, 1864-09-13
WaAT sF&pAHNs SAID,
Inc Worth had Never WF0nged the
aouth-Ho Cause or Justa4cRk1on for
Recession.

just before Georgia took the rluuge int
the gulf of seceseion, A1oxander E. Stephens
a'terTards made Vice Pfeaide ut OF the "Con
fede1ac5," delivered speech to the Georgi.
Legtklatore denying thit the t'soush'' had
sny Justification for secession, denying thai
the North had wronged them; denying that
the North had assaued any Of their "rights''
-uush 1ess deprived them Of any: denying
that there Was any cause or justification II
setetation from the UAien. We want every
Coppethsa I'D to read this extract:
"Pause, tntreat yon, and consider for 4
moment what resson Jou can give that win
even satttf7 5eurselrrs in catmer aoaents-
what Feaeons can .ou give to your fellsw-
sufferers tu the calamity thft it will bring
upon Us What reasonB can you Give to the
nations Of the e.rtk to justtfy It: Tasy will
Dc the calm and deliberate judges In this
case? ava to What Cause or ose overt act can
Jon point which TO 1eat the plea of inst,1-
cation! What rtkh hit has the North ossatlcd !?
What interest OF the South h2s been Invaded -?
"hat JUSTICE has been denied and waat
claim founded In juttics and r1gat has been
withheld! Can either Of you today mana
one gste7s mental act II .cr&ng deliberately doae
~ the Government At Wasniugtoa Of which
the South has T;2ht to oom1N4in2 1 chsl-
itnes the q. .swer! While on tie other hand,
let tss show the facts (and helieve me, gen.
neaen, I an not hera THE advocate Of thc
North, but an here the friend, the fra
friend AID lover OF the South and her tustt-
tuflons, aud for this reasoa speak taus
plainly and faithful to Y.,4rs, nsiae, aud cycry
other mans interest, the rords OF truth ana
sobt zsefs,) Of which wish Jou to iudge.
asd will only state facts which ara clear
and unoeAlasle, and Hhfca no staRd Is r.
cords autAentic in the history Of cur coua-
''When wa Of the South demanded the slave
trade, or tbs importation of Africans for the
cultivation Of our lanas, did they not Weld
the eight tor twenty years? When We asked
\ three tlf1hs Representation In Congress for
our sares was 1t not granted. When va
asked and demanded the return of any ff1nf-
tive from Justice, or the RECOVERY Of tina
penon owing labor Or allegi4ncs, WAS It not
itcorpofattd in the.ConstlLation,. and again
Slave Law OF 1850!
DO Yen reply that In many instance. they
been taithfnl to their engagements? AZ In
otvianals and local communities they may
have dohe 70, Out not py the suncfisn Of tHs
G. c4.74'te.f, 1vT Mat las always been srus to
s. ts4'hern i"tsre.es. Again, gentlemen, look At
another fact: Hhen We hare asked that mara
territory should BE- added, that Nc mIght
RIIc1d the institution OF slavery. have tRev
not yielded to our demands and given ~
Loul.iana Florita, and Texas, out Of which
FUR States have been carved, and ample ter
ritorJ for four more to he addea in due time,
Il you, BY this unwiae and impolito act d.
not dcstr ~ this hope, aud, perhaps, by It
lose all, and have sour last siavo Hreucned
|rnm Jon by stern military rule, BY the vim.
3ictlve decree OF universal emsnclnat,nn
which may REASONABLE be expected to f5lia ~
- But, gaio, gentlemen, what have We to
sain BY tits proposed change Of our relation
% the GeDeraf Government! We have al
" ays had the control, aud can yet If we r.
nam In It, and are as united a. Ne hayo
'een We have Ind majority OF thu Presi-
.tnts chosen from the South, ~ well As The
control and management OF those chosen
rom the North. We hays had sixty years Of
Southern Presidents to their trentJ J.four.
hus controlling the Executive Department.
'ert these facts. Who then 50 base as to jus.
uy the rebellioR!'