The Van Buren press., 1861-03-13
Correspondence Of the Ciarl,.., !. -.
The Southern Confeder..
ed by . South Caro;;' W.
MONTGOMERY I'll i,

MOs1ooArnr. Feb. IA ,,,,
Upon one point there appears ;. = 'sl.
ed determination and strais ishtforSu.ss ss,S
here. Reconstruction is deal t,
ern Confederation is establish Saus
Southern Confederacy is a tirsd ~. Al III
what sort of a Coniederacys 'DRIas b
Convention is at sea. and vara. hsN II
the future. and terrors Of the peo,,a
some degree. a want Of sta,esmsppss,.&S,
lize all useful and essential ~ ?. 4
weaken men into inaction. '''0fa, y
Let the people prepare Meir m;.,
failure IN the future pern.anen, : IN,
Constellation. Tor South Carolin. i, ,sa' "
be saddled with almost every or;.s' s''cs
cept abolition, for which she h..
struggled. ana just withdraw . 70 Ii
late United States Governmen, "0S
McDuffie lived in vain. and Calbo,. sse
for nought if we are again to be- wv ~, aa
and our commerce crippled-de,irroSua,,s rSa,s
| tariffs-even discrim mating ,,Is!s
this is the almost inevitable prosn.r.
fruit OF the labors of thirty odd I.. u
in strife and bitterness, Is sbou, !s
through our fingers. III
But is this all we are abou, ,ot [
on to enact and bear 1t is onlv .s= ~
ginning. <
The thsse-fifths rule of represen,,,;.
slaves was one OF the many Ysutas
dies put upon us in the iormauon *
old Constitution. 1t is nd,r,I w.
II most unfairly dwarfs The power ~ s
OF the States in any federal repre..n,. s'
The proportion OF her black to N. ~
population is very much larger than ~ y,
ANY other slave State. By the old 80
her fair proportion Of represen,s;o. e !
cut down upon all her slaves in n,oa.v
as three to five. The black population % ~
, in majority in our SAFE, two s,,S
more than one hall oi the people ,,s |
t,reiy unIepresenied. And in lust tSJ \
gree that tue proportion Of the back ~
iation in Sodth Carolina predomns,es !
the proi ort.on OF the blacks to the r,'
in any other State, is the swindle suy,-
cd and aggravated. Sou,h CaroI,,
small euoogn without again flinyins =,
, what Legitimate power sue po,sesse,' r
power Is her s.aves-socially. po,u,, !,
economically. Inc proposition Of Z
, three films rule calls upon hel not o,, !
T, .lultiiy herself, tut TO uwari her pow,
Is this all T? II is not. She is p,t,j
to be called upon to brand herself .,t \
institutions.
Tne old Constitution Of the r..
States merely grants to The Cong,,, /
, power to pronIDst by law the iurhr !
reduction of slaves from africa or !.
where outside OF the United States. l.
:, o,ism here, in about to make its per,
i, prohibition fundamental provision d
!. Con>tl. ution itself. A stigma is thus srs
iy s,ampcd upon the whole insti,u,io. ,
. tore the whole world, and sealed by .
selves.
1t is greatly to be regretted that Il. ,
bates Upon the Constitution will pros.
, cot be public. 1t seems to me they viii
very important AS guides in the fgsl
!. whereby We may be enabled to comprsl
= its meaning-the proper interpstaia
!, ITS language.
. To change the subject q nice Pl
South Ca. DINA has been placed in wiz,
>, gard 70 Fort Sumter. Three weeks =
j. was feared by many that any Assault y
that fort Was to be postponed " the sa
February, aud then to be TUNED over u
action 0, the Southern Congress. Sai
:, owed the fact. What has been SlE
>. President Davis Will not be inauguna'
!, nj Saturday evening the 10th FsiEa-
j This is the earliest period possible I
d cumstances may still further delayt-
r. The Monday, two weeks following L
A coin is to be ina sugursted at WEkisi
a What opportunity is there between y
two dates, Ior Mr. Davis to make peY
"A tions for attsck--to make his dsnsA
/, Mr.. Buchanan for its sunenasr sod "
,e ceive an answer before the 4th o. W.
!. None, whatever. We will have y
AMI we will have to fight Linc,'ln ~ y.
= OF Buchanan. And who are 10 do tf y
J. ing? South Carolinlaus, and nor
in South Caroiinians. The tort will. o a.
/, oe reinforced. il it is in the power o. .
u, to do it. Will anybody tell me bow b
re have been saved by thi, policy! Isf
5. tudo Of our State ha, been, in large D
ure. demoralized-I will not say digrsa'
ny the course pursued the politics. :
tude of the whole Southern Coneisn'
' mas been embarrassed and complIcset Z
., what is gained Nothing that "a,
:. but the spilling OF much more SAa
a blood than was at all necessary.