, 1860-02-08

Even before tic election q; Pennington. IN t
er.c OF Ill tie cl.oe;s Of -the Disunionists ju
and out Of Congress, their CAUSE, temporarily |
famed Into ACTIVITY by the raid Of John Brown, |
had begun 10 bo unpopular in the slayclluldng
States. AS Ctr readers know, series Of res
olutions, inviting oacll Of the Southern Suites
t. join disunioM conference. were passed by
the Legislature Of South Carolina, and !,y com
naissiouers appointed for tho purpose, copies
were dispatched in Ill directions. When the
resolves reached Virginia, her Itegisla-
Tors heard Ar. Mcminxcr pour ont the
sorrows Of Quattlctutn in :. llaranguo of
four hours duration, and refusing to concur
in what hc asked sent him home again,
wiser man than whcu hc camc- IN Texas. the
Legislature being there in session, the trcason-
able propositions were su,nuarily laid under
the table; aud by the Legislature Of Mary
land, they were fairly looted ont Of the hall.
We have not heard how they were elsewhere
received: hut we slmll lie surprised ifin any
States other than Alabama and Mississippi,
they do not meet with just the reception ac-
corded them in tho States first named. LII
Delaware. Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and
North Carolina, no man wAo has hopes Of fu-
ture political preferment or who is anxious for
tho respect aud esteem Of his fellow citizens,
would darr endorse them. The people would
not submit TO the outrage. We judge from
the tone Of the leading New Orleans journals
that the Union sentmen. there is orcrwhcln-
in1. Certainly among sensible commercial
men, who know their dependence upon tho pre-
ducts o. the West for their commissions and
profits, aud who are not prepared for the cou-
sequences that would follow any attempt OH
the part Of Il Southern Couiederacy' to shut
The mouth Of the Mississippi against the free
egress of Western staples. tic late speech Of
Jacob Barker would 1iud ten thousand approx
ing plaudits. In keeping with the conscrva~
tive utteranccs and fraternal feeling Of that
sacacious old man, is the following from tie
New Orleans Della:
Since Congress met, dav after day, some bah-
bling nobody. who Jespaired Of 'notoriety ur-
less be could identify himself with some c2trar-
0p1uEE OF QuQl1AEE& uAB u8uA1lt AA1tlt4AGu liz
-ery easr business Of pronouucln9 dissolution
OF lhe Union if this, that or some other crochet
Of lis own or the faction 10 which be belongs,
cr the dispensers of federal pap may dehidcrate,
II is mol INDUCED; and not to bc outdone By thcsc
federal tomtits, the aspiring orators OF The tari
Gus States are now irving the saue game on .
stl,aler scaie, but in less pretending and OBJ
1rpsve arena.
: Let no render Of cur columns for 6
second imagipc that NC attach the smallest 1al
purtuncc WbAtsvcr to the pronouncemcnts c
. set Of dcuagogucs in Congress Of the l1egis
latures Of the several Suites, when they hppant
claim this glorious Confeac .acy dissols 3D. BY .hs
mere expression, it may be, Of their eorrup
and ignorant unsupported opinion. When tbt
duy arrivcs--if it ever uuhappily should-tha
the people Of uny State resolve to secede from
the Union, tue act will be done with MI the 80
lc,nnty and form becoming the umcting occa
sion; but until that time, need we say how tho
roughly despicahle it is handful Of Delegates
and generally such Delegates tho perr1e II
arrogate to themselves the right to bind Il { ?ca
pie to-a courne their Judgment condemns ao
coniinc themselves to President making, or an
ether office getting procedure, bu. leave The pet
pte to themselves, either to amcnd their law,
alter the Constitution, or destroy the Union q
70 them may seem fit We are contented
with those who impudentfr assume to ues
their behalf"
SO it goes. From every quarter Of Il
South except in the fow localities controlled
the pcstilens fanatics and wicked prol'agan
isis WHO threaten disunion on the floor Of Gu
rrcss, cyidencca Of affection for the Union RI
IL, 4. cpplQnu4 the po1:tielan5 who are 1abori'
fos its destruction And as ye; we have hes
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