Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-02
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE REBELLION.
AREnARkABLE ARTICLE.

REnARkABLE ARTICLE
The Raleigh O.. c. Standard, of July s1st,
| contains an elaborate review of the history
/ of the secession movement, the promises and
performances Of its originators, and the con
| dition into which they have brought the
| Southern States 1t is said to have been
written by 4. s DoNNELL, speaker of the
House ofACommons, Of that State, and to
have been published with the approval Of
Gov. VANCE, who bears about the same rela-
ton to Jeff. Davis bogus Government which
Gov. SEYMOUR, of New York, sustaiss to the
legitimasn0 authorities of the nation.
pearei Eng journal Of one of The re-
beliioSI tiis not going too far to pro-
uounce Sost important and significant
indication ~the waning proportions of the
rebellion" that has yet shown Itself. No such
utterance could appear where there was not
powerful public sentiment behind it.
1t is not only crushing answer to the ar
guments of the rebel leaders, but equally so
to the assertions Of their Northern allies, the
| copperheads Who has not heard copper
heads assert that the South is engaged in a
struggle similar to that in which our reroIu-
tionary fathers were engaged Read the
triumphant refutation of this yillainous cal
umny upon the patriots of '76, by the writer
| in the Standard
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 We're, entitled to a rep
/ rcsentatlon IN the common Parliament of the
british Union, but were mere colonies-mere
| dependencies upon the mother country In
an evil hour the administration of George
Grenyille, and afterwards that of Lord North,
attempted to impose tax upon the colonies.
| This oppression was resisted, and the resis-
lance was made the pretext for other oppres-
sions, more unjust still. The colonies con
tinued their resistance in constitutional
way for nearly ten years, by representations,
circumstances, and petitions for the redress of
grievances; but all in vain Al length thew
| took up arms, with the avowed object of en-
forcing such redress. They solemnlv dis
c5a5Hted al intention of separation from the
parent State, for they were as loyal in their
feelings Of attachment to the British Con
Stltutlon as were the inhabitants of Surrey
or Cornwall. This resOlute step they conf
IDENTITY expected would procure the desired
redress but the advice of all the ahlest
statesmen at that age-of Chatham. of Cam
den, of Burke, of Fox, of Rockingham, and
others-was thrown away upon the narrow
minded monarch and the bigoted ministry
which then swayed the destinles Of the Brit
ish Empire, Still in hope, they continued
the struggle for one whole year. At length
the British Parliament declared tie colonies ont
Of tie protection Of tie parent state.
But how different has been the course of
| the secessiouists They seem to have resoly-
ed, years ago, that the Union Shoead be de
stroyed, and then to have set themselves to
work to forge such grievances as would seem
| to give them decent pretext for the accom-
pHshment OF their premeditated Schemes
The first effort was made in the DAYS of multi
tcatiOn by the Secessionists OF South Carroll
ma. The grievance then complained of was
the tariff although the State Of South Carroll
ma, herself, had been from the foundation of
the Government nearly up to that period, as
strong an advocate of high tariff as any
State in New England. That question was
mpromised-SOuth Carolina obtained all
that she oSte1sSbly dersanded 4 revenue
tariff, with incidental protection, became the
settled policy of the Governments and ex-
cept for short period under the tariff OF
1912, was never departed from But still
they were not satisfied. Immediately after
the passage of Mr.. CIay's Compromise bill,
| the newspaper organ Of the Secessionists at
| Washington declared that tie South c0sd,i
negey. be united on tic tariff question, and that
| the stare question was the only one that could
unite them" And MIR Calhoun, if | mistake
not, said the same thing in a speech at Able
/ vile, in South Carolina about the same time;
| and, Of course, was followed by all the lesser
| lights among his adherents Then commenc-
| ed that violent agitation of the slavery ques-
| ton which had nearly eliminated upon the
admission Of California, in 1850 A gain, 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
t the settlement, but it soon appeared that
| there were number of restless spirits among
/ the extremists of the South, that 1r0,dd be sat
i2fed 1rih nothing short Of a diSsol,ltiom Of The
/ Union.
/ The writer then shows how the disunonists
| set about the accomplishment of their trea-
sonabe purposes. First they demanded that
the Democratic doctrine of non-interference
with slavery in the Territories should be the
! policy of the National Government. Con
/ trary TO their real wishes, the writer saws,
that doctrine was Incorporated into the
! Democratic platform Of 1856, and Mr. BU-
/ cHANAN elected upon it. In the meantime,
/ the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
/ effected by Z" the extremists of the South,
aided by few partizan Democrats at the
North, and afterwards the attempt of q Mr..
/ : BUCHANAN's Administration to force the
/ Lecompton Constitution, with slavery, upon
4" the people of Kansas, in opposition to the
q kz,oa71 and expressed wish of three-fourths
of thcm," had created powerful anti
slavery feeling in the North. Then the
( Southern disunionists, abandoning their doc
/ trine of non-interyention, went to the OPP
/ posite extreme and demanded that the Ma
/ tional Government should interfere and
( protect slavery in the Territories. In this
way they divided the Democratic party, and
+ insured the election of Mr.. LINCOLN, which
I they deserved as pretext for the secession
movement. The writer in the Stan'7o5d con
tInues:
/ 1t must be borne in mind that no act of the
National Government constituted any part OF
their grievances. They did not pretend that
I any act OF Congress infringed their rights,