, 1860-12-12
Enect OF Secession upon tho Border
Slave States.

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We in Missouri, least Of all our slayeholdiuc
citizens, should not be deceived as to the true
nature Of tho secession movement, and the
train Of events: which revolution involves,
When danger threatens, clear knowledge Of
faets and circumstances is essential. The de-
sign Of the secessionists is evidently to sacsi-
nee the Shareholders Of the border States to
the ambition Of the Cotton States. The for
eisn slave trade Is to be reopened, and the do
mestic slave trade closed. Virginia is to be
excluded from tho market, which Is to be
thrown open to Dahomty, Slavery is to be
perpcsuated IN, the border slave States, while
at the same time the ralue Of slave property Is
to be annthilated. Such is the purpose con
temlplated, and If 1t be realized, very mel
3ncholj consequences must en.ue. In.
Missouri for Instance. tho slave property Is
estimated at 10000 COO. Let the African
slave trade be revived, and the domestic slave
trade suppressed, and that property will fall
1ute'y worthless; and when that stage is reach |
ed we shall soon be Afficauized in the worst
scntc Of the word, for the negroes though
noninally slaves, will be practically ftce, aud
NC thall sec them swazmiug into MI the cities
Of the State, driving white men out Of en-
barrier to Immigration, The bearings Of this
Dlsunlon movement on the future OF the
Border slaye States cannot be too closely
scanned. We may possibly be mistaken.
but we firmly believe that it involves
tho very o1i5tencc of Missouri. If the Cotton
Gdtes should be permitted 10 sectde tomorrow
peaetd1y, d year sooatd moi elapx b2trx Misouri,
tisyinid. kentucky and 1laryiand scould te
obliged to 90 to acar NTH TIE Southern Cpnfexle-
raev. And If there be any clasa Of our citi-
zens who should open their eye4 sooner than
any Other to this view of the case. It is the
slayeholding class. They are doomed to Le the
first victims Of revolution. They nay now be
opposed to what is called the coercion Of revolt
cd States, hRt the day il not distant wAcn they !
will call for war with one voice, The law Of |
sclfprcscrvation will neceesitate the step, If |
peoreaue secession .e7e possible, It uould wi be a.
frt''stay impo|Iie for Tic Rrder Slare Ssaas 10 |
Tolerate seeEssion. If NC give up the rights |
which the Uuion aud the Constitution rufau-
tee us, NC must cxtpt these same rights from |
the Southern Confederacy ut the poInt of the |
sword, fo7 the FREQ exercise of them is indis. |
pensable to or security and prosrcss. We !
must have an outlet for our surplus products. !
We cannot endure the compression of 4 hos. |
tile government the whole length Of our boz. |
deTs from the Atlantic to the Pacific. We can |
not be shut ont from the Gulf Of Mexico, into
which our great river system pours tho waters |
Of the continent. The same need which called |
for the purchase Of Florida and Louisiana, and |
the annexation Of Texas: multiplied thousand |
fold, exists to-day, and proc1aiins secession the
death blow Of the general welfare, and the cx.
istence Of = Southern Coufcderacy incompati- |
bic with tho tranquility and Development Q:
the border afave States ana tho whole Missis-
sippi valley.