Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-10-19

TO follow her example | believe, however
the great body Of Southern men have determ.
inrd TO await the overt act
THE NlSurE MEMS PLEDog
A letter from Columbia, S. C., gives the
following as the pledge of the minute men or.
ganized there:
"we, the undersigned citizens Of South
Carolina, in view OF the impending crisis nee.
essarily incident upon the election Of Bluck
Republican to the Presidency of the United
States, and IN view Of our duties to ursecton,
ourselves aud our best interests, which must
fall in the event Of the triumph OF Northern
ianhticsm, hereby form ourselves into an MS.
s0ciation, under the name and STYLE Of the
minute men, and do further solemnly pledge
our lives our fortunes, and sacred honor co
sustain Southern constitutional equality ia the
Union, or, failing in that, TO establish our in
dependence ont of il" Tho members are re.
quired TO wear blue cockodc on the LEFT side
Of the hat, and procure Cons revolver,
rifle, or other approved firearms
"A public demonstration is 10 be made on
Friday night, and if one may Judge from the
blue cockades seen on the streets, the demon
stration will be an important one, not only in
numbers, but in the character of the men
composing il in public procession The mem
bers are required to carry lantern, Aambeau,
or other demonstrative implementappropriat
to the OCCASION.
We also learn from the Cincinnati Enquire,
that on Thursday, one Of the largest Commits
sion Merchants in Cincinnati received let
ter from banking house, dated Montgomery,
Alabama, October l3, 1860, from which it is
permitted to make the following extract
"Our business men are all frightened at the
prospect Of Lincoln's election, aud are trim
ming down everything to state Of war Last
spring your Mr. did not believe us
when we told him that the election Of Black
Republican would bring about n revolution
IVo are noic more than erer satisfied that
pe are hare great trouble, II not ciril par,
II Lincoln should be elected Prepare for il
You know that we are Union mel"
Alter publishing the above ,he Enquirer
proceeds to say, and we call the especial at
tention of The people of Ohio to it-"ln this
connection, we win give an extract from
long and earnest editorial upon the recent
elections, in the Richmond (ya) Wdn Of
the 18th inst II is unnecessary to say that
the Whig has always been one of the most
conservative Of the Southern journals; that it
has opposed the Southern Ultras and Disun-
ionists 10 point which has made them term
it Freesoil Sheet and that it is now warmly
advocating the election of BRILL and EVERETT.
It says
"But, should we be mistaken in our views
of the result Of the recent Northern elections
and should that result clearly indicate, as IS
maintained Dy some tne certain election OF
lhncoin ana inc trlnilph oi black hepuoi-
canlsuii men, ihoeeo, nave we ihhen upon evll
times we say IN all eailhness ana sincerity,
TO the Northern people thht, shoniu L'ncoin
be elected, from that event IN all human
proo"ot'S, oe ~ W." Nv No..I ~ S,,,i, "non wv
temnlate without sbuddering nnd without
tears
But we VIII not believe that there Is not
c ,S =" d JHu e"SuE,'
southern ii, men 10 nreyent tbe election of Lin.
coin aud the almost enevitable inauguration
OF a fearful and disastrous civil conflict AS
NUN nun opPVssa a. :" S a"9 eInsei '"''tes y, eue
Secsss;onis,s C and Disunionists, where will Lo
Cotton States, and the consequent total dis
rupton Oh lee uhloh we Know Una, =, IN con
on ,he nor, Of ,be Sont6arn Democrscv for
many long wears the Northern people believe
there is no reality, no sincerity, no meaning
IN that cry az the present moment fata' de'
nio";nns Io," hiood'bnnab, Trrion of omr ea,hnss
nnov ha numbered with the things that wore
Appalling and sorrowful thought, and one
which we trust, may yet awaken our fellow
J,''Neus =, ~ ~ 49,, '" s''o WI avli'?'e
Jncs them TO pause. reflect and snare onr
blessed union the blow which the election of
Lincoln must necessarily niict upon 1t
Did the above come from the rab'd Fire
eaters and Disun'onis's' It would not be 30 I'M
portani, but there Is certainly great danger
when staunch Union and reliable business men
express their fears so empha''eally OF the iu'
ture' We know that the conservatives OF
South Carolina, headed by Speaker Orr, who
have long held the kheus and lanceys IN
check have given up the contest IN despair
and are now among the most violent OF the
Disunion party. In South Carolina there Is
but one sentiment, and that is for disuuion
In that State, and IN Alabama, laws have al
ready been passed prov'd,hg 'he way Tor a Sc
eession' IN case laneoln IS elected IN 'hoS'
States together w''h MISSISSIPPI ana FLORIDA
we shall see WITHIN ten Gays ai'er ihe NoVem
her electiOn il the hostile marty to the Soutl