Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-12-01
Southern Threats Of Disunion -TheIr
Groundlessness and Folly.

drounCIe5sneSS anu FOLLY.
In The course of an extended article on
the recent Disunion meetings and schem-
lnss of the Governor of Mississippi. The
.Naii2na! Iniet!;seacer uses lie following
iangnasa, as ji..t and loya! as it is peril
men:
Il is hardly necessary for Il, 10 say that,
with cur habitGaI depreciation of sectional
issues, whether as provoked by Southern
Democrats Or Northern Republicans, we
should contemplate with sorrow the resul,
OF any poiilieal contest waged solely on
geographical Determinations, and, as in
times past, shauld not be found in the
number Of those who, in either section oil
thu Union, are sedulonsly bent on precipi-
la;iug the country into The turmoil and con-
fusion, if not the peri's, OF another sectional
canvass fer the Presidency. But we may
say, and we do say, that The Constitutional
election Of any mn in the United States,
by ally number or combination OF States,
affords TO ground whatever for an over
throw Of the Constitution. Il ii were so.
the Constitution has never been worth The
parchment upon which If is .rilten; and,
moreover, on this raradoxical theory, the
only loyalty ii has heretofore commanded
al The South, is loyalty which has been
inspired by The consciousness of political
pred minance in the Federal Councils, or
/ by the emo!uiaeEts of official place Far
/ il Is 10 be observed that the mere election
if fairly and constituiionally effected Of any
man, by any singl section Of the country,
would in itself, imply nothing more than
the political defeat OF the minority in the
! Union, and IN itself considered, would be
40 more just cause Tor revolution than is
afforded 10 the minority III State (lhe
Wings of Virginia for ins,ance) because
the majority denies them all participation
in the "spoils" Of office. In Virginia it is
deemed eminently proper that the Wings,
though comprising in their number large
proportion OF The wealth, intelligence, and
virtue Of the State. should as good patriots,
submit 10 the domination ofthe Tenth Lee
gion' Democracy, though that domination
has involved for long series of years their
ostracism from all positions of honor and
influence under the government and consti-
tution Of the Commonwealth. So long as
their civil rights are protected and secured,
the Wings have not felt called to resent
their political "subjection" as a badge Of
disgrace, ard that, too, although q change
for the better in the aspect oil their affairs
seems about as probable as thaw in Nova
Zembla
In the face of this plain preeept and nor
NAL habilude of our popular institutions,
which are founded, il is said, on the doc
trine of submission 10 the popular voice
when fairly and legally expressed, we are
at a loss 10 perceive how The conditions of
ciyll duty are changed by their transfer
10 the broader field of the whole Republic.
Sectional contests are indeed TO be greatly
Geplored, and hence the mistake of those
who incite as Of those who foster them
But if, as The result Of such an unhappy
contest, the candidate Of the North" pre- |
vailed over the candidate Of the "South,' it |
would only prove the political bIunder Of
those who, Willingly or unwitingly, have
coRspireG 10 bring about this unequal com.
petition Of sections. Governor Melville
afrms that no Mississippian either desires
or seeks a dissolution of The Union, "pro-
vided bis rights Of person and property can
he projected in the Union" Ii it we're
true (Which it is not) that "tho rights of
person and property in Mississippi, de-
pended en- The viii and pleasure Of he
President Of the United States, there might
be some occasion for this rro!essed alarm,
though even in that case il would remain 20
inquire whether if was matter of such in
estimable importance that these rights, if |
actually protected and secnred," should
be "prOtected and secured" by a man CT
Dns political denomination rather than Of an
other.
For ourselves, We canno: doubt tl.at any
nan, called ffom either section of the coun-
ry 10 fill the high Office Of President of the
United States, would seek 10 discharge its !
solemn duties under sense of The rsspon-
abilities imposed by the position. To this
lie would be impelied by every cousidcra.
ion Ct public expediency and safety, if not
BY the higher motives Of a comprehensive
patriotism.