The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-11-17
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and they prefer to remain in the Union,
then let the legitimate operations Of the
government 20 on as before. Let NJ ny &
no childish whims which will annoy none
but ourselves NJ ..,ls - 80; II
Acorrespondent Of the Savannah Nrrs,
endorsed by the editor, writes: 49,
There remains little or no donbt Of
Lincolh's success And no thoughtful
man can any longer fnd On excuse FOR i
ncglecting to make mp his mind what D
course i will be his duty, in that svent,
to pursue. Z .. ~.
Ought we to submit to the iuaugurs.
tion Of . black-repubIican administration 4
upon the ground suggesteds lif $50
II Is d question obviously incapable Of
any exact solution, how far legal forms
should be complied with, when D literal
compliance would result IN mischiefs which 1
the law could not be supposed 10 have in
tended. ss-g;,g, ~ .tifsss q
The character OF public act Of any
kind Is to be estimated BY It's objects and
effects; not Wy the forms which herald Il. I
! Tho truth cannot he e0ntrOyeftcd.a J TON
tdeny Il is to repndiate at once MI reasons9
and experience, and to condemn il, . sine /,
gle breath whatsoever progress mankind
has made in civil and religious liberty. SO
Judged, the electiono 81 Lincoln can be Re
sarded in no other light than d aadeelar- Z
alton Of war against the South, and hia +
inauguration as the FIRST step towards ac- 1
tive hostilitics We must meet 1t either
with vigorous resistance Of abject snBniis4
sionn FL fs1 LIT lei lI@a
TbeIionisyillsD smoerdi { Do1elas) says
The intelligence from Soath Carolina Il
aud Georgia in our yesterdays edition, i !
| Of the most alarming character. The
Breckinridge party there-and one %
these States isalmost unanimously for him
-are putting on the eockadS. The mean.
ing OF this il open, bold, Tesolute disunipp.i
and IL 10 the more alarming because the !
movement Is quiet, 4 Our exchanges tell
| US elso OF meetings Of that mysterious
order, the X q. G.as. h Mississippi, whieh
seems TO be mastering its forces.a AM
avalanche mar be poured upon, ue before
4 We know il: The movement is without
IeXcuse cannot be palliated. There has
been no act TO Justify it IN the slightest
degree" ~. :. 55 .6:ais tissal
The Charleston Mercury taisunioa)
says; .yya ln3E ft,5ylIs:. 1s
4 I'VE suppose, that, taking in view al
Il these thugs, IL il not cxtrayagant 70
estimate, that the Submission Of the South
!, 10 the salmiplstration Of the federal row
!. crumeht nndcr MessFs. Lincoln and Ham.
!, lin, must rednce the value Of slaves 10 tho
South one hundred dollars each. III il
q computed that there are four million three
4 hundred thousand slaves ID the United
States. Here, therefore, d loss 10 the
southern people OF four hundred and thir-s
tty millions Of dollars on their slaves alone.
4 OF course, real estate OF all kinds must
4 partake also in the depreciation Of slaves.
Il "SIase property isthe Foundation Of al
4 property in the South. When security.
in this j. shaken. oil other property par
i takes Of iis instability. Banks, stocks,
bonds rinSt be intiuenced. Tfnid men
will sell out aud leave the South. Con-
fusion. distrust, and pressure must reign. :
Before Messrs. Lincoln and Hsmlin
/ can be installed as President and Vice
+ President Of the United States, the South
/ ern States can dissolve peacefully i've
know what We say) their union with the
4 North, Mr.. Lincoln and his abolition co..
I horts, will have no South to reign oyer.
4 Their game would be blocked. s = 5.:..: .
/ IF the South once submits to the rule
tpf aholitiohists BY the general government.
there's, probably, an end Of Oh peaceful
separation Of the Union. We can only;
escape the rnin they mediate for tho
SOUTH by war. Armed with the power