The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-04
THE DAILY REBEL.
GRIFFIN. Gu.
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1864
MORNING EDITION.
rhn nrlncInloa of nc RerolutIon.

Reverence for th0saRniyersary upon which the
Independence Of tho Amoricsn colonies from Grcat
britain was DECLARED, hasdegeuerated with the yam
koo nation, into an idolatrous worship Of the Cove
eminent Of tho Union with all It's abuses, corrup-
tons and umrpOtions They first lost sight Of the
great principles proclaimed by the Declaration of
Jefferson, and now they openly contomn and do
spise them
80 The corner stone of tho Supcrstructurc Of tho De
clafdhon, Is the consent of the governed to that
political authority to which they yielded allegiance.
And the superstmcture itself is the independence Of
he Staies It il solemny declared in ibis great
State paper, that governments should moi be dis
solved for eight and trivial causes" but when
they become obstructive of tho ends for which they
are created ? which is the happiness of the govern
cd, it is the right Of the peopo-it is Their duty
10 throw off The yoke by which they are oppressed,
and to erect new governments for their better secu-
rity and happiness.
These are the great underlying principles Of the
ehartor the independence of the States, upon which
tho American colonies justified themselves before
the world, for freeing themselves from an ancestral
dOminion and erecting separate aud independent
wan or7,i,t.,or, from these prin-
mplos2 .
. After Onumerating the oppressive and unoonstitu
tiond acts Of the King of Great Britain it is sol
emily announced that these united colonies are
and Of right ought to be, free and independent
. States that they are absolvcd from all allegiance
10 the British Crown, and that all political councc
ton between them and the State of Great Britain is
and ought to be- totally dissolved" Il is the Zip.
pant habit of the yankees to style this day-thC
Anniversary Of " national independence" Yet the
Declaration warrants no such language The colo.
mics were declared to DO "Jree aud Independent
States not an Independent nation.
The colonies were united in the revolution Of TO-
because they were struggling for common rights
against a common foe; not because either Of them
ever surrendered its separate independence to the
others, or dreamed of blending its sovereignty into
National government. And even if i. had the
- principles upon which the union was formed, the
b 80 consent of the governed" and the right of the
people to alter or abolish such government as
should helpme destructive Of the ends for which il
q was created, and to establish new government
ahundanHy condemn the yankees in their attempted
coercion of States which, by solemn act of their
81 people, absolva their connection with them
''1 But no such surrender was ever made, either by
tho declaration, or by the adoption of the Cousti-
.l tuition oC-tho United States The Constitution
was adopted separately by States The great cs.
senGal powers Of internal or local government
we're expressly reserved to the States, by that in
strument, and only such powers delegated, as were
necessary to carry on intercourse with foreign ma
lions wage war and conduct foreign and inter State
commerce and intercourse. The States were left in
the possession Of all the functions of government,
except such a. were indispensable to their strength
and security, as against the Jealousy, cupdty and
ambition of foyqign potentates. This was only
carrying out the idea of the revolution. They
found 1t necessary in winning their separate State
independence to unite their military strength and
resources. So for the future preservation Of that
separate State ndenendence they deemed Il wise
and prudent to continue the Union, thus guaran-
teoing individual liberty, State independence and
PrqteCton against foreign aggression by, the com
pact Of Union. .....f
81, The Yankees have dlsrogarded openly every
principle here laid down. They deny State rights
and assert the oyershadowing supremacy of the
Federal government They claim and cndeavor
to exercise the right to coerce andSubugate States,
esnGsoae, aud abolish the right of property, Stay,
burn, lay waste and destroy, and commit lmanner
Of outregos, ipdecencies and inhumanitios to force
their hated tyranny upon a people, who are not
Consenting to their government, but are resisting it
with all the power that God and nature have given
them. gr. .. .'H. .....
At the present time, they have immense armies,
auartered in the territories of the Confederate
States, for the avowed purpose Of forcing their I'M
willing yoke upon them, and Of destroying every
yeshge of the institutions which they cherish, and
" which they have sworn to uphold.
And yet tho Yankees claim to be the true apos-
ties of the principles Of '76-they even now would
consider il the communication of glory to crown
their outragos upon Independent States by tho cap
ture of tho two great centres Of invasion on the
Fourth of July. They will have the hardihood
and the shameless hypocrisy to assemble on this
day and desecrate its memories and dishonor the
great patriots who rendered it ever memorable by
their political inspirations, by proclaiming Their
loyulty to doctrines which they have disayowed in
the face of mankind with acts Of perGdy and bar
barity which the sayagos, whom they have driven
into the wilderness, would bltsh to witness.
Tho people Of the Confederate States have mol
lost sight Of or denied the great principles of the
first revolution. They this day re-consccrating
them in the toll and blood of their sons--they ar,
re-hallowng them with the proudest proofs Of for
vent devotion and true loyalty, These principles
will issue forth from the smoke and carnage Of the
second revolution baptized in the purest blood o
two eras and gathering an immortal vigor from tn,
hands and hearts of those sons whose ancestors
proclaimed and established them.