, 1860-12-07
BY TELEGRAPH.
HIS Opinion Of ScccsaIon--Tho Cbfef
D9n.cr.-.How Eng1aud won he
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RIcuaoxD, Va, Dec o-1n response TO q
written letter to thu Enquirer. 1.iyiar his
views at length on the present state of aftaira
IN the Cnion@ The Enquirer las the FOLLOWING
In regard to the letter: S1r. Floyd's lettef
derives additional interest from the fact that
~ ID member Of the Cabinet, from whose
heaa hns 5ust emanated the most remarkable
ana .,aot mascnaevous message erer sem BY psesi-
ton hc says the agitation Of the slavery oues-
tton, which has been SO long and wantonly
persisted In By Northern men, has produred
the sectional alienation which Is about TO find
Us natural result In the destruction Of Con
ledcracy TINT was voluntary in its origin, and
sont m ony mf oe perpetnated By the voluntary as
Asnin, speaking Of the rights Of the eouth.
ne saJs. The States Of the South have the
5lgnt TO seccdc, not only from the very nature
VI tne 1caeral compact, but by an express res
eEsation On the part Of tome of them at the
tlme Of entering the confederacy.. Of The
present danger hc saye, 1.-THE great Danger OF
tus pIescnt crisis exists In the TACT tha. il our
country al political action Ia by q popular
movement, and nil popular movements during
tne PERIOD Of angry excitement are, from the
nature Of things, ultra and extreme. The dif.
ucnlty Of accommodating the differences Of
tne t1N two sections, while the present animosi-
t!es continue, Is, therefore, almost insur-
nnountaoie- Inc election Of Mr.. Lincoln is
feeling of the North against Tic South" on
olsunion, he says, II nm not for secession as
long rs any honorable effort can be made TO
preserve the Union On l constitutional basis>
guaranteeing equality. Justice and protection
10 TIC negro property Of the South.s'
:. IN regard to both sections he says: "I be-
AeEer howcreF that tho 5rea: material interests
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scctions and the preservation Of the Union,
aud rely upon the slow but certain, the 81.
ient but potential, influence Of this great nreucy
10 otlng about settlement of our present
Ifoahie The main struggle Of all should be
10 prevent collision between the sections.
drop Of blood. If We can but succeed in
avoiding these calamities, the great practical
business interests OF the country 1nty, per
chauce, sooner or later, bring about RECON
stfuction Of the Union, aud . restoration Of
harmony between the sections. Alter this
snall be don't, who can doubt returning sense
OF confidence will be felt by the injured and
Union will be restored"
at: floyd says in regard to the Empire CITY
and England, that Twenty-Five FeaEs more or
union aud harmony will concentrate the con.
troing commercial power Of tho world in the
waters Of New York Then tho decline of
.sEt. AE<oA4Ce ~ EEElalQ Is vas lint Of
Alexandria md Venice, aud for the same cause.
instead OF the first, she becomes q third rate
european power. But let dislnion take place,
let civil war and discord distract this country,
and England well knows that tie ships Of ;ie
North must rot at their whnryes, mud the busy
mum ofthc manufactures must cease forever
Then, indeed, would England feel again that
she was mistress Of the seas, without riyal.
secure IN a commerce which no power could
ever shake"
Mr.. Floyd expresses our own opinion. as fol-
lows: "Thc South can never count upon tho
friendship Of England, or Of tolcrition o!
eSlis not her OVID. Once within the reach Of
her power. she will fix upon Us forever th,:yery
badge Of infcrfority which we arc now ready
to receive If We destroy the Onion. 70 sacrii.
hcc the interests OF . class. or even to staryc
TO death few hundred thousand Of her sub
1ects in the laudable task, will llconstitutc ycry
small obstacle In her policy. It is fatal error
10 suppose that the interests Of England would
prompt her to foster the planting interest Of
the South. From the Prince consort rho sal
silently by and witnessed the deliberate insult
OF IN American Minister BY British Peer be.
fore the congrcgated intelligence of all Christ
enoon, simply because Elasery existed in the
United States, down to the wrctclcd cuckney
himself, forty times the siarc TO selEfeaEsug
circumstances beyond what any negro is to
law, there Ia not an Enslishman who does
not In his heart abhor slavery, if be doeslnpt
also abhor the country where 1t exists, Epc-
land Will have margin enough to supply her
wants In cotton" Mr.. Floyd dcprecatcs tie
present state Of affairs, and fayors State Con-
ycution.