Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-12-06
SECESSION.


ne following article We extract from he Balti-
more American. We commend 10 our Southern
coniederauy, anti Unipn neighsor al a,,eutire -
rusas of III
1esp9rary SECESSION, we may presume, is
intended - sort Of trance, species Of par
Ayreo animation. . state Of som Iambulism.
On Which the patient goes far enough towards
4 tne confines q this mortal life to get a peep
into the regions beyond. Mr. Rhett aud
ais associate practitioners have been admins
1erng ehloroform IN : political way very as
stduously for some time past With view to
Il prepare the State of South Carolina fer !
4 successful trial Of her capabilities IN the way
of seeing visions and dreaming dreams.
We mustsregard this idea Of le,SpGsarv &C.
i nessaon as most happy conception II plays
around the precincts Of treason, and possess
l es all the destinations Of danger without anv
3lnf its risk Some reckless votaries who
Know not the secret may indeed 20 too far.
and undertake 10 convert i pleasant 2 anne
into an earnest business Sueh stupidity Of
course could not claim any. sympathy at The
kands Of the cpntrivers offhe diversion. who
would be the frstto leave the lackless dunes
10 their fate in the purgatory Of fools.
south carolina IN q state Of temporary Sc
kcsao1t pisgusted With the world She
slimbs tree Ia'titas Iaaitatuna So
the grizzly tenant Of the polar zone. when
tae season Of Huber Is past. goes grirnly in
~ tofpidfty and with snrly Independence
sNucks his own paws.
Temporary secession, 1t is a phrase Of
ouch exceeding good command that it claims
place a. once IN the vocabulary of sedition,
and bids fair 70 supplant 2 nuIliheation'' IL
fef Instead Of the overt act with its ugly
consequences, the irreyocablc plunge into
the boiling ocean Of civil strife, temporary
secession is dignifed isolation. and would
mean not that South Carolina had absolute
Y cut her aequaintances but simply that she
vas net at home to visiters. Her nerves be-
9ng unsteady, she takes chloroform aud does
Pot wish toEbe intruded upon Or like the
purgomaster in the play she las great deal
qi thinking to do ndtakes her time for it
W. possibly. remembering the advice Of
Hamlet ~ aaiusion to Polonius, she may be
q the opinlon that when one is bent upon
Reforming certain character he should
shut the door andsplay it nowhere but in his
own house
The cat is fond Of fish but breads to wet
IFS feet More happily endowed than the
eft, commonwealth hankerlng after treason
yet shrinking from.its penalties. strikes up.
OBJ the felicitouk compromise Off temnorarv
secession" and spurs dry,footed over her fish
without perceiying that it is stale and alrea.
dy putrescent
After an experiment at 9 temporary seces.
sion" it would be interesting 10 seesthe he
t9fnlng prodigal come back into the family
e1reie, pale from.a diet of husks, and haggard
Ike halfhanged man The hayward strag.
gler would have a strange story to tell. and
WPrds perhaps would not be adequate to por-
tray the state Of stupid semi7consciousness
the night mare terrors, the .hideous dreams,
Of that sort of life in death which was the
LOT of the wandereF in the desert regions
where temporary secession abides Ca
dayerous as from 4 resurrection, the poor
viftim, once more restored to life and happi-
ness, would ever after shudder at the men |
tian of the charnel house which is the dwell /
liltg place Of " temporary secession