The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-08

nei ana diiapidatsd villages posrae forests aud pill
aged IA houses and IN ruined antilles and hereavsd
housahcds; and the ing Influences OF a hundred
years will not repair these unprovoked injuries.
o. knowing you 70 bs opposed to secession rs syincsd
oy yoar y0 se q ssorsy calling !,
ton, and the revolutionary Legislature On met ~
Nashville on the 25ih day OF April ls6l1those aehi,
tec,s OF ruinid presume 10 discuss the abstI act
doctrine 81 secession but in their ordinasaee seees
sion. which they named sepsraton, they say ana they
| State Of Tennessee : = DO ordan and d clare
that all laws and ordinances by which the state Of Ten
nsssse became . member Of the federal Union OF the
United States Of America hereby abrogatsd and an
nullsd anil that all obligations on our part 20 withaIa"n
snsrsm .aa pa.nc.asas ann s - This they call Sc
paration. This they made you believe was
therefrom and not secession, when the only meaning
"sct u Withdrawing FROM It is only another Of tho
manifold frauds imposed upon you' IN order
your n'i Sss. s n..r.ss keeping oonoe.isd from
you their real purposes. They used IN their
Of the secession ordinance of South Carona and they
made you believe, through their newspapers and
speakers, that il was NOT secession,
We repeat, that you have been deceived and cheated
every that was made 70 you AZ an In
ducemen for 70 take up arms against your govern
s porsstng in their adhesion TO the fatal dslrson
Why persist In this fclyf Why pursue this pha tora
O. southern conisd'iacsy In every aspse;n al II
caiiyt is Thorough, d.sgraccful and disastrous
failure It's constitution IS a form Of permanent
yer, success would be the ruin Of its people.
We ~ wue Of re fat tat s,co thirds ofe p. pie Of
Tan sse de- asc asnerss snalerai 10 psd 70 scesion,
in prsS~ps and ia arg Tey dollaa think So, tia
0esa smisqke Il My ale in faccr Of he succes Of tie
Sotssn conftcsraey fAy csrss sion, and ,s.abe
tks effort ssabs6 vsrp, mt ,chos. fund Imexta,
idea Is tas rre Of SECESSION This war originated in this
goysrnmen, and he chief S.snty and ornament, as well
the CHIEF excellence q the building TO be erected upon
this foundation in the estimation o. its architects, is The
RIO tof edrrtt ,iqb
government is based upon thu assertion that any
state has right TO destroy the old government by
consent. and with without csnse. This is the first
prncp announced in the Confederate co3stt ton jts
rst words-s preamb BILE this principle OF an
,rchy and dsniegratoD which would render all perma
nent froe governments inn ossibe. II establishes
Fundamental feature Of the government and sets forth
the rs article in its organc-law, false theory,
which assumes the right of dissolution the part Of
the minority as its best security for the rights and hap
pness Of its people, We the people Of the Confsde ate
States, each acting sovereign and idrp sdens
charaeer do ordain and establish this
sltution"
The people Of said their ordinance o. sera.
"a ion that they thereby became free, sovereign and
indsp,ndent STATE" That isa free, sovereign and in
with pow Or TO treat with any other SUPERINTENDENT as
such sovereign and independent nation Tennessee did
other sovereign powers which league they called the
co stitution. By the constitution Of the United states
the people formed agovernmenand by the constitution
of the Cnfederae States the people formed league,
confederation treaty Here then is your boosted GO
vernmsnt for which you have sacrificed much. bound
together BY rope Of sand. Il is Illusion, myth
fraud upon the common people of tho South and will fall
10 piece upon the first trial OF its strength.
inns inc government 70 which you are invited ana
your hopeless ruin. 1t calls upon you TO adopt the
best form OF government that which places ts exist
enee with all the rights and interests Of the majority in
tho hands of the minority But had the Southern
confederaey succeeded the people II Tennessee would
rss ssSs s sSsn s. sss 20 s.y osas
The socthsrn people could NOT have gotten through
ssec With this struggle q cost Of l-ss than
sc believe. There eieyen States oleied to be ia
tie conf sa.es. We had weli c.iM Kew York
IS to claim Missouri aud Ksntrcy Tennessee Is over he
average IN the eleven States and would have to boF
least ncteEth OF the expenses Of the xovernn en-.
THIS thousand millions OF doliars be gsd ny
repldiaton and disgras, it must be funded and til,
IN crest paid annually The interest, at six per
per annum which is less than VIII be the afe would
be 500 600 COO which would mako the proportion OF Ten
nessso 90 600 00o Then the concderacy without
my and from her position in reference to the Northern
siacs and on account OF the bitterness growing cut Of he
unnecessary separation and whicLthey have hoen
involved, this army cannot be less than lfty Thousand
$50 COO 600 and Of this sum IS eco or one tenth
would be the share Of Tennessee making S GOO per
AMMAN from these two sources Thea the Confsderacy
must have navy to guard three thous and niles Of
ocean and guilt coast and her large foa Of gunboats to
protect the navigation Of the Mississippi river costing
not less per annum than $50 900 000 TO say nothing OF
the immense cost OF Its construction; for in this sge
OF naval improvements AMI increase in the
maritime strength OF nations, occupy . position
Of responsibility will require powerful navy: and this
VIII add 81 900 600 annually to the s COO COO making
SIS COO end to this may be -dded 81 900 coo Per
the CIVIL foreign intercourse and mis- eancous
making all her annual burthsns cf her posi-
ton member Of the Southern Coufedsrscy Sl4 &C.,
Coo and TO this may DO added 5000 700 for
carrying on the State government. These large
mrst be paid by taxation in form, ard upon
the suppcs that these estimates large by
half-which however, cannot be true-our state could
never pay them What proft.ess bargain she made
whom che tied herself on 10 this shameful attempt to
b cak up the government In any view Of the matter,
there can be nothing but ruin TO tennessee In perma-
nen dissolution Of the Union.
Fellow citizens Of Ternessee--wc come before yon
claiming no privileges the bumblest citizen. We
equals only, having a common interest and
common destiny with you and with beloved coun-
try. YOU have been deceived By bad men into
for the destruction and dissolution Of the best govern
fet by its ctizcns only through It's bench and bless
ings-a Cove. nmsnt that never imposed feathers
yor-a gossrnment giving you hon@ and 70
81 reliability among ali tho people of tho vhole
from ;asslon: Remenber-passion Is insanity. Stay
yo1f hand then, and call back reason 70 her throne
i've heed TO the advice II The best men who have lived
In this corntry Hear what honored PRESIDENT from
State, James X. Polk, has said about the value
Of the union ard the crime ~ assaimg IT. ssd he, in
his inaugural address no shall assign limits TO the
achevcn Of free minds and free hands under the
pr lection OF this glorious Cnicny No treason 70 man
a1rociiy 20 that Of him who void lii his hand
to stroy it, He would overthrow tAe modest
structurs Of human wisdoms which protects him.
self ard his fellow lie would stop the progress Of
government and involve his country either
chy or despotism.r
Witness also the declaration Of Alexander H. Stephens
the Vice President u the Confederate States in his
speech Of the I4th Of November 1850 Said he Nor
win undertake to say that this governments is
perfect. There IN nothing perfect II human origin
BIT that this government Of our fathers with
al OF its defects, comes the objects Of all good
governments than any other the face VI the earth IL
my settled conviction I look upon this
try with iusti;utions the Eden Of The workable
~ adise Of the universal
aHavng boon deceived into your present position there
~ NJ SAL rcc of fonnr, Of interest or Of principle m
abandoning the insane igea OF separate ids sndence
and Southern rights They safe only under the
stitution OF the United states and within the federal
Union and he aona IL the friend OF Southern rights
who Is true TO the government. We lost neither
rights Independence while faithful 10 ao-
glance. We are losing all BY unfaithfuness TO
country. We are overwhelmed with present evils and
stricken by dreadful aDtcipatons of the future
And what 10 our remedy There may be mono for
the past; but what shall we do for the ~.