Red Wing sentinel., 1860-10-31
THE lRREPRESSlDLE CONFLICT
AT THE.SOUTH.


AT THE SOUTH.
Our Southern exchanges bear ample
evidence of the state Of excitement whicl,
prevades the Southern mind at tho present
time, in view Of the probable Election ol
Lincolnto the Presidency. The extremists
and sccessiorists, both In and out of office
are carrying out Yancey's programme to the
letter, in ''infaming the public ni,ind,''
firing the Southern heart" in order t.
'precipitatc the cotton States into rcvolu.
tion."
The Gov. Of South Carolina has issued q
proclamation, calling an extra secession ol
the Legislature of that State, for the Dur.
pose Of electing Presidential electors, and
III advisable, to take action for the safety
and protection of the State." fgrFgr
The Legislature Of Alabama provided
some time since, for the contingency of the
election Of a sectional President by author
izing the Governor to call State Convcn.
ton Immediately on the election of black
Republican President becoming known
and there is now every prospect that tha,
Convention will be in session during the
coming month. Governor Letcher, OF vi,
|ginia, has called an extraordinary session o.
the Legislature Of that State, ostensibly to
take into consideration the question of the
James River improvements but it is well
known that this call has been for some time
delayed in order 10 cover At the same time
the possible contingency Of Lincoln's elec.
ton. In Arkansas, too. the Governor has
issued proclamation to put the militia o.
the State into an effective condition. ia
view Of the scope which Northern anti.
slavery agitation has taken. Nor is it alone
on the part Of the public authorities that
action is being taken. Corporations o
private interests are beginning to feel the
alarm, and the people themselves are mov-
ing. The State Bank Of North Carolina
for instance, has determined to suspend
discounting until the future shall be more
developed; the Governor Of Mississippi, in
reply to an invitation to mass meeting
in that State, refers in strong terms to the
abolition sen timent of the North. and
the feasibility Of establishing non-inter-
course commercially; and in many places
in the South the young men are organizing
themselves as minute men, to hold at the
orders OF the Governors Of their respect.
i've States. .y9
According to the Charleston Nero ury,
MI. Buchanan is to bo sorely tried in bis
position as our Chief Executive before his
term of office expires. The following is on
extract from an article in the Mercury:
II Mr.. Lincoln il elected President Of the
United States, the relations of the South
ern States towards his administration,
must be settled by the present administra-
ton. Mr.. Lincoln will not be installed in
office before the 4th Of March next. Long
before this time tho Southern States will
have determined their course; and if this
course Shall bo secession from the Union,
by one or more Southern: States, Mr.. Blu.
chanan will have to guide the course Of the
General Government TO meet it. If he
thinks that State has right to secede
from the Union, of course he cannot ordor
any part of the U. s. Army or Navy
against seceeding State. If he attempts
coercion every Southern man in his Cabinet
and in the army and navy will doubtless
leave them. Congress has no power to con-
troll thelPresident's views of the Constitution
and the duties it involves. He must,
as the chief Executive of the United States.
acts for himself und enforce his own consci
entious conceptions Of the rights of the,
States under the constitution Of the United
States.
The Governor of Mississippi in his )et-
ter above referred to, says:
A proper tax on Northern manufactures,
and individual action, looking to non. n.inter-
course commercially with the Abolition
States. is the lever which, if properly hand
led, can turn New England upside down in
six months. Halt her population would be
paupers in less than twelve months from
the day Southern States cease to trade
with her. The Southern people can cease
that trade if they will. 80
He concludes the epistle rather coarsely:
When the sparks cease to fly upwards.
Camanches respect treaties, and wolves
kill sheep no more, the oath Of black Re .
publican might be of some value as a do.
lection to slave property.
In regard to the organization of Minute
Men, we clip from the Charleston Mercu.
curry tho following, as sample:
We are glad to see the people of our
state everywhere preparing for the crisis
which is at hand. AS an offset to tho
"Wide- Awakes'' Of the North, "Minute.
Men, are organizing in all the principle
districts Of South Carolina. There object
IS to form All armed body of men, and to
join in with our fellow citizens, now form
ing in this and our sister States as Minute
Men. whose duty it is to arm, equip and
drill, and bo ready for any emergency that
may arise in the present perillous position
OF the Southern States. In Kershaw, Alb.
bevllle. and Richland District the organiza-
ton is already complete and powerful, en-
bracing the flower Of tho youth, and led on
by the most influential citizens. The badge
adopted is the blue rosettee, two and a half
anches in diameter, with military button
IN the center, to be worn on the side of the
that. Let the important work 20 bravcly
On, and let every son of Carolina prepare to
mount the blue cockade.
The Governor Of Arkanas, Elias N. Con-
way, has issued a proclamation to tho mi
'itia Of the State, directing it to "prepare for
trouble and DANGER" In this remarkable
document Governor Conway expresses tho
singular belief that the peril Of the South
comes, not from the North, but from the
Of Great Britain. He saws:
It is nv on;n;on that ~. p:.:,