New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-27


the WORK 2 and fast be does cara fer me rcssalr,'
viii ne entruss now thiak you, To those who are
not its own undoubbed friends will he call around
him hostile Cabinet, and reward with Offices and
honor honor, the very men whom the people have repu
there be no wayering no falteriug hsre-no treach-
erous counsel no base surrender Of princip!ea Let
there be JUSTICE moderation, prudence, but nn-
fiinchfDg frmDess-
MIR. Botts' Union letter was read with aood
deal of satisfaction by the President elect Botss
stock has since considerably risen ameng bis
friends, and the ever talking and ever wrihng yr$
ginianis name Is again prominently connected with
! seat in the Cabinet. doubt, however, that such
a consideration will be made to answer this bid.
The Journal prints the letter in full with strong
complimentary notice. The organ thfs morning
also had the following plain hint at the time when
Mr.. Lincoln will publicly define ka5 views
Mr.. LINCOLN Will SPEAx.--We are often asked
by strangers, !" Why does not Mr. Lincoln speak,
gentlemen, he Will speak. He viii vii define his POSI-
ton, and all the world will know bis policy. He
will speak in the city Of Washington, on the 4th
day of March, 1851, il he lives and should happen
to feel like it.
The London Post on the Secession Question.
The people of the United States are at the pres
ent moment exposed to the dangers and evils Of &
great monetary and financial crisis. The dlssaec-s
ton which exists in the South has had it, natural
effect upon the commerce of the North, and at the
date Of the last advices panic quite al disastrous
as that which prevailed about two years ago,
appears to have effected the entire Union. The
panic may, aud we sincerely hope will, speedily
pass away, but it is difficult TO how general con
hdence can be restored until the cause of the ds
arrangement has been removed, namely That
policy of separation which the Southern States
determined to assert, at the risk of civil
war But the present position Of affairs in the Uni
ted States opens In very remarkable manner one
Of those great problems Of public law which lie at
the root of all government, and which hava long
A1 -
We mean that principle Of compact by which
4. vs,, - ,ndiv,snoIs. ror sae common wer
fare have been supposed TO surrender some raEur
Al and original right inaiienabe without their con
sent Il must be admitted az matter OF f&ety fhak
the thirteen States, when they freed themselves
from British dominion, were at perfect liberty To-
choose that form OF government which they
thought most conducive to their own interests u
20 happened that they elected to form one great
confederation which, acting ~ sgbordination to
central Federal "a aemns.sanop' ley e easn 'As
The malcontents OF South Carolina, with Gov
ernor Brown at their head, now assert that the
Southern slave States have an absolute right,
not only to dissolve the Union, bnt to revert
| to that position Of sovereign Independence
which, by their own act they surrendered seventy
or eighty years ago. Questions of this kind can
only be determined by compromise or by force.
The abstract right may exist, the authority which
| gave the consent may also revoke it, but as tile
same time it cannot be forgotten that the object
4 of that consent was not the formation Of mere
confederation, the duration Of which was TO de-
pend upon the popularity of the Federal Govern
ment, but the establishment of a nation which, it
was hoped, would endure for all time. The Con-
stitution Of the United States the work of the
| people Of America. 1t comprises machinery which
Is as necessary for their welfare as for their
power. The head Of the Executive, With the
assent OF the Senate, declares peace and war; the
Supreme Court is armed with the Jurisdiction of
i
OF the Federal Legislature. The revenue y col
| lected by means of Federal officers, and the e1-.
pense of the Navy, Army and Postofice are de-
frayed out OF taxes which are levied by Congress.
The contention of the South 10 not that any State
may, without incurring the danger OF treason, rec
vert to that position Of sovereign independence
which 1t occupied before il gave in its formal adj
1 hesion to the Union. The dispute may be ar
ranged BY the North snrrendering It's fugitive
slave laws, or by afixing some geographical limit,
as in the case Of the Missouri Compromise. beyond
which slavery shall not extend E But il moderate
/ counses Of this kind should not prevail, the
theoretical right Of separation must be cast to the
1 winds, aud the Southern States must be taught by
4 that force which republics as well as m0narehs
4 occasionally use that obedience to the law and
4 Constitution is a duty which, for the general
benefit, no government which possesses the neces
sary power can refrain from exercising.
i ireland at the present time Affords case in
i point. After a long and happy interyal-ene dur
ing which the material prosperity OF that country
4 has been largely DEVELOPED foolish section Of
the people is clamorous for repeal Of the Union.
The Irish agitators do not ask for entire aeparar
tion, but for separate Parliament. The people Of
4 the Southern States are, however, more exacting
i in their demand. They require absolute aoser~
eighty, that, independently Of the Federal Cow
ernment, they may declare not only peace and
war, but extend indefinitely the domestic institu-
/ tion Of slavery fergetful that with weak and
scattered white population they are pursuing Q
course of policy which at no distant day may prove
4 their own destruction Batwe cannot believe that
7 the Southern States will place either Mr. Buchanan
or Mr.. Lincoln in the unpleasant position Of being
4 compelled by force to vindicate the authority of
the Federal Government We are told that troops
are not to be employed, but that nothing can be
easier than to establish blockade from George
IL town in South Carolina, to the mouth OF the Rio
Grande, which would include the Atlantic coast Of
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and the Gull
q coast of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana
and Texas, all slave States. If this course should
be adopted, simply as a means of enforcing the
existing law, what, we may ask, would become 81
the cotton trade The South would suffer, next
the North, and ultimately Liverpool. aud the 0thei
seats of manufactures in THIS country. The none
tary crises in the United States would be sure tt
have its effect in England, and thus we have I'M
mediate and personal interest in desiring to the
removal of difficulty which would not only
weaken the power of great. cognate and friendly
nation but embarrass of the most imp0ftan
branches Of Anglo-American commerce. II thu
Southern States were the advocates of eaust
less pernicous and detestable than the extension
of slavery. we should still think their proceeding
, foolish and suicidal; but, under existing circum
stances, they can have neither the sympathy no.
, good wishes of any man, either in America or Eng
land who has the slightest regard for the progress,
/ of civilization and the interests of humanity.
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KING v1croR EMANUEL TO THE sIcILIAss.-Th
following proclamation has been published at Pa
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