Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-04-10

and can yet, If we remain in it, and are
as united az we have been. We have
had a majority of the Presidents chosen
from the Southern states as well as the
control and management of most of those
chosen from the north. We have had 60
years Of Southern Presidents to their "a,
thus controlling the Executive depart
ment So Of the judges of the supreme
court, we have had IL from the South
and but IL from the North although
nearly four-ffths of the judicial business
has arisen in the Free States, yet ma
jority of the court has always been from
the South. This we have required so as
to guard against any Interpretation of
the constitution unfavorable to US. In
like manner we have been equally watch
full to guard our interests in the legisla-
tive branch of the government. Ia
choosing the presiding presidents (pro
tem.) of the Senate, we have had "a to
their IL. Speakers of the House, we
have had %, and they IL. While the
majority of their representatives, from
their greater population, have always
been from the North, yet we have SO
generally secured the speaker, because
he, to great extent, shapes and controls
the legislation Of the country. Nor have
we had less control in every other de-
partment of the general government
Attorney-generals we have bad fourteen,
while the Moth have had but FIVE. For
egn ministers we have had sc, and they
but "a. While three-fourths OF the bust
ness which demands diplomatic agents
abroad is clearly from the Free States,
from their greater commercial interests,
yet we have had the principal embassies
so as to secure the world markets for
our cotton, tobacco and sugar on the best
possible terms. We have had vast ma
jority of the higher officers of both army
and navy, while larger proportion Of
the soldiers and sailors were drawn from
the North. Equally so of clerks, audi
tors and comptrollers filling the executive
the records show that for
the last 90 years that of the three thou
sand thus employ we have had more
than two-thrds of the same, while we
have but one-third of the white popua-
ton Of the republic.
Again, look at another item, and one.
be assured, in which we have great and
vital interest it is that of revenue OF
means of supporting. government. From
official documents, we learn that frac-
ton over three-fourths of the revenue
collected for the support of government
has uniformly been raised from the north.
Pause now while you can, gentlemen,
and contemplate carefully and candidly
these important items. Look a: another
necessary branch Of the government, and
learn from stern statistical facts how mat
tiers stand in that department. | mean
the mail and post Office privileges that
we now enjoy under the general govern
ment as it has been for years past. The
expense for the transportation of the
mail in the Free States was, by the re-
port Of the Postmaster General for the
year 1860, little over Sl3,000,000,
while the income was $l9,000,000. But
in the Slave States the transportation of
the mail was $l4,7l6,000, while the rev.
enue from the same was $6,001, 026--
leaving deficit of $6,1l5,735, to be
supplied by the North for our accommo.
iation, and without it we must have
been entirely cut off from this most es-
sential branch of the government.
Leaving out of view for the present,
the countless millions of dollars you
must expend in a war with the North;
with tens of thousands of your sons and
brothers slain in battle, and offered up
rs sacrifices upon the altar of your am
'ition-and for what, we ask again P
Is it for the overthrow of the American
government, established by our common
ancestry, cemented and built up by their
weat and blood, and founded on the
road principles of right, justice and hui
nanity F? And as such, | must declare
iere, as / have often done before, and
which has been repeated by the greatest
nd wisest of statesmen and patriots in
hisand other lands, that it is the best and
reest government-the most equal in its
ights--the most just in its decisions
be most lenient in its measures, and the
lost inspiring in its principles to elevate
be race of men, that the sun oe heaven
yer shone upon.
Now, for you to attempt to overthrow
u CHI a government as this, under
'hich we have lived for more than "a
century-in which we have gained
ur wealth, our standing as nation, our
omestic safety while the elements of
eril are around us, with peace and tran
utility accompanied with unbounded
rosperity and rights unassaiIed-is the
eight of madness, folly and wickedness
which can neither lend my sanction
Or my vote"
This is full vindication of the Re-
iblicans, Abolitionists, and friends Of
eedom in the North. No democratic
aifor amono uu dorao 60 Ynaat tba facts