Smyrna times., 1861-07-18

nave nourlshed manners, arts, education, let
ters, al that dignfies and enobles man. have
!" snort period attained a higher point o.
cultivation, Than has even before been witness
ed IN newly settled region. The conse-
quence has been consideration and influence
abroad and marvellous well-being at home
l ne world has looked with admiration upor
the country's prosperity; we have ourselves
contemplated it perhaps with undue self com
Placency. Armies without conscription: ne.
Vles without lmpressment, and neither armv
nor navy swelled to an oppressive size an over.
"O"ing treasury without direct taxation or op.
presslve taxation of any kind; churches with.
out number, and with no denominatiousl pre.
ference on the part of the State schools and
colleges accessible to all the people; free
and cheap Press all the great institutions Of
social lite extending their benefits 10 the mass
OF the community. Such, 10 one can denv.
is the character of this tyrannical and opores.
siVe Government. [Applausel
Eat perhaps this Government, however wise.
" Planned, however beneficial even in It's Cd.
ton, may have been rendered distasteiul, or
may have become oppressive in one part of the
country and to one portion of the people. ia
consequence of the control of affairs havinr
been monOpolzed or unequally shared by ano.
'heF portion. In a confederacy, the people OF
one section are not well.peased to be even
mildly governed by an exclusive domination of
The other. In point of fact, this is the allena.
ton' the persistent allegation of the South.
that trom the foundation of the Government !,
has been welded by the people of the North
Tor their special, often exclusive benefit. and
TO the injury and oppression Of the South
Let US see. Out of seventy.two wears since
The organization Of the Government. the Exec.
utiVe chair has for sixty-four years been filled
nearly all the time by Southern Presidents.
and when that was not the case, by Presidents
possessing the confidence of the South. For
stlIl longer persd the controlling influences
OF the Legislative and Judiciary departments
of the Government have centred in the same
quarter. Ofall the Offices in the gift of the
central power in every department, far more
than her proportionate share has ALWAYS been
enjoyed by the South. SRe is at this moment
revolving against Government not only ad.
mtted to be the mildest and most benefcent
ever organized this side Utopia, but one Of
which she has herself from the first, almost
monopoIized the Administration. TApplause.7 y
ABSURD EXCUSES FOR THE REBELLIoN-TgE
FISHING BoUNTIEs.
Mr. Fvarott eLouoJ
assertion that South Carolina, or any of the
States below the Border States had suffered
seriously from the non-fuIiment of the Fugi-
tive Slave law; and pertinently asked whether
if slaves did escape across the Border States
The latter should not be held equally RESPONSE
Bile with the States that ultimately received
them or passed them into Canada! On the
point of the alleged grievances OF the fishing
bountes, he said ::
All administrations have concurred in the
measure. 1t is stated by a senator from Ain.
bama, (Mr. Clay,) who has warred against il
with perseverance and zeal, and succeeded. in
the last Congress, in carrying a bill through
the Senate for ills repeal, to have amounted ON
the average to an annual sum of 100000!
Such Is The portentous grievance which in
Georgia stands at The head of the acts of on.
preston, for which, although repealed in one
branch OF Congress, the Union is 10 be broken
up and the country is to be desolated by war
Switzerland revolted because an Austrian ty.
rant invaded the sanctity of her firesides, and
compelled her fathers to shoot apples from the
heads OF her sons; the Low Counties revolted
against the fres of the Inqusilion; our Faith
ers revolted because they were taxed bv n
Parliament in which they were not represent
ed; the Cotton States revolt because paltrv
subVention is paid to the hardy fisherman who
form the nerve and muscle of the America n
Navy. Applause.
More money was expended by tho United
States in removing the Indians from Georgia
eight OF ten times as much was expended for
the same purpose in Florida, as has been pa id
for fishing bouuties in seventy years. For the
last year, to pay for the expense of the post.
office in The seeding States. and enable our
fellow-citlzens there to enjoy the blessings Of
a newspaper and letter mail 10 the same ex.
tent as they are enjoyed in the other States
three and half millions of dollars were paid
from the common treasury. The Post Office
bounty paid 10 the seeding States exceeds
seventeen fold the annual average amount OF
the fishing bounty paid to the North 10 four
years that excess would equal the sum total OF
the amount paid since 1892 in bonntes to the
deep sea Fishery!
As to The alleged grievances of the naviga.
tion laws and the protection of American ship
building, Mr. Everett showed that they were
decidedly for the benefit of the whole country
alike, aud above all the real cause ofthe growth
of our navy. without which the South would
be at the mercy of any second or third rate
power in the world. a..s f,.os aa.ne
THE TARIFF NO CAUSE FOR SECESSION,
Mr. Everett declined to enter into general
defence Of the ProtecliFe principle, bat said; !
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