Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-09-26
nnl.un,on DECIDED Upon =

Fo ourselves. We think there is doubt Of il and We
think the proof is conclusive, if not overwhelming II IS
No, decided upon BY the people nor BY all the leaders
and rtv organs Of the DisunOn Breckenridge party but
IL 4, resolved upon by the mastersprs Who had M
Rr.ckiprdge nominated and who conduct some OF the
most Influential papers advocating his claims Il IS mat
ter of pe9ntroverbe history, that for twenty years
Pbt "a, been laboriug to effect Dsunion, and that since
,h S,rrs Of SIS Mr. Yancey has been his Jealous and
hold ,o-u,-Ler These have done al they could 70 en-
IL, other men aud TO secure the cooperation OF ably
c,,5B,sd and influential journals. They have met with
some success. Among these IS the Mobile NTe|y-
T, show TIA, schemes haze been set on foot and that
Mans are laid We quote, as part OF the proof as boA0~S
from the Mercury OF April, 1859, viz;
.r5s times are now ripe for the organization Of po-
,;,;I movement H che SAyt-lOiilg States irrespective
OF course Of al oil party designations ana toere are
,,.Bir reasons why such movement s1oeiu DC NNlei
49,, ror and here. Indeed we are crelipy informed
-. .-s,.e. have already oCeu held by leading pa
i gentlemen OF this CITY, N at parties, ana the pans
- s,.f,r, or-.rizlti0r have been set on foot ari
s.luos. matured preparatory 20 action We earnestly
hon. the good work NAV 90 on, aud speeliy'
The county We repeat, il ripe ior the movement
nd "a ipdiciou,y inaagursted, 10 viii sweep over toe
i,nd xi force that no opposition VIII be eoe 20 e'.eA
We therefore caution oar friends IN NE country tSyA
where 70 De prepared Eos De-, AMI TO Neep thensr'e
C,-, sr srtarrir- alliances, which may hinder them
from Joining IN it un,rammeiea
=, v,r,h OF the same year, the Washington eorre.-
p,p5sa; Of the Charleston Mercury, wrote to that
paper thus;
" There are OF the members Of Congress from che DIFF
f, St,t.s %. lhs South. 3D. number OF stIunch STATE.
Rights mcr. As thc Democratic party goes 70 p.e,t-'
fbss. viii form tac nucleus OF Southern oTsanlLau'n
Lsb ,rr DEE formed 70 meet the aggressons OF North
e-p consolidation through The General Government
There can De no doubt thlt the politicians,
F.E. .-.. rrsHf.a rrf
I'M be og1ion hat nothing is left but taking their desu
mics I'M tleir own seepiog.
Ia ,he rolloEing Nay Uss9l the same correspondent
macs the foowng language in writing to the same jour
nal
To break w the present Union and establish another
Of ,bs south alone il no greater revolution than tina.
which now exists In iae., il will be lesser chang
Let the struggle come Nheni may the SCUM 10 aoe,e
her safety will have 70 tr2mple down Union party 10
he track 10 her political emancipation.
We could I'M the paper With similar extracts showing
,, 20, Years this disunOn sentiment has been cherished
"a nourisbed occasionally in public, but mostly in Pri-
v,te For this uuhOy purpose Yancey wrote 's shall
Sc tBs Soihr hsrr-for this reason he organized the
s,u,bsrp League. whose motto is-"A SOUTHERN Re-
srrlrc orr ONLY SAYErY-for this purpose, although
,sbly 70 ioiu aud aid the hearess hOydes pundering
Mexico General Buckley attempted, and partially sue
s.5ed in banding together by secret OATH in military
ORGANIZATION thousands Of Southern citizens. And for
,,s ,boIv purpose these same secret oAthbound con
;r,sors have put in nomination, and supporting fol-
,a Presidspev nan Who holds not dollars worth Of
,,,,bls propsrty in the South while be holds good
AL Of real estate in the North and for the Vice Press
;5cv man who LEFT the South and vent TO the extreme
No-,bwest where there the least possible chance
soubern institutions and Southern sentiment to reach
.1a4 s,a5arra,s and psrplsr aim
The Mobile Mercury says, in the extract We have
Given not only that "the times ripe" and that
.,he eotry is nov ripe for the organization Of POlt
cal movement but that il has been 'eredjly informed
b, conferences have been already held having for their
object the organization Of political movement in the
Solthr looking to Disuniou. Tue Mercury also de-
cares that the plans have been set on foo: and almost
MANFRED preparatory to action" So it would that
M Yaneeys design to 'instFuct the Southern mizd-
10 6re the southern heart-uas being accomplished,
in the opinion Of the Mercury, public sentiment Vas
fully "ripe" in May Of last year-pans" bad been con
,iiered and adopted and almost NArURED FOR ACTION
Our Mobile contemporary its readers, conf
dent is he that the Southern mind has been instructed
in Dunion doctrines and the Southern heart complete
" fred that "the movement If ldci)usly naugurlted
viii ssssp Deer he land With force tina! opposition
-
aud those plants we're not known aud concurred in by
numbers OF persons throughout the South belonging to
the League, how could the Mobile Mercury so CONF
IDENTIFY say that the movement would "sresp Orer NE
L with such ressess power In view Of these things
does it not appear clear that DisrNOS DECIDED UPON
By the Leaders aud wire pueys who manage the Breck
inFijge Democracy
But the Charleston Mercury, as viii be perceived BY
our quotations above that there "Nss,5er'
Of Congress from s South, Who the Democratic par
" goes 70 pieces, viii form the nucleus Of Southern
gani1aon, aud that "there can be no doubt that tbC
politicians, no less than the people Of the South, ar,
strengthening in the belief that nothing left bu, taking
their destiles in their own keeping" And this same
journal also intimates that ito BREAK UP TIE PRES
ENT UNION and ESTABLISH ANOTHER Of the South
alone is not much Of an aflir-iust pleasant recrea
ton to be enjoyed whenever the eonspiators think the
time has come 70 'prseiPats' the country into Disun
ion Ard in the exuaton Of the moment in the full per
suasOn that the train an laid and the torch ready TO be
applied and certain be e1eaims "Let the sirug
gle come when Il may the South to aehisps her relief
WILL HAVE TO TRAMPLE DOWN a UNION PAR
II in the track to her political emancipation"
There You have it. fellow citizens To accomplish
their designs and achieve" Che safety Of the South
which really means in their vocabulary to continue the
presentimbece eztravagant and corrupt administration
and political gamblers and political bertnes in place and
power 10 dissolve this glorious Union they form
cre Leagues, lay ans in secret thatthey may secua
ly EranDls doom a Union party and eOnsummate their
atrOciOus designs With sOme-viA Hpany, then DIS