The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-17

w Shotuet suSi uol Secession IL u follow
If one man shall be elected Prs.,dent-if
any member Of one par shall be elected
Presdent-secess,on isl, follow The tai
isman Of southern AZ, is engraved with the
mighty spell-wori-sece sion. The sover-
eign remedy Of ali disea s of the body-pc-
litic is secession. Woul. the south reluve-
nate herself, and take dicbt beyond the
sun. she hiss but 20 withC raw from her pres
ent associations Woulo she utterly con-
found her enemies. and precipita,e them
INTO some forlorn abyss. she has only to 80
cedc. In her alchemy. it is the phylc-c-
pher stone and the elixir of l;ie But We
cannot accept these auadrennisl revivsls Of
the disunion sentiment literally. southern
politicians, SOW treason, that they may resp
ctfces. The very fercest Of the crusaders
against the Union are now in the serv ce of
the Union. Which of them ever refused
sn app ointment from the Federal Govern
ment . Which Of them would refuse such
an ap polntmeni The volcanic eru;,t,on.
which have startled conservative feeling
heretofore are, in the main, Artificial
They are manufactured. Threats OF seces-
sion are but electioneering stratacems--
The history of the disunicn movement
prov es this When the issue was INA e In
the south. and the decision Of the people
III Soked, the secessionists we're defeated
On that issue Foote defeated Jefferson Da
Wis. On that issue the Speaker Of the last
House of Representatives was elected to
Congress. aud tho present Secretary Of the
treasury tO the Gubenatoral chair of
Georgis. When Governor Wise summon
ed the Governors Of the Southern States
during the last Presidential canvass a. a
council Of war, only one or two met him.
and, when separating. they no doubt ex-
claimed, like the witches in Macbeth.
when shall We three meet again." La
ter still, Senator Hammond recommended
Con cord But there are stronger reasons
in support of the theory that secession rs a
wolf cry. Let US assume the existence Of
the Southern Confederacy. Let Us suppose
that The cotton states have emerged trium-
phansly from battle and revolution, and
have formed Federal Government The
United States are frst-rate Power. The
Southern Confederacy would be a fifth rate
power. at best. Without a navy, without
mechsnicsl skill. and with population of
two races and colors, mutually hostile, j.
would be at tie mercy of any strong enc
my The negroes would increase and the
whites decrease, relatively at least; because
the former would not be permitted to ruD
off, while the latter would emigrate. The
disposition would be increased by the revi
val Of the African slave trade. The emi-
grant from Europe wocld shun the South
ern Conf deracy. ln one generation the
prolific blacks would outnumber the whites.
and in two or three quadrup!e them. The
Democratic historian Bancroft attributes
the decline and fall Q; Rome to the multi
plication Of her slave With a servilc
; population preponderatine, servile insurrec-
tions would occur The apprehension Of
such event would beget Draconial laws,
and a multitudinous pollce In sho,t, the
South would have to steep with her head
upon the sword The French Emperor
would be far less insecure than the planters
! IN the Southern Confcderacy. The one
|, way 70 Africanize the slave States Is 10 seq
f gregate them under Government of their
own. They would fna the history Of
! Hayti the prophecy Of their future condi-
ton The Union guarantees theln prctec-
tiop from within as well az from without
= Very different would it be If. instead Of .
friendly they had hostile power on their
northern and western frontier Granting
Cor the sake Of argue ent hat the free
J :. II IL. j.
po,hesis than which non c. BE- more absurd
yet they are bound toe, her by the most
solemn co,npacts. If her :.tary enemies,
/ like England and Frsr &c, xta'ded 10 each
, other reciprocal aid by the force Of treaties.
surely The slave and free States can act to-
! ge.her under the Cons.itn- ,on ; and when
ever difference Of Interpretation on any
article occurs, neither can obiec. If the
rn.aninc ,~bio, o-,g;nally asc-ihed 10
it be restored The Southeso CoEfeGeracv
would leave Missouri. Kentucky. Virginia,
> MARYLAND, Delaware, and Tennessee, IN the
Union. These S.ases wcuid hardly con.
, seat 10 ruin themselves for the benefit of the
2 cotton States We would then have a Ds-
: ton at the South no stronger than Mexico.
: Weak by its social structure. intrcspective
r from necessity, devoted % the production oi
! cotton, incapable Of holding its own in any
e controversy with France, England, OF the
United States, incompetent to increase its
a territory, or even its slaves. except by
. stealth, exposed to the condemnation Of the
!. world, and having no ally but Brazil. 1T
? would be driven 70 ask for admission into
the Union The position which apparently
it is willing 70 abandon would be appreclas'
ed when lost.
Now these remonstrances are familiar fo
Southern statesmen. Whatever else may
s be said of these men, their sagacity csnuO'
= be denied. 1t would therefore be absurd
q to suppose they mediate what is 50 often
8 threatened. Secession is but an election
: eering rsIlying cry. and the Southern Com
: federacy mirage.
!, :, Mr.. PiKz, HIS PEAK-A short time
since Captain Yascs cleared fron, Chicag'
! FOX Pixies Peak. viz The Canal and Rivers
: The Captain has returned without bis cfs:t
= the Geneva Here is his log, as published
in the Chicago Press and Tribune -
Eight miles from Chicago broke wheel