The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-29

came satiahedI the people were far X VI
vance Of the legislators. and tbsv ..... y.
% call the convention much sooss, 800. n
election Of delegates 70 be the an 49,
the convention the 1Tsh OF Decss,, ~
The houses were full aud The vote rns.,
NOES. ar
h Withthis prelude, / shall as brleav I.
possible answer your questions se,i.,;..
1 believe the common. sentiment a 60
Of a separation from ihis Union IA i- II.
earnest conviction Of our pcoplo s NV.
orr equality is destroyed 6y 1 ser,,s. ~,
majority, and that our honor and ints,s.,.
require rs to sccede. Whether a. sn.'s.
can be peaceably done, there Il 4 $780,.
Of opinion All at the South ackporIsSs,
the right of a State to secsde anil II.
crest majority suppose IL can 81 ae n.
Epeaceably. My opinion il, from tbe mi
titude Of relaiiens and adjustments WA,
ruuSt take place upon secession. tint bloaS
win 10 shed but 1 believe tie sebt;m.s,
\ of the vhole country will Be "a onnos.S
10 war that the destruction Of life TiIl =,
be very general. 1 know 81 no NM, y.
people ID seutl, Carolina opposed q Az.
union. Some few ARE opposed 10 goSth
Carolina artipg alone. Ninety.nipe ias
hundred are in favor OF sontbcrn IN.
Efederacy, since the election Of Mr.. Iiueoln
| The mercantile class are IN favor II dis.
/ union In this city, every prominent
merchant IS in favor Of secession ana
nearly al belong TO the i.'minute-mep v
/ The greatest grievance, We consider /.
ithe election OF Mr. Lincoln. northern
ttnau, and Mr. Hamlin who is Feuorted 10
{be a Iaalatte9 BY northern VOTES alone
men who were elected simply becauve
they declared themselves hostile 10 south
tern Institutions. The aggressOns Of ths
/ bt6Ck-repnblican party have excited he
i South to the poibt of resistance. / in.
4 close q slip taken from a Georgia pauer
which enumerates them. Besides these !.
1 in South Carolina we have always FIJI
4 that the tariff has always been Oppressive Z
\ to the South for the benefit Of Inc North:
/ also the navigation laws.
Enclosed ! send you = copy Of the con.
| stitution Of the miHate-men association
which sprung up in our city after MI. ].
H Stewards speech al Chicago, where 10
/ Threatened to overWhelm the South
with 100000 wide-aWakcs There arc
/ thousands throughout the South enrolled
among tie minute men. {. Y. \.
There is no doubt that the agitation Of
i the slavery question, as predicted BY
Il Webster and Calhoun, is the canse o. Oh
Z orr trouble. 1t IS too intimately inter,
j woFcdiuto our social fabric to be eradic.t.
ed. We are conscious that the negroes
Il are better and happier here than II any
part Of the world We are dong more
10 aineliorate their condition. In ihB
/ city alone there is a Sunday school where
II about Que thousand attend, and are cate
Cflised every Sabbath. We are sick and
1 tired Of tile abuse aud blackguardismd
/. the New = oFk. Tribune, stid oaas gtaaI
I We desire to relieve the consciences Of
Il The fanatics who feel slavery to be M:
!. tioRat sin, and consequently we viii most
Il asaaaa nrelerfing the lesoa.
! ton OF our tate TO submission to the RUE
! Of q sectional party. We arc all here
{ admirers aait followers of Mr.. YahetI,
i who; WAS horn end bred IN South Caro-
J. Ina; We, lie Him, love The U1ion under
,1=thc Constitution but as, 1t has failed o
protect us we will take eur destinies b
4 our own hands .!... .f s..>.s
I; ! have never been politician, but .
4 quiet aud conservative locker on---lOt
II too old to have lost my fire, nor young
!. enough 10 be accused OF rashness.
[From the Florida DiTainkl s;;e
Z Mr. buchanan recognizes the doetrins
!. Of state sovereignty; but will the repuk
ltcaH President recognize it2 II we So
cede now separately; no resistance viii BE-
7 made by the present administration. A
:, southern confederacy can be @fermed--lts
, government recognized by different pos.
: ersz--alid then, il the republican admins
y tratien chose TO coerce, 1t would be d.
;. claring war against a sovereign poxef,io
J: which the other governments OF the word
!. would notebe indifferent. On the Other
hand, should separate state action be DO
s4tlayed until Lineoln's inauguration, that
administration being hostile TO our instilG,
tons, the President, as COMMANDERS
chief of the army and navy, could do usa
serious injury, and q long and prOtraeted
. civil war would result. II, hoReyef,bs
read the signs Of the tines correctly, Ee
think than action by the South will not
be delayed, but that before Lineolltskes
his seat a southern confederscy viii %
: formed, AID all the steps taken for iEn
. and determined resistance, should 10 o.
tempt coercion. e., ~ - .s-.#<5
j CAIEB CusHISG on SEcEssioy. 10
] ayaiIs nothing for us In Massacbusetls,
II TO discuss the question Of the expedieney
! Tor ineNpedieaey Of secession, and 70 en-
deavor to impress on the Southern Sta..t ts
& the sacredness OF the Union. So long as
, the State of Massachusetts maintains :
! system Of legislation plainly contrary 4! Y
, the Constitution in the very matter ei su Z
, special rights Of the Southern State. " =
/ ears are closed TO appeals in behalf o. VIC
+ Union from as, To such appeals, the ~
a sWer Is ready; that when wednly regsrai - \
! Constitution ourselves, and not uutll t !.
n it win be competent to Us to eIhoft 9.ne
4 States to respect and observe y; ~
otherwise we are but ueanly enjoying ~
benefits Of the eompacts without dlscnalg
ing It's obligatory and that our lauaa w.
Of the Union is alike odious ana nues
+ hous, while we cling tot: only as tho msa.i
: Of eNeriing the power of the EeasiA
/ Government to the spoilatlon, opprses.s lss
0 aud wrong Of fifteen States Of TIE eu'S =