The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-18

operate In unoppose the movement.
Meetings are being held in all the dstricts and parishes
Of the state, and all favor secession.
IMPORTANT FROM VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND, Nov. IT, 1880.
have taken considerable pains ascertain what the
attitude o, Virginia shall be in the coming crsis. Her
purpose Ia 10 maintain a position OF armed neutrality
until ihe prepared to tender her services mediator
under the official aarc,iOn Of the Legislature, or .
Convention called by ns authority. IL known that
she will, meanwhile, prepare for the worst
for the States now threatening 70 secede shall
adopt her programme and that shall fall TO be carried out
by non conpaacesoD he part Of the North, Virginia
win unite In the secession movement. She viii ask the
Southern States 20 into Southern Conference with her.
and understood that they win 90, provided she lays
down before hand the programme which shAn form the
basis OF action This 10 supposed, Virginia win do and
from information communicated TO me Il will be Of .
character sufficiently comprehensive and exacsiDg to ~
tisiy the most ultra Southern men,
win embrace, nrst repeal Of the statutes nufying
P.so0u
such statutes with guarantee Of faithful enforce nen
Of that tho fu,ure second, concesson that tho
consttuo authorizes he carrying Of slaves Into the
common territory and consequent protection for slave
property therein; and, third, that Congress nor the
Executive shall mot interfere with slavery the States
or Territories except for s protection in the latter when
necessary. eome favor . change In the programme 70
the extent OF demand for the passage Of law by Con.
gren forthwith, for It's protection in the Territories
II this programme shall be adopted BY the Conference
and the North show any dsposton 70 compromise upon
It, then aNaonal Conference win be called to adjust the
pending difficulties upon that basis. Should these
sures fail TO obtain the sanction Of the NORTH Of
all the Southern States will follow
The seeding States will seek 70 render the programme
exsctiDg so -, II possible to defeat the whole
scheme but in 50 doing they win defeat their pur
poe, which IL 10 conciliate Virginia and tho
other border States TO the secession move
ment Thty cannot secure vlrginias commttal to any
demand OF stringent character than Is embraced
in her programme. She win yield her sanction 70
the alternative or dunion only upon refusal Of the de-
therein embodied and she win require acquies-
those coreiiiors before she goes Into Southern
Conference.
Virginia Ia determined to exhaust everything In the
way negotiation before .he gives her sanction TO
oession and the South will 60 with her. In the hope that
her enort may fall ana that ultimately she will be forced
to adopt the last acknowledgements.
Ten thousand stand Of arms are being disributed
in Mississippi By order OF Governor Pettu' Accounts
recently received here represent, that state almos,
unanimous for secession.
man rsmed Rybsck, who keeps q smAll show case In
front Of store on Royal street, New oreans narrowly
exhibiting for sale Lincoln medals which he
eeved by mistake among package Of Bell aud Everett
medals purchased .. Wholesale in that city. He
saved hs life By taking refuge store while the mob
pas in hot pursuit Of him.
Minute Men being rapiiy organized throughout the
South. TIE ladies' in the Southern cities according
sooouns paraie the streets with blue cocxades
displayed on their shoulders.
rousy encouraged and already the manufacture
spun goods % rapidly going forward in Virginia and
North Carolina 70 meet ths brisk ra1e In that article
which this rev policy win inauxurate. The Southern
papers contain several Advertisements 81 goods Of this
clsss.
rhc founcr,es here already rcapns rich benefits
from this intercourse policy Orders for machinery
Of Every cs pouring in from every Southern state
and The manufacturer determined 70 avail themselves Of
this born zeal 70 promote Southern manufactures,
are establishing agencies In the principal Southern cities
to facilitate business negotiations In their linc This
intercourse policy win, imagine, be far oonpre.
The John Brown raid That Circumstance was 10
CAL and the elects which & produced were
eircumseribed. True, there much sympathy mani
fesed with Virginia throughout the soutb boa the evil
w far from being a colossal or acute as iha, which
now fires up the Indignation Of the South. Toe elects
intercourse posi q view win Of course be in pro
portion.
he Erarn0 Of 70 day has a well written article In
gard 70 the relative susceptibility Of the North and south
10 commercial dsas,r resulting from . panic soch ~
seems now 70 be impending argues that nssnach as
The North has any element Of wealth which
does not rest on productions brought from other
CON munitIes, over which u has no conirol,
and for which the nations OF ihe earth competing
sidderr, It csnno, maintain trade for three months y
these elements withheld. says ,be North proiocss
neither food or cIO,hps 10 suppor, m population, aud
certainly nothing 10 stAin s nensc trac and bosI.
operations rbs Esam.o, In estimating the effects
Of panic North and South truly adds thr, the cessation
Of trade The u,ssr destruction Of paper mosey tbs
crash of all credit, carry neither want nor
dscouat 20 the dwellings Of the s,ushern Ia
borers There 10 discoun. day, market
day, no unpaid merchants s for the lssorlns producing
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