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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-16
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE
PHILADELPHIA.
New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Oev,esuorderce Of The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, Jan Is
In the City and County OF Philadelphia, during
1850 arcs new buildings were erected, being an
increase over lsi9 Of about 1000 buildings. This
shows that the spirit Of improvement is aroused
in our city. -;
Judge Joseph B Anthony. prominent poll
tician Of this State died in WiamsPort on r II
day last ,-o,,,,y for tx.
nori and Goa 2CO0 Dbls. were disposed Of ~ -
Us morning al 81 ga for standard and ~ gay ~
better brands sales for city Consumption 81 ~. "a ~
common and good brands and s5G5 -. -, "a
" orr n not Inquired sfteT The last sac M ~
Corn MEAL is held firmly; sale OF - oyso os a
:, . c,Iag ~ In WHEAr no sales have been reported
CnsS NJ in fair demand and further sales OF 0OV lVe
,sy ,sie oars continue very scarce sales Of Pennsyl-
,snls az - bushe The CoTToN markets. quiet and prl-
&C. 80 stesdy; further sales Of Upland and New Orleans
.fiIdi54c y NJ. In GROCERIES there 10 more dong;
200 bids NewOreans Sugar sold al 81 G6sc y 10 on nme
There BE- but e Of COFFEE In FIRST hands TO operate
IT, In Provisions the transactions have been limited and
supplies from the West cor nue 10 come 10 very slowly
WHISKY Is steady; sale Of hds al 25c and bDs a. DC
SALES or STOCKs-Fnsf BOdyd$700 State os, 79, 100;
l7oO 6s So 1861 500 do, 62, III; 500 DO ll.i
Mech b. sOi Ma BIZ, lSeE IS do, l4Oi IS susq Canal
TO- $500 Ches and Del Capaos 81 95t; Far and Mech
BIZ 7ei; $50 Long Island RI, q 30 90 Girard OK
Is3 200 Morris Canal, 2 5000 WI RR6s, 81 500 do'
slt Louisville BIZ, lO3i 81 ~ q lOz Unl9n lana
l6i; Union BIZ Tenn 6sii 50 MA ins Isl $1,000 Sch
Sse"sd Bo9ySlOO Morris Csna ISL 1890 Lehigh 79
1900 do So IL Camden and AmbOy RR, l9l $50 U. s.
&C. S. iO7; IS Mechanics Bank, SOL 5000 Camden and
AmbOy RR S. IS; % Union Bank Of Tenn 68t lOCfenn
RR, 45; do 4Sf 50 Vcksburg RR, 20; 81 Union Canal
I6l 10 Harrisburg RR n Bank Of North America, l40
40 u Bank, 2; u Planters Bank Of Tenn. Sc.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
1Iarkets....CIScIS

HIHFhtIs's - OINCINNAIIl j an. II.
The number Of Hogs arrived up TO this evening
il sol 158 Only 26 arrived from Kentucky this week The
market remains firm al 1894 50. Returns from various
points in Indsns and Ohio indicate falling on Of nearly
onehafin Scouo Valley and one-thrd In whitewater Val
ley Provisions are in very good demand a. full prices 500
bbls PoRK sold a. 10 IS for Mess S2for Clear 800 bbs
ofPnme LARD at tic 100000 10 OF Drysaled Sides a. SIC
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Markets...sr. LOUIS. Jan.l4.

The receipts OF produce here have increased
WHEAT is selling 76d8Oc Flour dun sales Of good
country brands al 87.G3 20. Provisions are inactive
MOI LARD IN bbls and uerces Is 37iG6 IS kegs 717Sc
Mess PoRE 10 50Gl0 Is prime 75 Dry sailed MEATs
10000 n no sides al s. shoulders &c. Weather is mid
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Jan. - By Re-. Morns Crawford JOHN A. KINGsLAND
10 Ms hANCf GRUMAN, all Of this City
% aesday Jan - By Rev Francis Fatoa D. DANIEL ~
CARhGT0N and FRANCES NJ daughter Of tie ats john Sal
teree, al o. BTookbn.
A. catskl, Jan By Rev. George A Howard, CHARLES 4
DAV tosAKAH PORTER shes Of NE Dayd Psrsr
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on Nsanssday Jan IS Of calst svsr SPENCER Ma
lhAhEL Only sou Of Gilbert and mary Frances Harris AGED
years, mouth and l7esYs 49,
he trends Of the family respectfully invited 70 attend the f
IeH io1 ne residence 81 be iathsr NJ 10 Column Thurs
day afternoon, a. ~ O'Clock.
on Wsd1ssday morning Jas. IS MG HARRIET BLOOD widow
o. The late Harris Blood - ~
The fnsnd Of the family respectfully invited 70 attend he, m
nea o. frd9y asuooa, i7h 81 O'clock without further
hoee ron her ate rssi1snce Wavsfly psc. is a.
~ Q fhsr hsa
Of the late samuel , Mott Jr ~ 49, - SUI
Ih insnds Of tie family respectfully invited 10 attaDd Ia o.
neA - norg Al u ook at the northeast corner Of seventh
'' W
Ga Tuesday Alsrnoou Jan g. Of measles, EggSgZER 49,,
kbene1er AID II tseth noaf0e year Of hs
ks.tfs ana III snf respectfully invited . attend - sr
Mso D0nne e. % Ffday a. ococE n without srtAsr aT
Jan "a. nalt daughter Of Basin ard Helen NJ reGsor
o. Sunday Jan MARY YAssAR youngest ch of Jo.aoh
d and sussnnah Z Lyon. 7Pn l.
The fuleFal TOOL pscs yesterday a. Greenwood
ne aHest hosefs are tie fad.d1
AtOnuge y J. jan 10 Of sesrst fever FRIEDRICH BTay
Co son Of Frsanck ard EHa Rsnsr sgsd years mont. 80
IL days -' @l'
Weekly Report OF Deaths and Interment.
u ne Cify q Brooklyn for tie Week es4iag L, II ost
''s-V. -, Ea.e' - Aous u Children, a. Total 81
r., D,sLAsAS' DISEASES DISEASES
bronch!us ...... ! Fever, inaamn.. I Measles -
Burned ...f..... Fever, congestive I Para ysis
Consumption Heart, disease Of Premature bi.,k
ConyulsiOns 80. III WI coping cOug h Stubborn
Debility. lnhAmn bowels 2lUnkuOU-n ' !
DrOpsy ......... 8 lungs 49, D -'''''''
DiFF'J ~ "-- VIA a. II Total .........8
NJ WENDELL. Health ofIcsr
Office Of Board Of Health, Jan. H. 1851 -~
n b. nIeflents IN Greenwood and other Rroohivr
Nouhas uom Ne"'foTk and other places, 49,
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Narkefs, CAREFULLY REPORTED TOR TEE fNIBUNH'
WEDNESDAY,, January l5
ASHEs-The market is steady sales Of 10 bbs al 63i
a. rs for Pots. and 62t for Pearls ~
Export from lst to IAN Ian. 1871. lS0U.
pcs .........,.. bbls... go l,l03
49, ---.-........... 400 l59
COTTON-About 200 bales sold to-day al a decline Of
dc from last weeks prices The market has been gfadu-
Av declniDg for days but prices show some IRE
eularty as few sales have been made al previous prices
Frnor, from lst to l4th Jan 1851. 1850.
Cotton .,....,,. bales. 1883 8,532
Export from the United States 1900
Since let September, 1880. 't,o
Same time. 1919
Comparative Statement Of Receipts Exports, and Stocks Of
Cotton. at The JoNOUiag places, at ne dates named:
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-.
Pyssent-ALoSzo A. ALvoRD, ESQ, President
IN The Chair; Assistant AID. Moore, Haley, Nasal Nc
Canhy Soyce, Barr. }. B. Webb, J. Webb, CrSae MineT
smith TTehSsn Pearsal Sands Ward, Bolster, Ey ard
Edwards.
REPORr.
or the CoDan,lt zee Oh Law DepaTmeot-Recomm
stte assesssn, list for sewer IN Sth and oh and
cd snd <5tk rs be -erred back TO The BOAri Of
sors Adopted -
From The Bureau Of Ass, <smenis WIN ne oowns IS.
ssssnent Isis sskng ,ksi The game may be eonhnnec and
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Memphis, Tenn .........jan uary /. 1850 $500
Export of Cotton from the Port Of Nei0- York from Sept l.
1880 10 jan Ia, 1880
To Grit Britain bales To other Foreign Ports 1858
To Franeei ............40O9Sl "
To North OF Europe ..lS,7O2l ..lSloI
FLOUR AND MEAL-Our market for Western and
State Flour Is steady and active there Is more do.
ing for the East and The local trade There 10 fair bust
doing in New Orleans at S. Canadian is firm, with
sales Of 5O0bbs at s7f in bond The sales Of domestic
reach 400 bbls at 4iG4 62t f1r No superhne 750
487t for common to strait State; 87t0S5 for Michigan
and Indiana aud O6G5 24 for pure Genesee southern
- hr win teir demane saes OF ooO Dds at 49,
M375 Corn Meal Is duh at s. FOR Jersey, and p for
Export from lst to 18th Jan. 1851. 1850.
Wheat Flour. .........,...... bbls. 1881 88,58
GRAN-A quiet market for Wheat, aud prices are nom
ina FOR domestic The only sale have 10 notice is 600
bushels White Long Island O8, delivered here Cana
dian held firmly al O76l u, in bond. Rye IS quiet at
al 1901 90 Corn less firm and very quiet sales OF 800
bushels Southern yellow al 7oc at the close buyers only
St Price s1s 95 sSP9f S 9S are heavy and d" ." TOT
Export from let to 18th jan 1851. 1880.
Whest....'.,............,... bush l235i 2l,I45
PR0visIoNs-oai market Tor old PORK opened heavy
for Mess with sales u 500 hbs in lots al Il 1907 % bat
closed dull and nominal Prime ia quiet at % New Mess
is firm, with sales 100 bbs Sl4 Rumps selling
9fGS9 New Prime is scarce and nominal Beefis In
better demand and is steady sales 800 bb al 258SlO
Country is heavy AZ our inside figures Prime ia quiet At
Hams are r sales of50 Ibis Al e3c Picked Meats Are
scarce and nominal. Dressed Hogs are saleable &C.
Lard is firm, and for old in kegs prices better sles
&c. and for In bbs al d34c Butter dull former
prices Cheese Is plenty and the market vors the buyer
at5id6ic.
Export from lstto l4th Jan. 1851. 1850.
Beef.. ..............b bB. l682 5,lj6
Pork.......................... l,847
Lard. .......................kegs. 7S8 6,37O
WHlSKY-A steady market sales Of $50 bbls Prison at
26c, and 50 hhds Drudge az Csc. time
OILS-Are very dull; Whale has declined 300 bbls OF
the finest Polar Whale sold 47c delivered. arrive
from New. Bedford for shipment to Liverpool The range
lie from S5d47c.
IRON-Is heavy and English Ear declined 300
sold al $58 but that price is difficult 10 realise Scotch
Pig is selling slowly at 10 75d$20, cash.
SEEDS-Thedeman Is good for FlaxSeed, but the
kei quite bare sales Of Western at &c. Clover steady
and in limited demand for export sales OF % erces Penn.
syyania a. Sc, cash. Timothy is firm, with limited de-
maud a. Sl5d4l7 = nerce
TALLOW-A fair demand sales Of 300 10 prime Civ
al &c, cash. for exfort.
HAY-There lie fair demand for shipping; sales Of 500
bales 81 &c In lots at SOC for the city consumption
HOPS-A fair demand for the West 81. Louis, &c. &C.;
sales Of Is bales at 30d35c cash.
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NruuvopK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1851

lem. Canton. Massillon, Wooster, Loudonville and
Mansfield, to its point Of intersection with the
Cleveland. Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, at
Crestipe near Gallon. At this point it is expected
that the Bellefontaine and Indiana and the ONO
and Indiana Railroads viii connect with the OHIO
and PENNSYLVANIA road. The steepess grades upon
the line are less than fifty feet per mile the mini
mum radius Of curvature is 1000 feet and upon
its whole length our road crosses no large stream
except the Big Beaver.
The Eastern Division extending from PITS
burgh to the point of intersection with the Cleve-
land and Wensville Railroad at Alliance, IS 81
miles long. The Western Division, extending
from Alliance TO Crestline is l04 miles long.
As soon as the Eastern Division Of the Road IS
completed, a continuous railroad communication
will be effected between Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
Columbus and Cincinnati. It will require the
completion of only 81 miles Of our road to accom-
plish this object by which Pittsburgh will be
brought within six hours of Cleveland and eighteen
hours of Cincinnati This the Board expect to
accomplish this year. and when done it will be
certain to secure a large revenue to the Company.
AT the same time, it is intended to open the road
to Massillon, the most important wheat mart on
the Ohio Canal. Between MassillOn and Woos'
ter, twenty-five miles, large part OF the grading
and bridging is already completed, and the Board
hope soon to be able to make arrangements for
the superstructure on this part of the line West
of Wooster the work is not yet under contract,
because the local subscriptions required to com
plete the grading and bridging are not yet filled.
According to the Census Of 1870, the population
of the County Of Allegheny in the State OF Penn
svlvania. lin which Pittsburgh and Allegheny City
are situated was 81 ,235. By the Census OF 1850,
it is lbs, O64, showing increase OF 56,s29 in ten
years-equal to 10 T. cent
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SAVINGS BANK DIvIDEND.--EAsT

SRIvER SAVINGS INSTITUTION, 100 Chatham
square, corner Of Jamesst New YoIkThe dependencies
hereby notified Thar q SEMlANNU AL DIVIDEND,
the rate Of FIVE PER CENT per annum VIII be paid %
demand during the hours OF business al the Bank upon
al Of s. and upward and less than $500 and -FOUR
PER CENT. per snnum upon Al sums Of $500 and up
ward which have been deposited a. least three months pre-
yiOus TO the let inst
All interest not called for vii be placed 70 the credit OF
the deposition a. principal
Open 10 receive deposits Moadsys, Thursdays and
sauirdays from 10 O'Clock p NJ
Bv order OF The Board. ELIAS g. DRAKE, President
CuARIgs A. WITHIN Y, Secretary.
New-YoYk, January IA, 1881. Jls 81
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AO.-''.ss ,''.'ss..''...,..s l7f1,lbI 10
County 81 Net0- York I'D. RANDOLPH MARTIN.
President and JAMES 5. GIBBONS Cashier of said
Bank being duly sworn or affirmed severay depose and
say that they the President and Cashier Aforesaid and
that the foregoing is in all respects tue statement Of The
eonanon OF me said Bank before the transaction Of any
business on ne morning OF The Zst day Of December 1880
lbeinR The day specified In the notice OF the Controller
Secretary Of state and Treasurer preceding date Of
ms Report requiring the same according the best Of
sied Bank and s located 10 the City Of York in the
County OF New York, where has banking house for the
transaction OF ~ business and that from the 0Ih day OF
December lS4-oeing the day the said Bank went into
operanon-up TO the day ofmakng this Report the bust.
ness thereOf was transacted at such location.
Subscribed and sworn affirmed, by both depOnents this
IAN day OF January, 1851 before me, James Hsgenan
Commissioner Of Deeds
JIG Js'GiBBoNs c sssesn@
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1871.
BRUTUS r. MERRELL,
J. STARK HOUGHTON,
EDWARD HOUGHrON.

THE SUBSCRIBERS hereby give no
ice that they have taken the lately occupied by
Houghion Merrell Co, where they are prepared win
large stock Of Goods to receive their customers
January 9Th, 1851. , 90, ,,.,,,,
III l0ts corner Of Cedar-sL
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STOCK of Cotton in Interior Tovns not nciudeda ne Receipt
1850. 1919.
Augusta and Hamburger, January l....55295 5i679
49,. loa-aia -. December .2l ,209 l99O9
Columbus, Georgia. ........J January 1880 1888
Montgomery Ala. ...... December "a q, sos l5O65
COHmDld, D
Memphis Tenn ............January 1850 $500
fronnk LII
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MNWWl W AN ED-OH PIUPoIty H
ROOOO the City Of New. York for the term Of FIVE
eight thousand dollars Apply TO LEWIS HURST, Any
al Law, 6 Wall-sL JoA
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-05-22
From Alabama.

We are permitted to publish, says the
South Carolinian, the following extract
of letter from a distinguished citizen of
Alabama to a gentleman in Columbia, S.
c., dated May l, 1851. We have no
doubt many of the friends of the South
in our co.States entertain the same sen.
timents:
"We are looking with intense anxiety
to the course of South Carolina. Those
who under any and all circumstances will
be faithful to the South, believe that your
own honor. as well as the honor and safe.
ty of the entire South, is involved in your
secession from the Union. That more
favorable juncture for dissolution of the
fearful bond that binds us to our enemies
never will occur, and that if it passes un.
improved, the last hope of the South will
disappear. Such is my own view Of the
subject. The faithful everywhere await
your action. If you succumb, they vii
retire in disgust from struggle that offers
no prospect but continued humiliation and
defeat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-05-22

M1ssIss1pP1-@Liberty or Death!' was the
war cry of our brave old revolutionary IA
theirs when they resisted the tyranny and op-
preston Of the government under which
they were born and educated: and the war
cry which their patriotic sons, living in less
sanguinary age, have been compelled to raise
against government which has denied the
equality of right which belongs to freemen,
is, "Liberty or Secession! Our rights in
the Union, or our rights out of it,"
Situated as we in the South are, our re.
volutionary fathers would have raised the
old cry of Liberty or DEATH" and drawn
the sword; but we only propose q more
PEACEFUL, bloodless remedy-a stepping
aside as the faithful Abdiel turned his back
on the apostate angels, proudly waving the
hand in farewell with the solemn words
tYou shall oppress US no longer. Seek
white slaves among those born to the distinc-
tions of inequality! you touch no no1eP-
Aississippiau.
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.,.is: "a tn ,-.o..uer last, is sound at
heart and true to her principles and her
destinies, if that heart could be reached
through the thick coat of deception and
falsehood with which the trained bands
of party politicians have conspired to
overlay it. There are thousands even in
the Union party, who are restivc under
their wrongs, and whose conscienees up
braid them as disloyal to their instincts
of patriotism. Let Carolina unfurl the
banner of resistance; not in words to be
eaten-not in resolutions to be retracted
but in deeds, and then, and then only
will the direct appeal be made to the
people of the South to take sides in the
great sectional battle, whose forces have
been mastering, and whose antagonisms
have been coming to head for twenty
years past. Let the signal be given-let
the battle begin. 1t were better to be
conquered in manly struggle for free
dom, and die free, than live the minions
of power and the slaves of a despotism,
consolidated of fanaticism and cupidity.
We have striven hard to repress these
sentiments, when speaking Of South Car.
olina. AS Georgian, we have blushed
for the degrading position in which her
politicians have placed our State, when.
ever we have thought of counselling our
brave friends beyond the Savannah. But
in the name of the People of Georgia
in the name at least of large, able, true
hearted, ardent and patriotic minority, we
appeal from the decision of party politi.
clans garbed in the voices of the people
through the November Convention, to the
People themselves; and in their name we
say to Carolina, lead us on to freedom
Blaze the path, and the people will follow
it through veal and through woe, to es.
cape from the degradation of submission"
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ol eAistence. but tnelr the question: diises,
whether such an effort of the Federal
Government, in cause so iniquitous, is a
possible things No characteristic of the
Anglo.Saxon race lis so indelible and so
strongly marked, as its love of fair play.
tits not one of those who side with the
strongest. The sympathies of this race
will ever.be with the weaker side. In our
revolutionary war, the colonies were not
more unequal to acontest with the whole
British Empire, than South Carolina will
be to a war with the rest of the United
States; but the powers of the British
Empire, even in The hands of prince
nearly absolute, could not be, and were
not, brought to bea1 upon us, because the
sympathy of the naion was always with
US. The same Cause would deaden the
arm of Federal authority in contest with
South Carolina. TIE sympathy of all the
American people wGld be with a brave
State, contending v|liantly for its indie.
pendence.
Then the cost arl nature of such
contest must be takeIinto account. End
as the war might, itwould cost millions
of money and oceas of blood. What
portion Of the Amet can people are will
ling to be taxed for t destruction of their
fellow.countrymen9 What portion of the
American people vii volunteer to 90
there and be shot dom by, or themselves
shoot, people homg mgeneous with them
selves speaking the same language, ac.
customed to the samdif and occupations?
Can the political gu rrels of the United
States carry themto tese terrible lengthsl
If South Cardinals nally beaten in such
battle, she will be haten as Poland was.
All the narrowing enes which darken
the pages of Europen history must be
renewed in this virgil hemisphere before
she can be subjugah. Are the people
of the United tesIady to be the actors
of that tragedy9 Jill they be satisfied
and rejoiced to hear t victories in which
thousands of their fellK citizens have been
cut down at the rout Of cities pillaged
and burning, in whicmany of them have
aded-lived-.and fol d endearing friend
ships Of lands bid waste whence
came the riches and bglory of the whole
continent. a.
And for what9 r what are we to
undergo all these lors, bear all these
expenses, send downur name to posteri-
ty spotted with civiblood, and harrow
the sympathy of all , present world by
tales of our butchesa Suppose the
triumph of Federal pver to be complete;
and that South Garcia shall be perfect.
ly broken down; W.T. gained9 How
are we better off tina if she was out Of
the Uniona What gd willitdo to keep
a ruined, oppressed, ldexasperated peo.
pie in such an organstionsas oursi The
very keystone ofAth organization is the
equality of the sovegn States. They
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80 =-a''t IA a:ti -.i;'.t.:. ~ SO.
cannon winch snail DE nred IN that grea
battfe' 1t will disappear like the gorgeous
battlements of clouds and mist which
curtain the setting of the sun. Pushed
from its broad, ambitious base, the giant
statne will be shattered into uncouth and
us"'o g ''ocks of disjointed masonry
:. y the blended work of strength and
With ny rude repeated stroke, [grace
And many barbarous yell,
To thousand fragments broke.
Such would be the most deplorable
event that has ever befallan mankind. II
would put back nine degrees the dial OF
human progress. 1t would blot from the
record of time the only page that began
with justice and common sense. 1t would
close the portals of the most splendid fu-
ture upon which the eye of man has been
permitted to gaze. Nevertheless, it is by
far the most probable result of an attempt
to conquer the State of South Carolina
by the fleets and armies of the Federal
Government 1t is a result so probable,
that it may be called inevitable. 1t would
seem dependent on the necessary connec-
ton of cause and effect. So manifestly
probable is it, that we cannot believe the
threats of coercion, which we hear from
Yankee lips and read in Federal newspa
pers. We cannot believe that any Con.
gress, any Cabinet, any President, will be
found so mad in folly, SO drunk with mur-
derous stupidity, as to attempt the exc
cution of those threats. tits the language
of cowardly braggadocia, signifying less
than nothing, so far as it concerns the
threatening party. Empty as it thus is,
however, its natural effect is the further
evaporation of the party threatened; and
in this view, we denounce it wicked as
we'll as cowardly.
Congress and the Federal Executive
may fold its arms and do nothing but
that will be the uttermost extent of con-
ceivable stupidity. They may refuse
justice to the angry State, but they will
never be lunatic enough to make war up
on it. The only means in the power of
man to prevent these people from accom-
plishing their design, are concessions and
fair promises. If these fail, or are not
used, the rest of the Union has nothing
to do but to let them alone War will
only convert an untoward event into uni
versal ruin. If South Carolina be per-
mitted to secede peaceably, events may
induce her one day to return. If she
never does, our galaxy grows fast enough
to permit the fall of single star.