New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-20

lent and motlopless The development of our national
refources. whith have within the memory OF living
men. been advanced from an almost imPerceptioie
pont 10 condition not 10 be surpassed by those OF the
Frat powers of the world, viii be in great measure
arrested. The nation will pass through the i'eu oea
of thousand evils and PERIL.
FROM The Washington star iIm
From the turn matters are now taxing I'D VaIous
Southern States it is evident TO onr mind tna1 Soas
Corol;ra IL TO find no effective support outside OF her
own l,mits for Ter scheme Of preventing genera
consultation Of all tie Saveholdng STATES upon ener
duty 10 Themselves under the General Government III
the hands Of TIE Republican party mus, Rr1Vmo
more questionable hourly, whether Georgia and Aia-
bama will act with her without calling Tor an en.lIo
Southern States Convention. Virginia IL aiready
demanding such Convention, as well as Norm Csro'
lima and Maryland and Georgia, Alabama ana ms
srsipp seem to eyinee no SsGO 1,b Carolina alone
nroirg as they do a compliance with the wishes Oh
the States Of the Northern slayeholdng ,ier wcn 40
ali comprebend are far more Immediately ana 'itany
nterested in whatever may be the result OF the present.
state Of things. ,
NDFyoTIos TO THE UHIos IS TREASON TO THE
SoUTH."-We have at last reached that point IN oun
history when Il is necessary for the South 10 whdW
from the Union. This has not been OF our scehine'
Fanaticism has driven to this point ana We are e
bound to accept it for selfpreservaon 1he oiooo OF
tbis deed must rest upon other shoulders. we nave
ajways contended for Union upon the principles OF
the Constitution Constitutions are formed Tor the
protection of minorities; the rght 10 reyoutioine
The right of sefdefenseis derived from heaven ana
il above constitutional compacts. The South mas
never demanded that the government should be admin
isered upon other than constitutional principles one
never asked ether than full benefit OF those guarar-
tees; For does size now.
But while this is true powerful sectional majority
are now about TO seize upon the Government with the
ayowed object Of administering 1t az 10 destroy ehe
institution of Slavery existing In fifteen OF the STATES.
We cannot stand sil and quietly see the government
| nsss into the hands of such an Infamous crew.
Sontb Carolina has already unfurled her flag OF de-
fance and the flashes Of the glitterng sword OF the
Palmetto State have already sent an electric tnrii
through the veins of all her Southern brethren Geor
ola Mississippi Alabama Louisiana, Iexas, ana "A,
fansas will soon be united as brothers TO defend each
other from the nroads of the fanatics OF the North
So soon as this Confederacy is formed, we will throw
open our ports to the ships and commerce OF the woru
cut loose from Yankee manufacturers erect VI
our own and develop the rich resources now slum0er-
ing dormant in our states. We will levy taxes upon
Northern goods and for every negro they steal from s
we will seize upon Northern goods and debts 70 Dis
We must put our house in order. The day for argT-
ing the question Of slavery with the North has passed.
we bore that no Southern man will ever again enter
into discussion with any one Norh ar 70 Mnttnei
Theee negroes are ours, and the moment you lay
hands upon them your life shall pay the iorlem.
That is the way to stop aggression. We have fnlhed
every Scripura demand Of forbearance' 10 lorOear
10 advocate the Union now is to advocate the humi'
;atiop of the South Some men hold the Union high
above and paramount to everything else. True 1t If
valuable heritage and would be priceless were IL no'
perverted to unholy purposes.
From The Memphis Tenn AppedL
ASPECT OF AFFAIRS IN THE CoTroN STAIts.-rrom
the demonstrations toward Secession when nave oc-
CURED in the extreme Southern States since the fres
Dental election; we no longer doubt that most
strenuous effort on foot to speedily consummate the
Yaueey programme az enuncated some years since In
bis celebrated Slaughter manifesto In prove
true to the pledge, and partly to give some onward
evidence of the asserted disgrace OF Black hepuDhcan
domination Senators Hammond and Chestnut OF South
Carolina and Toombs of Georgia have resigned their
seats in the Congress of the Nation. The rederai
Judge in Florida and many Federal otilcers OF otner
Seaboard States have sgDied their intention to resign
upon the 4th of March next. Conventions OF several
States including South Carolina, Georgia, and An
bama ard probably Mississippi, will soon be held for
the purpose of appealing to the people IN their Sover
eighty by way Of asceraining whether they will con-
tnue in the ssterhoOd of confederate States as they
have done for more than seventy years, or whether
they will disrupt the ties that bind them together and
perdyenture wreak upon their own heads the execr-
tons of the unborn millions of posterity:
The Palmetto State has postponed the holding OF her
Convention very fortunately, think, for the
try until the second Monday in February, 81 Ala
bama will be compelled by the legislative resolutions
of February last to act within forty days of the time
that the Electoral College holds its meeting and votes
for the reidentia and VicePresidentiai candidates.
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will, doubtless order, through her Legislature, which
is coon TO convene in accordance with Governor Pet
tuss proclamation, Convention OF the people within
like reasonable period.
Tie great object in view, and, we might add, the
great difficulty is 10 procure concert of action between
The various soveregnties in their contemplated kegra
from tie ConeGeracy. II any one would assume the
responsibility of taking the lead in advance of the 9TH
els, the more timid might possibly follow under the
present inaned state Of the popular mind. But the
alarming consciousness of the critical attitude which
would be presented by the seeding State in her iso
lated and anomalous condition, and the knowledge of
the impossbity OF retraeing her steps without dis
honor and disgrace in the event of being left solitary
and alone have combined to produce caution and de-
liberation in the fearful consummaOn of their revolu
tionary plans We at a loss to conjecture,
mortal ken prognosticate what will be the uncertain
finale. We have abiding confidence in the patriot
ism of the Masses it, amid the heat of political excite
ment they will not submit to the dictaon of willy par
ty leaders whose livelihood is in perpetual broils and
eternal agitation. 1t happy for the future of
country that delay of action has been forced upon
the dramahS persona of this lamentable tragedy.
When the fancied insult sustained by the South in the
triumph of freesoism shall be viewed in philosophic
and practical light, when the nammatory state of the
body poltic shall be alayed and dehOned reason re.
sume her sway in the minds of enraged political mad
men, ii is to be hoped that harmony will again prevail
among people where, but short time back, grimyis-
aged discord ruled supreme.
We canddly believe that fair discussion OF the is
presented before the Southern people at present if
properly pressed, will result in the determination to
demand their rights in this Union and to the use
of Federal power in enforcing them. There ia no
grievance in the nature of things for which the Con-
sttuton does not furnish an ample and ready remedy
But this not strictly true each State can hereafter
adopt realiatory measures of legislation as recon-
mended by Gov. Brown Of Georgia in his recent
sage TO the State Legislature. This system can be
carried to any extent desirable, without the least in
fiDgement upon the letter, if not the spirit of the
Constitution With the prospect OF mature, calm and