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j ,he, : THE ADDRESS
OF
SOUTHERN DELEGATES IN CONGRESS,
TO
THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
We, whose names are hereunto annexed, address you in discharge
of what we believe to be a solemn duty, on the most important sub-
ject ever presented for your consideration. We allude to the conflict
between the two great sections of the Union, growing out of a dif-
erence of feeling and opinion in reference to the relation existing be-
tween the two races, the European and African, which inhabit the
Southern section, and the acts of aggression and encroachment to
which it has led.
The conflict commenced not long after the acknowledgment of our
independence, and has gradually increased until it has arrayed the
great body of the North against the South on this most vital sub-
ject. In the progres of this conflict, aggression has followed ag.
gression, and encroachment encroachment, until they have reached
a point when a regard for your peace and safety will not permit
us to remain longer silent. The object of this address is to give
you a clear, correct, but brief account of the whole series of ag.
gression and encroachments on your rights, with a statement of the
dangers to which they expose you. Our object in making it is not to
cause excitement, but to put you in full possession of all the facts
and circumstances necessary to a full and just conception of a deep.
seated disease, which threatens great danger to you and the whole
body politic. We act on the impression, that in a popular gover-
ment like ours, a true conception of the actual character and state of
a disease is indispensable to effecting a cure.
We have made it a joint address, because we believe that the
magnitude of the subject required that it should assume the most im-
pressive and solemn form.
Not to go further back, the difference of opinion and feeling in re-
ference to the relation between the two races, disclosed itself in the
Convention that framed the Constitution, and constituted one of the
greatest difficulties in forming it. After many efforts, it was over-
come by a compromise, which provided in the first place, that Repre-
sentatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the States
according to their respective numbers; and that, in ascertaining the
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Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887. The address of southern delegates in Congress to their constituents., pamphlet, 1849; [Washington]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth395237/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Schreiner University.