New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-28
.R SECESSION MOVEMENT.
Real OBJECTS or THE REVOLUTION
ISIS.
pse cw Special Correspondent IS


WASHINGTON, Dec. -, 1850.
Day BY day It grows more and more clear
Aat the object. of the revclutonists is to break
- the Union, not for the purpose of separating
Ns sAysholding from the DoD-sayeholding- States
nps 10 form new Union aud Constitution, con-
strscseS for the naturalization and perpetuation
a Bhvery. The expectation is that the secession
Il certain number Of States with al the agi-
ssssn and apprehension that viii grow out Of it,
,,in politically revolu;ionize enough Of the Free
ssAtes to enable the Slayeholding States to &C.
sSmphsh this purpose. And the calculation is
very simple one. The Slavery people demand
Constitutional guarantees on these points;'
,. That property in slaves shall be put on the
hoting Of all other property in the Territories
md in the States.
2 That thu Shareholders shall be protected in
ab the Territories, and Slavery be established
ihnein by constitutional provision.
3 That Slavery shall not be abolished in the
District Of Columbia, in the National Dock.
Yards Forts, or elsewhere, under National juris.
ACTON, and the interstate saye.trsf6c shall not
30 forbidden.
These and Kindred provisions referring to Flu.
sktye Slave laws, Personal Liberty bills, &C.,
Incorporated into the Constitution, viii make the
paw Union, in the language of Mr.. Lincoln, "el
Save.s In other words, il wiz make it thor
ssgh-going slavsholding confederscy.
There are difficulties in the scheme, but after
q, II may prove more feasible than many nOw
TO willing TO admit
IL ten of the Free States can be won over
under the fright snd terror of dissolution that is
spooeh to oonsummste il. The question is, are
shose ten States to be foundI Let it be remem-
bered that the threatened alternative of tbemodest
seatlemen and patriots who propose and sdvo'
cate the scheme, Is the destruction Of the Gov
snmeDt, civil war, and universal ruin.
I remarked week or two ago that with 81
Soath Caroina's apparent preciptancy it wss
sery likely that even that excessively pugnscous
community would pretermit her assault on Fort
Mcultrie, and otherwise omit important acts Of
sovereignty that seemed imminent on secession
taking place. 1t turns out that all this is entire.
u true, and that all resistance 10 the United
Stases suthorty ID postponed to more convenient
seasop.
II win undoubtedly seem incredible 10 moder.
We men that this audaciOus secession movement
has simply the purposes in view / have here sug-
sested. But there are, nevertheless the best Of
peassns for believing that such are the ends its
more wary leaders aim at.
II "a confidently believed that the whole line Of
border Free States can be got into the project,
aud that the commercial interests of New-York
~ill bring her in also. As to New-Englsnd, the
upntrrance looks to her possible expulsion, or
her voluntary dechnstion to sccede 10 tie terms
Of the proposed reconstruction.
Ia il not really desired or expected 70 obtain
spy concessions of the character demanded out of
Ne present Congress. Ii is not supposed that
esther the body or the times are ripe. 1t is not
sny part Of the plan to the Union. The de-
sign n To break it up, with view to bring down
Jbe Free States TO propose scqmsscs in its
sscepsruction on the terms the Slavchcldng
States are willing TO accept
There are no signs that i San see Of war,
o. kocdshed, or resistance to Federal authority
sven 10 the Seeding States. They viii threaten
b all in their attitude Of secession, after they
sAaN have withdrawn, unless the Free States
come TO terms. l think l zee al this, in the
Yusrded and often pregnant language of the lead
srs Of the movement and in their GOODNESS o.
Ssmeanor, in view Of what seems TO 10 many sr
Anminent, dire catastrophe. Unless this be so
ee have some surprising impersonstiOns Of i'm
pertarbability,
Ne doubt the plan is d bold one enyirOnsd By
<fa6cuities and dangers great enough TO sfrig
many heading psn in the Ssveholdng States
1t tries the nerves Of thousands who silently
patch, or gently express resistance. II alarms
conservative minds. But the scheme is Deverthe
Aoss characteristic of the Slavery Leaders aud it.
saocess ia predicsted on the fears Of the North
and the honest desire of the people everywhere
not to see this Union broken up, or incur the
xlAk Of having the Government broken down b,
sevslutionists. II 10 case in which timidity ii
Sspec.ed to yield to sudacity. lie 1t sn unres
.sopsble expectation, or does the plan differ from
the usual methods by which mankind have been
sseserally rsled1 Why, then, shouldn't it sue
seed Can the Free States hold steady under
sbs pressure Ne shall see. }, s.P.
PROSPECTS OF COMPROMISING.