New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-14

osp:ts Of al or wise exertcns 10 the contrary 70
o.csu,e il 10 occur under such issuss as will oe't
''enabe us to set up a Southern Government
The e.tas point then IS to rpen public oP'nioa AZ
1.-The South for a dissolution Of the Union 10 the
.cortineercy referred to-th. election Of Repub-
"Ican President" However Il may DC VIII o'ner
Southern States, be declares that South carolina
VIII not Wait 70 see whst measures the vlc'onous
party propose whether or rQt they make any az
ertss;ons Upon the rights Of the Southern states
No de ayows that il is the fixed policy OF THIS
State 10 secede az soon as the Republican parry
L" elect their Pfesideot
Appreci,ticg the Importance Of unity OF sent
NETT 10 the Scrth 10 meet this coot.o gency, the
orator discusses this poin. a. length. Wholly dill
fering in this regard from such blusterers as Brown
and such radicals as Davis, he councils moderate
measures. rot because they are just in Themselves
but because q rs,h policy will tend to divide the
Soa,h and deprive hsr of the necessa! strength to
eff,ct a dissolution Of tie Copfederscy. Hence, be
valves aside for the present. tae question OF the
srpexatiou OF Cuba sid other new States 10 the
tropics. sccxls upon the agitation for the legaiza'
tor Of the African slaye trade; ard warns against
merels speculative tbeorzipg about Slavery in the
Territories. He admoni.bes his fre-eatns audi
tors not to mske rssh svose's Of their polIcy est
"tbty terminate wide-cast the .e' DIS Of Southern
Z" di.sension," declaring that il they constructs
platform at Char leston that shall too radey shock
the more conservative element, Of Southern society
" the success Of the Republican party instead ot
profoundly moving the South. would produce
scarcely ripple upon the current OF public
opinion " And the oily orator closes his eloquent
euit " upon the wisdom of moderation with tn"
significant sentence: III We desire to ripen public
opinion among ourselves for Southern Independ-
tnce, in the event Of the election Of a Republi.
:" can President, We must exercise the policy OF
" moderation in our movements preliminary to
" that result We must u,e the most consummate
prudence now, that We may be able to profit by
3" toe mos, desperate holiness then"
And this, then, is the key which unlocks the mys.
terry Of the moderation that now and then appears
in the speeches Of Southern Democratic statesmen
respecting foreign anne 1atiop, the leg,Gzaton Of
the African trade, and a Congressional Code for
Slavery in the Territories They would not divide
Southern sentiment on collateral issues, because
they would ripen and consolidate public opinion in
favor of q dissolution of the Union i'll the event OF
the election Of Republican to the Presidency!
Two obstacles lie III the way Of the cousumma-
ton Of Mr.. Btyce's plan Of breaking up the Gov
ernment First, the msjority Of the Southern peo-
pie themselves would repudate the scheme, If not
barg its authors. We can hardly state the case in
no psaH hssi in fha
before US. Hear him:
The success Of this party, and the submission of
the South to their rule, will be seotual conquest
by the hostile North over the South as if it were
comphshed by the sword. the vast power OF the
Federal Government would be thrown into the scale
Of abolition; the elements Of fanaicisn aud hostility
at the North would be stimulated into gantc develop
ment profound encouragement would weigh like
lead upon the bosom Of the South; hated sense of
iDleriority and degradation would crush the public
spirit; traitors would begin to raise their hideous
he ads and the hisngs OF these horrible sepents would
be heard on every hand bse men would fy to the I'M
peria capital to get great offices; the good would deI
pair of their couLtry and suppose that all was lost
because nothing Was done
Of course, all this rhodomontsde about a con-
quest Of the South BY the sword of the North,
simply because a Republican sat in the White
House, is nisspent rhetoric. But, the awful fore
bodings Of Encouragement that would weigh upon
the Southern mind when abou! to take up arms;
aud the tmd hint about traitors raising their heads
right under the nose Of Bo)ce and Kissing his Dis
union scheme out of countenance; and the lud
crously painful admission that no uncomfortable
share of the Chivafy would fly to Washington and
clamor for Office under this horrible Black Republ-
can Presidential this has the ring of true logic
We were going to add in the second place, that
any overt attempt to carry this Dsunon project
into effect the mere provocatiOn Of an election
Of Republican TO the Presidency, would speedily
result in the sudden rise Of traitors and the price
Of hemp. But, 10 This threat Of dissolution
under such pretexts, is scarcely worthy Of seroas
notice. Northern patriotism would have no occa-
sion TO lift its finger to put down such trsitors,
We DO no. believe they would dare to raise their
heads. If they did, the Conservatism of tire
South, led by such statesmen as Bates, Blair, Bell
Rsyner. E,heridge, Bolts, Underwood, and their
compeers, would frown them into silence. And no
nan knows this better than William W. Boycs.
Has il ever occurred to these theoretic plotters
Ct treason, that dissolying the American Union
would be rather serious undertaking? Do they
think it could be accomplished on paper, and in
DAY Are they quite certain that the election of
Republican to the Presidency would be deemed
by tie majority Of the South cuff .ieut cSdse for
attempting the overthrow of the National Govern
ment BY force Can they nam. the States be-
tween which the line Of division would be drawn
Are they cure that ii would not run through every
city AID hamlet. and plantation in the South
Can they inform US on which side of the struggling
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