treason where half continent studded VIII
casi,s fortresses aud public edihees Is
the Government itself is oyerIhrown and Where thc
President on his way TO the nauonaI '"p''O' MAJ
rowy escaped n most cruel essassina'loli; II.
wicked fru If il were not rooted Ill soil OF con-
Genial naIignity. To appreciate properly this IN
auenee. we must 90 back to the beginning OF the
| Government. So.
south Carolina, which has taken 40 forward part
in tins treason besitated originally, as is well known,
with regard to the Declaration OF Independence,
Once her vote was recorded against that acti ana
when il finally prevailed her vote WAS given ior "
only formally and for the sake OF seeming unanlmlty.
Rui so little YVES she inspired by the Declaration,
that In lie contest which ensued her Commisti
made A proposition 10 the Bitl-h Commander, which
has been properly characterized by an aole historian
as equivalent 10 offer from the Sta TO return
10 the British Crown" The same hesitation shown
with regard 10 the Declaration Of Independence was
renewed with regard to the Federal Constitution;
and here il was shared by another State. IL IL noo
rious that both South Carolina and Georgia, which
with the States carved ont of their original territory
Alabama and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the chef seat
of the Copspiracy-hesited 10 become parties TO tile
Union, and stipulated expressly for the recognition
OF the save-iTade in the Federal Constitution as On
Indispensable condition. In the Convention, Mr.
Rutledge Of South Carolina, while opposing tax on
the importation Of slaves said: The true quettion
at present L. uhether Southern Stairs shall or ehs
not be PARTIES 20 the UnIon" Mr.. Pinckney, also OF
South Carolina followed with the unblushing decia
ration: "South Carolina can never receive the plan
[ofthe Conslutionl II prohibits the -frqde.
! quote now from Mr.. Medison's authentic report Of
these important debates. (See Elliots Debates,
Vol. " n. 1911 With shame let it be confessed,
that irsiead Of rePelling this dsgaeeful overture,
y or is heSs submitted 10 it, and ia that submission
I t0lt Is i lInd tho beginning of present soHows
TIE ~ ve-tFade whose aggregate iniquity 10 tongue
On tell was placed for twenty years uncer The safe-
q,ard Of tie Constitution, thus giving 70 Slavery
iself inrreaBe, suppoTti aud sanction. Ihe iausute
1 was modest but the intent was complete. ocnth
i Carolina opd Georgia were paeiiied and took Their
places in the Union 20 which they were openly
bound only by most revolving tie. Regrets for the
Ppg are not entirely useless II ont Of them we SET
wisdom for the Future and learn to be brave. IL Is
easy POW 10 see that had the unnatural preenson Of
these States been originally encountered " stern
resistance worthy OF an honest people the present
Conspiracy would have been crashed before u saw
the Eight. It's whole suceess from its distant be-
ginning down to tits hour has been from our tin-
ldity.
But there was also another sentiment OF a kindred
peYyeIsity when prevailed in the same quarter
ibis l. wildly portrayed by John Adams, IN letter
TO Gen Gates, dated at Philadelpha, 23d March,
E76:
However my dear hdend Gues al misforunes ariss
from gle loaree The re'is'gnes u ne SoViasn cos, 70
IOl. L. ?. 20l.
And be proceeds to declare in strong language that
"populr principles and sxioms We're abhorrent TO
the incnqiions of the barons Of the South" This
letter was written in the early days OF the RevO-
luton. Al n Later period Of bs lite John Adams
esifies again to the discoro between The North and
the South; and he refers particularly to the period
after the Federal Constitution, saying: The
Northern and the Southern States We're invariably
fixed in opposition TO each other" See Letter to
James Lloyd, II February, 1875, John Adams
Works, Vol <, p. 1871 This was before any ques-
ton Of Tariff or Of Free Trade OF before the grow
iug fortunes of the North Lad a. akened Southern
| jealousy. The whole opposition bad its root IN
Sla eryas also bad the earlier resistance to RepuJ-
lican Government.
Ia the face of these influences the Union was
formed but the seeds of Conspiracy were latent III
rs bosom. The spirit already revealed was scarcely
sil, need; it YVES not destroyed II still exi.ted-
ranking fostering, burning 10 make itself maniie.t.
At the mention OF slavery, it always appeared lnll-
armed wlb barbarons preleneioDs. Even IN tue first
Congress under the Constitu,ionst the pfesentaon
of that famous petition where Benjamin FrankiID
imply called upon Congress TO step TO the verge o.
its lowers 10 discourage every species Of trahc Ia
our f.low -men-llis slir1t broke forth 10 violent
threats. With a kindied lawiessness II early EN-
braced that extravsgant dogma Of State Rights,
which has been ever since the convenient cloak OF
tre.ron and Of conspiracy. At the Missouri Question
10 1929, it openly enaced dissolution OF the Union
Ins,ead OF throItling the monster, We submitted to