Smyrna times., 1860-11-29
M | SCELLAN NEOUS.
A New Feature of Secession.


The Charleston Mercury, which is the or.
gan of the most advanced section of the Dis
unIonists of South Carolina, scouts The scheme
of a Southern Convention,-aDd is particularly
indignant at the idea OF going into conference
with Virginia and other frontier States on the
subject of secession. Here is what it has to
say upon that subject:
"Vrginla may now call, but the South will
not answer. She is completely denorallzed
an the estimation Of the South and no Sonih.
ern State, intent on rindicattny her riphiS
and preserving her institutions, would 90 In,o
conference with her. Shc has placed the
Union above tn rights ana institutions of the
South, ard wall only seek o conference with
tAe Southern States lii order 10 bring them down
10 the level OF ner fatal Uu.on policy. Viroinia
and the other Frontier States NAV as well nj
once understand their position with the Cotton
States. They are not expected 10 and the Cot
ton States In protecting themselves and rn.
deemng their liberties. They Will practicable
aid the Northern States In atteTptIng to nh.
tam 10 the South all aCqAlusccncc IN the rnlc
of AbolitioHists at Washington. The Son,bcr,
States, however, Will disregard heir c,unsel.
They want no cUnicrcnce but in The Convau.
tuition and complctc the organization Of y
Southern Conteder'cy. They ntend to seccde
from the Union and construct o Union amon,,.,
themselves, and viii be clad 10 find Vira,9ia
and the other Border States in counsel win
them G}ter t%iS great reuolutioa."
There is sotaething we'll worthy of attention
IN this extraordinary language. 1t proves tha,
there is some purpose at the bottom of this So.
cession movement, wiki which the d" Frontior
States" arc not expected TO -yinaaIhiy,. soma
thing on Whlch they are not considered rolio
BILE. What is it!
hitherto 1t has been urged that disunion was
necessary for The protection Of Slavery froo
Northern in;crl'yrence. But Virginia and the
other Froater States are the only States ex-
posed to tina! Interference. South Carolina is
completely protected from it by It's distance.
and by Tie fact that these very States lie be-
tween her and the predicted Ganrer. Tie ro-
fusal to return fugitive slaves is urged as tho
reason. But these very frontier States are the
only ones taat sn.tr any practical loss from
that source. Why, then, are they to be allow.
ed no voice IN the redress OF wson-s. of ,vbicb
they suffer Ly lar the heaviest weight!
1t may be found in the fact that tie noIjcv
upon which South Caroi.na and the Gn!f
States intend to base their new CoufeLeracv is
one with which the Frontier States can have
no sympathy, and which they viii defeat if nj
mItted into the new Convention. They intend
TO reopen for themselves the African Slave.
trade,-and they hnow very we'll that not ono
OF the Frontier States would countenance thai
policy for single moment. virginia and
Maryland would oppose it now as strenuouslv
as they dnd IN the Convention which framed
the Constitution. And in the face of their hos
tllIty, backed as it would be by maiorjtv of
the tSoulhern States, there would be great
danger of It's failure. And this would involve
the defeat of the leading practical object for
VIII ich disunion is desired. 0'
We shall hear good deal more of this mat.
ter before the secession movement reaches -,
contamination.