The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-14

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= EAvKRx and the TARIYT, the peculiar features
OF both oi which grow out Of Prsvidenuai dit
ferenees, like wall Of imperishsble adeuaat,
ansealeable and inyuinerable, sepersts us for
sver-lke the gulf between Dives and Lazarus
it sszss can he passed. TO assume what to
man would 90 an mpcssibility-suppose these
differences removed, aad tlren suppose the
Constitution amended: d:-reconstruc NC ton in this
event would be suicidal TO the South. They
kept not,the old, viii they keep the amendedf
The faalt nsveE was 10 che Constitution, but
in thair ad vocacy Of 4higher law" and their
consequent failure TO observe the Constitutions
Nosthsra character must be rsdicaliy changed,
before the South would have any security for
life or property in such Union. Godthas rat
fEea Ihssecesaion of the Southern States, in
Iha. the ssne people who ignored the doctrine
Of secession as the most mendacioRs ami do
stsuctiye OF heresies, ere now among its most
snthysisstic indoTsers and supporters. What
power eeuld have wrought such change, ant,
hEsught about spSh an naparaleied nnanhniix
Of sentiment i-Nothing but the overrulipg
haad Of 9 sanctioniDg ProvidenSe. God laid
hole Bpon the phiDosophic and calbHtsting heart
of the mighty South, and made it throb, re.
gardless OF PArties or partisans, by ono grand
concerted impulse. in approval Of This move
ment, and now with tearful eagerness to send
forth her sons to support it, Secession has
Gods seal Of approbstion, in that y blockaded
South, with its halfequipped. half clad. Hnd
halffed armies, has been enabled to defeat
twice and thrice their numbers upon hundred
battle fields. Nothing but the broad Ems of
God could have preserved US.
But for assuming this right, warranted by
the Bible, brought about and sanctioned by
Providence, inheEent IN our bosoms, acknowl-
edged by the very nature of our government;
for the sake Of peace, prosperity, christianity
aud every other blessing dear 10 man, we must
be subjugated- For the privilege of freensen
we must be cxtermiuatcd, or like vassais crav-
emily submit to despotio. SuBxIr free, and
the proud equals of the North, under Consti-
Sntion recognizing the right Of self govern
zsent, to submit Must We like the Hclots
cuihvats the soil for our spartan lords aud
pour tho hard earnings, wrung from the nor YES
OF SontheEn laborers. into their cnpacioua and
covetoas cofksrsi Must we owning the sta
pies of the worlds commerce, accept less. ON
any terms, than untrammeled ind pendenc e?
Must we submit to their discriminating tariff
that has made their cities ernporiums, and ours
hamlets-rnade their oiizOna capitalists and our
panPersf II We do, may the ghosts of 10
hsuat our dreams, and with cold and cruel
scern mock ct our prowess, and send our whit
ened blood creeping along our veins to chill.
our craven hearts; for with less cause, inIideli,
ty. they plucked the beard of the British liot,,
and sent him roaring back to his lair
These are not the days of argument; we
have appealed to arms, and to the God of bat
lies to decide this controversy. Bot was peo-
pie made for government, or q government
tos the people Jf government was made |
for the people, have they not q rigls, when it
does not suit their interests TO throw il off !
particularly so. lift s oppressive? Is not tie
very idea of government TO foster aud protect !
she interests Of the people? What right has |
one portion Cf these American States to pre- |
sent such ultimatum submission TO the
other Are not all Of them free and equal |
are portion Of them proUinces. and the rest
The yoUerHmeHf1" Has the North ever gov
srned us' Wherefore then are we rebels ?" |
we have peacefully withdrawn
from . nation Of purftanical and officious med |
dlers TO govern ourselves, not them, aud have |
we not the legal aud moral right to demand TO
be let alone" Such an arrogant assumption
of ssthority the world never saw. The Repub-
liean G Governmcnt Of the United States has un-
dergons strange metamorphosis; and the
rsPidity of the change is ali Ancsaaly' in the