New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-16


due process u law shall private property be taken Tor
public wihout inst compensation"
Without preseutment or indictment of a Grand
jury, they have, on mere suspicion of crime, caused
men and women 10 be arrested and confined under
strong guards, aud have detaned them for weeks and
months They have prositnted the telegraph TO
their uses for the purpose Of communicating orders
for the arrest of suspected persons, repud ting all
hose safeguards which the law has wisely thrown
a,ourd the citizen for hs prO'e iion. Desc aiion
has folloved in the footsteps of the Union Army.
Neither ife liberty nor property has been respected
| by ihem. They have murdered many Oh me best
citizens of the country they hayeincarcerate1 offers
lin ias and forte, and they lave sezed ana applo-
piaed private property 10 public use without just
conf ensalion 10 tle owner.
He and Bis Cabinet have disregarded tho III nc
tions Of the sixth article OF the amendments 10 ,ne
Constitution not less ilsgraLty than tnose 10 WHICH
have referred. Tn; article declares:
In all criminal pseeaL 1s the accused sh1l ENJOY we
righ, 10 speedy pubic T.. by AL inp1fnh Jn! OF no
state aud district wherein the crime sa have poem COM
teo which district shall hsy been previously sscer'snsd
1y law end to informed OF lie nature and cause OF e
cctn 10 b. confronted with Witnesses against b. M
10 have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses VI ms ID
yor ard 10 have the assistance OF for his de- ene
lie aud bis Cabinet have sezed large numbers oi
onr citizens Withdrawn them from their homes,
their families and their business; cast them Into
loathsome prisons; refused 10 INFORM tben OF the
cause aud nature OF the accusation against theH;
denied TO them the right and opportunity OF con-
from tLe1 u speedy and public trial by an Impartial
iury. They would neither confrout them with the
witnesses against them nor would they allow tnem
70 have compulsory process tor obtaining witnesses
| in their favor.
The conduct of President Lincoln has been as OPP
uressiye and tyranuical toward the Confederate
States as the acts of the King OF Great BiiIaih,
W lich caused our fret Revolution, were toward Tue
Colonies The comparison cannot fall 10 MAKE ns
impre sion upon the mind even OF tue casual observer
| n, 1 I.., lufd -rgt
urv and has delivered least 900 10 PeIDopt TO
enable him and his traitorous associates IN I'd. Cohl-
rponwealth Of Virgins 10 overthrow the state Gov
erument and TO organize within the limits Of ttIf
State new Government; lie nae tnus Geen gu,i'y
Of the unpriucipled conduc. OF using the people {
money 70 Lavish upon traitors ard encourage them to
perse verance in their work Of treason.
"The history" OF Abraham Lincoln sis history
Of repeated injuries and usupatOns, all having ior
their object the establishment OF al absolute tyranny
over these Confederate States.
TO this end be has affected TO render the mill
tarv independent OF and superior TO be civil power
lie has combined with Perpoint and other
traitors In Virginia " to subject us to urlsdiclon
foreign to our Constitution and uaacknowledged ny
our laws giving his assent TO their Gcts OF pretended
legislation ,
lie is endeayoring to quarter " large bodies oil
armed troops among u.s. . :,
lie ia endeayOring to cut off " our trade with all
parts OF the world .
lie is endeavoring to impose " taxes upon us with
ont our confeDt.'
He is endeavorng to deprive MS, in many
cases, of the benefits If trial by Jury.'
i - lie has abdicated Government here by declar-
ing us out of Lis protection and waging wer against
ue.'
" He has pundered our seas, rayaged our coasts,
burned our towns, and destroyed the lives OF our
people
:" He il at this time Transporting large bodies OF
merccnaIies to complete the works OF death, desoa'
ton. and tyranny slleady begun with circumstances
OF cruelty aud per6fy scarcely psreled IN the most
bar'arous ages and totally unworthy the head Oh
civ zed nation
He has enGeavored TO excite domestic insured
ions amcng by proposingto put arms IN the handr
of our slaves, and thereby encouraging them "a
AL undistinguished destruction OF I'll ages seAesaiio
condition.. -.
lie has violated laws human and divine TO crafty
bis passions to glut his pre- udices, and to wreak hi:
ven lnce upon people who ask only their rights
aud who are struggling to preserve their hberies
Can Government, conducted upon such principles
endure
la every stage of these expressions, attempted OF
consumnated rior 10 the session Of the State. We
warned President Lincoln ana the Northern people
OF tie inevitable consequences OF their course ana
admoushed them that If lustice was not accorded Y
U.s. the Union must he dissolved. In every state o
these oppr, ssious since the secession Of the state W.
have resisted ibem became free people assertin-
iude Ell, euce Our adaonIlous and rasistaree have
been answered by repeated injury and oppression
aggravated by war and bloodshed, aud by the as
sumption and exercise of power which even an auto
cfRt would hesitate to assume and exercise. A
President whose character is thus marked by
every act which NAV define tyrant Is unit 90 be d
ruler OF II free people" have thus presented:
/. The considerations that Influenced and con-
rOlled the action of Virginia IN separating herself
from he Government OF the United States and re-
summing her sovereignty.
,. The results witch President Lincolns policy
gave Us fearful reason 10 appreAend, aud which are
now matters Of history stamped indelibly npou lie
rages In these enumerute It's repeated Violations
Of a Constitution which he had solemnly sworn TO
support.
3. | have run parallel between the conduct Of
President Lincoln aud George the Third and have
demonstrated that the former has shown himself not
/ iess tyrant and usurper than the latter.
! The Constitution Of the United S;Stes has had no
binding efficacy upon since the 18th day of April
last On that day We repudiated It, and declared To
the world that we would not be longer bound by hs
provisions. From that day Virginia dates new era.
Her own Constitution, her laws aud her ordinances
constituted the rus for her guidance from that day
forward until her union with the Confederate States
was contaminated. While she occupied position as
an independen, State she deporied herself with the
grace aud dignity that became 4" the mother OF
States" eiter her union with the Confederate Gov.
eminent she fulfilled her obligations faithfully III her
new relation.
The occurrences Of the pest nine months have de-
monstrated coucusvely that we cannot live together
IF equals under the Government Of the United States
ana the haLitual violation of the provisions of tie
Constitution, and the open disregard OF the laws by
PRECEDENT Lincoln and his officials, render govern
INT ntal association between us impossible. Mutual
re.pect between the citizens of the Southern Conted
ert,y aud those OF the North has ceased 70 exist
Mutual confidence has been succeeded by mutual
d.truft, ard mutual goodwill by mutual aversion
| No government can be enduring which does not pos
la.s lia "a n
cannot he that the people of the Confederate States
cnn noin en,er,nin ferlinr OF nflection nd rcsix