The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-01

their admiring friends and neighbors. in
token of their appreciation of such magma
nimlty. They stick to the Federal pap Just
as long as they can, aud then resign, in or
der to show their devotion to Southern
rights" Even Judge Magrath. ofsouth Car
olins, having held the last term of Court,
which it is possible for him to hold before
his term of office expires. takes occasion, in
his speech discharging the Grand Jury, to
announce his resignation in these words:
''The business of tie term has been dis
posed Of; and, under ordinary cireumstan-
ces, il would be my duty to dismiss you to
your Sc veral svocations, with n ; thanks for
your presence and aid. But now / have
something more to do, the omission of which
would not be consistent with propriety. In
the political history of the United States.
an event has happened of ominous import
to fifteen slsveholding States. The State of
which we are citizens has been always uu-
derstood to have deliberately fixed its pur-
pose whenever that event should happen
Feeling an assurance of what will DO the ac-
ton of the State, / consider it my duty,
HltiOuj OcIdys 10 pIopdiC 10 OOGg lIS HIouCSs
That preparation is made by the resignation
I have, as Judge of the United States, ad
ministered the laws of the United States
within the limits Of the State of South Car
olina.
Well. we are very sorry to part with
Judge Magrath. but shall endeavor to con-
sole ourselves with the thought that "Uncle
Abraham will be able to find some one in
the Palmetto State, or out of it, who will
consent to invest himself with the Judicial
robe, of which Judge Msgrath has Invested
himself, in time to hold the next term of
Court in that District, nert Apra. In speak
ing of this affair, the Charleston Courier
says:
cit was sublimely solemn scene. and
Significantly represented the deep determi-
nation and settled purpose Of the citizenship
of South Carolina, native and adopted
There was nothing tumultuous or bolster
Gus, and that is the general condition of the
community in all the demonstrations that
have transpired.'
No doubt of it. tits always "sublme.
ly solemn scene" to see men go out of of
fee, especially when they Idle hard" as in
this instance.
We had hardly recovered from the con-
temptation of the foregoing sublimely SOL
emn scene, when the astounding intelligence
was flashed across the country, that 1.-THE
Post Master at Vicksburgh had resigned"
We waited with unspeakable anxiety to see
if the sun would rise on the following morn
ing, when behold, it arose in all its cloud
less splendor. Just as though nothing haa
happened. We were reassured by this, and
concluded that the world would still move;
that men would still go OH, buying and sell
ling, eating and drinking. marrying and Civ
ing in marriage, even if the good people of
Vicksburgh, should have no one to distri-
butte their mails. But seriously, these in
sane rawlings about secession, are all bosb,
twaddle. unfit to frighten children and ner-
vous old women. We do not believe that
Lincoln will have any difficulty in finding
good men to hold the offices in the South !;
men who will not only be glad to hold them
for the emoluments. but will give to his Ad
ministration a hearty and cordial support
There is already strong Union sentiment
prevalent in the South, and il will not be
long before they will take control of the pol
itics of that section, and send men to Con-
gress, who will attend to their legitimate
business. and not spend their whole time in
threatening disunion. bullying and browbea-
ting the timid cottonocracy of the North
So mote it be.