, 1860-11-16

Voice Of. tbs IonSsryat Southern
~ Press.


Voice or tbs conservative Southern
~ Press.
From thu vlckshurg Gllaa.) Whig.]
From the fouth Of March next, the country
u to be for four ycars, headed By Republican;
and the question now presented to Us and to
this crisis In our national nf1airs! Whist docs
patriotism require of;meY How, as true
man, recognizing all my responsibilities az q
t citizen OF the United States-as citizen of
the State Of Mississippi, and Us Q: member Of
society, mn to conport lnyselff Shall I fol-
low the rash and mad advice which the Cor
er1or OF this State, forgetting the dignities
aud solemn trusts Of his post Us guardian Of
the satety aud rights Of tho taAole State has, in
people? -;
For our part our course is already taken.
We answer these questions, each and every
one, At once aud cmphatical1y In the negative.
mcnt, because IN obnoxious man has been
mado President We do not 1ucan to raise the
standard Of resistance We do not mean to
counsel civil lwar. We do not mean, either by
prcccpt or example, to advocate secession or
revolution. until a NECESSITY arises for a re-
the administration of Republican trenches
upon our rights, We will resist 1t IN TIE UNION
oy crery effort and means which under the
Constitution and laws, IS honorable men, VIC
can resort to. Because Q President who holds
that the South has no rights under the Consti-
tuition Of the United Slalea, Las been elected,
but who Is powerlcss, because both branches
Of Congress are against him, to enforce his
views, We shall not advocate secession from
tho Union, the inevitable effect Of which must
be q total abandonment Of oil our interest in
those territories forever We shall advocate
no such blind and suicidal course. We shall
not be SO unjust to Kentucky and Virginia,
and NIL the border States, as to abandon them
and leave them at still greater odds, to con-
tend against the, contemplated assgresslous
Which threaten them Thousand 1uld moEe
than uF. Ns, let others do what they will, for
Us, we will stand By the Union, the Coastitu~
tiou md the laws!
tFrom the Lynchburg y1rginIan, Nor. 81
Poor little South Carolina! 1t seems, has
self unhappy for years by her frey, iutractable
disposition, and deluding herself with the idea
that the Federal GOVERNMENTS the most
crushing despotism that ever existed; after
/ disturbing the peace OF the whole country by
Keeping it in q state of turmoil and uucasy
apprehension, has at length determined to rid
herself of the oppressive yoke.
We feel soEry for South Caroline, because We
think that she llas long been under the inf1lu-
cncc of q mania, aud she has at last wrought
Aer own undoing. She will not be permitted
to drag Others after her; aud, We trust, will be
allowed to stand "solitary and alone'' in her
sovereign grandeur. We therefore hail this
morning the new republic republic 1t is,
where the people notoriously have less power
than any other 5tate-of South Carolipn, We
hope that she will now be able to protect her
self from Northern Niger stealers; but if not,
she must call on Exeter Hall fur help.
But eeriously-for 1t Is q serious matter
Ef1Nfr YYh +
proper to pursue. If it were not for the pre-
ccdent, We should say, let her 60, aud Joy 70
with her. As it is We are uncertain whether
this would not still be the better course. Let
her try the benefits Of disunion and isolation
for awhile, and, perhaps, as In the days Of the
Revolution, she may want q Rhode Island Yam
kee, and Virginia and Maryland troops, to
keep her own tories from plui,dering and cut
tiny the throats Of ler better citizens. Let all
the benefits Of the General Government be
withdrawn from South Carolina, and the little
Republic OF Kingdom, as the case may be, re-
sort to taxation TO provide them, and she will
soon be On her knees begging for re-admis-
sion.
This act is suicidal to the best interests Of
Carolina, aud her people will not be slow to
learn it. If she even escapes the evil of war
of having Federal troops oyerrun her terri
toEy-sle will find her stocks and property of
every kind deprcciatiug. Her bills Of credit
NH UE ItJcCttd cfGI} HQeEE OUTSIDE OF Qef own
limits, and the notes Of her banks now circu-
lating in this and other States will be Instant
ly returned for redemption. We advise every
body to refuse q South Carolina bill We will
have none Of them, unless they come from an
old subscriber who never pays.
(Frona the Natchez {ailss) courier.]
The election Of no man, conformably to the
Constitution, is d CAUSE for secession or reyo-
luton. To resist on any such prctext is rebel
lion md treason, according even to the dema-
goguc to whose teachings We are mainly in
deeted for the result Of this election. To
seccde at oil. is, according to Judge Sam. 3.
Boyd, to exercise revolutionary right, and to
press beyond the limits of constitutional obli-
cations.
A grave question comes mp before the peo-
pie. The Legislature will be called together
for purposes Of resistance and secession. Union
men who voted for Breckenridge, have sowed
On them rests the responsibility Of cncourag-
ing the mad schemes Of disunioniEts, and
theirs will be, as VIC forcwarned them, the
regret that comes too late.
From the Memphis Dn1lctfn.1
We take 1t to be certain that Abraham Lin.
coin has received the majority Of electoral
votes required by the Constitution to consti-
tutc him the President elect Of: the United
stntes: However much VIC may dcplore such
A@o+4ttS w AkIEtk tAG As%Ck III Ou4 VI l4E4E re-
suits Of our system Of free goycrnmet, in which
It is our duty to acquiescc, It will not do to
say that we will maintain the Constitution
only so long as its workings may suit our per
sonal or sectional preferences. Such o rule Of
loyalty to government, must soon degenerate
into struggle between contcnding factions,
and end in anarchy and constantly recurring
revolution.
We ardcntly hope, and somewhat confident
" believe that ME. Lincoln will tllsappoint tic
fears Of bis opposcrs, and justify tic p1edic-
tions Of bis friends, that he will be loyal and
true to his high oath Of Office. The South, in
giving him fair tria1, will but discharge her
duty to the founders Of the Republic, and ex-
hioIt to the world the dignity Of brave and
gallant people, who. while asking nothing but
what Is right, arc calmly sclfreliant in their
ability TO repel whatever Of wrong may be at
tempted.
ADVICE TO TIE SHAREHOLDERS.
from the Raleigh ssandard.1