Nebraska advertiser., 1860-11-15
SecessiOn-DIsunIOn.

The Southern fanatical ~fre-eaters, 10
make good, in a degree at least, their
reasonable threats, are making secession
demonstrations. South Carolina, a state
ever characterized for her disloyal SEN
timents and actions, leads in the pro-
gramme, and will no doubt, secure state
action in regard to the matter. Alabama,
Georgia and perhaps a few other ex-
treme southern states may make an at
tempt 10 follow. We doubt their success
F.. to the same extent. So far as dissolution
of the Union is concerned, we entertain
no. fearful a%pprehensions. Thathas been
talked Of by reasonable and disappointed
aspirants from the days Of Washington
to the present time, and yet the glorious
fabric stands unscathed, a model for the
: world. Those acquainted with the histo-
.rY of our country viii bear in mind
the strong opposition to the excise law
the whisky instruction; the open rebel
lion against a direct tax; the hostility to
the Adams Administration the alien
and sedilion laws the contest in the
House between Jefferson and Burr; the
memorable Hartford Convention: the
terrific contestin regard to the admission
of Missouri; South Carolina notification;
the intense opposition to the annexation
of Texas the Compromise measures Of
1850; the passage of the Kansas Ne
braska bin, and many other intensely ex-
citing and alarming crises we might re-
fer TO; all of which were believed by
the over fearful, sufficient to result in a
disruption of the Confederacy. Expe-
rience, however, has shown combattants
that they might as well ebay the MOON
as TO attempt 10 undermine the Union.
The future will but confirm the past.
The idea of a Southern C~onfederacy is
not new one. twas the lifelong stu
=. dy of Burr, Calhoun, and a few other
monomaniacs on that subject. Others since
their day, such as Davis, Toombs, Cobb,
Yancy, and Wigfall, have bowed at the
same shrine ~worshipped the same ldoL
and have been seeking anxiously a pre-
text for action. They have with the vO-
racity Of starving vultures, seized upon
the election Of Lincoln rs an excuse for
their REASONABLE designs. They care
not for his election; for well they know
he nor no other Northern executive, even
did he personally desire, would dare jeOp-
ardize their constitutional rights. The
fact is, the men leading IN the secession
movement are at heart ~disIoyalists and
traitors to their country; and extremely
skOrt-sighted. Suppose all their alledged
grievances Of oppression on the part Of
he North were true, and how maeh dc
they better themselves by secession, and
the formation of an independent Confed-
eracy7 Take South Carolina for instance,
the raukest Of the di~su1ionists, and what
viii be her condition, isolated, and without
our federal protection The census re-
turns show her total population to be
A66S.5O7. Ot this, 392, 1000 is slave; and
one fourth, at least, of her white pOpu.
iaton. by reason of the slave system are
PROSTATE and withou. hope Of elevation
while the peculiar institution" prevails
Now let her seeede and "set up for her,
SELF" and what will be the natural re-
suit2 Why, they will yet have the ne,
gro.shieving aboltionists"-and in ad.
diiion their own class Of oppressed poor
whites, and her predOminating negr,
pOpulalion-tO contend with, and in les:
ban a twelve-month a second. but in.
reased Hayii instruction will be the f.
lie.