The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-03-06
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ProspecaIve Failure of the OIiSarehs.

ProspeeaIve Failure of the OIisnrehs.
A sol distant Congress OF the Cottonoc:acy
has been in session several week at Montgomery,
Alabama 1t has adopted the Constitution OF the
United States is basis OF action, and It's nota-
bic President, jeff. Davis, one of the present
Senators of the United States, has appointed his
Csbinent Ministers, and has sent one envoy in
the person Of the notorious Ysncey, TO England.
There are some remarkable things pertaining to
this Convention. Its members were not elected
by the people, and are not n sponsible 10 the peo-
pie for their acts They governing without
the consent of the gorerned, and already ruaors
of popular discomfort, are being heard through
out the entire South in particular, South Caro-
LIMA repudiates, in measure, the acts OF the
Montgomery Congress. Several Of the leading
papers in the Cotton States are denouncing the
action of that Congress in the strongest terms OF
dissatisfaction and the people do not yetrecognize
the acts OF that body binding on thcm. The
Olgarchs at Montgomery have not, and do net
propose to submit to the people for their rtfca-
ton. apy of their acts. There is 10 community
of feeling at the South in regard to the usurping
acts oil TIE montgomery Oo"sr ''S 80 ~
show that the Montgomery scheme will result in
an early failure. The people will probably dis.
solve i. on account of their decided opposition
to taxation and military 'e'ies' 10 carry out It's
purposes.
The Oligarchs will undoubtedly levy a system
Of duties on northern goods, taxing three-fourths
OF the whole consuhpion OF manufactures, with
new and onerous burden OF h'teen or twenty
per cent This burden must be pad by tne
southern consumer.
The south now consumes three dollars worm
Cf northern manufactures 10 one doiiais worth
OF goods which never paiu dn'y-so 'hat they
are to be made to pay three times as much as at
any time previous. under the proposed tarif1 on
northern good a!one-io pa! iouT times as much
in all, "a they have paid heretofore The people
will not, cannot submit to TINS taxation, even IL
jeff. Davis should undertake 10 FORCE ooedienee
to the laws, "i'h '"eh'! ''o0Saho oayohe.S-
Davis and his compeerS nndountediy design
this as IA retal'a,orH measure OH northern people,
but its severest effects viii be tet by the south
ern people, whose hvlhs Is rus made insuhera-
bly, costly.
The postal committee, IN 'he uSurphS ION
gress, have already proposed the rates OF postage
at 5, 10, Is and 20 cents, according 20 the DIS
tance; the people who have been paving only )
cents. and have had their mails carried ior the
most part at the expense OF the northern people,
will rebel against this measure. The new army
will cost money, new naval preparations will cost
money, and large sums at that; iortihcations,
public establishments, and the whole machinery
OF government must be bought and pa'dior anew.
Taxation in some form must be heavy, and there
is no conceivable way in which II may be laid
without causing great discoutent
The system Of privatcering is proposed by Da.
Wis, but that ustrious traitor ought TO know that
the civilized world will not submit to the CHAR
tering of prvateers by the Southern Confedera-
cy to prey upon the commerce of the United
States. Privateerng will cost too much to be
adhered to even by the worst OF the secession