Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-09-17

WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
CoMPLIcArISs THE DIFFIcuLrY.-The persist.
emit course Of Mr. Douglas In striving to prevent a
combination in Pennsylvania, New Jersey. and
New York, Of all the conservative political ele-
ments, to prevent the election of Lincoln, is in
tensely complicating the difficulties in the path of
those at the South who would prevent Southern
ssass action hostile to an administration of the
General Government under abolition auspices.
The more we reflect on those difficulties, the
greater they are magnihed, In our judgment We
know well, and regret far more than we can ex.
press, that the fact is bndly and persistenty ig-
nored at the North, that q vast msjority Of the
people Of the South are opposed to the continuance
Of the Union, IL the General Government is here
after to be administered upon the principles in
connection with the slavery question laid down In
the speeches Of Messrs. Lincoln, Seward Sumner,
Andrews, Giddings Il Co, and in the ,r eathed,a
expeditions Of republican party principles appear
ing from day to day in the New York Tribune We
know that In Mississippi, Alabama, South Caro-
lima, Texas, and Florida, full four ffths Of the
people at this moment stand ready to hazard dis
union as the only relief from the yoke of a gen.
eral government administered upon the doctrines
OF the Republican party authorities mentioned
above We know that not only In those States,
but In Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. the
great mass Of the men of energy and action in
connection with current political Affairs, ardently
sympathise In the same cause: the class of men
who shape the conduct Of communities and Slater,
while their more conservative fsllow-citizens are
debating in their own minds what to do. We
know, further, that however opposed to taking
the decisive step they may be, even the most con-
servative portion Of the southern people regard
the cause OF the South involved In the crisis AZ
rightful and just one, and only oppose the pro-
posed last resort because hoping on still that its
necessity may be avoided by some means they
know not what
Wefeel sure, still further that Lincoln . election
will be instantly followed by attempts at success
fnl organization to resist the transfer Of the author
ity of the General Government in various Sonher I,
States into the hands Of the abolitonists, and VIZ,
believe that those attempts will succeed to the g.
tent Of procuring formal State government action
70 nullify the Federal Governments autho4ty
That once accomplished, and there can be, bat
two solutions Of the problem Of our national fu-
ture- The first is a full, final, and satisfactory
settlement Of the question Of Southern rights
under the Constitution as now existing, brought
about by the tardy action Of Northern conservatism
under the impending danger Of the destruction of
the Union.
The other possible solution is neither more nor
less than the dreaded destruction of the Govern
ment. II a single State government resists the
Federal authority, the General Government will
not only find itself unable to command the assist
ance Of single bona .fds Southern man I'm the
work CT compelling the submission Of the rebel.
Ing State by fire and sword to the authority of
the party Of Greedy, Andrew, Giddings, Sumner,
Ell al, but II will very soon find the entire South
a. vehemently opposed to the Governments then
only "force" alternative left, Of sending armies
OF Northern men to do what the South will
take no part In doing-to hang the authorities
Of the rebeling Southern State and those of IL,
citizens who essay to obey Its laws made to
meet the emergency. We believe further that
for every volunteer or soldier the General Govern
ment may be able to enlist at the North IN ca,,v
out Its purpose Of compelling submission To an
abolition government at the South. ten volunteers
from other Southern States will fy with arm. IN
their hands to the assistance of their bretb,en
We also believe that the authorities of mn STAT
south Of the Potomac can, by any possible chance
be induced to lift finger to prevent the rebelipo
State from receiving such aid; and that the whole
people Of the South will, within a month after the
occurrence Of the first effort Of an abolitionize8
General Government to reduce rebelinp Southern
State to submission by means of armies raised in
the North, be a. fully enlisted, quite, in the
cause Of the South, a. their fathers were in
the patriot Gauss at any period during the mem.
orable revolution that grew out Of the paltrv
stamp tax Of the Government Of George the I'd.
Resting under these convictions, one and all, IL
IL not In accordance with our views of the respon
siblities of the position Of conductor Of an indie
pendent press, 70 withhold them from the public.
We are on the very threshhold Of appalling
events which northern conservatism alone can
stave on. We had sincerely hoped that 1t would
appreciate Its duty in the crisis; but If Mr..
Douglass still possesses any share of at the
North, further reliance upon northern conserva.
tism, seems to us to be next to hopeless.