, 1860-12-10

they n1c antl4slaycry where they arc not Abolt-
tlon. j whole generation has been educated
to look upoft the system With nbhor1ence a a
national blot. They hope, and look, and pEay
for Its extinction within q reasonable time, and
cannot be satisfied unless things are seen
drawing to that conclusion. We, on the con,
trary, IA Its constituted guardian, can denand
nothing less than that It should be 1ett open
to expansion, subject to no limitations s4re
those imposed by God and nature. fear the
antagonism is too great, and the conscience Of
both parties too deeply implicated to allow
such composition Of tho strife. Neyerthe-
less, since It Is within the range Of possibility
out tie alternative.
Should 1t fail, what remains but that Nc say
to each other, calmly and kindly, what Abra-
ham eald to Lot Let there be. no strife, l
pray thee, between me and thee, md between
ny herdsrncn and thy herdsmcn, for We be
brethren. Il not the whole land before thee
Separate thyself, pray thee, from me-if thop
right; or II thou 60 to the right, or II thou de-
part TO the right hand, then I will 60 to the
Left"
twill By and by be in order to inquire upon
what system Of Paganism the Theology Of the
South is based
RODE OK i RAu--Two railsplltters who
found In this county Oh the 18th inst, and
few negroes and two rails procured. and they
were rode on d rail to the Whazf-boat, and
shipped to Cairo, Ill, to the care Of Abe Lin
coln.-Coahoma aisa, Citizen.
4 GREAT EMPIRE--Ihe Washington co11ts-
pondent Of the Missouri RepuNieaa has the
following:
The most Interesting question Is, Whit posi-
tfon certain Western States will assume in the
event Of 4 disruption. It is confidently c1-
pected By the Cotton States that Missouri will
form one OF the Southern con{ederacy. So far
rs the Territories are concerned, they will
probably be allowed to elect Kansas and Ne
braska probably With the North, New Mexico
and Utah falling into the Southern division.
After these preliminaries arc arranged, steps
will be Immediately taken By the South to
make up for the loss Of the free States by ab-
sorbfng Mexico, Cuba and Central America
all having common interest, and thus estab-
llshtng slavery upon more prominent footing
than 1t has ever mad. With this additional ter
ritofy, MI suited to slave labor, and rich In
soil and productions, the Southern Republic
you'd soon become power greater than the
present Federal Union.
Herecomea in the counter inquirJ-"sup-
pose Mexico should absorb thesecedlng States.
what then1
WnAr sor1u CAROLINA PRoPosEs.-We
hare had tclegraphIc accounts Of the re-
cent meeting at Charleston, In which fpeak.
ez proposed to take the government fortidcs-
tions at the mouth Of the harboE. The n r.
Tribune has q correspondent at the eest of
war, from whose letter, dated Dec lst, We cut
the following:
Ar. Meminser, who Is counted oneof the
best men In the State, at the outset dlsclained
any wish to stir mp the passions # men; he
wished solely to appeal to their reason. He
went over the argument touching the rights
Of State to Becede, the relatiye power Of the
State mud Federal Government, and the proba-
BILE results, which he did not doubt would be
beneficial and satisfactory He said that. with
in three days after the Convention shall hnve
met ion the nth Ipst) South Carolina would
be declared out Of the Union: that Commts-
stoncr would be sent 20 Washington to treat
concerning the forts and other Federal proper
IT., which would be formally demanded as be-
longing to South Carolina, rs the quota she
was entitled to draw from the broken copart-
nership; that If said forts and property were
not duly given up aud quitc1nimed The armed
lnen Of South Carolina tcou|d tdks them. This
they stood ready to do ut my moment 1t was
what they would do Is surely rs they were not
given up. Should the Gerera1 Government
undertake to garrison the forts with soldiers,
South Carolina would act first; her young men,
eager for the time to come, would he there be-
iorc tho Federal Government, prepared to bid
.actaucc to it. These uttcrances brought
forth perfect storm Of applause. There could
bc no mistakiug tho unrese1vcd hcaEtiness Of
the response Indeed, whenever the speaker
Touched upon the fdea Of the incyitableness Of
the event, at the earliest day, the applause was
instant and hearty.
Bnt would things CONC to this PASS: inquir-
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the General Government attempt to interfere
with the Stats. Whether or not 1t would, he
was not prepared to express decided opinion.
lie seemed to think the chances against It, SO
tar as Mr. Buchanan WIS concerned; who, he
said, was about going out Of Office, and had q
strong disposition to avoid entering the hos
rilc aTenc. The time WAS unfayorable for the
Government, md for the same reasons highly
favorable for the State Ar. Lincoln, 1t was
commended, would be powerlcss, The Force
Bill has spent itself by Limitation; Congress
would not pass another; the incoming PrcEi-
dent would experience great difficulty In Or
s:,uiEing the Government In all its depart
.aen's, in finding men who would do his vii!
nr execute the lnws; and much time would
consequently clapse before the Government,
even if the purpose existed, would be in u sit
uation to attempt coercion On South Carolina.
By that time, her sister Cotton States would
bcalongsidc Of her. Ofthat he was quite coz
tidcut. South Carolina wonld not be lett TO
hight her battles alone. She could procure
troops today even from Virginia, which State,
though not prepared to seccde, was ready to
fight! This hit at the Old Dominion was
much relished, on account Of the manner in
which she treated South Caro1lna's Commis-
sioner year ago {this same 3fr: Meminger),
the feeling cngendercd BY which act now goes
so f1r TINT some of the most violent declare
rnrv otnnc with Vfrrinfo
Sfr. Meningcr concluded by e1hoHing the
people to be ready. The Legislature, now In
session, won1d provide the ways and means
let every man be in an armed attitude, for
nothing vas so effective Is to let your enemy
know that you azc ready, steady, and deter.
mined. Speaking Of coercion by the Federal
Government, he said that tho first attempt at
IL South Carolina would regard as cauhe for
war, and that she would be Justified aud right
On the rccQlI!