The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-27

LEX pefsietens anG 0eteEn3ineo euorbs OF
some portions Of the Press, to belittle and
degrade the character of the Confederate
Government, and to bring IL into 'disrepute,
are as notifying as they are i'll timed and
#nproftable. We can see nothing to be
gained By detrscting from the importance
or res portability of the governEens we have
ourselves created and entrusted with the
! Management and conduct of this revolution,
nor can We perceive the propriety OF weak
| ening the confidence of the people in its
value, or Of exciting hostility 30 it. IT the
government il as WORTHLESS and dangerous
to public liberty az the tone of some of the
public journals would lead ono to believe,
the people have certainly made a very scri-
Gus mistake in the institutions they have cs
tablishcd, as we'll as in the men whom they
have charged with the administration of
affairs.
The political SoIons who sro now shooting
| their poisoned arrows at the Confederate
government, have discovered that eur lib
critics are more seriously jcoparaised Mt
htC0m 0nQ IMAM HS W shes ehtc
form of government We have established j.
huge and msligpsnt canker, which is
eating out the heart of che body polite, and
| undermining the liberties of the peoples
that the men in charge of the government
are usurping despots, who afe usiag the
power in their hands for the subversior of
the rights Of the States and the consolida-
tiou of all power in the central head; that
we arc on the eve of some terrible political
calamity which can only be avarted by
prompt resistance, and nnmeasurcd denun-
ci1tion.
There 10 an owl like solempity and
pomPous strut assumed by these who chat
ter such nonsense as this, assumed with
view to give force and point TO the high
sounding phrases aad unmeaning senteDc,s
wiih which their dcnun Citations arc freely
garnished, which would be simply ridicu>
lous, if they did not cover. designs of ouch
immense Importance. to our cause, but view
ed with reference to &heir immediate bear
isg upon the vital Interests at stake, they
merit aud should receive the extreme degree
of popular scorn and reprobation.
We are not disposed to cxsmine or dis
cuss che arguments of these agieatoss in de-
tai for indeed they are not worthy of such
discussion. But we desire to State ono or
two self evident propositions which Of them
selves constitute sufficient and ovefwheim-
ing rsjeinder to all the sophissical absurdi
ties Of that class of writers whose desire to
attract attention has got the upper hand of
what little judgement and genuine patriot.
ism they ever possessed.
That the several States composing the
Confederate government weres and arc,
separate aud distinct political cor mupitics,
possessing all the powers Of sovereignty, 10
universally conceded. As q natural GEN.
sequence of their sovereignty, they possess
tho right aud the power to Confederate
themselves :gsthcr, sad TO form the gov
eminent they have formed. The govern
ment so forsssd, representing che aggregated
sovereignty Of all the States, In entitled to
respect, and to the support, too, of all the
States composing il, and Of the people there
Of. The government vas created for the |
purposes set forth in written Constitution,
which embraces the sum and extent Of its
Powers, and the authority which created il, |
can re call the powers 50 grsntad, and dis |
solve The government itscIf, Whenever it is
deeaaed proper to do it. When this gov-
srnnent was formed, it vas named by the |
ssvereigutiss whish creatsd is, /" The Con-
fe1erats States" and under chat name it4
#sa cntrssted With the duty Of working out
ifhe Independents Of che States Confederat
ed, and Of establishing ]. upon nm eaduring
basis. Te tiis duty its best energies have
been applied With zeal aad earn estncss, il
mes always With jadgusnt, for The past three
pears. It's success has msdc the name of |
aThe Confederate State" the synonym for
tslozioass achisvsments; unshxinkisg fcfti-
tude and heroic courage throaghout the
tsivaissd world. The amouns of respect
which the government has Won from civilin-
cd ACTIONS ii at least doe from ibp own citi-
lens.-1 81 @se ;, ...-ea - *
we Hfsintaiu that il is entitled to respect,
ssnsideratioa and support, if for NO other
reeon, because il is the, creature of the
Sovereignty Of the States, and represents
their power. The idea that IL can be m .de +
dangerous to the rights Of the States aud