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

Amor the leading publ: men Of South Carolina
is Mr. William w. Boyce, pow, and for few years
psst, a member Of Cor gress He belongs not to
the common herd Of politicians who crowd the
halls of the House from that section Of the Union
noisy, rantiDg, vulgar, and always threatening to
give emphasis and point TO their personalities BY
pistols and DO vie knives-but 10 4 calm, scholarly,
philosophc thinker, and cool, uibane confederate
speaker. lie aims to be practical in the policy be
propOunds, but exhibits lack Of that robust CON-
mon sense which characterizes his colleague, Mr..
Speaker Orr. He Affects rhetoric, but his cult
waited taste rejects the gau1y tinssl and farthing
baubes 40 fascinating to bis other colleague. Mr
Keitt An ultra Free Trader, an exponent Of the
EXTREMIST doctrines of the Calhoun school, and
sincere believer in the divinity and benefcence Of
Slavery, he nevertheless advocates moderate mea-
sures on the part of the South 10 the present crisis
cot because they just, but simply that al phases
of opinion in that portion Of the Union may be con
ciated and consolidated prep ,ratory to dissolution
Of the Confederacy on the election Of Republican
President in 1860
Mr., Boyce has been making speech to his con-
stituents at Ebenezer which we find reportedi in fun
in The Charleston Mercury. lis elaborate, and,
as is bis custom On important OCCASIONS, was
doubtless carefully written beforehand and de-
livered from memory. 1t may be regarded as
deliberate manifesto Of the moderate disciples
of the Calhoun sect of politicians. It's bur.
den il Slavery. This is its first sentence: II
think the South is threatened with a great
"and Incorporating danger-the domination
"of a Northern sectional party" We thank
the sagacious Mr.. Boyce for the admission that the
Republicans are soon to tske possession Of the
Federal Government. This is doubtless more
gratifying to us than bis prophecy Of tie approach
log overthrow Of his Northern allies will be to
them He bows them his regretfd adieus 10 these
mournful accents: while have appreciated and
"respe ced that conservative and patriotic class in
" the Free States who have opposed themselves to
"the march of sectionalism, have thought their
"defeat was only question Of time" He abau.
dons New England as hopeless, and, turning to the
Middle and North Western States frark ky admits
that they are gradually yielding to the sectional
"impuie and cannot be relied upon with certain
"ty for the future"
Mr. Boyce thinks the decadence OF the South
commenced when the increase Of Free States
destroyed the equilibrium Of the Senate. This
he says, "considered in its practical bearings,
having regard to the political relations occupied
"by the North and the South was . verf.ble reyc-
"lution" The numerical equality Of the Slave
States in tie Senate having passed away, and
Democratic douehlacetm, upon which the South
has So long relied, being about 10 give up the
ghost. our EberezeI orator fore shadows tie proba
Bile fate Of that portion Of the Republic in this
bristliDg sentence, not unworthy Of Mr. Choate
himself: u assume, then, that tts great, actual,
"practicsl, absorbing, present, immediste, para
mount danger with which We are threatened, is
"the domination Of Northern sectional party,
processing principles which are death 10 US, and
"impelled by passions Of tie most msligaan.
mature" We think this is siaiicg tie fact Of
the election Of Republican President in 1850 in
rather strong terms Nevertheless, We agree with
him that the danger Of :" the coming contest ca.
Eliminating in such calamity is imminent
Acknowledging our Qualification in being able to
cite the opinion on this point, o. go cair and can
did an observer OF current events We are curious
to know what NJ Boyce and hs friends propose
10 do in the premises when the calamity prospect
lively eliminates in November, 1850, aud becomes
"a fixed fact on the fourth day Of March, 1861
We appeal to the phiosophic Mr.. Bcyee Do yen
intend to submit b. a. unavoidable evil, and make
the best Of it Not to pu. too fine point upon
it: do You propose TO grin and bear il We ad-
dress ourselves to tie msgnsnim.ty OF Mr.. Boyce
The South has had tie Presidency fifty yesn out
Of the seyenty-two since the adop ion Of tie Coz
stitution. And OF the remaining twenty Two the
North placed in your hands for the space Of twelve
years sueh supple tools IS vaa Buren,, Pierce add
Buchanan. We viii not stop to enumer.te the
many degrading jobs, 20 dirty that you would not
do them yourselves, which our Democratic dough
faces have done for y9l Practically, then, you
have hada son ftte South or sehfrou the North,
the Presidential chair the entire period, except
Dc ten years, since Washington toek the oath Of
Office. suppose, then, that the People. rigidly ad.
herring to oil the prescribed forms Of the Consttu-
ton, elect Republican TO the Presidency; what,
in plain Parlsuce, de you propose to do about it
Mr. Boyce has told u.s. and We AJAX his Demo
cratic aries Of the North to listen while we repeat
his words. He says that the electo, Of President
By the Republican party "would constitute Of It.
|" sef good resso. why the Souti should refuse
"to submit: to tAeiI rule. Our policy 10, 6rvt.