Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-08-17

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There continues to be IN North Alabama
deep seated feeling Of disconteas, Hos ealJ
with the way In whieh she hAs been nfecipG-
tated out of The old Union, bat also with the
way In which she has been hitched on to the
sew one Of I" Confederate States Of America"
ln6eed, enc Of the leading journals Of that
ssciien, the TuseHmhia North Alabanian,
takes the groHnd that the State Is net 81 In
tegrai portion Of that new nationality. In
replying 10 = contemporary, Che editor Of that
paper says s
In ease re get yea 10 understand and ae-
knowledge thai the people Of Alabama have
not surrendered, irFeyocabiy, all their rights
into the hands Of the Montgomery Deputies,
and thmt the Constitution and laws RnHvted
By taal body, until they usdsFgo the ordeal
os approval by the people, have no binding
force In any Of the States, then we shall have
some hopes Of your becoming more rstionsi,
IL aot more courteous In future.
Our position is simply this: That the pso-
pie Of Alabama are not legally or morally
bound by any Constitution forming or form
ed by the Deputies at Montgomery, styling
themselves the Congress- Of the Confederate
States Of America, nor can they be 80 bouad,
HAtil such Constitution receives thsiF sp-
proyAl that there lie no Southern Confeder-
aey OF union Of Southern States in existence,
At this time that II l. al open questioa,
proper question for the people 10 canvass aad
determine whether they will oppose or adopt
SostAera CoHfsdsraey.
The questioa is not, as we see IL presented
by the preclpitators; " Shall we sustain the
rights and the honor Of Alabama, or shall
we oppose them ~ 70 Is simply an iDquiry
as 20 the most approved mode Of sustaining
the true Interests, the rights, Raa the homer
or our people. Can that be best done by
standing alone; by = uuion OF the Cotioa
States, By . union with the Border States; =
cO-opemtion with the slave States, IRA union
with all the States That is the question for
the people 81 the proper time TO decide a. the
polls Until they do decide and express their
will, Alabama stands alone.
From the beginning we are opposed to the
act Of secesstOn. We opposed IL to the last
and would oppose II again II Il we're an opea
question; hut Alabama is Gus Of the Uaioa,
s,and we aequiesce In the decision, while at the
same time NE disapproye the act. Alabama
nod stands DISCONNECTED from the Federal
Uhion by the sovereign viii ot her people, a.
e1pressea.iu Convention. Up to this time
she has formsd no alliance With any other
state, and tie people have the undonbted
right 10 determine snd direct her future
aestiRy- In the exercise Of this right there
is pottisg factions" nothing dish0herRble
---aothing alarming, unless Il be to those who
assume the right 20 rule the people against
their viii. II = majority Of the people prefer
q usios Of Alabama with the seeded States,
in. preference TO any other mode or form Of
Government, they have only to say 90 when
the Constitnton IL presented TO them for
rAti6eAtion. II they approve it, then they
will be subject 70 the 9eVeramSnt of South
ern COnfedeFaey. IL they diSapprovs 1t, then
they viii remain - they now are till they sec
proper 20 fern soas ether stllaRcs.