The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-05
HowARs raLcoNEn, EDITOR
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5, 1850
separate Stale Action.

fhEdevices OF "Un.onlsm are tnpltiiorm-Z
While it could operate, With exact, -apon the
doctrine that the Union was, in itself the ss--
preme good, it contented itself with the asser-
ton Of that slayish dogma |; but as the eyes Of
the Southern people were gradually opened to
the truth that the Union was not the most ines
Unable blessing that Providence has ever con-
farred upon the human race, UnionisIn gradually
accommodated itself 10 the circumstances by
which it was surrounded 50 that, at last, it con-
tends for nothing m,Ic than the unanimous CO.
operation ofall .he Slthern States in ANY meas
ure that iouAs 10 the dissolution Of the Union
So long as our people would endure the utteranee
ofthat falsity in their hearing Unisaism stouily
declared that the North had committed NJ az
gressions Of which the Sa'.ii 1'I,i rghGully
complain but when that declaration would no
longer answer, because Il was manifest thst Il
was no longer beloved: Unionisn changed It's
tactics though itGa net cl,ange It's purposes
and raised ti,e @! Of ''cO-oFeration,' under the
belief that somc of the Southern states wole 20
thoroughly welded to the Union that they would
submit to any indgnity or outrage, rather than
assert their rights
The time has evidently come, in The opinion Of
our people, when i behooves the State Of Ills
sissipp to consider what measures She shall take
in order to avert the pcYis now impending over
her. The same question addresses Itself alike
to every Other Southern State but, AZ the same
time, it Is to be borne in mind that e Is qucs-
ton which every State must decide for herself
It a question involving the rights and honor of
the several Southern States, aud they must,
from the very nature of things, proceed to act
upon it, il at all, as separate and individual
States
To certain extent, we concedc that eo-opera-
lien is desirable We admit that il might not
&c wise, Oh the part of any single Southern
state, 10 - ont Of the Union by herself if she
knew that - .a,er States had decided to
remain in it. No one State has the resources
snd popuat'r requisite for thc establishment
Of a government, ~ cnergh to make itself
respected by the naIioas Of the earth. When,
however, cach State knows that several other
States are prepared tn 20 out Of tho Union with
her the Argument against separate State action
tOco HOl dpplN loI ~ - Ncikall tiiut AT Nuc ~
ccding States will naturally coacscc in a new
confederation. II would bc SmpIy n work of
supcrcrogaton TO provide ia advance, for an
event that will inevitably fellow dissolution Of
the Union
South Carolina, George. florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, louisiana Texas, and Arkansas
have indicated, in manner not to be misundcr-
Stood their purpose 10 withdraw from the Tn.
ion Tennessee and Nort', Carolina in all prob
ability, will follow suit" The population Of
these ten States, in 1860, was six millions in
round numbers. At ibis time, probably, il en-
ceeds seven millions II our forclathcrs, with
but three millions Of people, were able to es,ab-
fish strong and reSpectahl, government we,
surely, wish more than twice that amount Of
population. need not fear 10 enter upon new
Confcdcracy.
Some Of the bNrl 's lave States are already in
ftcted with the rs ciah',sIaycry Principles.
The chief cit, ~ N.-aaii sends TO Washington
an avowcd Black Republican, in the person Of
Blair, as its Representative in the lower House
of Congress Henry Winter Davis represent.
ing Baltimore il also Black Republican, tho
he has judged 1t Inc incident, as yet openly 10
proclaim the fact The people Of Kentucky
permitted regular Ela.', Republican electoral
ticket to be organized au' snpportcd, within
their limits, ct the late election, by hundreds
upon hundreds Of yGt.r>. Extensive portions
of Virginia, even have been, for some years past,
suspected districts" The condition of things
now existing in these border States is such rs to
render it exceedingly improbable that they
would yield wiling aSsfat TO any proposition
that l.,ight involve disruption of those ties
which now bind them to the Union. To con-
suit them is simply to embarrass ourselves to
10 profit To declare that our action shall he
controlled by their wishes, is TO pledge our
selves TO positive naction. IT. knowing what
We are about TO do, they choose to come Into
council with us agreeing to abide by the docis-
ion of the majority, well ana good; but we shall
Lc false to ourselves, false to our own best and
highest interests, if we d. not, without regard to
these half aboItonizcd States that stand upon
our border determine to pursue the policy that
alone can protect our interests.
Our first duty is to ourselves. IT our broth.
rem of the ether slaveholding States are ready
and willing to cooperate with us in these meas
ures which are essential to our security, and if
they will promptly come forward and announce
their readiness to cooperate with rs, let us not
reject their fratcrnal aid; but ifthcy hold back
and begin to singpseans to 'the glorious Union,
let us cast ourselves loose from them, and con-
suit our own safety, without reference to their
wishes 1t may, indeed, be doubted whether
we could render more efficient service to our
real friends in the border slave States than by
going promptly ont of the Union, without
awaiting their action. five delay our action
for the purpose of consulting with the people of
those States tie Danger is that they will anuse
lis with negotiations until Lincoln shall have
been inaugurated as President Of the United
States The influence Of the abolition element
in those States viii be exerted to its utmost for
the purpose ofkecping us in the Union; for Is
only within the Union that the policy Of abol-
-.-. L. ofrooft,.lI.y fatTiad ont let the