The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-11-28

iect TO panic which would reduce the
selling price Of slaves in Mary land, Viz
oina and North Carolina to $500 or
S40O each. The proposition to limit
Slavery to the States i'll which it now ex-
lists, if even adopted by Congress and APP
proved by the President would amount
to lit lie. 1t will spread to and take root
in all new regions where the climate aud
soil demand it. 1t would, therefore, be
unwise to rush slave property into mar
ket Mt a sacrifice on account of Lincoln
election. Let us stand firm, strengthen
our defences in the union and keep
strict eve on orr slaves.
From The New York Tribune.
The Cotton States are in turmoil
Their immediate neighbors partially sym
pathize 10 the excitement. What is the
cause Of this uproar beowthe Potomac?
We pass over the prime source of all this
contusion--the 'irrepressible conflict be-
tween radically hostile social, industrial,
and political systems--and notice only
two of tho more recent and obvious
causes.
l. The wanton misrepresentation Of the
principles and objects Of the Republican
party. The political organization which
has just elected Mr.. Lincoln arose on! Of
the Missouri Compromise, and the con-
sequent conspiracy to plant Slavery in
Kansas by fraud and force. Its clearly
defined purpose from the outset was sim
ply to right the wrongs Of Kansas, and
prevent the extension of Slavery into Free
Territories. 1t has stated, over and
over again, ard in the most authoritative
form, that it does not propose TO interfere
with Slavery in any State where it now
exists. These articles Of its creed were
known and read of all men who could
read at all. And yet the credulous and
Uniformed classes Of the South have,
for years past, and especially during the
Presidential contest which has just closed,
been assured, in the most solemn manner,
by leading statesmen and journals Of the
North, that tho Republican party was
bent on overthrowing Slavery in the
States through the action of the Federal
Government, and that all its protests to
the contrary were sheer hypocrisy. This
wanton falsehood. reiterated and persisted
in for years, has doutless contributed
largely to the excitement W ieh now per-
vados the States bordering upon the Cuff
Of Mexico.
II. But this alone would not have
been sufficient to drive those States to the
extreme lengths to which they seem tend
inc. For twenty five years past, band
of couspirators have existed in the extreme
South, whose ultimate object has been the
dissolution of the Union, and the estab
lishmenC ola sIavehoIding Confeleracv,
to be composed Of the cotton and sugar
raising States. The central point Of this
conspiracy was South Calolinn the chief
consp ;rator, John G. Calhoun. Dying,
tue great nulifier left his mantle to RE t
Yancey, jeff. Davis. Keitt, Boyce, and
the ike, who have worn it with such
dignity as they were able With them,
The election Of Lincoln is not the cause,
but the occasion, for trying, in the Ian
guage Of Iancoy, to'precipltate the cotton
States into a revolution
Each of the classes We have named
have combined to produce the Commissions
now agitating so large portion Of the
South. The leaders in the S 'cession con
sDiracy know that the Republican party
does not mediate n IS ault upon Saw
erv in the States. With them, the dis
solution Of the Union is foregone con
clusion. They only seize upon the elcc-
ton of Lincoln as a pretext for conSum-
mating premeditatcd treason. But, in
huential though they are, they have been
able to lure so .arge propo ton of the
masses Of their people into this conspiracy
only 10y means Of the fa,sehoods in re
CARL to the Republican party which
Northern politicians and Journals have
coined and circulated among ten. In
accomplishing this nefarious work. eoch
of these classes is essential to the other.
In breaking up the Union, the Northern
lbeller and the Southern null iera e Co
operating each in his appropriate sphere.
What can be doEe to dispei the lurid
cloud which skirts the Southern ! ORR
ION? Let two classes of citizens act
promptly, and all will be well:
l. Let those who have Hbeled the
Republican party, come out and confess
that they have told falsehoods about it.
Let them depute their chief men, their
Eyeretts, their Cushines, their Douglases
their Seymours. their Woods, to go to
the Cotton States and assure our South
ern brethren that they and their followers
have sIandercd us. This viii accomplish q
thousand fold more to quiet their appre-
tensions and soothe their nerves than q
letter ora speech from Mr.. Lincoln,
whom they have been taught to regard
as fanatic and an incendiary.
II. Let the president and his Cabinet
do their duty. Ler Mr.. Buchanan at
once deny the grave charge Of Keitt, that
he was pledged to secession in advance
In his Annual Message, let him assure
the country that he has no doubt that the
Administration of his successor will wage
no unconstit utional war upon Slavery in
the States, but will seek to protect the