The New York herald., 1862-07-31

Souti Carolina ,feI by the an lni s,s vote 4 the
Legislature met Eecily 20 Outsider whstlc u va- COO
The int est OF thai state ~ the otnpst
IL was resolved 70 lie fr their m'ers that they IA VI
remain by Il no iinser, and three II th m ms dis
tins s'iod citizens wee appointed a. wait On
| Preeiden. Buchanan and his g,yerrmeat a. re-
present IN IL grievances, stae the reasois Why hey
cend no oager remain IN the Union spd arrange ~ gos
slb q. the terms Oi ali Tn grn ',nep not
! received by the tder i President. They cw q,
moral rereselng their sc 10 rssseciil b uetsr.
mned hng1ass and sent u Ia the Then &C ctafy q
state but II Was retun.d ~ them unanswered. 1bey
reT r'ed az the oay coursc let TO them that the
verument OF Wahnyoa WAS nwrias even " he t.o.r
grievances. South Carolina. stl Anxious preserve
peace, and above al to void bls Dish a the riaxng
February sant tn Attorney ,;eDe 10 the
Washington He met similar us ge-he Was MT rrceiv
ed, hs Letter turned Othr seeing tho
fsde al government resolved y, tho rep--.
tatons complaints OF south Carolina we'd o. ~
low the le OF that state aud with ir.x firm the
Un'n Tho States OF Mississippi. teogis. Aishasna
s, IL aaS SoOy.a '1s ss,y Z
ohai Gove nment 10 lsst year, and elected W.
Iavs to be President These seven conIederats
ates, anxia To avoid rapture aud above all -
avid b.oocshel, dsputed threo of their mum.
ber u proceed 20 Washington and represent their ev.
ances 10 the government. arrange lefms and sste ~
questions or disagreement principles a right. uity
and good faith. The Commissioners arrived Immediately
after President Lincoln had bea Ind eted ofcs. and
object Mr.. scwad No repiy received lil the sh
0 the following month when they received emp org
u Z, ,as rsso .nn y. ~ cas. S S
with IL. Every honorable member who re- I'D thai state
arrive Al the colclssn T. which ne had cone.
thai these three Comm sioa-rs wsrc shame uy wat q.
Tue OF President Davis clearly showed that at
the request Of NJ. seward. and with tbs view
OF promoting tho peaceful settlement OF al dicu =.
the Commissioners were Induced 10 iorbsar prsssing
for early Ser to their commnnlcsi scc n ib,
il was stated that during the interview N 'onmn ~
assured that Fort Sumter, commanding tbs en-.
the port OF thA ostDD. would b. scustcd.
that measure which could prejudice tbs Conle
States was contemplated; that demand for an lom,
date would be productive Of evil and lastly,
that wh theso promises 10 tts ~
by M Se retary Seward the government Of the
United States secretly preparing grsai n-vs an
military oxpedition which h.d for s obj CT te rein
fcrcement q Fort Sumter, aud which anua -sd gh,o
the Comm ssioaers were Kept at Washnstn Saiti =
pescaiui settiemsnt. The knowledge n that exDcdi
reached The Con edsraio States only hree days
before it's actu arrival OF Ia lea Then the 20 ne
Of that place 10 man. and IL rot surp isng
They their appeals for justice, their Temonstr
against oppressive taxation that In fact, bo yer Of
$500 600 pers- ns-tor that the pJpu.a ~ the
States which had thiu vi wihdrawn--wee 10 DE
swered oniy by the cannon's mouth Tho Tepe OF
Charleston were then ob.gcd. in Sc sefdccace, T. lay
hold o Fort imter Som after that President Lincoln
issued his first proclamation for seventy i've thousand
OF e1 ha son,h 1h,S Wn. Il w. ws .a
Arkansas, Tennessee, Miss Nri Kentucky ald virgal
followed the xlmpe u Tho ssvea st ce'ing States In
rapid successful AS tn tho cases of tho cci war the
suppression o slavery had very little to do wit 1t. H.
had perhaps the leoie u the North won have roccvs
sympathy the aeop'e this country. During
the Presidential election tho word save uso.
as mere political cry for party purposes. la lis naa
gura address President Ilcoln decared' ave ~ in
ention to Interfere, directly or Indirectly in the quss
tion III slavery where II exists. do not think have
the right TO do - legally, and am by incin
70 IT," Such was tho icy cf Ar. Lincoln an the
majority of'hls Cobinet they Ind uoc H. When
General Fremont proclaimed the fee ot the slaves
iss)uri he Immediately recal ed from his naud
When General Hun 'sr took a similar IN the dis
trics under hs control his conduct was at oace dis
owned by the government a. Washingtr Again,
when Mr.. Cameron, as Secretary at War, In his
report to tho President stated that object Of the
the suppr Of avery In the South, Sir. Lincoln
that clause TO struck oat and the report ap
IT,,
would admit tn the suppression Of slavery
ths sSouth vas one OF IA. obccts this unfortunate war
The opinion Of the NEw YogK HERALD might DO
thy II great censderaton but the proprietor Of that
journal printed TO sof. ard must therefore wrtc
tn suit the taste o his readers. When ne himself
New York, fifteen months ago. line average crcula
lion Of that newspaper about 100 600 daily Review
ing very recently tho sermo5 preached the day OF
fasting, humiliation, and prayer observed In the North
ern states the NEW YORK HER said that slavery
part Of the constitution ard the attempt 70 abolish
by the Congress- or the Executive wo Id be violation
OF the federal ract and would moreover, be i'm
putaton the character Of Washington and the otba
fo,n iers OF the republic, who agreed by solemn
league and covenant that the rights .of the South
ern shareholders should be guaranteed for ever. The
writer dsowned entirely that slavery hal anything to do
with this and corbatted tho argument that slavery
was q sin. In the North there not, perhars,
person out of ten who desired to it abolished
They should view this question not merely as benevolent
but practical mon. Tbs slaves In the South repre-
scnted property estimated at f5O0 600 900 sterling,
and where the comDensation money from II
they were 10 DO emancpsted all at oncef Each o! the
hirty0ur States sent two members to the senate the
State sending two well the In On
the other hand the number Of members from
each State tn the lower House rely reg lated by
poulatlcn The ratio Of population had been changed
In 1870, shortly ter tho constitution framed there
representative every 33 900 persons while
1850 there WAS one to every 90 40 For many years
past the tide OF emigration had set to tho Nohe and
Western States. Thus in consequence OF numbers being
the Of representation in the lower House. year
by the wealth, tho Intelligence and the commerce OF
the Southern States had been slowly losing their inf
In that assembly Betwsen 1900 and the North had
gained thirty one REPRESENTATIVE and the soath had LOST
four Tie Ieople II the nth thus felt that they
saddled with ta1a.ion tho levyingo which pr c,caly
they had no voice, The Interes's Of the North
and Of the South were di,mstricaly opposite
The South was purely an agricultural country, and
Ito interest was perfect free trade The supposed In
terssts Of the North in the direction Of scon
the population Of tie North Increased those States
began obtain ascendancy Congress and then for
nrst time in 1924 protective tariff intro uced
n 1928 that tariff was rendered more stringent As ia
back 1888 South Carolina protcsled against tho tariff
and gave notice Of her intention TO withdraw from the
Union. -he induced TO remain upon promise that
the ts n should be relaxed; but that promise no,
kopt and In 1876 It mado still heavier. In addition
TO that the Morrill, tar had since Increased the duties
upon imports enormous extent Tho exports from
the United states in 1860 amounted 1850 900 OOO of
which less than 900 represented the prodAce
Of the south Il i wererue that exports must DO paid
by imports the south either directly diroctly
DO bea ing undue proportion u the taxation levied
by tho federal government But the people Of the south
alss complained that the incr easing taxation
levied for the purposes lard down in the conshuin
but tor the purp Of encouraging the iron
Of Pennsylv and the manufacturers OF Now Eng.
land The evil conse luencs felt BY
them in two ways bscs se while thsy cl,ed upon
bear undue proportion Of taxatin they asU
obliged ray increased price for articles watch they
required from the North, and which they could obtain
cheaper and better from Europe The Of
present disruption taxation without ressntation
and taxation levied for tho pur of all the atos
but for the benefit of particular States. very large
proportion o The cotton grown in the Southern States
found It's way TO this count aud tho soppago Of the
supply had created intense suffering here BY the last
appeared that the poor al Preston
eighteen shilngs in the pound. Az Blackburn there
about 10 OUO persons receiving relief, prcgto.
close upon IL and about II 0S0 amants upon the
relief fund The English people patient and bore
their trials quietly; but their patience and
must be tried too Tar. (Hear, hcsr.j lie believed
that the distress greater than appeared Xom the
ACCOUNTS in the newspapers; but the ,reop,e knew
what the oil their suffer xnus-theV ba
eved that the aGhting in America cod oaly resn, in
the permanent separation Of the ogth ssd Ssuth aud
TO Try whether by medist A. anrc rssrssn,.ion 10
the conssnding Powers soey might nos bc induced to
reflect not upon "a injury they were doing 70 them.