The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1860-12-06
RATIONAL SOUTHERN VIEWS.
Practical Operations OF DisUniOn---IIOw
it would Work.
LFrom the MemphIs BuIlelIn.l

We have, time aud again, sought to
engage and fix the attention of our fire.
eating friends upon the practical opera
tion oi Disunion. We have endsavored
10 yet them to think Of how it was to be
done. and Of the many difficulties to be
surmounted after it should be accom-.
pli4hed. Supposing them to be SO exas-
perated as to daret the treason Of the act,
we have urged upon them the after en-
barrsssmen:s that must surrounded it,
even if entirely practicable and peacefully
successful through the imbecility of the
existing head ,oi the Federal Government.
The question of postal arrangements, how
to bs carried on without an interregnum
bstween the Withdrawal of those OF the
Union and those OF the revOlted State
the question Of the rami6ed relations Of
debtpr and creditor between the old and
new Republic. how adjusted, and by what
tribunal-the question Of revenue and Of
defence, how raised and provided, whelh
er as now, in the States, by direct taxa
lion or by mposts-these aud score Of
other questions that ought TO be first 10
the mind of the those who Co template
the stupendous revolution; but which seem
to have nolodgment there with the stormy
passions that animate them, are practical
questions, in their very nature admitting
Of no delay, unless the social as we'll as
the political structure Of socity is to be
involved in zone common ruin" We i'm
plore our hot Drained friends to restrain
their feelings Ito pause and think. In
revolutions, the life and soul Of success
is thought, not passion. A madman may
pull down. Only the same and cool mind
ed ran build up.
II, under this exhortatlon, our friends
who are now SO passionately advocating
secession and disunion. and the forms
tion Of separate Southern Republic, cen
so far restrain their tompers as 10 look
practically at the enterprise they propose.
we have another aspect Of the matter TO
which We invite attention. 1t is one ol
the details of the remedial scheme they
have embraced, that however forgetful
they may be Of it, must be met at the very
door. and is 10 its very nature, essential
to be determined atoDce. 1t is the ques
lion of Uhat kind of Government shall
take he place, in "the South" Of the Un-
ion that is to be discarded. II is to be
confederation OF the revoled States, with
Congress of all. after the mode Of the
"Old Thirteen" or is ii mere league OF
Independent sovereignties? II the first
named. what guarantees shall be provided
that the example Of "sec ssion" will not
be followed in this new Coniederacy as in
the old one? Will it not become wiso
men who wish peace. stability and secu-
rity in their political relations, 10 guarl
against such probability. by converting
"lhe South" into a consolidated REBUBLIo?
Can any other safeguard against perpstu.
ally recurring disiutergrations be provi-
cd.
We think not There are. indisputably.
within the fifteen Slave States. all the ele-
ments Of diSikes and jealousies. having
their origin in different habits, pursuits
and lone Of education, that now exists be-
tween the North aud The South. and hence
we applaud the good sense of NJ. Bars.
tow, in his speech at Savannah, in sdyo.
eating the Obliteratlon of all State lines,
and the consolidation Of the South into
bona fids republic. If, with al the induce
ments to adhere to ''the more perfect Un-
ion' made by the sages who framed our
present Constitution, we have found il i'm
possible to remain under one government
80 well adapted, il faithfully administered
to do justice to all and benefit all, it would
surely be folly to try the abor.ive expert.
men's over again, upon precisely the same
plan.
But there comes the rub, Can the sd-
vocates Of estate Rights" and Estate
Sovereignty" be brought to surrender
their cherished dogmss. and consent TO
an collaboration OF State lines?" Scarcely,
we think. aud hence in the very outset
there is planted dvirion and discOrd Of
sentiment. Far seeing men like Mr., Bars
tow, will have no confidence in any form
Of government less solid; while other revo.
lutionisis. discon,enled if their section
does not get all Its demands, will fly off
from the league, and form new combina.
tions
But suppose this otherwise, and the Re.
public Of the South established firmly, by
the obiteraton ofthe existing State Lines.
Is it certain that the peculiar, institution
Of the South would be any safer than it is
now? or as safe? Madman! stop and
think With universal suffrage, as now
throughout the new consolidated Repub-
| lic, what guarantee would thare be that
the Congress elected by its citizens would
not make slave property bear the burden
of its support? II there was so much of
"human nature" in the Legislature of
Mississippi as to dOublb the tax on that
species ofproperty at its last session, in
order to pay for the arms ordered, would
there not be human nature enough in
the New Republic TO make twill he still
be, the pack horse Of its expenditures? In
how much would the slave owner be ben.
eitted by the change ofgovernment?
The protector Of such q Republic, torn
from existing government aVowod.
ly for the better protection and safety Of
slavery property, would. ihe were wise,
abolish universal suffrage. and make the
qualification ofvoters direct interest in
slavery. But does any one suppose that
any such government could be found, with
the popular assent!