Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-11
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The ssxeaeiQa Ordinance pssscd the Con.
vention of sonlh Carolina, December 2as
lsG0. The Hext day, the Convention adopt
ed the DESIGNATION of Causes. jastifying
Secession. These causes alI enter inso one
'complaint: ,Iorta9a sacrogehmeats on starry;
THEaR d Ko ognER CAUSE AILE.ED. These
South Carolina sentiments, afterwards essa
doFEea by the other ten seeding States, may
have been inwnlMsalee dsscefe3 Thvy arr,
withost dortbi, the secession creed. throagh@
out the South.
Il is not true. however, that the NorthcFb
States, as States hars aenina tlae righe If
Southern property, or denounced slavery ~
sinful. Certaia riilssns ef eli Northern
States have.expressed such septimcnts. And
while Nc do not agree with sneh indivlln-
ais. il h dacito them and 10 the salicet to
say, that every Christiaa naaioa IN Europe,
Spain alane exceFHel. i witA them. Bag-
land ae.i the Way smancipating nil her slasra
Ia 1884. King Oscar, of Sweden, allowed
her example in l84g. IsoRmarh, in 1877.
did the same thing. Then tame France, ia
1883 Portugal Allowed sait iRis56. sThe
vast empire Of lhlssia wiped oat tbs insita.
ton d 1872 Finally PLAZA, Woodworking.
unimsesaasive Elnllaissa BY : ssseof Is TO
4, in her Chambers. gase freedom, with
compensation, % her $4,000 slaves, to take
esSect on the first af Jaly. 1861
The South haaeSntrullca the Governmeni
two thirds Of all the sima u has exi.ss&e...,a.
VIC haxa nz.satps.sk -s-.sss sssstssses aha "
6ilicial 70 nnfse. and psf and favor slavery.
VIC Asve lot all Presidential nominating
Conventions know thst they maat not pre-
sent man ior snr saffsges. who did nsi
stand committed 70 the perpetual durasinn
Of negro slavery. We haxo reqaired, for
years, the seleetion Of Pso.slavery Cabinet
officers; the sans elassef Foreign Ainia,ors
and Consals; We havp demanded this Glass
Of Jadgps Of the sppreme Cour.s Of Gen.
erals IL tho Arms of lucrative Post o.
csrsi Of Registers and, Receives, and ali
ths ether long list Of nominations tho Sen
ate haa had 10 pass upon. Blu. few men
have passed ths ordeal ior years past, who |
were known 70 be abalitiouiats, or In any |
degree opposed 70 :he peculiar Institution. = .
The truth is--and let us .au the truth and !
shame both the Devil aud the Conssderacy
the steadily progressing Increase Of the !
great Northwest, disclosed each ten years |
By the census OF population and Congress,
sional representation, md the consequent |
political infueiAe Of the Free States, rs
compared with the Febellious States-thcse,
We say, diselssed, besoud aueetioa, the true
cause Of this gigantic, not TO say internal
insnrresalon thai has made waste our coun, I,
try, made desolate our homes, and spread
war, ruin, and devastation !whers peace, !
and tranquility used 10 reign.
i is true, that .s%tHqfiiy of the people of
tho North. entertained aRa expressed opin-
ions anfayprablo to slavery but these opin.
ions yepe not carried out in practice, and |
could not T. had the South held on 20 her !
position "a the Union, aud Rader the Con !
stitatlon. The bad men Of the South who |
led OF IN this insurrw:tion know this, and |
they cannot deny Il, and utter the truth. /
An amcuded Constitution, 30 as u guaran-
Tee that slavery never should be dsturbcd /
while the world lakted, would not have aui |
etel these MEN No, such an agreement
would have passed them BY, like che idle |
wind II II, tkeFpEs,rn rebellion against !
opinions, and not ngainst deeds. I4incsln /
bud not been iDaugurated and they did moi !
know what he would TO They commenced