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lRca1Eoud Correspondence Of the Mobile Register
and AdvcItses.l
Did It never amaze you that Southern peo-
pie could with the greatest difficulty, be in
tuced to rebel against the Northern despo.
tism Was 1t not almost impossible to aronsc
Tenpessceans and make tllem sensible of the
wrongs and oyactions to which they were SUBJ
3ssted: No. until this hour hare the scales
fallcn from the eyes Of Kcntuckinna. How
much more difficult must 1t be Tor u Northern
man to sympathize with us? How intluitely
greater the triumph of reason and right over
prejudice and error, when NQrtberueI pro
claims his adhesion to the cause ofthe South!
Many Northern statesmen have assumed po-
stes whsh ers eompasabe to TIT OF 5as
Eub1ugation proclamation IN May, 1851.
But il Southern men, with all the instincts
and prcjudices ofSoutherners, werc thus nafo
to- move, how much more difficult fora N9sin- u
western man to reach the posiIon nom d nIfn Ha~ ~
Ana r. he Northern statesmen have advanced
Tins far in the right direction, may i not &c
nossfh1e. with the cooperation ot L1nco1n's
madness, to induce them 10 adsance YET
through agents or in Convention? VIII not
our fcyointionar; assumptions and action
bear discussion. Cannot the Gentlemen who
persuaded Southerners to throw of the yoke
Of the Northern deepotism-Southerner as
devoted to the Unionas once was-cannot
the same arguments be addressed to the pco.
pie Of the Northwest?
They tell US that the proposed Convention
i to be held for the purpose Of rcconstructing
the old Government. We can meet and show
them how and why this is impossible, and If
possible, by no means desirable. Surely our
people have shown that they can be trusted,
lhc politicians need fear nothing. There is
no danger OF reconstruction. If we sent del
egates to such Convention, who BETRAYED
their constituents, and advocated treason to
tic Confederacy, and reconstruction of the
Old Government, ercn leaving out the New
England States, the people Of the South would
not accept-thc worst would be no worse
than the present condition Of affairs The
chazactt rizes if cannot be augmented.
But in such Convention the Northwest
could be made to understand the impossibility
Of reconstruction. We could demonstra ratt.
our purpose Of conccding the right Of unin-
terrupted trnyel and trains on the great river
OF the West, and thus correct erroneous im-
p1eseions made by untoward events resulting
from the insanity Of few men Ia authoritTT
in the inception Of this rebellion.
have regretted more than once the organi-
zation Of d permanent Government OF the
Confederacy. We needed Provisional Gov
ernment; q strong military Government IN
the hands Of such men as Davis, Ler.: JacE.
no absurd tariffs, and no f.,nt, into steamcrs ss
on the Mississippi, II. demoastrate % Ii tie snb'
am!!y Of huMa.. lolly, and the existence Of 4
perfect Southern nationality. As Ill the
States paid alike for the Mississippi, all alike
have perfect tight to its free navigation,
whatever may be the necessities Of the South
ern Contederacy.
Iaatt tsaas pr6posea Contention discuss this
question: Let the Northwest understand
t9at ~ can oe 1nst, and recognize the rights
OF others as well as maintain our own,
Reconstruction is absurd, and those who
apprehend danger Of its occurrence, bctray a
want Of confidence in the people who cousti-
tute the armies Of the South. If the pro-
posed convention could assume the Office Of
Gabriel, aud, sounding another trump of re-
surrection. bring together all the bones Of the
children OF the South which now whitcn
upon every battle field; if the manned and
famed and diseased could be made whole, If
wounded hearts could be healed, and families
reunited, if desolated fields md homes in
ashes could be restored, if this Convention
could achieve these ends, then there might be
basis for that apprehcnded danger, the very
suggestion Of which supposcs want Of
faith in the steadiness Of purpose of the peo.
pie Of the South.
There nre two classes Of enemies to the
South in the Northern States. The one Is re-
presented By the New England Abolitionists,
Of whom Lincoln is the exponent. These arc
the men whom tic South shall hate as long us
we shall dwell beneath 4 Southern sky in the
midst Of the institutions and homes Of our
childhood. There is another enemy more
dangerous than the followers Of Greeley,
since he contends for commercial rights, and
beyond this, tntertalns no feeling Of hostility
to our people. Every Ang)o.SaXon or British
rhynTnfinn hp nd I'm inf
ment Of some right Of property. Other Euro
pean revolutions have grown out Of differ
cnces affecting abstract questions and the d.
vine rights Of kings. Tie Abolitionists en-
barked in this war on N abstract principle
tlic Northwest has participated in it because
tcnancc Of the Union, With the former, no
settlement can be made; with the 1attcr, the
accounts can be adjusted, and the misunder-
standing settled, as between two business
men, having 1t view the dangers OF litigation.
In this case, the arbitrators would hive be-
fore them every. bloody field where the GOT
Of battles has deluged the land with blood.
Let the Northwest term it a g Reeonstr not
i've Conycntion.'' This does not mako = nna ucs
any more than Lincoln's PToclamatie =, ,ne,1a,
kanawla State and member ~ tha i; ~
Union. Let the Convention me- NJ arS IT. ~, -.
send delegates With instruetio ms linitipr I'll thei Il
1 let nS rGop Of the Norfhwes
~ to--,,. - 14,:r1, - lid our wishes, 1nG
AZ ~ IKE d;,nnit;s arc prepared to rene
stns 'sn tne ,,n5e uro and correct all msappre
the dnpes OF 1c Abolitionists for thc last two
=, NC must separate the Abolitionists from
e tne ~ onal men Of the North Otherwise, i
cor m fmn oaFse1es and purposes as to tht
p,isconnss!I Itshtss of the Northwest still to bs
abn,.; -, the Northern Democracy, noH
III to gain supremacy, will wage against u:
! more relentless war than the crilzed cnthu
| slasts and madmcn of New ENGLAND. I mus,
confess that do not like the idea of meet
ing Northern men in dcliberatire BODY. moi
even Richardson, Vallandigham, Voorhees,
ana brlght but the questions ut issue must
nc auJusted-Wc must have peace as soon as II
can be attained consistently with tue honor
and independence Of the South. There is, too.
difficulty about holding . Convention with.
III the Abolition lines; So there Is, should TIC
contemplate sending e1nissarics there.
All the politicians who have been made
1amolis in this revolution, and the Generals
who have sprung from obscurity to lofty po.
sitions BY the accidents of war, and all the
greedy cormorants who now prey upon the
public, will oppose this or any proposition
looking to peace. We shall have i dismal
howl about estate Rights" and I'LL couceiya.
bic appeals will be made to the prejudices oi
the people to prevent any action by the Gov.
ernment looking to peace; but there is an i'm.
peratiye necessity for action in the direction
contemplated; otherwise, our congressman
are MI fools and our Generals al1 liars, Hone.
less ruin awaits both the Northwest and Ihs
South q T.