Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-13
Ai{9mon0 En4nlrtt.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER l
Effect Of Lincoln's Election
MOVEMENTS AT TIE SOUTH.
BY TYLER, WISE &c ALLEGRE.

MOVEMENTS AT TIE SOUTH.
Tho election of Lincoln, ;ls has already been
announced by telegraph, has crcaled pro-
found sensation all through the South. Min
ute Men" are forming in several oi the slave
States. In Charleston they arc cqupping a vol
unlccr rifle corps of one hundred young men,
who are being instructed in Hardic's tactics
They will tender their services to the Cover
nor for any emergency. The feeling displayed
in the city Of Columbia, the capital Of South
Carolina, ON Monday night before the election,
has already been briefly referred to. The occa'
sion was i scrcnade 10 Senator ChcSnut.-
About fifteen hundred persons We're present.
In acknowledging tho compliment, Mr.. Chcs'
nut said
He had never before spoken with so deep Il
sense of the obligations pressing, upon him
Before the setting Of tomorrow's sum- IN all
human probability, the destiny of u great re-
public would be decided by the election oil
lincoln. In that event . line Of enemies is
rlosinr around us that must bc broken. Ap-
nl.use They stood ut the initial point Of n
new deuart,,re. Two ways were before them;
in one of which, whether they would or not,
they must tread; for in that event to which he
alluded there would be no repose, but humlll-
alton, dshonor, emeutes and rebcillonS; with
submission in beginning, III blood at all times,
and slavery in the end. The other had its
HANGERS but no disgrace, and hope bcckoncd
them at the end. Which would they take:
Eirhtv-ivc wears ago an issue oi far less
m,oni,nlc was presented to the American col
on;cs The result We all know. Constitutions
ii liberty was vindicatea, and thirteen free,
suycrei,n indcpenlenG States were uShered in
TO the family of nations. The issue then was
duty on tea. and stamped paper. Should New
Fn.landcrs, ayowcI r4lcnirs, without consti-
tntion without consent, bind Carolina and dc.
tcrminc her affairs? yolces-"No, never :"
and appaVsc. Or should Carolina bc govern
ed br Churchman's: Many Foiccs-"lcs, and
forever and applause. That it was the set.
lied pi,rposc of The Northern States, and would
be OF Congress under thc rGlc ot lhc black
! republican party, 20 govern i!e'n ii violation
ofthc constitutions, and without their CONSENT,
| was apparent from their past Conduct Their
arrocurt IrctenSiuns and arowed intentions
for forty wears had continued 10 disturb their
ncace and cndangcr their lives; sending among
ihcm cmissaries unknown TO them. lie then
recounteI the WRONGS the South endured, and
the purposes Of tic abolition party. What
would YOUR lorciathcrs have sud To such an
issue. What did they say TO m issue incon-
paraby less? Would they not have said We
have cause to assume that posiaon among ma.
,ions TO which natures God had entitled them !?
Yes, from their past record they would have
acted what ,hey said. Great applause. There
is but one way out Of this difficulty, and you
must choose whether you will lie governed by
enemies or govern yourselves For myself
would unfurl the Palmetto i.as, (thundcrS Of
applausc1 determined to live or die rs became
our ancestors | would ring the clarion note
of defiance in the cars Of our inSoent iOc.-
IApplause.I
YOU have the right. received rnder the const-
tuition, as q sovereign State, 10 Withdraw from
this Union. Great applause 1t is your du-
ty, in the event we contemplate, to withdraw.
Increased applause. 1t is your only safety.
No doubt il the South movs, each State mo-
wing for itself, and afterwards determining the
relations 10 subSiSt between them, would pre-.
sent to the world 4 politicalpower that would
defy all human contingency. With seventy
per cent. Of all txportation and furnishing sew
cntv per cent of all manufactured cotton goods
sent to the world by Greet Britain, you have
in absolute security to govern in peace and
establish your independence Applause, and
cries of good. The nan most averse to
blood might safely agree to drink every drop
shed to accomplish such result. When they
resumed the powers which were delegated to
the federal government, hey would hold up to
the world 4 CONSTITUTION for which they are
willing to die. When tl.y pursued this course,
he believed all the South would flock to their
standard. Applause That was the true
policy No better government could be iorn-
c,l. lie would not argue the question, but
took it for granted that all Carolnlans CONGO
dcd the ri ght to sccele. lie hoped the cup
might pass away; but il presented, 1t bchoov-
cd them to take care the bitter things were
not all for them. 1t behoovcd them 10 res
cue the altar Of liberty from the relentless
foe, and if put to tho trial, they must
''Strke for their altars and their hres,
For the green graves Of their slres,
God and their nativeland." Loud chcerinsJ
lie admonishcd them TO 'bc just to their
cause and their God Justice would stand by
their side. Applause.
Mr. Chestnut was followed by Gen. Bonham,
who, in GorcJlc manner, counscllcd separate
State action in the event Of Lincolns election
The following is the message of Gov. Glst,
sent 10 the South Carolina Legislature on Mon
day
EXECUTIVE DErARTNtSr,i
Ny. 4 lSltU.