Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-09
The Signs Of the Times.
W THE ELECTION OF LINCOLN Is TAKEN.

How THE ELECTION OF LINCOLN Is TAKEN.
The Petersburg (vs Bulletin, Doug lssits, says:
The Federal Union in effect no longer exists; 10
was Virtually disolyed last Tuesday by the cleo
ton Of black republican TO the Presidency. We
are on the brink Of a revolution, Of which none
can say what the Issue may be. Let M hope for
the best. *
ANoRrH CAROLINA SKNrIxKNr-speaking of
the present crisis, the wilmingto ton IN c Herald
speAks thus eheeringly for the good old State
sWewiil have trouble and there is no use shutting
our eyes to1t; but we feel assured that the old
North State viii stand arm, and whatever may be
her determination, that she will act for kerself
and not for the Cotton States'n
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELxcrIoS.-The returns
received and published yesterday left little or no
doubt Of the election Of Abraham Lincoln to the
Presidency. To-day we publish enough to make
II certain The event 10 the most deplorable one
that has happened in the history Of the country.
The Union may be preserved in spite Of It, We
think 1t will; but we are prepared to expect
trouble. We have already one sign from South
Carolina, and this may be Followed bv others of
more serious character. Richmond Dispatch.
THK SENTIMENTS OF VIRGINIA ON SECESSION
IN 1851 The following resolutions were adopted
1851: - . q = - : -
.aRssslrsd, That Virginia earnestly and snec-
olina to desist from aay nsdisassd ssesssion spo.
her part. tchich edHaot 6pt tend TO fks dssfrsctoa
Of fhs UnioS and the loss to all of the States of
the esHetfs that spring from if.-GAyes III, No
"Resoired. That Virginia believing the Cousti-
tuition Of the United States, n faithfully admins
tered, prsrsdss adeqxafs projections to ths rights
or al TAG States Of tAis Confederaey, and still
looking to that instrument for defense within the
Union, warned by the experience Of the past the
dangers Of the present, and the hopes Of the fu.
ture invokes all who live under IL tn adhere more
strictly to IT, and to preserve inviolate the safe
guards which 1t affords to the rights of individ-
ual States and the interests Of sectional minorties
IAyes 1ls, Noes none. T.
RIeHTs OF THE SourH TO BIZ RESPECTED
The New York Courier closcs its announcement
tnus rejoicing the field Of battle, no unworthy
exulraton enters into the perfect satisfaction Of our
triumph Ii is not triumph which brings ruin to
those who have fallen; 1t is, on the contrary,
triumph in which the fallen may rise from the
3eld and share with the victon the fuis ofvictory
Abraham Lincoln is elected, but In his admins
trafion the South will find all their rights re-
spected, and will see all the clouds Of mixrepre-
sentation which have obscured his real character,
and that of the party whose standard he bears,
roll away from the view. Stretching out our
hands to the South over this victory. we have no
word Of aunt to utter for the threats Of disunion
which were raised for our defeat. Let those
threats be buried In oblivion, for through the long
vista OF this success we see a reign of peace from
slavery agitation, established simply by that cir
cumscribing Of slavery within its local bounds,
and that firm defence Of the integrity Of national
freedom, which this triumph Of the Republican
party on the 9th Of November, 1850, seals now and
The Baltimore American says :-"As the smoke
Of the battlefield clears away, and the victory on
one side and the defeat on the other Is settled be-
yond the possibility Of doubt, we may look with
comparative calmness upon the aspect Of Affairs
w bile a single chance remained ft was well
enough to give all our energies to the accom- pish-
ment OF one object-the defeat Of Lincoln. We
have fought a. loyalty a. we could some OF us
under one banner and some Of us under another
against the common enemy, and we have not pre-
vailed. Ii only remains for US to gather up our
scattered forces and to make arrangements for
another struggle upon another and more fortunate
Held The plainest fact staring US In the face is
that we can find no such field ouf of the Union
Suppose Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Mis-
souri, should respond TO the invitation of south
Carolina, and by formal enactment withdraw
from the confederacyy The only result would
be to engirdle ourselves with an extended Abo-
Ition frontier affofdiny ten thousand avenues of
escape for fugitive slaves, and securing their
safety IL once over the border really a. Ii they
were landed In Canada or in England. For the
very reason that We regard the doctrines and prin-
ciples OF the republican party with unchang able
hostility do we insist upon maintaining our posi-
ton Of equality IN the Union and watching over
our rights from the Ohio to the great lakes and
from the mouth Of the Susquehanna to the most
northern point Of Maine. The law that provides
Tor the return Of our runaway slaves is operative
30 long as the Cenfederacy is unbroken, and
whether resisted evaded or obeyed, il il still
the law Of the land, and we are In position 70
demand its enforcement. But what could the
citizens OF United Southern Confederacy say to
hostile nation that harbored our fugitives -"