Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-08

= Oar .,.,.r S,aie oi south Carolina now i,ay"s
Virginia into q cunt ention of The Southern States
win the open avowai on bor part that che con-
siders sece. sion--n other words, disunion -as
,hs true and only remedy for the evils complained
| Of This invitation has certainly been gwen IN no
| discourteous sense; yet cannot but think. when
IL IL rccolleeted that Virginia has already, on
moro than one occasion, solemnly expressed her
opinion to South Carolina against the adoption
Of this her favorie remedy, that it is q doubtful
compliment. at least. TO rc-propose 1t to her at
moment when it might be supposed that her con-
stancy and irmncss had been somewhat wrought
| upcn by circumstances and considerations
appealing rather to her fears than her II erstan-
| ding
| Be this as il NAV. South Carolina deserves n
most respectful answer; and that answer snoold
be distinguished by the frankness Of wh ch she
herself mas set an honorable example. Ii Virgin
| ia now thinks, she has heretofore thought, that
disunlon, whether by the name ofsecesslon or any
other. is not the wise and proper remedy for rx-
is,ipg evils, she ought in eandour To- say ~. Anu
] il such is her opinion, why should her represent
tntivcs make her party to- sectional conven-
| ton proposed primarily and avdwcdly witht view
10 eecrssion the true and only practical re-
mely?
10 my Mind there are two obvious and concln-
siye objections against the acceptance oi the ihv,-
taion Tie first is that upon an issue OF so vital
u character as tina, in contemplation. the people
| Of Virginia should DC left perfectly free and un-
cmmitel tn decide for themselves, as it il thejr
sovereign aud exclusive right to do,-when tho
solemn crisis, demanding irdecislon and their
action shall arrive. the other is. that the ex-
pcdi.nt OF this convention. will be likely to lead to
| no satisfactory result and certain not to receive
the concurrence of several Of the siavehuldiag
| Sta'es with which Nirs mia, by juxta.positon and
| community Of Interests, rs most Intimately con
ncclcl would yet serve 10 distract our attention,
and prcyent the concentration of our efforts Oh
other Measures of both more legitimate and
more efficient character
There are other views Of this subject which de-
serve to be most matuIcly pondered. Suppose it
to he dccrccd that, owing to the unhappy and dis
crdant passions "f mcn-certainy hy DO neces-
sarv operation OF the system itsel--ths glorious
union Of the confederate States, is to bc broken
~: what is tu be the order of things that
| Will, mouhly, arise from its ruin? Spccuiations
upon the dissolution a the Union are novelty
in our political history. They were indulgel be-
for, well Is since, the add ption of the present
Federal tun>ututiun. 1t has been hitherto sup
posed, with Inre exceptions until recently, that.
should the catastrophe Of dissolution occur.
three cont'ieraeie> at least, would have to be re
constructed out al the shattered fragments.
~ late ~ l3ii, IA distinguished Senator Of
: tuth Carolina SIR. McDuiie, On the floor Of the
| Senate, presented d'ta iieui Of the new system
which, III his conception, would spring from tho
ashes Of the rresent; aud he gave US the persTec-
tive oi three grand iutc eracieI "a manufacturing
runfelrmcy, consist Of the Eastern and Middle
| states; and planting rontcderacy, of tn. West
eru and Northwestern States. In this arrange
n,ent, it is cfdeal that the able and eloquent
senator lpnke'! to Industrial interests as Of chief
| potency III controlling the permanent re-distrbu
ton Of the States into new confcderarcs
Being nj that tIule n member of tho Scua'e and
called upon to present some views in OF p,,stlo" to
| tuu,c If the Senator Of South Caroliua. for whom
| ever cherished the highest respect AS wcias the
waro st personal regard. | revolvcd in my uind
| rs thoroughly Il, W.te capable of doing, Tho sad
deuiag theme OF IL possible dissolution Of the
Union, with the new uifniiies and relations oi I'll"
States that WAY lie most likely to follow such u
ca'n, trophr. Ihr result of that careful consider
All, Of the subject, in which all subscqucn, re-
! lection las more and more confirmed me, WA,
that by whatever line Tie Union ght be vinlent
~ severed IN the momeat OF an exasperatlnS con-
Nit pn IA sectional question connected with the
domestic institutions ct portion Ui tho States
other and mono oreratil t considerations. resulu.
from physical and commercial laws would and
must decide the ultrrlur Encouragement Of the
parts into new cuuieleraccs.
Maryla, d. Tor example, to whom Virginia is
lndl,sulnblv unii"i, H. their early history proves,
by the Interests an necessities involved in Tho tu-
ri>diction and use Of the broad na,igablc waters
common to both. i, bound by similar lies, through
tho Chesapeake and tho Susquclanuu, to the
States of Delaware and Pennsylvania and these
again To ther neiIAhpr, New Jersey, by the na,u-
III! artery ot commerce common to all three Of
them while HE letter is, in like manner. linked
with New York Ivy the estuary of the Hudson
and It's nabie bay, Attending Indispensable chan
nriS Of intercourse and trade for the daily and
hourly use II huth Of these contermnOus States
Ii we Look TO the West, we find Virginia, in one
hall Of her domain, united by the same natural
iignments, through the Ohio and its Tributaries To
kentucky aud the Stltes of the North " est
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