The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-22
lFrom the Raleigh IN C) Standard, July s1st
Affairs in North CarOlina.--An Ex.
tfaOrdlnary Article---The History
OF Secession by a Southern Man.

n fra0rdlnary Article---The HistOr
s OIL secession by Southern Man.
Mr.. EDITOR: There is. SO far as T re
member, no war to be met with in his
/ tory entirely analogous to the one nov
raging between the North and the South
! That produced by an attempt on the par
OF three OF the Swiss Cantons to separat,
years since, IN some Respects, n ~ '
1t most nearly. That attempt, it will be
remembered, was arrested, and the re
bellious Cantons speedily reduced to sub
mission by the arms of the Confederacy
1t is frequently compared to our revolu-
tionary struggle with the mother coun.
try, but there is scarcely any 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.
lhey were not, as we were entitled to
representation in the common Parlia-
ment of the British Union, but were
mere ColOnles-mere dependencies upon
the another country. In an evil hour the
administration of George GrenvilIe, and
atterward that of Lord North attempted
to impose an unjust tax upon the Colo
MES This oppression was resisted, and
the resistance was made the pretext for
other oppression more unjust still. The
Colonies continued their resistance in
constitutional way for near ten years, BY
representations, remonstrances, and pc
titlons, for the redress of grievances; but
all IN vain. At length they touk up
arms, with the ayowed object of enforc-
ing such redress. They solemnly dis.
claimed all intention of separation from
the parent State, for they were as loyal
IN their feelings of attachment to the
British Constitution as were the inhabit-
ants of Surrey or Cornwall. This reso-
Lutte step they confidently expected would
procure the desired redress; but the adj
vice of all the ablest statesmen Of that
age-of Chatham, of Camden, of Burke,
OF Fox, of Rockingham and others, were
thrown away on the narrow-minded mon
arch and the bigoted ministry which then
swayed the destinies of the British EN-
plre. Still in hope, they continued the
struggle for one whole year AT length
th4eBs the eBFjtisb6 Rapl tbJ lre
was left them but to lS proclaim 70 ffsT rf ihde.
pendence, and defend it if need be with
their Hfe's blood. The battle Of Lexing-
ton was fought on the 10Th of April,
IT'S, and on the 18th of April, l776, the
Pr%S~eald ftGer rdslegates in Congress
to concur with the delegates of the other
| Colonies in declaring independence and
forming foreign alliances, and on the
18th of the following month Virginia,
through her Convention, instructed her
delegates IN the Continental Congress
to propose to that body to declare the
United Colonies free and independent
States. absolved from all allegiance to,
or dependence on, the Grown or Parlia-
ment of Great Britain" and on the 4th
of the July following the ever memorable
Declaration was made.
But how different has been the course
of the S4cessionists They seem to have
) resolved years ago that the Union should
a be DESTROYED, and to have set themselves
TO work to forge such grievances as
would seem to give them decent pre-
text for the accomplishment OF their pre-
meditated schemes The first effort was
: made in the days of notification by the
Secessionists of South Carolina. The
grievance then complained of was th'
), tariff. although the State of South Caro-
Of lima. herself, had been from the founda
ton of the Government nearly up totha
neriod, as strong an advocate of hlg
e. tariff as any State in New England
That question was compromised-Sout
Carolina obtained all she oStenSi6fy d'
manded. A revenue tariff, with inc
dental protection, became the settle
- noiicy Of the Government, and except fC
r q short period under the tariff of lS4:
was never departed from. But still the
y were no. satisfied. Immediately att'
H' the passage of Mr.. Clay's compromi'
- s;onists at Washington, declared eth
all The iSouth could neUer be united on u
sx- to,.;F question, and that the stdUe qut
t;on was the only one that could UNI
: thnn, And Mr.. Calhoun, if ! mlsta
- not said the same thing IN speech
! Abheville. in South Carolina, about t
sor,a time: and of course was follow
- hv all lesser lights among his adheren
lS. 17ben commenced that violent agltati
of the Slavery question which had nea
orlminated upon the admission OF y
fOrnla In loOU hS"i"t -
LY. those immortal statesmen OF the last
Messrs. Webster, Clay, and Others
r the matter compromised The wi
country at first appeared to be salts
Il q with the settlement, but 1t soon ,appea
that there was a number OF restless
dress 9 its it's among the extremists of the So
that would be satisfied with nothing $
ty' Of dissolution of the Union. Of
. class of politicians, W. L. 1ancey
be fitly selected as the represents
man He Immediately began to ag
:. the question again. He went to
cE Democratic National Convention at
AoA timore, in 1852, as delegate iron
State of Alabama, and there prop,os
the mltimatuns on which he could
,"noy ! noy tinue to act with the Democratic I
,ves foo Of and upon which, in his oplnion
States. Slave States could consent to rens
,Sn1sits STREET., the Union, that the doctrine OF
intervention by Congress IN regs