The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-09-01
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE
i-oa j REBELLION. sae sfsssis.
A Remarkable Article from a Journal In the Rebel
States---Reylew Of the History Of the Secession
Movemeut--.what the Leaders Promised to do---
What they have Failed to Accomplish.

| Moyement--.What the Leaders Promised to do---
What they have Failed to Accomplish.
The following Is the remarkable article
which appeared in the Raleigh, N. @. Stan.
dard, on July 81. 1t is reported to have
been written by Hon. r. S. Donnell, Speak
er of the House of Commons Of North Caro-
lima, aided by F. B Satterthwaite, Pre'i
dent Of the Governors Council, and 10 have
leen published with approval of Gov Vance.
We publish the article. and talicize, &c., as
il was printed in the Standard:
THE EcEssroNTsrs-TnEiR PROMISES AND
| PERFoRMANCEs-TuE CONDITION INTO
WHICH TREY HAVE DROUGHT THE COUNTRY
THE REMEDY. ETC. sf,t il ....f..
Mr.. Editor: There s, 50 far az / romem
| Der. no war to be met with in history entire.
| ly analogous TO the one now raging between
| the North and the South. That produced by
an attempt on the part OF three Of the Swiss
Cantons to seperate themselves from the Con.
federation, few years since, in some respects,
resembles it most nearly. That attempt, il
will be remembered, was arrested, and the
rebcllious Cantons speedily reduced to sub.
mission by the arms Of the Coufederacy. 1t
| is frequently compared 10 our old Revolution
ary struggle with the mother country, but
there is scarcely an analogy between the two
cases. The thirteen colonies were not, like
the Southern States, equal in political rights
with the other States Of the British Empire
| They possessed no sovereign power whatever.
| They were not. as we were, entitled TO repre-
senia,ion in the common Parliament Of the
British Union, but were mere colonies-mere
| dependencies upon the mother country. 10
AZ evil hour the administration Of George
Gren vile, ard afterwards that OF Lord North
attemotsl go impose tax upon the colonies.
This oppression was resisted, and tho resls-
lance was made the pretext for other odpres-
sons more unjust still. The colonies contin
ued their resistance IN constitutional way
for nearly ten years, by representations, re-
monstrsnces, and petitions the redress OF
grievances; but all in vain. AT length they
took up arms, with lie avowei object of en-
forcing such redress. They solempl' DIS
clain,ep all intention Of separation from the
parent State, for they were as loyal IN their
feelings of attachment 10 the British Consti
tuition as were the inhabitants of Surrey or
Cornwall. This resoute step, they conf
IDENTIFY expected would procure the desired re.
dress; but the advice of all the abest states
men at that age-of Chstham, of Camden, of
Burke, of Fox, Of Rockingham, and others,
was thrown away upon the narrow minded
monarch and the bigoied ministry which then
swayed the destines Of the British Empire.
Still in hope, they cont inued the struggle for
one whole year. AT length the British Par
lament declared the colonies out Of the pro
I, ciion of the parent Stale. And then, at
lasr, no other course WAS left them but TO pro
claim their indepe ndence, and de,erd it if
need be with their life's blood. The battle of
Lexington was fought on the 10Th Of April,
l775, and on the 18th Of April, l776, the
Provincial Congress Of North Carolina sem
powered their delegates in Congr IS to con
cur with the delegates of the other Colonies
III declaring Independence and forming for
eign alliances" and on the 18th Of the follow
ing month Virginia, through her Convention.
instructed her delegates IN the Continental
Congress ''to propose To that body to declare
the United Colonies fee and independent
States, al solved from all allegiance TO or de-
pendeucc on. the Grow or Parliament of
Great Britain" and on the 4th of July follow
ING the ever memorable Declaration was
made.
But how different has been the course Of
the secessioui,s. They seem to have resolved
years ago that the Union should be ces:sared
| and then To have set Themselves TO work 10
| forge such grievances as would seem TO give
| them a decent preiext for the accomplishment
of their premedtated schemes. TIE fret Ct
fort was ,nade IN the days Of uullification by
the seccssionists OF South Carolina. The
/ grievance then complsincl Of was the tariff,
although the State of South Carolina, herself,
had been from the foundation Of the Govern
meut nearly up TO that period, as suong an
advocate OF a high tariff Ms any State in New
England. That question was compromised
South Carolina obtained all that she osten
si6iy demanded. A revenue tariff with incl
dental prot. ction, became the settled policy
of the Government, ana, except for short pc
riod under the tariff Of lS42, was never de
p rted from. But still they were not salts
fed. Immediately after the passage Of Mr.
Clays Compromise Ill., the newspaper organ
of the secesslonists at Washington declared,
"tbat the s. uh could never b. united on the
tariff question, aud that the sldve question:
was the only one that could unite them"
And Mr.. Calhoun, il / mistake not, said the
very same th ng in speech at Abbeyville, in
South Carolina, shout the same time; and, of
curse, WAS followed by all the lesser lights a
mong bis sdherents. Then commenced that
violent agitation Of the Slavery question
which had nearly eliminated upon the ad-
mission of California, in 1850. Again, by
the efforts Of those immortal statesmen Of the
last age, Messrs. Webster, Clay and Others,
was The matter compromised. The whole
country at first appeared TO be satisfied with
the settlement, hut il soon appeared that
there we're number Of restless spirits among
the extremists Of the South, that would be
satisfied with nothing short Of dissolution OF
the Union. OF this class Of politicians, w.
l.. Yaucey nay be itly selected as a repre-
sentative nan. Heimmediarely began ,oag
tate the question again. He went to the
Democratic National Convention at Baltt
more in 1882, as delegate from the State
Of Alabama, and there proposed as the iti-