, 1863-08-24
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE Re-
DELLION.
The sECEssloNtsTs-.TRElR PROM.
lSES AND PERFORMANCES.
Tic Condition Into Which They NaTe Brought
tho Country.

Tho following Is the remarkable article
which appeared In tho Raleigh, IN. o. Stand
ard, on July 3lst. It Is reported to have boon
written BY Hon z. 3. Donncll, Speaker Of the
House Of Commons Of North Carollna, aided
by F. B. satterthwaite, PreAident Of the Gov
ernor's Council, and TO have been publiahed
with the approval Of Gov. .Vance. We pub
llsh tho article, &C., II 1t was printed In the
6tamdard:
MR- En1roR-There is, 10 far ID remena-
ber, no war to be met With in history entirely
analogous to the one now raging between tho
North and the South. Tbat produced By an
attempt On the part Of three Of tho swlss
cantons to separate themselves from the Con.
resemble 1t most nearly. That attempt, II
Will be remembered, Was arrested, and tho
rrtellioua Cantons speedily reduced 10 sub
lnfssion BY the arms Of the Coufedesacy. Its
frequently compared to our old revolutionary
Is scarcely any anology betweon the two cas-.
"a. The thirteen Colonies wcre not like the
Southern States, equal in political righia with
.hs other States Of the British Empire. They
possessed no sovereign power whatever.
sentation In the common Parliament Of The
British ULlon, but were mere Colonics-mere
dependencies upon the neither country. In
~ evil hour the administration Of George
G1et1vule, and Afterwards that OF LordNorth,
attempted to Impose IN unjust tax upon tho
Colonies. This oppression was xeslsted, and
tho reslstance was made the pretext for othc.
oppresslonB more unjust still The CollL!..
continued their resistance In constitutional
why tor near ten years, By approximations,
1emosstrances, and petitions for ths redress
they took up arms, with the ayowed object Of
enforcing ench redress. They eo1ennly dir
claimed al intention Of separation from the
parent State, for they wore as royal In theil
feelings Of attachment to tho British Consti'
tuition - were tho inhabitants Of sar1 Q,
expected would procure tho deaired redress
| but the advice Of all the ab1est statesmen aa
that nge-of Chatham, Of Camden, OF Burke
Of Fox, Of Rockingham, and othera, wert
arch and the blgoted ministry which the1
srayed the destlnies Of tho British Empire
Still in hope, they continued the struggle fol
one whole year. At length tile British Paslla
ment declared the Colonies out Of the protec
tion Of the parent State. And then at iast, M
other course was len them but to proc'a,u
their independence, and defend 1t If need b,
With their llfe's blood.
The battle OF Lexington ras fought Of
the 10Th Of April, 1775, aud On the l2th O.
April, ITO, the Provincial Congress Of Nortl
Carolina ''empowered their delegates in Con
gresa TO concur with the Delegates Of the oths
Colonies In declaring Independence aud form
Ing foreign alliances,' and on the 15tn OF th
following month, Virginia through her Con
yentlon, instructed her delegates In the Con
tinental Congress "to propose to that bod
TO declare the q. states free and independent
States, ubsolyed from all allegiance to, OF de
pend.nce on, the crown OF pas.la1nent {
Great Britain" aud on the 4th Of July follow
Ing, the ever memorable declasntiou wa
made.