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V? JSL if - U. 3 ' N GEO.' MILIS .JOr; ' . THE OLD NORTH STATE - Sill ADVERTISING RATES : 1 Square, one insertion, ' v-- " .. 1 j . every'suoceedks Insertion, ( ; " every SATURDAY noon, at the iCbKrJJ?n -aSPa. AJdPBSLL. on Front One iioh makes a square,' and all advertisement me una inen makes a son .will bm continued until forbid nniees otaanriM or i I dered,. aid harffed-aooqrdii.giy.- To s,i'f are iosar . tion, they should be handed irv by TilCjiSDAT. Term af P"P" Taer "etc hut tw sidles t tl!t citst Patircts acid) ilia;!tcfc8."eB!te8. to bersattled on the 1st of every month.- 'A liberal discount made to those who adyertise largely,- II&t: ing a la ge circulation in the District of loith Cam ina, and reaching; erery part of .the District, it ie In tdTtio) S1.3S lor inoniBs e ai L2L .1 ..a. r month. v - vol 1. PEAUlORT, NORTE CAKOUNl SATURDAY, FEB. m 1865. v NO. 9. Slagte Tan he best method of advert eg that should be desired jj L 1 i i & l " 'I l-l. - - II .11- I... . .. .1 .11 ,J- BUSINESS CARDS. E. a. PIAUU IV lVatcaes, Jewelrv. .. : Sfaaftal laetraaseals, 1 Sirlags afall kl. . 1 knk notes taken at par, at An?:rr oddu theit a lb I ',R J. ' .1. Na Batco. N. C. v--- ' Sept-2 64 tf AT - ' ItSESSSifSSSSli! ..m rlllS.W. MOORE. Gr.ndS.ffJ. of Sew Berne, Jan. 23. 1SCj- " mnouAS atconmiK, ARMY AND NAVY TAILOR, rlk Sir, Oppont lis Efiicepol Church, fc'iw Biam.N.C. talfcrmsiiae to measure wiU promptness. Arjit as Navi Goons or All DftMBimenFtfm ff.L."PAt. CLW.Wmt. rOILK WBST, I AUCTIONEERS, JKm, Pollack ra, Mj Niw Bcrxk, V. C J. n. WATTj ' TTauasaaker eV Jeweller, (Tlch SL,mfcmivor west of J..JV Street. J Watcres. Clocaa and Jewelry Repaired ia a ktUful manner. - D-c. 2, 1S6I. n-tf. 39' CRAVEN STREET. . ' f wiaiMita .lit rtfeaai, Wkaleeale aa Ketail Uracer, Y CiATXX 8TREET, NEW BERNE, 5.C. 5 SPEECU OF MIX. IIANES,. Of DATn80JT, - . 'ry, as the representative of American as the States, or the peoplejothe iStates freemen; especially when I remember might be willing to accept, bfthatwha - - " - 11 M, .1 f 1 111, l-ll-l Delivered in the.Hoasc of Uommons of inai me ireeaomana aeuate anu me u may. ; - i , 3 ; f' But to show this, it is rxscessary to eo to some extent; into ; a aiw3ussion of Aorth Carolina, January 20th.,C5: on ine iouowmg resolutions imroauc ed by him. Resolutions on tlie subject of a General Convention of the Confederate Stales: Whereas, The present system of leg islation by the Congress of the Conle j :.,.:i iu necessary by the dreadful war- which Pressiic ti iivx uuwiisiiiuiiuiiai tana uaTC r 1 . i . , . .1 r 1 .1 . . lor the last four years has been sween .. .... freedom of the press is guaranteed to me by two written Constitutions, that of the State, and of the Confederate States. i snail, inereiore, proceea 10 1 discuss united States is, has been asHbiect o boldly, and express my opinion fearless- animated discussion from thi; period of ly upon every great question ot public its adoptioa in the year 178y, dowu to poucy wnicn may nave-Deen renaerea been passed from time to time, by the votes of ..irresponsible .representatives from Missouri, Kentucky and other Slatrs, some of whom have never sece ded from the Government of the United Slates, but have at this time their full quota of men in the armies of our ene mies, and who therefore have no con stituents upon whom the laws passed by them can operate, and some ot whom dare not even show themselves in the States which they profess to represent. ing over this devoted, land like a tor nado, contaminating or destroying eve rything which Cause within its ' vortex, and which has spread a pall, over the whole land has brought mourning in to every family has rendered hundreds of thousands of hoarlh-stones desolate has filled the land with the maimed and the disabled, w ith widows and orphans, and with squalid poverty. These resolntions, jMr. Speaker,- pro outrage to which no free people' Pse lhe cal1 of a State Convention for c. P. I-OOJIIS, SrccsoE TP C B. Dissti ) IVHOLE&JL ASD RETAIL dealer in Ott ada, riatalas;, Baala mm4 hae, flata as. Cap, caal Oftski, ntailaaery. Jkc. fjelh Front Street, New Berne, North Caro'ina, ntr3 15? f. . is an ought tcsubmit And, whsreds, Article V of the Con strtution of the Confederate States pro vides, that ''Upon the demand of any three States, legally assembled in their several Conventions, the Congress shall summon a Convention of all theConfe derate States, to lake into consideration such amendments to the Constitution as the eaid States shall concur in suggest 'in? at the time when the said demand s made : and should any of the propbs ed amendments to the Constitution be asreed on by the said Convention vot nir by falates and iue same be rajineu v "i . r .1 1 .. by tne .legislatures 01 iu-inirus 01 me several ouies or oy conventions in two-thirds thereof as the . one or by the other mode of ratification may be a ai43ussioa o the theory of the eoverrimest. What the- true theory of the Cohstifcftioa of the TT ' t S l" . s the present time, and toQleterrriine which, more than any thjrisb else this terrible war is na,v being .wed.; -Three separate ana distinct tneonesjiave Deen contended for by three great rjErties,each numusruig among its memers, many eminent statesmen; - 1 sha-m designate each of these theories by name of the great statesmen who wei a regarded severally as the founders orwieir politi cal school- J : j f -r- ' First, then, there was thelHamilton- ian theory, which was muchhe highest 'jm a : ' "H . toned ot any. According tortus theory it is a Constitution of . natiorBtl -' govern ment, founded upon 'thd iovp-eignty of the People. -It is the ppliion.of the statesmen of this school th'a all povr the purpose of co-operating with the Conventions of other States in calling a Convention of the Confederate States, ff.a t rtn pna. f m I- . . a : specifiecf amendment to the Confederate er 13 ves ed iq and derived frjrn the peo Constitution in pursuance of the pro- pie only' that the people a the crea visions of Article V of said Constitution cited in lhe preamble, JNo argument, therefore, is necessary to provide that the powers of such Convention extend, to the making the proposed'amendment tors of both the Federal and State cov- ernments that they delegaJd all pow ers pertaining to the rights Sf national sovereignty to the general gbyernment, to be exercised by that govjtf nmerit for subject to the subsequent ratification of the, people of the United Stfes as their the several States. The only argument agent, and that to that xfefr, and for necessary to be made here is to prove the necessity of such amendments. Much unjust, oppressive and uncon stitutional legislation has been done within the last three years by the Con federate Congress. Nearly all the sa bred rights of the States have been those purposes! it- consolidates' all the States into oneV whilelt reajfrved to the States. all the powers pertafiihg to the rights of local and municipaff sovereign ty, and that to that extent ad for those purposes only are .they Statc, . Accord- proposca uy tne yuW- vonvenuon- tramped in the dust. Conscript law the United States is a Eedeil Republic l ir,5u.. . v vUvv.-- . " "'"7 alter conscript law has been passed un- established Vi TKI.TlirEI.I St BHOTUBB, vho aal Ketau Ueauers ia Drr Ca!, C'Uihiag, JrwlrT.' Faacf llcaia, f airy, ilaata, iSaars, It jif.C'aa, Ac Csraer of PV.'.'.ock a d Middle ts New Beme.N C. . Alt the aboT n 'ed arUclee wul be aold at a isn't advutce abovr cwt. Corn vne. come all a-! ciamiiM the ntk '.If the Constitution, .Uut no' State shall, without its consent be deprived of its "eoual representation in the Senate. 'J here fore, Resolved, That the Joint Select Committee on Confederate rela tions hp instructed to frame and Lrin? in a bill calling a Convention of the reo o!e of this State, or submiltinz the Question to Ihem so as to enable to as nenible in Convention if a majority of them should desire to do so, for the pur passea un- estabJisnea by the people vaiion. is de- til the entire militia system of the States fined by Mbrrtesqtiiett, tb be t "a Conveh has been swept away. Exemption bill tion, by which several Sta! ps agree t'Q after exemption bill has beea modified become members of a' iarrui'rine . or repealed, until the whole male white an assemblage of society that con population between the ages of .seven- sfitnle a new nnn. pnable ff frif!ra5si' no- teen and fifty years, with the exoept.on ky means of father associations-''? "(Men- OI I lie Jliic and ministers . . . L - . 1 10 me conirut 01 trie military aumoruies. t PiiTOrtrfi, Mnrcho 1 .x nt Sf.. And now it is gravely proposed to re- Cotesworth Pickney, i Webster, and power of negotiating a peace-such a peace as "would he satisfactory to them or their people--with the government of the United States, subject to the subsequent approval of the States or their , people. , Bat it is not necessary that I should contend for the Jef- fersonian theory in order , to sustain rny position. On this occasion I can afford to be liberal to those who oHffW with .me in opinion, and yet retain sutacient ground UDon which to erect mv own argument.. - I Shall therefore, assume, Mr. Speaker, that the Madisonian theory is the ope . rirponf compromise eayo no real satisfactioa . to the laws of thA TTnitod States, its ultimata oWftrt being a disruption of the goTermaent pretext sought on that occasion to fustiff their act was the tariff law of 1828, although the ) State of South Carolina herself had. been from the foundation of the government nearly up to that period, as ardent an advocate of a high , tariff, as any. State in New England. That question was compromised South Carolina obtaining all ihat 6he ostensibly demanded. -A revenue tarnT with incidental protection bo came the settled policy of the government, and except lor a short period under the UriCf of 1862,- was never departed , from.. ! ifut tnid whiph the Confederate government is foun ded tnat it 13 a government , based upon the 8overemhty f the States, and therefore subject to their control ; and I take' it for granted that no man in the Confederacy will for one moment contend that it derives its originfrom any higher source than the sov ereignty of the States. Surely no statesman of the South will ever contend under .the Confederate Constitution for the high-toned theories of the old federal school. leaders of that. movement.. But 4 few days after the passage of the compromise bill of Mr. Clay," the newspaper organ .of the secessionists ," at Washington declared "that the South eo4d never bo united on the tariff question and tha( ' the slavery question " was ithe only one that could unite them." About the same time, Mr. Calhoun said the same' thing in a speech at '? i t . -tii c. i. 1: .1 v. A 1 : A WOC Vili ouuui uaruuua, anu ujia uoviuiuun was echoed by bia , part'zans . every whero throaghout the South'; ; Immediately after thla commenced that violent agitation of, the slavery ; ; T tnWft 5t fnr crrnnf T,ot It wJIt "nnt' tui I QueSUOD, WniCD DI jlim V yuiuiuiwu u., ..T.b 'Z ; , " '.. the admission of CaJuornia in .1850. pcal all exemption laws, and allow no F. II. SAUTOBIOli, . DSitKB 1.1 Gald ass Silver IVaieace, Claka asi Jewel rr, .ViiJ-V SSrrtt, next door to eormer. rartica'ir attention paid to tepairins of Wat cites. Li ci a: d Jewe.ry. X,w lUu.Ac.. IB. 1864. 53 tf pose of co-operating with any two oth- ;.,,, tn lml.l nnr ,,rf. r, n n ier OlUies 111 cnuiu vwncnuuuui ail lhe Confederate Stales, for the purpose of amending the Constitution, so as to provide that hercaflcr iho representa tives of any Slate or States, whose ter ritory is in the hands of the enemy so thnt the Confederate laws-Jcannot been EI.A.TD, BIGIiOW at CO, COMMISSION AIERC II A X r , WUoWale dealers in Fruits Groceiies. Pro U- IWock fcireit, Ittdor from Eat Front is Ueia,2i.C. forced therein, 6hall not. during the - - w JTIC nOTL. XIV CALVI.V COX. a . Ftenl "nrt Beaafert, IT, C. The Table is ronttantly supplied with lhe be1 the nnaiket an.rd. n 5 aaf.wt. N C. Dec. I, lC I. I P. LEnSA.T, A TTORSEYASD COUSSELLER AT LA V New Heme, W. C. OZet in Brick Balldit; on Eailroad Street, neai IV.IIivlt (.) ' .esrurne, Dec. 21,1 SC4. Itf. conticoance of such occupation by the enemy, be rexmitted to vote upon my qustion of legislation, but shall have street, oajy such riglits as are allowed to the 43 tf' delegates from the Terrilorics of the Conle derate States;. and of considering such other amendments as lhe said three States shall concur in suggesting. Resolved, ftrifart That State sover ignty being the principle on which North Carolina and the other States withdrew from the, Federal Union, the, States composing the Southern Conle deracy are sovereigns, and the Confe derate Government is only their agent and subject to their control, and -tha States in their sovereign capacity, 11 General Convention assembled, have a peace with the legislate for the States, publish a news paper or preach the Holy Gospel in pursuance if bis commission from Al mighty God, without a special detail from lhe President for that purpose, un less such person should be over fifty years of age. , More than once lias the privilege of the great writ of habeas cor pus been suspended to an extent never many other eminent statesmen. Diametrically opposed to this is the Jelferspniaa theory, i According to this theory eacn State is a complete within itself the Constitution is $ mere "league or treaty of alliance betweVn; the States, which are thus confederated together for certain specified limite purposes.; The federal government is the mere agency of the States ror fjii btates ror me manage- Cl L i. .r ' 1 .rL otate constitution in tne contemplated by the Constitution. It m r Lvi ' S'1;"1 General Assembly, yet b . J - - . . I f ti;tiish 00.H V.rnTO rra i ccont colt. I . . . . . has not only been suspended as to' all w "'" "":r,r Vm'","''... nuca 10 legislate aunng. arrests made for criminal offences; lut e'f. rf ife'.a"V it has been suspended so as to deny to l11 u.. orir citizens innuirv through thn writ WJUS "lJ UA . Ul,uu 4 j , ri Itf. the ri?ht to negotiate ""mb . . . B - t rLAAD&wALLis.nELinoTiFE government ot lhe United ftiaies, wun- i!!Zl?f- r , . out consulation with the President of vtvrtfnnyuirorins the OCcers, Soldiers and Civil. ,, ( kt,to. 'Knt .nl.iort nn. ss of ih place, that they have refitted up their lhe Confederate States, but subject on- voom 4adt.utiBBew(rrounde;!asi'ky-iihLwhich y to the subsequent ratification of the X&$: several States n their. separate State v ,i tv thoso mi all Pictures called Oetna. 1 Oive m a. call and see aatnplee, at re 3m v-i.vcu wreei, o doors Buntft ot AUnk ol.Honb j r! " siaars, xtew lcrnd, si. C qec ' t(7 EDfflS ITERT, CKALZa ia DUt fftUmtrj, . Newspapers, TXagaalaea, ' mmd Fa ax 7 3a4a. Ko. SO.roiioca 8tt, adjoining the Governmect i Bery, New Berne. N. C. kilt QnABLES F. aiAAG, t aacceaaar fa ArUBT It. HIAAG. f . BtALBE " - DRUGS ASD MEDICINES. T, Utntr KrauiMjr Goods, rcr. ' fnmrria, rocket Cull try. Garden Seeds, etc. x TTaaleaala aa4 Beta.II. Opposite the Union Photograph Gallery, Pollock cei. aoove Middle, Kew Berne. l?sw Berne, Jan. 7, 1865. M JgLAGGK 4c SOPEh, Convention. The aboe resolutions having been read, Mr. ITanes said Mr. Sneaker: In submilling mese resolutions for the consideration of the House, I desire to avail myself of the Erivilege of discussing them and their indred topies, with that boldness .and freedom which should ever characterize the debates of the representatives or free people, when assembled for the purpose of legislating for them in tiy j ! : ing ana perilous nine a. ,- On a memorable occasion durinsr the period of the rebellion o! her American colonies, the great Earl of Chatham said in the British House of Lords, that he rejoiced that the Americans has resist ed ; that three millions of Englishmen thus submitting to be made slaves would be. fit instruments for enslaving the remainder. -Un another memora ble occasion a few years later, another eminent Unlisn statesman, who never received justice at the hands of contem poraries, but whose memory, will be hal lowed by the.admiration of poeteritv MMr . .. Mr. rox spoke m the .British House ot Commons on the subject of an ans wer to the King's speech using this re markable language i 'I shall treat the speech of the King as the speech of the Minister, and I undertake to: say. that there is not a single fact set forth in his false hood." COXUissiox MERCHANTS, XaTite tt tion ef producer, of " COTTOt XB WArA ITOBES, ar 4 .j'.-i o cotuinaeni4of theMia.. liberal Majesty's speech which is not a v Ascxa T-I3 be mad., rp,- lale, gtondec3i,i8ci un If 8UCh liberty 'of speech was allow- j j Cl ia ine-unuan xraniament tnree quar- Printed (ton". . I ters of a century ae-o. how much ere at irh.fc, aausractorily. and ehaa 2V . : 7 " n jaa.W , 0-MiLLa JOT. ' . ",u.e"7. raaJ ryeniurejo taxe in mis, .. , . Vtfa . me iiigrt noon ot llie.nineteenth centu- tooerh.by into the existcneo of the dearest civil rights. And even now, we are threat ened with- another suspension of 'the same unconstitutional una obnoxious character. All of these acts have been done heretofore, and ean only bo done hereafter, by the votes of certain pre tended representatives from the States of Missouri and Kentucky States.fhioh have never seceded from the United States government, and which are now furnishing their quota, of mca for Mr. Lincoln's army.. These laws, I say, Mr. Speaker, have been passed or will be passed if passed at all, by the votes of certain pretended .representatives in whose States they can no more be exe--cuted than in New York or New Eng land, and who dare not even show tlmmcplvoa In tliA .Sfnfpa wl?rVi tVitr nroff ss. to represent, but who were elect- J01ntIy ed by a small squad of, refugess in Au gusta or Mobile. "What interest can such a set of men feel in our welfare, having no constituents of their own ? tlio Constitution, and of the' time.mode manner and measure of redress :" and that consequently, a Statc-kias the nul lify a law of Congress where in its opin . t i .. ...:li Z..J. denied by any man. outside qF the lunatic asylum, that the "creature is always subject to the control of its creator.., 'This is a self- evident proposition, odeny this, would be-to deny the great - Jehovah the right to control and govern the world which He has' caliedinto existence. . - It ii admitted, then, that the Confederate govertment is based npon'the sovereignty of the Slates. In ereneral CobVehtion assembled they created it ; and afterwards each State separately ratified and confirmed the act. jit is their common agent. They are its creators. Their powers over it aro sovereign. In gene ral Convention assembled,) they may at any time require it to enter idto negotiations for peace upon such terms a?!hey may think pro pcr, and if it will not obey their commands, or if the United States government will not nego--tiaje with it, then they Wve a right to take their affairs into their own hands, and to open negotiations themselves with the government of the United States. Such a com so may be come imperative, for the reason that the gov ernment of the United States may never agree to recognize the existence of the Confederate government, even for the purpose of negotiat ing any kind of a peace with it. In that event the States would have the right to revoke the powers granted to their common agent and terminate its existence, j This is a right inher ent in the very nature of our government. It is a right above and beyond the Constitution. To deny this1 right is to say these . States are not sovereign in the very face df the Constitu tion itself which declares 4hat in forming it "each State acted in its sovereign and indepen- deh capacity." Tx denyUhisi right is to say that the stream may rise higher than its source that the creature is greater than its creators. To say that a Convention of sovereign States may create for themselves " a common govern ment, and are competent to changc'lhat gov ernment at wilL or to dissolve it, andfare not i Competent to negotiate with another govern ment, is, in myumble 6pihiqn, an absurdity But, perhaps, I can illustrate my position by reference to an analogous case still fresh in the memory of this House. Our State government is based upon the sovereignty of the people. In lool it became necessary to call a Conven tion of the people of the, State; and although all legislative power is expressly vested by the State Constitution in the two Houses of the Convention coh- e whole period of its existence, and us right to do so could not be jquestioned. Not onljr did it legislate, but at one time it actually prorogued the Legisla ture itself, extending the time, of its meeting to a day far beyond that which it had fixed for itself. At one-time it even talked seriously of dissolving the existing Legislature and calling another, thus claiming the right (0 dissolve the existing state government and create a new By the ' efforts of the ereat statesmen Of the last 'are . . , i i ti i i.. tne mailer wa,s men cuiupruuiiseu. mu nuum country seemecLto.be, satisfied with the settle- ' ment, but there iiU a number of restlesi spirits among the ' secessionists of the South, 1 who would bo satisfied with nothing less than , the dissolution of tho Union -They immerhr . atcly commenced agitating the question again with the view of furnishing themselves with " a pretext for exercising the sacred fight of se'-i 3 cession, which they professed to have dtdaceu ' from the system of Mr. Jefferson.' They began by demanding a recognition of the doctrine of i 'non-intervention". by Congress in relation to they finally obtained at the .Cincinnati Con ven- ';j tion, in 1830. , 1 C,..' ' No sooner had they obtained this; than tHcV ! went to the opposite extreme, and demanded, ' as in ultimatum, the "interveniidn" of Con- i' gress for the protection of slavery in. tbt ;. territories ; and upon this ultimatum, guccec- V ded in breaking up the. Charleston Conven tion. Several years previous to thishowever they had succeeded with' the aid of a few Northern allies irt repealing the Missouri Com promise.- This act, together with a-subse-1-quent attempt to force the Leeompton Con stitution upon the people - of. Kansas in oppo sition to the known arid expressed wish of of three-fourths of them, had built np a grift party at theNorth in opposition to the exten sion of slavery. By lieaking up the Charles- ton. Convention, and dividing the Democraticf oartv. the secessionists purposely aided, witft malice aforethought' to elect Mr. Lincoln, the candidate of this party, to the Presidency ftf the United StatesV :in 1800; an event over which there was as much rejoicing in South Carolina as there was in Massachusetts. lit the mean timo there had been much unjusti li able legislation on the part of a few of thp J Northern States, which T am as ready to I condemn as any other man, but . there had been no net ef the national government in tho slightest degree infringing our. rights. Tbj decisions of tho Supremo Court had all been. in our favor. The slavery question had bcn settled in the territory, f by tho acts of Con- gress establishing governments for the terri tories of Colorado, Nevada and Decotah. We, also had a majority in both Houses of Con-i gress; consisting of the Southern members. the, Northern Democrats and the Fillmorp , : l . i!l-i' . V i I ion sucn law is unconsiutionai, nou- OTie- itS:right to do all this was never ques withstandirfg the other States.may differ tioncd in fact couldnot 'be questioned. Where vvith it on that point, l it is from this dld tIie Convention get the power to do .all theory that the right of .secession-is de- thes? ttings-from' the Constitution ?No; it V ? ml- l. J . , , j. . . was an extra -constitutional; power. It was'a duccd. This theory may e studied in powtfr inherent in the sovereignty of the peo the famous Kentucky resolutions of pie then and there assembled in Convention. lhe Confede:a.e government being based upon the sovereignty of the States, the States in general Convention assembled have all, and more than all, the .poiver over, that govern ment which the people "in'"Cbnvention; have overfthe State government, as the people are limited to' some extent by the Confederate Constitution. I might sustain my position by numerous citations from the rathers. but 1 1799, and in the writings &f Air. Jef ferson and Mr. Calhoun J , Between these two extremes there was a middle ground in what is known as the "Madisonian theory1 Accord ing to this theory it is a Constitution of government based upon the-jsovereignty of the States,' forming a federal Eepub- wiirnot do it, lest I shouia render myself ob lin hv iho action of the SlaW. instead noxfous to the Charge of having i mado an elabo- of the action of the people. f the States T"f .??ent to sustain a simple, if not A TLLLf.rAu:. self-evident proposition. : .-. : ine statesmen oinis scnooi jinv-,ntT ,k0 ck tha regard the government as tb agent and feign States to control, direct or dissolve their They are, for the most part, a set of desperate political adventures, who have nothing to loso by any legislation how ever grinding it may bo upon us, ori however desperate may be its charac ter. Are we willing longei to submit creature ot the btates, which the "States" not a State ha v.; the right to direct and control, provided they, or three-fourths of them can jgree as to the manner and the purpesfe for Which it is to be controled. This J-heory may be studied in the famous Viirginia reso lutions of 1798 and '9, and Ir. Madi son's celebiated report lheon ; also in the writings of Monroe, , Mr. Wirt, common agency, tne Uonlederate government, and to negotiate for themselves a peace with the government ofj; he United States, as I con ceive as clearly as any one can show the right of the great omnipotent God of the Universe to direct, control or dissolve his creation, I now come to the most painful part of my task, that of showing from the condition of the country, the absolute necessity of their exercisingtheir sovereign powers in order to, avert impending and utter ruin. ..; r ;. . In doing this, I hope I may be permitted to It is not my intention to disoss at this promising beyond the power of human calcu time the question, "which of tl so theories lation. " We were in the enjoyment of larger !a .Mf oc r,TsV,aA Ua nJetU ntmn nf proportion of civil and religious liberty than 0 VVllVVV CIO SVr kUV vnwma w,waa i to be thus oppressed by the votes ot a ,fp Van!Hnran:Rila''-WritfrU : General contrast the resent Condition of thetontrv set of irresponsible representatives, with- Tuvenn i i thir .Wmpn ftf with what" it was but five short years ago. nnf nf lcf oTrt nrj aiiiaWoo tn iho Ll i ' i J i I Then we wpre a united, contented and happy . . e ! scnooi. j : i v ; I people all ' our prospects were bright and obtain redress ? If we are, thea.we are already subjugated, and fit to become the subjects of a despotism. For this purpose, then, I desire that the Conven- lon should be calledi'and:for this rea son Ijhope the resolntions will be adopt- ions are already well known ofthat qucs ed ; for if this government is to endure I "on . . ; . , -j i .i r m ,1 - a. r x- a.1 i a i h .ihi Ainuiviiiin LiiKiirv in liu uud wv 1111.1s. or any lengtn 01 time, men uis 01 uu, -r CCTi vnH. years more at most, if we had remained to- applied the United States'" Snch a discussion would be foreign to my purposalbn this oc casion ;' and besides, I imagine that my opin- any pther people upon whom tho sun of Heav en had ever shone. All tne material interests of the country were advancing with-such ra pidity that their movements were almost visi- Die. to ine numan eje. Tie were rapiaiy De cerning the first manufacturing, commercial and maritime power in tne world. - in a few mlrimlVt dfi5V.lh.-, resolution $$gZSZ$Z U.U. should be made . : ; sf ' far more than for anything elsetn my opin- T Aet nt .,1 .vVivJ: But, high and important as the pbw- ion, the Southern States withdrew from tie feratifving prospects which seemed to be soread er of amending the Confederate Consti- federal Union?, and laid the foundation of the 0ut before us in endless profusion, for the en tut ion is, I desire- to show " that such Confederate Constitution upon fce ryrA.b joyment of ourselves and our posterity, our Convention would J vested with mlich secmioni a cornerstone. imagine &B.eJ higher power still. propose to show 01 rtwSLnS had imbibed ie that such .a Convention, in connection Sfe: M'iS pUusible.but fkbe theory of M Jefferson, and win iuBiUMuw..,y., r-i-" - ftad deduced tnerefrom, as tney believed, tne we , would; have surpassed- in. po'trer - 1 - r . I . i, TH-Mvninn fhani wal tnfi-trilR inmrr I r J f . mi.; i ,. .. j, , . . 1- luoDcuciwiiiomuwij iiH" --v permwoy -uocknne 01 secession. auio pany sess unlmiited v sovereign powers and of the Confederate Constitution, and foan ,Ld been gradually accumulating strength al would therefore be vested with the upori that assuniption an iiCgable argd- most from the foundation of , the government,, right to negotiate a peaee with the Uni- ment to brova that the States in general until the year 1833, when it'made an opeh eff tecL States government such a peace I Convention' .assembled,, would possess the fort in the btate of bouthtarelma.to resist the Wh'gs, and it seemed that our interests were ' perfectly secure. They had all the protection ' under the Constitution of tho United Stated that any Constitution could give them, anut that Constitution could not be changed eicept by the consent of , threc-fourtbs of the Statcs : and then; there was not the remotest -proba-f bility that that number of States would eve; assent to' any change affecting the iec))iit institution of the South, i Yet these inen. jro fess to believe that the j institution of slavery j was in danger and that' it could or.ly b rendered secure by the peaceable secession ojf ' tho slave States -from tho : Unioni. ' Tho deccl ; was done, and tfie result is before us. In thb Union the institution of .slavery woul havio- survived all the attacks of iU (enemiff( tho abolitionists, but it .wijl never recover from the , blow which it has received at the hands of its professed friends, the secessionists. ' Asa result of secession . we have been for nearly; fdur years engaged in the most gigantic war of modern times"- a life and death struggle fjf existence, and it seems to be impossible forjUs ; to maintain the struggle much! longer. A universal conscription, such as was never be fore witnessed in any country, has exhausted our fighting population. ,'. Stated after.Stat9 has been wrested from us, until! we are re duced to very narrow limits.' ' Our army Sit . the West has suffered defeat after defeat, until ' it has almost been annihilated, and as a con-" sequence Sherman has been eflabled to march almost unopposed through the whole length r of, the State of Georgia, capturing her most: important . city and seaport, ..By obtaining , possession, of the Savannah rivcx he has rc-. duced us td the necessity of subsisting fJen. Lee's army, which is. In fact, the only army f we have left, from a part of Virginia, North t . and South Carolina ; and in thosb States it ia . ' well known that there is butliUlo to spare!: from the wants of the women and children at) ' .home. He-will soon com tnojice a forward, movement northward through Soiuth Carolina and North Carolina to co-operate- with Gen.1 Grant in the reduction of Richmond and the ' capture, of Lee's army. Great as this under- taking may 'seenf.i'it is not half so great as . l 1. r u:- i. c r.ii c f was luafc ui uis uiaruu. lrum umivu iv oaraii- oah.Tbat he.accomplishedin opposition to a powerful army, Commanded, for soma time. by one of the ablest Generals on the continent. Now, it must be remembered, that we have ; no considerable army t to oppose him, and 'no material out of which to create one. How,' then, are we to prevent the success of this " expedition?! . y.in ill. i i . v.'. :r't . It most beremembered, too, that Mr.l: Lincoln has just called for 800,000 more meJ: The people of tho United States are just nowi s reioicing greatly.! ever the brilliant successes , which have . crowned Sherman's campaigiu f and Thomas's late operations against Gentr Hood. Thev are in the highest possible spirit ' . in consequence of their preaoat brilliant pfot-ft beets. Mr. Lincoln -will, therefore, speeiSy obfain all the men be calls for." They will go to the field witn the greatest alacrity, and being inspired with the hope of speedy tny cess, they will soon become excellent soldiers;!; How, then, I, ask again,' Mr. Speaker, are w ' td prevent . the success . of our enemies ? Can we succeed in recovering back, the States" majority of the States of the Confederacy-f which have been taken from as by tho armies - 01 tne urn tea states j van we hold our re Continued ori' ith Pag.
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