Smyrna times., 1860-11-29
Our Country and its Condition.


VINO can look to the condiIion Of Tho Con,
"J' a. 'ae present time, without a feeling of
sotro" swelling his bosom, at its distracted nd
almost discovered condition, GROWING ont of
the ceaSeIess aud increasing agitation Of tho
slavery Question Within few woete of,.
the announcement Of the result of the prosi
dental election, instigated by the clnmors oP .
section of our noble domain v,o +o1 ~
raging IN commercial circles at ono finn, n,o
missing the most evil Of consequences and
""'c" al the best has seriously clogccd the
wheels OF trade, broken confidence and uan
prove the means OF tumbling many from eose
S"u aHuence to penury and want. Rnt for ,Lo
PfohPtness with which it was met bv tho Ci,,
BANKS (Prohting from their experience in ,bo
financial panic of 80 the business interos, ofI
"e country would have been ompetely pros
uated' Many suspensions of private house.
nave already occurred, trade between tho
Notth and South is at stand still. with be,vv
liabilities in both sections to meet. onr oro;n
merehants have large quantities of wheat and
Uo'" On manu. and cannot find purchasers for
II IN word, we are ALL as an integral mr., of
'he great business community. be0inninr co.;
OusIy 10 feel the agitation in our pockets Az
P'Hue"' men, u behooves us to look around md
observe The cause of this shsck given to our no.
"''cai shd hAaneial government. Our trads :
win Europe is in a better condition. =, -
O'"e' ~ofds' our OUertrGding is less than a,
@"y previous time, our banks have n larger
a"osr' OF specie in their vaults than aov con,
ParatIVe recent PERIOD we are al peace ood -
relations with ali nations, the earth -
"a' yielded bountifully throughout the most of =
Ou' wide spread country in fact, we find M.
''"g IN tho direction we usually lock that y
~. 'e@'ehs oisaster to our peace and prosperity.
NC cause we Ind to be peculiarly and entire.
political. Is there Just cause for spcb die -
'afoance to our interstate political relations .
we think not. True, the South has been e., ~ "
'' '"e ooJect OF an aggressive warfare by ia. n
"4'cS IN the North. Canting hypocrits have =.
weekly from Northern puIpits, inhamed the i,
"''"os OF their audiences and desecrated the -,
sacred desk to political rostrum, whilsitiner.
1"' ieeturers' men of polished minds and de-
'ePtVe address, have ransacked every nook
ana corner where an audience couId ba b.d -
breathing forth their sentiments of treasor -. -.
lsr 'ne disguise of moral admonitions. =,
"ls principally from this impure fountain that ri
"e current OF popular opinion in the North bas 90,
'eeu corrupted. While we admit tbis mo
'ahnot smut our eyes to the fact that tho h,u, @
"s ueHeanor OF Southern Congressman and snd
ne determined effort made to tasten Slo,o.. c'O
:" unwilling Territory, did much to arouse ,;a
ee"ng oil hostility IN the North. Tbeae cr;. 10
mIaatons and recriminations bavo hoo, ~, nv
,,,oo. I:e-.. 'H' TWO parties, and viii
u'sposition Is manifested to dissever the
'Oi''ical bands which unite them together
"e election OF Lincoln, by party honestly 7
'e"eVed throughout the Southern States 10 bo in
'O''e 70 Their institutions, is made the ecca. gen
~" Tor declaration Of secession. widely as
P'ead and deeply rooted. Mr. Lincoln. and the
"e leaders of his party, declare that tbev have dive
y y intention to interfere, in any way, with had
''S'ery where 1t exists or abridge any of its cop
constitutional privileges, and Mr.. Lincoln. heu
'"g Constitutinnally elected, and declorino
aat ne will be the President of the wbole
'Ountry' and not Of section, it is the du,v or v
'e south TO give him a trial. actu
Ihe laws which certain Northern S,o,oa ma,
ave passed, not only in disregard of Consti. and
u''onal obligations, but in Gagrant viOlot;on hou
: 'hem' ls that which, more than any thing olhe
'e' gives force to this disunion movement in ei'"
4e south, and unnerves the hands of al Con. eiai
''u''onal Conservative men among its opno. yS1'
ents TO oPPo-
u is OF no avail to reply. as the excusers of l.
'en laws do, at home. that this Legislation !. sous
ge"''Oe' aud against aggressions upon their ,u'i'
'a'e sovereignty. That is precisely the veal uuI'
'ga@ept of the sxcusers. in the South of L.. s0fO
l'ia'iOn' which cOnfscates Northern property 'ne
'n'eo exPeIs Northern citizens, and a,,emn,. p0ur
impose a tax 90 Northern manufactures :.
L'' us repair injuries on both sides. The la
a' Is the fault of neither, exclusively; bu, '0~r
As all evil' which comes where good sbouI1t &c ley