Nebraska advertiser., 1859-12-08

hAC CONAA' - bANe may RNBNAS SRNAy
advocate the immediate dissolution Of the
Union, and tits reported that the masses
Of the people in Virginia are strongly in
favor Of the measure. These reports,
are, no doubt, greatly exaggerated, and
The, present state of feeling in Virginia,
even if correctly set down.. can be ac-
counted for BY the panic caused by the
recent occurrences which have taken
place on her soil. Wedo otbelieye that
after ihe excitement is over, any Consid-
cradle number Of men win be found IN
Virginia, or any Of the border States
Of the South, entertaining seriously ideas
of disunion. II has been the practice of
late years among Southern politicians, to
talk loudly about the dissolution of The
Union in order TO brighten the people Of
the North into submission to their de-
mands, and among Northern politicians,
20 seek TO promote their plans by taking
hold of these threats and pretending to
be frightened by them.
While there is no ground to fear that
'the present excitement at the South will
lead to serious difficulties, the prOmulga-
tion of such ideas as lately e~nuneiatedby
spOrtion of the Southern press and by
men Of high sanding, is, nevertheless,
dangerous to the peace of the country,
and subYersive of the great principles on
which this Government rests. we al
lude to a speech very recently made by
Senator Brown of Mississippi, in which
be advocates the dissolution of the Uni
on, should a Republican President be
elected in 1860. Now the advocacy of
such views should be deprecated by every
man, of every party in the nation, as ut
terly incompatible with and antagonistiCto
The spirit of our institutions. 1t is hard
~ necessary for us to say, that condemn
ing all sectional issues, whether provok-
ed by Southern or Northern u~liraists, we
should contemplate with sorrow the re-
suit of any political contest waged sole
ly on geographical determinations, and
should ~discountenance the action of those
who, in either section Of the Union, are
bent on precipitating the country into the
turmoil and confusion of another section
al canvass for the Presidency. But it is
not the less true that the Constitutional
election of anv nan in the United States,
BY any number Of States. afords noground
for an overthrow of the Constitution.
It would nitself imply nothing more than
the political defeat of a minority in the
Union, and be perfectly In accordance
with the well known, and recognized usa-
ges Of Democratic rule, that when the
minority, BY their own free viii, choose
10 enter into a contest, they are, thereby,
bound to abide blythe result, whatsoever
'itmay be. A cheerful u b omission to the
will of the majority when fairly and con-
stitutionally expressed. is the 1great and
only safeguard of our democratic institu-
lions. If II was otherwise, Republican
governments would have no existence
anarchy would take its place, and we would
sson present to the world just such a state
of things as that which for long years has
SO disturbed our neighbors of Mexico.
Such would most assuredly be the re-
suit If the notions entertained by the SEN
ator Of Mississippi, should prevail, and be
adopted by our brethren Of The Southern
States The election Of any man to the
Presidency would be no more a just cause
for revolution than is afforded to the mi
nority in the States because the majority
denies them participation in the spells of
Office. AND it would be Just as proper
FOR the free-State men Of Missouri or
kentucky or the Democrats in Mary
land Americans m tennessee, or
Mississippi, or the minority in any town
;after any municipal lie ection, 4 refuse ODE
dience 10 the majority and enforce their
refusal by the force of arms and by rev
S%oiution, as for the South, after national
election conducted under and in accord
ance with the Constitution to attempt by
revolution 60 overthrow the Constitution.
L
. But we have no fear Of that taking place.
The panic created BY the Harper's Fer
ry FiOEers, will we hope, soon subside T;
andtAe people Of the South, whose IN
tetests are 50 intimately connected with
those Of the North, will turn a deaf ear
to the c~ounsels Of few i~re-eating poll
iicians 7ho haze only in view their per-
sOnal aggnndizement, and would be
willing to sacrifice The best Interests Of
The South to the qualification Of their
inoEdinate ambition.
7s8ii Another DISHniORlst.
Governor Melville, Of Mississippi, in
his annual message, recommends that
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