The national Republican., 1860-12-14
AID AND COMFORT.

to it by certain class Of Northern newspapers,
and by Northern politicians Of the stamp of
Mr.. Sickles, the Representative in Congress OF
the virtues and intelligence of the lower wards
Of New York city. N'
The ultras Of the South Carolina school de-
sire a new political combination, from which
all on.slaveholding States shall be excluded,
but more numerous, and more plausible
school of disunionists, desire political combina.
tons, supported by the strength Of part Of
the free States, but of which they propose to
secure the control by excluding, certainly New
England, and perhaps the "puritanical" part
of New York. OF course these schemes are
practically impossible Of realization, but they
keep alive the courage and hopes Of the con.
trivers of mischief
A specimen Of this Northern aid and com.
fort to disunion, is found in an article copied
into this mornings Constitution, from the
Pennsylranian, a paper at Philadelphia, lately,
if not now, kept alive BY the printing of blanks
for the Post Office Department
The Pennsyludnian begins with the follow.
ing exhortation to the border slave States to
ioin the Gulf States in the work Of revolution
"If the cotton States are resolved to with.
draw from the Union, las they doubtless will,)
all of the Southern States should simultaneously
withdraw with them. This would be so impo
sing a demonstration that it would command
universal respect. 1t would bring affairs to q
distinct head 1t would make one issue and
one party where there are now both many
issues and many parties. Instead Of carrying
on sort Of huckstering proceeding with each
discontented State, q commanding movement,
looking to one great settlement, would be ini.
tiated. Whatever the Southern States do, they
ought all to do together. If they stay in the
Union, they ought to stay together; if they go
out of the Union, they ought to go out together.
Should they take less absolute and decided
course, and maintain a position of allegiance,
they should agree to do tat together. Their
wrongs are the same, their remedies the same,
their final destiny the same, and therefore their
mode of action should be the same."
The Southern Confederacy, thus to be formed
under the advice and sanction of Northern CO.
operators, is to propose terms of accord, which
the Pcnnsylranidh supposes will be accepted
by part of the free States. The Rennsylra-
nidn says:
"Nor is it at all likely that such Confed.
eracy would be long exclusively Southern.
There ore border Northern States, such, for in
stance, as conservative Pennsylvania, whose
interests and sympathies would point to the
Southern rather than the Northern Union.
That great breaking up of the North and South
would, in all likelihood, be followed by other
descriptions at the North. Disintegration once
commenced would not readily stop. Repul-
sions and affinities thus evolved would not rest
until gratified. The States, whether in the
North, the South, the East, or the West, that
sympathized with each other, would confed-
crate, whilst those in antagonism would part
company. One thing is certain-the Southern
States would form no combination without the
most ample and complete guarantees in respect
Of their slave property.
at is scarcely TO be supposed, if ample time
for calm reflection be allowed, that any, save
the New England States, would refuse to &C,
cord Justice to the South, under the present
Union. There seems to be a growing wish on
the part of the other States to separate them
selves from New England. The Yankee ele
ment seems to be universally disagreeable and
distasteful. New York city, in view of South
ern secession, already manifests some marked
indications of the purpose, in that event. to cu
herself off from the whole North, especially
set up for herself, proclaiming herself free
city. One of her Representatives declared, on
Monday last, that she would not be an ap
pendage to Puritan province"
1t is as little doubtful that the effect as tha
the intent, of such articles as this in the Penn
sylranian, is to encourage disruption Of thu
present Union Of these States.
And aside from their traitorous aspects, o
what medley of follies are such ideas com
pounded.
The only grievance of which the South Car
olna nullifers really complain, is the tarii
taxation, in which Pennsylvania is chiefly in
terested. How absurd to suppose, that Penn
sylvania will voluntarily sever her connection
with New England, the chief customer for he
coal and iron, or that she would find in ,
Southern Confederacy, protection to her indus
trial interests, when it is chiefly to escape tn
alleged burdens of this protection, that
Southern Confederacy is proposed to be formed
PERsoNAL.-Dr. M. Slosser, of Paris, is q
Browns.
Col. G. J. Rains, U. s. N, Hon. ]. F. Farm,
worth, of Illinois, and DR.. Ridout, of the nav
are at the National.
COL Huger, of the army. and J. II. Levi.
Esq, of London, are at Willards.
John c. Heenan is in St. Louis, in order t
recover from On injury to his left arm, receive
the other day at Chicago, and will rem ain VI
til about the middle of next week. Aaro
Jones quits the troupe at this point Heenal
Price, Perkins, and others, 60 South. Th
profits of the two Heenan festivals in St. Lou