, 1861-06-12
THE ABHORRENT CHARACTER OF TIE
SOUTHERN C0NFDERACY.
[From the London Daily NeWe.l

Politics and history would be greatly sim
plif1ed f'the outward form OF attractions
were safe guide to their real character-lt,
ior instance. we might ssy of every m revolt
srd that any attempt to reprcss 1t might be
tyranny. This age has often been called to
witness the disruption Of old States and the
rise Of new ones BY the process Of secession.
Men are alive who can remember the Ameri-
can war Of Independence, and in Europe, since
Greece established By the courage Of It's peo-
pie with territory torn from Turkey; while in
Italy the Acknowledgement Of lndependen. poll
tical societies has been going on for the 1ast
three years and Is still proceeding. It hap-
Espptly, in lie interest of liberty aux aud good good
government This time Last year it might
not have occurred to na to write Of the CON
nection between liberty and Independence as
casual and local We might have been CT.
cused for taking 1t . fixed IN the Inns Of
tain that the eecssEions and disruptions Of
which re have eecn SO many, have been until
now undertaken IN the interest Of freer and
better governments than that Of the States
rent asunder. So close has bees as association
tn that II could be otheT11se, and that sorss Of
the most odiotakg7annie, the soor2d hos secn hos
commenced By q tcore y independence.
But it Is aIE1ed-ravolt is revolt, and rebel
lion Is rebellion all the world over. The
American Colonists wanted to 60 free, aud
George ~. tried to hold them By IT, swq1d'
coin tries to detain them By force; II. you do
rot blame Mr. Abraham Lincoln Jou cannot
condemn King aeorEs By The name rule we
might eay, Caleb Williams, being unjastly
SseRe out Of prison, n hefeiose % Joassisn ~ss Isa
! ppjcstly confined It IL In vain to attempt
! philosophy OF the pretended right Of revolt.
I lion. The only justification Of revolt ,is Its
| necessity; and thst is enough. But In tbs
present csse, to judge Of this necessity, 50 far
IS people neutzA indeed, but not Indifferent
to The fortunes and character Of 81, ,00o, GOO Of
| Its brethren, is called to do, We must.aaE why
| tie southerneB want to get ont Of the pale Of
t tic freeat Constitution the world ever ssw,aud
what they mesn to do. It II more thau waste Of
<time-it u mystiacation-to wrangle ebons
the 20 called right to revolt, aa II TINT .were
TO shosg that The saeding &atet hars any credit 10
gcfn by appealing TO- pTxredcntsef the Reuoaution
asy Haz, must atos1 that he Objects Qf kss 5ossn-
deTs Of Asaer;eass Liberty dad lsose d Gss South
e7n leaders arr similar, or at ledH not eontradc-
tory: OF course no such demonstration Is
| forthcoming. When the English public reads
| that franklin and Patrick Henry combined
| their talents for the assertion Of liberty, and
Jefferson Davis and Mr. Stephens laying tho
foundktie1a Of an empire destined TO- e.
multiplication Of !, bondsmsn, resemble
>one another In Carrying out the princl.-
pies Of The Revolution, ne cannot but respect
| the profound feelings With which Americans
| must see the fathers Of their country dishon-
ored. The principles Of henry md franklin
| would lave prevented The cause Of this ssces.
| zion By annihlating Blaye1y., had they not
been succeeefn1ly Struggled against BY the
party which It Is now pretended reproducee
the principles OF the Revolution Is It not
admirable that men should invoke On behalf
OF the projectors Of = vast slsverholding State
the names Of men who have bo1no the moss
| solemn testimony IN favor Of IhaEt55 Le: u
hear wbat Patrick Henry, who II brought for.
ward 70 readily "a the prototype Of secss-
sionist, said: ais 1t not amazing that at .
t5mc when The rights Of h humanity are
defined and understood with, preclsiou,
in q country above -an otheFs: proud
ct hberly-ttat In such an sge and such
country we find men adopting a:species Of
!. .:vfo1erce ard tyranny which our mora rude
: ard bo'steIous; hut r1ore honest ancestors d.
tested, principle IS rapuguant to humanity