The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-03-07

! benefits. If the acquiescence of foreign nj
tions in pretended bio sknde, has deprived
us OF our commerce with them, it is fast ma
king us self-supporting and indepen
dent people, The bocksrie, if etfcctual and
permanent could only serve to divert our in
dustry from the production of articles fol
export, and employ it III supplying commodi-
ties for domestic use.
| 1t is satisfaction that We have maintained
the war by our unaided exertions. We have
neither ssked nor received assistance from
any quarter. Yet the interests involved is
not wholly our own. The world at large is
concerned in opening our markets to its COM
commerce. When the independence Of the
Confederate States is recognized by the M
| tons of the earth, and We arc free to follow
| cur interests and inclinations by cultlyating
| foreign trade the Southern States will offer
TO manufacturing nations the most favorable
markets which ever invited their commerce
Cotton, ssugar, rice, tobacco, provisions,
| timber and naval stores, will furnish attrac-
tive exchanges. Nor would the constnncy OF
these supplies be likely tr be disturbed by
war. Our confederate strength viii be too
great to tempt agsIession; and never was
there people whose Interests and principles
committed them so fully to peaceful policy
| as those of the Confederate States. BY the
character Of their productions, they are too
tonly to disturb it. War of conquest they
cannot wage, because the Constitution ot
| their Confederacy admits of no coerced asso-
citation. Civil war there cannot be between
States held together by their volition onl y
This rule Of voluntary association, which
cannot rail to be conservative, by securing e
just and impartial governmant at home, does
not diminish the security of the obligations
by which the Confederate States may be
1,nt, 70 20 In, Of hIu
it is to be remembered that, ut the first mo-
ment of asserting their right of secession,
these States proposed settlement on the ba-
sis of common liability for the obligations of
the General Government.
Fellow citizens, after the struggles of ages
had consecratcd the right of the EnglishInan
to constitutional representative government,
orr colonial ancestors were forced to vindi-
cate that bir:hright by an appeal to arms
Success crowned their efforts, and they pro-
vided for their posterity peaceful remedy
against future aggression.
The tyranny of an unbridled majority, the
most Odious and least responsible form OF ues-
potism, has denied us both the right and the
remedy. Therefore we are in arms to renew
such sacrifices as our fathers made to the ho-
ly cause of constitutional liberty. AT the
darkest hour of struggle the provisional
gives place to tho permanent government
And after series of successes and victories,
which covered our arms with glory, We have
recently met with serious disasters But in
the heart Of people resolved to be free,
these disasters tend but to stimulate to in
creased resistance.
To show ourselves worthy of the inheri-
tance bequeathed 10 us by the patriots of the
Revolution, we must emulate that heroic de-
votion which made reverse to them but the
crucible in which their patriotism was re-
fined.
With confidence in the wisdom and virtue
of those who will share with me the respon-
sibility, and aid me in the conduct of public
affairs; securely relying the patriotism
and courage of the people, of which the pres
ent war has furnished mnny examples,
deeply feel the weight OF the responsibilities
| now, with unaffected difhdence, am about to
assume; and, fully realizing the inadequacy
of human power to guide and to sustain, my
hope is reyerently fixed on Him whose favor
is ever vouchsafed to the cause which is just.
With humble gratitude and alteration, ac-
knowledging the Providence which has so
visibly protected the Confederacy during its
brief but eventtul career, to Thee, 0 God l
trustingly commit myself and prayerful!y
invoke Thy blessing upon my country and its
cause.