New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-29
OPINIONS or THE PRESS.


~ - 80, states preparing 10 go out OF the |
I-non will In ali probability, go; ami o"lnH 70 h'
toran,s mi err want Of aerre theN VIII We a"oNou
90 on reacoaly ihe eaIiug W and tbe
- f incou affords them, a. they think, an eX-
cn,e for taking their leave OF the tohieoeF'cH' -
hall sopear that majority oil The people IN those
states are I'm earnesta nonstrOsly we DO not creoV-
"a ;f after due end becoming consideration, they con-
dude that II would be better TO dissolve their connec
ton with the Union, we hope they may De ail'Weut TO
90 and that the dissolution may be peaceable one. a
Union of fcc and compTis0R Is no Union at all, ana
stould be cis solved, and toe sooner the better.
We see il stated in exchanges, that Louisiana
will also 90 cut. The secession OF Louisiana VIII not
he permitted aud ought ut ence TO be resisted Oy ..
the other States intending to remain 10 he Union re-
gardefs of consequences. ser seecsson would wesk-
the geographical position of our country and I'M
peril rs future power and prosperity md should not
be tolerated fer one moment. Louisiana has been
sot Of pet ever sce ner purchase by Mr. Jefferson.
This Government has long paid an annual TAX OF i've
millions for the protection and promotion OF her sugar
interests That branch Of her wealth, yielding annu-
ally twenty millions, would be Frustrated BY dsunio
and the trade Of her commercial mart would be rneI
And ii she desires 10 90 off in this mad scheme 70 or
/ ganize a Southern Confederacy which is more like
w. half dozen contemplate cOnfederacies, she must
be prevented by the whole force Of the co0ntry II
| such force be iound needtul.
| Near 80 vears ego under the Administration o
Thomas Ielersou this ng,ion paid TO Spn'n sioo0ooV'
| for tlecouutry of which Louisiana WIS then Pait
reckoning ler people from vassal1ge to the most nae
fu of urcreap despotisms But the purchase was not
made for thar benefit OF that Of those who might 20
their TO settle 1t was made for the benefit oi me
whole nation but especially for that OF all inc
reorle who then rcre, might hereafter become, m
iatitants Of the great Valley of the Mississippi IN
Congress and out of it, AT that time control Oh me
mouth of tie Mississippi River was deemed much the
greater part of The whole purchase, IN point OF real
| Sane TIE estimated value Of the moath OF the river
led 10 the pure haze and tire ownership 81 the mouth
secured 10 the nation outlet 20, and an inlet from me
ocean, for all the vast prospective trade OF the drea'
| Valley and Of our immense agricultural States IN
the Northwest kng The Tributaries OF the hlss-
sippi This wen timed and indioious purchase, also
relieved us from he too close nelghbOrhOOd OF foreign
! Power i'm "a position of commanding influence on a
large portion OF our Foople. In one word, the owner
siip Of the mouth Of the river deemed indispen
sale 10 the prosperity Of the almost bOundiess Empire
whit il was foIesoen and predicted would grow, anc
which has grown, up in Oh" vast valley Of the Misses
| sirpi And Of such importance If the ownership %
tie mouth OF This river deemed by the ctcgc'
| millions Of Whifs who now inhalii the Valley, thai
they would encounter al the horrors Of tyeyears
war rather hun submit to its alienation to any teregI
| Power whatever wheiler that OF "a European nation
| or a Southern Confcderscy.
| We fr = owtv r, thai L0uisaas may not Tlly ~
fool in imitation Of q few Cotton States, and If 80
then all spccuiai0ns are premature. However, a
- law-Sli,hng, Uuimli1ylnS, and conservative man
We y al cry aloud and spare NOT IN tones OF steri
condor n;TiJn all TRAITORS North or South, who dal
raise their sacrilegiOus hands against she b0otb0ugh
Union wich has bean more than half century signal
| is blessed Of God, and blessed 70 mau