The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-11-14
! The Election, and The Futurc.

DOMINANT sectional faction, animated by
thirst for plumber, and breathing only hostility |
against the South and her institutions, has sue
ceeded in electing abraham lincoln to the office
of President of the United States In the face
of this accomplished fact, il becomes US calmly
to nquire-"What is the future that lies before
usY dfaie a.4Hl
The victory just achieved by the Black Re-
publcans Is not only overwhelming in ITSELF
but it has been obtained In spite of the most
strenuous opposition Of the present Administra-
tion as well as of the entire conservative element
Of the whole country. Let Lincoln be bat in
augurated, and place at his disposal the vast
patronage under the control of the President
and it can scarcely be doubted that the party
which he represents would be stronger, by hum
dreds Of thousands Of votes than it is to-day.
1t is true enough, that just at the beginning
of his official term, Liucoln's party will be pow
erless for legislative mischief because the SEN
ate, with its Democratic majority will operate
as a check upon their designs but that major
ity will soon disappear before the persistent at
tacks of ansaggressive party, which is strong
enough at this time to have elected its own
President, and which will continue daily to wax
in strength until it shall have swept from before
it every barrier by which its progress isOpposed
First, the House of Representatives will be sub
jected to Abolition sway; next, the Senate will
be compelled to pass under the same yoke, and
then, having thus acquired full control of the
executive and legislative departments of the
government it would be the work of only few
days, at most to execute the threat of Seward
by 'remodeng the Supreme Court in. such a
way as to make the abolition element prepon-
derant in that once august tribunal A law
simply providing for the appointment of an adj
ditional number of judges, would suffice for this
purpose and it is not unlikely that Lincoln, be-
fore the expiration Of his term of office, might
listen TO decision of the Supreme Court, as re-
organized, reversing the bred Scott case.
Under this state of things abolition bills
would be passed by nm abolition Congress; an
abolition President would give them his approval,
and am abolition Supreme Court would decide
them to be constitutional The Senator's and
Representatives from the South might stand up
as an unbroken phalanx and vote against all
these measures they might denounce, with
burning and indignant eloqucnce, the injustice
sought to be inflicted on their constituency but
they would be only lean ahd powerless minor
/ ity, and their votes and voices would be alike
unavailing to any useful end. The North would
/ hold the exclusive power of making and execu-.
/ ting the laws of the Union, and of cxpounding
and constituting the Constitution, while the South
would possess only the empty privilege of re-
monstrance. For every practical purpose, the
/ South might just as well be without Senator's or
Representatives in Congress, because they can
only seem to participate in the work of lcgisla-
ton while in fact their efforts and their influence
will amount to nothing
Every intelligent reader WILL VIC think, sub
scribe to the correctness Of the views above
presented No one doubts that the Black Re-
publicans are resolved to bring about, as speed.
" as possible, Just such state Of things as we
have here depicted Whatever differences of
opinion may exist as to the mode in which, and
the purposes for which, they will wicld their
power over all the departments of the govern
ment, all agree in the belief that they intend to
acquire that power and that they wW acquire
it. No one doubts, either that, when they shall
have acquired the measure Of power at which
they are now aiming, the South, so far as her
own capacity for selfprotection is concerned,
under the Constitution, will lie completely at
their mercy.
We do not propose, at present, to go into the
discussion of those other means Of hostile ac-
ton, aside from legislation, which we may "a
tionally expect that such man as Lincoln, rep
rescnting such party as his, will employ
against us, IL he is permitted to reach the Pres.
idcntial chair Our object now is merely to
contemplate that single aspect Of the case which
relates to the question of our ability, within the
Union, to protect ourselves against aggressive
and unconstitutional legislation.
Seeing, then, whittier affairs, il left to drift
upon the ordinary current of events, are mani
testify tending, We are called upon to determine
promptly what we are to do. If the people o.
Mississippi declare. as they have the unques
tionabe right to do, their readiness to pass un
I
whole matter. Their decision viii he binding
upon all within our limits, and expatriation j.
the only remedy open to those who may be dis
) satisfied with it. If however, our people arr
not willing to occupy the degrading and humil
iating position that is assigned to them in thu
Lincoln programme, they have an equally incon
testible right to declare that they scU not do so
This declaration, like the other, can be made on
ly by Convention, representing the sovereign
; tof the State, and convoked for the purpose o
celebrating upon the present condition of af
! fairs. We believe that such a Convention
should be called at an early day. We hope
: will be. We desire to see the important ques
; tons, on which the Convention viii be requires
to act, fully discussed before the people. W
! trust that all party names may henceforth b
/; discarded, all party ties severed and that Their
may be no contention among us, except tina
noble contention. or, rather, emulation, of VIII
: can best serve the cause Of his country"
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r A CAVE has been discovered in Florida, Il
: which a Latin inscription was found, giYin.