New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-14

saries who are now passing among our people;
who under the pretense Of bookselng peddlng lee
turing, preaching, &C., scattering iniammaory
documents among us, and attempting 10 incite our
| " slaves to revolt, and to murder women and
children; and applying, under cover Of the dark
of night, the nceudarys torch to our gn-houses,
" dweling-houses, villages, and towns" Georgia,
| her Governor maintains has a right to enact such
penal code as her peace and dignity require. And if
il be objected that such acts ~ he proposes infringe
that article of the Constitution which secures to the
citizen of any State the rights and privileges OF all the
States, his answer is that Georgia didn't begin it, The
| time, in bis opinion, is come for bold aud decided
action and the course he proposes would he believes,
strengthen the ties Of union between the States gener
ally by narrowing the sectional controversy between
Slave and Free States as SUCH 70 one between lndl-
vidual States His Excellency declares that he s
" no dsunionist per se.'
| In the meantime he apprehends that the Republican
party may have become successful in the Presidential
election and this dominent party in the Northern
! I" section Of the Union, among whom fanaticism
rules the hour and mob law too often maintains It's
ascendency, will consider themselves as yctors, and
Z" the people Of the South az vanqushed."
In that case other safeguards will be necessary as
degradation insult and injury" is to be the lot OF
the Southern States as the price Of Unioni portion OF
their own citizens will be brbed into treachery to their
own section by hopes Of Office and ga hungry swarm
80 of abolition emissaries," are 10 be imported as
offceholders," who will "eat up their substance,
insult them with their arrogance corrupt their slaves
and engender discomfort among them, flood the coun
try with infammatory abolition documents" and do
all in their power TO create state OF things which
| must end in "a war Of determination between the
white and black races Whether eight millions OF
freemen will bow the neck and submit to all this
| il a question for them to decide " in their sOyer-
eign capacity" Whether that sovereign will
| ia to be ascertained by a general convention
| or by each State acting for bersef Is another
| question. Gov. Brown thinks each State may decide
for herself The Union ia compact, and each State Is
sovereign equal TO every other While the compact Is
| involate 10 State has right to withdraw, but each
State must Judge for herself whether IL is violated or
not The right 10 secede from the Union can only be
denied on the ground of denial Of State sovereignty
for the Federal Government is not arber, but only
a limited agent. The States not subject 10 that
which they created. In case Of secession the citi.
zens Of Georgia would owe allegiance 10 Georgia alone;
and should any other Government interfere and punish
such citizens for treason the Governor declares he will
aeze and hang upon the nearest tree two citizens Of
such Government for every citizen of Georgia whose
life had been taken. But the OF the Southern
States 10 common cause, he thinks that action in COM
mon would be wiser. Should the fifteen States secede
there would be no war. So many of the Northern
people are dependent upon Southern cotton and South.
ern trade for employment and upon the South for the
| neeessaries and luxures of life, that they could
| not aford TO fight her themselves or permit others
| 10 do il. Great Britain il also dependent upon
Cotton and could not afford TO witness invasion of
the Southern States. The loss Of crop would shake
the pillars Of the English throne" and raise the cry
of "bread and blood" Fugitive slaves would be more
easiy captured in case of Dissolution than now-fOr
tie North for the sake Of equitable treaty OF COM
merce, dependent as she is upon the South, would
gladly agree TO take adugtives and deliver them ut
TIE border Nor would there be any great fear OF in
surrection. Northern spies might occasionally incte
small numbers of slaves to revolt, and murder fami-
| lies of innocent children and women" but these
would be speedily executed. But AZ slaves are ignor-
ant are not allow ed 10 travel about have mail ia
ciltes are unarmed are under the immediate eye OF
masters or overseers are not accustomed to claim
exercise political privileges recognize their inferority,
have no ambition beyond present comfort and especially
are devoted TO their masters and msresses there Is
little cause of apprehension Of rebellion" Indeed,
the danger Of revolt is notn the slaves of the South,
but in the aboring people Of the North. Should the
North take up against the South, the white labor
ers Gov. Brown thinks Twill feel at liberty TO re-
"quire satisfaction for past in Justice"
! Finally, in case of the Of the Republican
party the Governor recommends that call for Conyen-
ton Of the people be Issued and he promises cooper
ate with the Legislature in any action, which IN their
Judgment may be necessary to the protection OF the
rights and the preservation of the people Of Georgia
against the further aggressons Of enemy, which,
VIXEN flushed with victory, will be insolent in the
" hour OF triumph He further recommends an ap-
preparation of a million of dollars as military fund
for the ensuing ear and that the reply should now be
10 every demand for further concession or compro-
" mise Of our rights, the argument is exhausted,
and we now stand by arms.