The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-15
The National Crisis

gives 'he iciIoWilS suggestion conspicuous
place in its editorial columns Ito attest, "
say the editors of that ionrnal our sense of
its high and Instant importance. The VIII
ter says:
Let the members Of Congress from the
sIav,hoidirg States meet Immediately and
npI"'ht committee of lfrir own bu.y, com
posed" the scnndcst men. to proceed to
South Catollna and ask 30 he heard by the
Contention to assemble on the l7th: anil let
them iiree her to patisc until n Convention Of
The whole body of The States can be held To
take the grievances Of the South INTO consid
ration.
If that body can agree upon no mode of
satisfying the just demands of our Southern
brethren. IL Will be then time enough for
such ) a:c as desires TO do so to tan. the
course she thinks best for her interest. r.
we are to believe the current mtcllie, nee Of
the time, South Carolina will withdraw
from the Union by The 10Th; If she goes 9th
er States will probably follow. let her. then.
be appealed to by a committee of her friends
To wait until all efforts al settlement irifhnI
ne Union are exhausted. She cannot, in JUS
ice to the small STATES of Delaware aud
MAJ land no rendered snch important ser.
vices to her in the Revolutionary war, refuse
to listen to their appea! and that of their
fri, ndS.
- letter attributed to :. a Southern
memb,r of the present Cabinet" has been
published in the Pi,,sbnrg Chronicle, IN
which the writer thus expresses his own posi-
ton and views:
IL ain still for the Union, because | have
yet faint, hcsilalng hope that the North
will dojustIce to the South and save the Re.
public before its wreck is complete. But
action to be available. must be prompt. If
the Free States will sweep the liberty bills
from their codes, propose u Convention of the
States, and oiitr guarantees which will afford
Inc same ieposc and safety to Southern
n mes and property enjoyed by those Of the
North. the impending tragedy may yet be
averled, but not otherwise. | feel positive
personal humiliation. as member of the
human family, in the events now preparing.
If the Republic is to be offered as a sacrifice
on the altar of African scrvirde, then the
question nt mans capacity for s,lf govern
ment is forever settled. The dcrision Of the
world VIII hcncctorth justly trea, the prcten-
SION as farce. and the blessed hope, which
for five thousand years our race amid storms
and battles, has been hueging to its bosom,
viii be demonstrated 10 be n phantom and
II drrn M
---Thc Louisville Coprier, of Frida V
last. seeing no hope Of any good result to be
derived from sending Commissioners to con-
Ter with South Carolina considers it to be
the du.y of the Governor to convene immed.
alely the kentucky Legislature
--Gcncral Snyder, of Missour in a
letter addressed to the St. Louis Republicans
asserts that the reported invasion " of Mis-
sour is the interest piece of Muuchausenism
without any foundation of Truth" The
" three hundred y armed outlaws dwindle
down to sixteen vagabond Abolitonisls
VIII" lulked about Fort Scott for few days
before the Court was 10 haze bpen held "
"A correspondent of the Not,ona!
in'eH'sencc' gravely suggests to the Un,on
I0rnne me" OF the country that they visibly
manifest Their patriotic sentiments by adopt
lngas their costume during the present prcva
lence ct the spirit of diSunion the mode of
dressing in vogue with the "mcn Of 70"
"A bill was submitted in the Legis
laturc OF South Carolina. on the 9th inst. .
providing Holidays for the State hcreuGler.-
The 4th Of July is omitted.
AT caucus of Southern Senator's.
in Washington, on Saturday last, Hon J. J
Crittenden is said to have depicted the nor.
torS Of Dlsunion in such vivid colors, and to
nave made such an impressive appeal for the
Union that two..hrdS Of those present in
GLIDING ice.PrcSldent Breckenridge wee
IN tears.
Rev, R, j Breckenridge the uncle
OF the Vice President has recently written a
letter to inond upon the present CRISIS, in
which he saws: q" IL the North insists on
using the National Government to put down
Slavery or if the South insists on using it
FINANCE of the Union is impos> ble." He
thinks If we can escape immediate convul-
sions there will be consolidation of the entire
South, in one opinion, and upon one man,
and the permanent triumph Of the Democratic
party IN 1861, under the lead Of John e.
Beck inridgc probably. lie SAYS he is an
old-faShion,d Republican, IA Clay Whig-a
stcadfast Know Nothing. and never vet voted
for his nephew
- Mr.. Bolts letter on the subject OF
secession is an extraordinary production. -
lie declares that he will have no part in the
wickedness Of secession. lie thinks that
Virginia will not scccde He says the posi-
ton Of South Carolina is held, plain, daring
and tlatfootcd rebellion against, and treason
to the rest OF the States. lie thinks the only
question involved in the South Carol;nn i'm
broglio is whether it is worth while to keep
her in the Union. lie believes that the Fed
eral laws should he enforced in South Caro-
lima, notwithstanding an ordinance of seces.
sion. lie is generally quite bitter on the
secession party.
"A correspondent OF the New York
Times, writing from Columbia. says -" To
judge from the music heard hr,e a stranger
would think he had landed III French pro
vince. One of our old.faShioned national airs
is never heard, but from every ouarler-from
the pianos in hotel parlprs, from private
residences, from bands on parade, and from
every conceivable instrument. comes The
everlasting MarScllniSe > if You happen to
pass residence and lady is singing in the
palor. it is the MarsclluiSe,' the only altera.
ton in the words being in the first line where
Carolina is substituted for France the
small boys in the streets whistle the Mar
sellaise,' and that only, ard, indeed children
Of rather nm Older growth have caught the
infection, and join in the general song 1t
has become something like the harp of
thousand strings only refer to this fac,
as another evidence Of the feeling pcrvadins
all classes and conditions Of society here"
title Governor of Tennessee has
called an extra session Of the Legislature 10
convene on the 7th of January.
AT the request of the President,
Judge Black, Attornc General, has written
letter denying the right Of COERCION. but
declaring that. The right Of the General
Government to preserve itself in its whole