, 1864-03-11

war in defense OF their national life, IN defense Of
their Government end MI they hold dear, than =
throat could present resisting the stroke OF tha:
Tread, few days ago, for the second time. the
t6c Southern coufede7acy-a speech which was de-
liyered before the GeorEia CONVENTION In January.
1851. when It Was lellbeTsting upon the question
act OF secession and 90 ont Of the Union. read
the speech ae typical Of the present aspect Of the
lines, and in II there was developed The fdea as
shown By his OWL statement, that the South lad
no sort OF justification Or reason whatever, for
bringing on this war. He told the people Of Geor-
:ia that II they took this step Of secession they
oaa nEe sf pon the psSps q n hsa
people Of shs Southern States; that The Govern.
nsent Of Franklin and Of Wssh.nston TINT It is the
tseest government. the most genial In al Its In
that the world Las seen; TINT The South has at.
famed to unparalleled prosperity and gIandenr IN qn-
Ger The Of ou5 free Institutions a2d hs ief y
CONCEDED to her. What has nhe neked that shc has
not gots When rho asked that the African slave
a6e a1 II ,Poe abe e was 80 "
When the asked for the tlree-1ths representation
ot her slaves, 1t was granted. When sse asked for
noairiaaa | % she ssss her Kentnssy out or of VIZ f
.inia-ehe gave her North Carolina ont Of
Florida: Elc rave her Arkansas. che has had sixty
years OF Presidents to cur twenty-fout, and when
they hare had Northern Presidents, they have
always managed then. She has had eighteen
Judges Of The Supreme Court to our five, twenty
fuur Speakers Of the House to our twenty-threc,
twenty three Speakers Of the Senate to our twelve
eiGhty-!ou foreign Ministers to pur Hfyiour; OF
three thoueand clerks In the Federal part OF our
government, she las had twolhirds; and yet the
whole snnth had only one-thtrd Of the population
o. toe Cnltcd States. and whilst fraction over
| @ 1Mo-taafos OF the revenue Of our General Govern
meaa aas Seen raleed III the Northern States. The
give more slave Statea souih Of that Une and Il, In
crease the power Of the South But When It was
found that By tncrcasc Of population fhe Northern
StAtcf were TO have majority in Inc In.sn nr ~
preecnttiyes and in 1hc euate then it ,sss da"sdd
! thht the Missouri Compromise Shouid I've 1srasi1
70 10 bring slavery North OF the nofrlle nf sh;
| degrees thirty minutes North Latitude. >AAAAt1
Fcl3ow-titizcns, when this Missouri comurom,,c
Nns Eunl]y repealed, they were guilty Of d frond
| upon the people Of the United States. aud thev
| voted fnr the repeal OF the Missouri CorpEomise
upon the plca as contcnded for by Dopelas.
| that the people Of the Territories wcrS to
have the power 10 decide by q majority rote
| whether they world hnye slavery or not. But no
| sooner had tho compromise been repealed than
| thcy gave up the doctrine OF A1. Dougias. He
| not only opposed the doctrine OF abolition, but
they Irpudiatrd the doctrine upon which they had
e}ertrd buchanan, and which vac c0nteuded foe BY
Douelae, that the majority OF the people were 10
| decide whether they would have slayc1y OF not.
! When The Convention me-. In 1sscc, they ignored
hin Lecauee he would not stand r2 70 the do:trins
Of the rights Of perpetual occasion Of these stses