Smyrna times., 1860-12-27
MISCELLAN EOUS.
NATIONAL CRISIS.


the grave business of dissolving the Union with
indecen, haste, nor to permit hOt,headed mi
nority to plunge the State into secession. A
Joint Committee Of the Legislature has recon.
hi ,nded hit u State Convention be I'D on the
18th of February,-and bill has also been in
troduced providing that
mo ordinance OF said Convention, dissolv-
ing the connection of the State of North Caro-
lima with the Federal Government, or connect
ing it with any other, shall have any force or
validity niA IL shall hare been submitted 10,
and ratified by, majority of The qualified u0-
terS Of the State tor members of the General
Assemb y, 10 whom it shall be submitted for
their approval or rejection
This is eminently sensible and dgnifed.-
Secession is the most important act which any
State can attempt,-and It should never be un-
dertaken except upon the clear and unmistak-
able requirement Of decided majority of her
people. South Carolina has shown no clearer
proof Of the conscious weakness of her cause
than in the hasty and inconsiderate action by
which she has endeavored to precipitate the
disunion issue. AT no stage of her proceedings
has she shown the slightest Willingness TO let
the voice Of her people be heard.
The UNION MEETING in WILMlNGToN.-A
large Union meeting was held at the City
Hall, in Wilmington, on Tuesday, 18th inst
Judge Hall of the United States District Court
presided, assisted by large number OF Vice
Presidents and Secretaries, among whom we
recognize the names of most OF the influential
and leading men in New Castle County. The
meeting was opened with prayer by the Right
Rev. Alfred Lee. The proceedings were
marked by much uaanimity and enthusiasm,
and the resolutions passed, which were strong.
ly Union in sentiment are, in their spirit, well
Indicated by the following motto which was
suspended across the street in front of the stand
COMPROMISE Is PECULIARLY APPROPRIATE
BETWEEN CITIZENS OF A REPUBLIC, AS BETWEEN
MEMBERS OF A FAMILY; FOR WHATEVER is Con
CEDED Is CONCEDED TO OUR BRETHREN"
The meeting was addressed by Hons. J. P.
COmegys and George Reed Riddle, and by d.
NJ Bates, Esq, and r. X. Porter, M. d., all of
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The Commonwealth says places OF business
were generally closed, indicating n deep inter.
est in the meeting, and its objects by the citi-
zens of Wilmington.
Recent letters from Senator Toombs, T. r. r.
Cobb, and ExGov. Wise, counselng mOdera.
tion, together with the late action of the Geor.
: gia Legislature in refusing to vote assistance
to South Carolina, in case of cosrcve measures
by the General Government, indicate a better
: state of feeling, and determination to redress
wrongs in and not out of the Union. We
think the signs of the times from latest advices
are encouraging, and that all is not yet lost.
Mr.. HILL, one of the members Of the Geor
gia Senate, is sensible man. In Thursday's
debate he characterized the secession of sin.
gle State, separately, as " the right OF a State
to accomplish its own defeat, of liberty to forge
its own chain, of happiness to poison its owr
cup, and of prosperity to commit suicide"
FIFTY-TwO members of the Georgia Legisla
> ture have signed an address to the people o.
Sluth Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida
vous to January 10th, urging them to defer Sc
cesSion until the meeting of the Convention o
Georgia, which conVens on the 10Th OF Janu.
ary. They further ask, on behalf of Georgia
that her sister slave-holding States appoint de-
> legates to General Convention of Southern
States, for consultation.
# The MANTLE OF JACKsoN-With all of The
>, Hon. Andy Johnson, of Tennessee's eccentric
It impulses; they are none of them in the drec
tion of rebellion to the federal Government
!. In his Wednesdays speech, he laid hold of IN,
e mantle Of Gen. Jackson, and it covered hin
q all over, as the waters covered the earth, be
r fore the dry land appeared. 81 go for fight
a log our wrongs in the Union," said Mr.. John
;. son. So do we. So do all sane men, all patri
h OTIS, al! loyal men.
10 A PERTINENT QUERY.--The Providence
: Journal says, if one State may secede, anothe
y may; and another and another. Suppose the
r should all secedO but Rhode Island or Delaware
= who will be responsible for the National debt
- A PROPER PRAYER FOR THESE TINES
"Come and see the works Of God he ia terribl
., sin his doings towards The children of men. Ii
" "turned the sea into drv land they wen
70 "through the flood on foot; there we rejoice
Ct "in him. He ruleth by his power forever; hi
'e "eyes behold the nations; LET NOT THE REBE
&c "LIous ExALr THEMSELVES" ."-PsGlm GO.
re- GEN. CAss.--Gen. Cass has been the subjet
ocl of marked attention since bis resignation
large number of Senators, Representatives, an
politicians of all parties, have called upon hiI
>" to assure him of their qualification on accOuT
~ of ths stalesmanlike views which guided b
recent action.