The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-03
More Disunion.

We publish below the conclusion of an ar
ticle published in the Richmond Wing, under
the caption, Southern Wrongs and Rene
dies" The Wing being the old established
organ of the Opposition in Virginia. we pre-
sumo the writer to be member of that party.
If such be the case, it will be seen that there
are some of the Opposition who are for seces-
sion from Lincoln, as we'll as in the Breckin-
ridge and Douglas ranks. The writer con-
cludes his article thus:
Failing all Others either Lincoln and Ham
lin must be elected, or there will be no Presi-
dent or Vice President for the next four
years. will not stop to consider which
would be the greater calamity to the country.
The Government certainly, could no more
exist without an Executive, than man with
out head. But how much longer would 1t
live under the original patentee Of the "irre-
pressibIe confict?' How long would it take
him, with his maui and wedges, to rend the
Union in twain by the exact line of Mason and
Dixon? Could the Government endure a
| twelvemonth under the sway Of Abraham Lin
coin? A leading journal has ably exposed the
revolutionary sentiments which have raised
this modern Cataline to this bad eminence''
of Black Republican leader, so ardently COW
eted by the Rochester Prophet What basis
would they constitute for an inaugural Let
us collect into focus few Of the most bril-
liant thoughts, which we may suppose will
illustrate that great State paper, and foreshow
the beneficial influence Of the blazing prodigy
which has suddenly appeared in the North:
LINcoLN's INAUGURAL.
al congratulate you on the prosperous con-
dition of our internal affairs. Slavery agita.
ton. (the irrepressble conflict it is true, con.
tinues, but it must cease "when crisis shall
have been reached and passed" That crisis
will be when the Government is, as it will be
"all one thing or all the other.' at cannot
endure permanently half slave and half free -
There is judgment and feeling against
slavery which cast at least million and hal
of votes" These voters are now, or soon will
be, numerous enough to extinguish slavery
through the peaceful channel of the ballot
box" or if forced out of that, Through some
other channel.n
He will doubtless speak of the heroes anG
martyrs who died under the gallows at Har
per's Ferry-the misguided" and "excep
tional men" SO commIserated by KirkwooC
and Seward-enjoin on his black and rec
friends a strict observance of the Higher Law
"whose seat is the bosom of God, )" but recon
mend that they set on foot no similar enter
prises until they are better prepared.
Seriously, few even at the South, think tina
Lincoln, if elected, would attempt the imme
diate enforcement of his disorganizing doc
trines. We may do him the justice to believ,
that he is not ferocious enough to carry on
- h;a PrinriPfsa. But It is not reosonabl
to be supposed, that he would strenuously op
pose that agitation which he evidently think
must and should be continued until SLAYER,
shall become extinct-or that he would turf
his back upon his friends and side with tn
South. In the progress of this agitation, now
ever, other massacres may be committed o.
attempted, even bloodier than that of Harper
Ferry. The vengeance of an excited multi
tude may fall again, as it has fallen before, OF
those suspected Of meditating such deeds, O.
of melting others, black or white, to rebellion
and Instruction. Retaliation on either side
blood for blood, civil war, in short, may ensue
A new proclamation and force bill may be de
manded, and Lincoln's million and half may
volunteer, under the blended colors of the Rec
and the Black rose eucro duce ct Guspic
Isucro-to quiet the South. 1t may be sale
these are extravagant suggestions Can AMI
ihdI1 az iCooS OOutLACLu HAL, Day Ihoy oAs
more improbable than was the massacre o
October, or could now excite more amazement
Nay, do not the persevering enmity and in
justice of the Northern agtators, the intenst
evaporation of the South-every movement
in both quarters-manifestly tend in that di
rection? But we must wait for further de
velopments, for the overt act.
"Must the earth quake must the earth quake, be
fore people cease to sleep"
Shall we wait till manacles be put around
our limbs, or halters around our necks? Unit
we are crushed by the very power and mean.
we ourselves contribute to put in the hands o
our INSCRIPTIONS adversaries? Who can say
what the next six months may bring about
should he be entrusted with that power Of
should he not?
It is not mere speck of danger which ap
pears in our horizon. A black cloud is rapidly
rising above US. The lightning has already
struck. The tempest thickens Shall we moi
put our bark in trim to meet its utmost fury!
Sound plaraks to the leak! Il firm hand to tht
HEINZ Throte the mwtineers overheard! Oh
take to the State lite-boats and save yourselves
There is no other escape. j. r.
/ July Z, 1860.