Newbern weekly progress., 1860-12-04
FNTRAyAGANT DEMONSTRATIONS

There seems to be q perfect HciIUm OF eXuI-
tation amongst the South Carolina secessionists
and their sympath$ers in the adjacent States
ovc:' the sad prospect cf the fail Of one of the
no!lest Republics that the sun ever shown up
on. 70 our view tAi& prospect is suggestive Of
vcrE different thoughts from those which pre-
dominate in those quarters When the colo
nice set themselves to work to obtain from the
British crown a redress of grievances, they pro
cee.!ed with dignity. firmness, and under q sol
cntn sense Of duty, through all the different pre-
litGinary stages OF action. They consulted to-
getier as common suferers-they moved to
gcther-they unitedly drew up calm and ener-
gctic rem0nstrances. They appealed in earnest
terms to the mother government for aban~
! dOnmeut of the measures complained of Ev-
cry effort that could honorably be made by
them to avert Il separation, was made III con-
clL!iatOry yet manly spirit At last when all
bora was lost of ofobtainingrcdrcss, they declared
their Independence, and won it after long and
bloody war They then erected this glorious
ConfederaCv upon the ruins of the Colonial
Government: a1d, now, after having lived to-
pether under a common constitution for up
wards of seventy years, South Carolina, one of
the ''Old Thirteen" is rejoicing IN the extinc-
ton of republic, to the establishment OF which
she contributed so much OF her blood and treas
ure. From her hand is to come the blow that
is to lay the magnificent fabric in the dust!-
And how, in these awful moments Of a nations
travail, does this once Union-loving sister de
port herself? Does she propose to, or invite
from, her neighbor commonwealths-whos
wrongs are the very same with hers, any kind
of concert having for its purpose an appeal to
the wrong-doers to desist from their aggressive
courses-to redress the mischiefs they have
done-to repeal their obnoxious statutes-to
conform themselves to the supreme law of the
land-to renounce their incendiary dOctrines-to
relnQuish their odous schemes of interference
with what does not properly concern them
and thus by doing justice aud observing faith
remove discontents, allay irritatiOn-arrest sec
tional animosities- restore peace and fraternity
and SAVE THE REPUBLIC? No-she scornfully
repudates all conoiliatoGy processes rejects in
tones OF defiance every appeal to her torbear~
ance-listens to noinvocation however earnest
and respectful, come from what quarter 1t may
but exults in the thought that she IS about
to be the destroyer of a mighty government,
around which are clustered thousand sacred
memories Of the past and thousand bright
hopes of the future,
We cannot for the life of US discern in this
high-handed, imperious course of South Caro-
lima the slightest Difference or regard for the
sentiments and interests Off single other State.
She has become maddened to phrenzy under
offences that have been equally committed
against Virginia Kentucky, North Carolina
and Tennessee-yet in these States we see no
infurlatlOn-nO determination instantly 10
break up the common government-so signs
of an irrecoverably lost temper-but we see in
them what we think is far more creditable, viz:
a profound sense of the dreadful eXigency which
is upon them, and cool. calm and resolutc
purpose to have their rights secured by new
and infallible guarantees, or falling in this, to
take redress in their own hands. This they
will do without any clustering and without any
parade ola pompous lordliness that suPerclhous-
ly scowls upon possibilities even Of preserving.
the republic.
Speaking for Virginia, we unhesitatingly say
that she neither seeks to dictate to the Cotton
States what they should or should not do, nor
will she be dictated to by one of them. She
Will in the present crisis exercise her own lnde-
pendent judgment, and act under her own tree
Tolition. She viii not be compelled by any
external power whatever to do what she may
not think necessary or proper for the protection
of her sovereignty and honor These last, in
their incest and fullest sense, will be preserved
at all hazards We say it without arrogance,
that they are appreciated by her people as lof-
tily as they are by the people of South Carroll
ma or any other people under the sun. She
would prefer acting in concert with all her
Southern sisters, believing in sincerity that this
is the wisest, most desirable and most effectuaI
mode accomplishing the common object but
if she cannot be thus gratiied, she viii act for
herself. PEI. Er.