Newbern weekly progress., 1860-11-13
MONDAY MORNING. NoY. 1a, 1860:
stOp-PasIse--'a'lail UniOn
NE4lkf Eee. Preserved.

friends TO 90 potnlng faSnt1 sloP. pause,
think-and when you do act let soli,e of the
scisdoua of the fathers of the Republic actuate
YOU as well as their courage. There IS more
sublime moral courage in looking dangers that
do exist in the face than in rashly attempting
to bring on worse ones. The country is in
great peril-the Union which our fathers &C.
mented with their hearts blood is tottering to
its foundation; now is the time that we want
cool, calm, deliberate craftsmanship. No fic-
ticious characters will serve us now--no fana-
tical zealots should lead now--we want states
men. pure and calm, who can look the dangers
which surround us in the face and deEise ways
and means for their removal, to the end that
peace and quiet, confidence and activity may
b. restored to the country.
The following able article from that thorough
statesrights paper, the Richmond Dtsp0tch.
breati1es so entirely what we want to say
on the present dangers that threaten US that
we adopt it:
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Tt is at leas+ matter of congratulation that
this painful and amentable Presidential can
vass lust concluded has come to an end. When
we looked to the North we found party or
ganized upon sentiment of hostility to the
social system Of the South, and sustaining a
norinee for the first Office in the Union upon
the one idea Of uneompromiSing war upon
Southern rights. Among: the partisans of that
nominee was an immense body of men wi o
were disciplined and drilled as soldiers, ana
bore the name of John Browns Kansas band Of
fana les, cqt-thrpats and horse-stealers-viz
"Wde AVA >es'' Every incident of the cam
pagn of this furious and fahatieal party, I'D
on by the arch-traitor Seward and his confed-
crates. was indics tive of hatred and vindctivc
ness towards the South All sense of obfga-
ton to the Cons Fitution and the laws, all the
feelings. of reciprocal affection between the peo
pie Of the Nor; h and the South. as descendants
alike of ances tors who perilied their blool and
treasure for the rights and liberties we'en 10 -
all regard for The ties Of sympathy and interest,
the policy Of T'lo common defence and general
welfare on which he Union itself was founded
under an agreement of the sovereign States
were utterly ignored and he wild fury OF par
ty and determination to ize power and per-
qnisites of ;office by banding together every
element of hostility to the South, ruled the
ho;lr and reason and right gave way to the
mere will Of numerical power. e..
When We turned tn the South we beheld a
scene OF discord without precedent in its histo-
rv. The several parties arraved there, against
one an0' her were bitter in their denunclationS OF
each other. and active in the raising and pres
sing of Issues that were untimely and mi tirlous
in their effects Alteration ot the. most un-
profitable character were freely n !u{ged and
never before WAS there IN the South so much
public speaking in a Presidential canvass, and
never to so; little profit and benefit We may
say never much to- the general INJURY and
disadvantage Of the Southern people Nothing
could b. more grateful to the common enemy
whose drilled co sYts were steadily marching
10 victory. The arch-fiend OF the Internal re-
gions could not glost with more ,pleasulahle
emotions over a feud in Paradise. than did the
partizans of LincolR oV"r the Idle Internal war
amorg Southcr politicians and their passion
ate followers
These scenes and this urprofftable struggle
has come to an end. LGhs deo! We have in
exchange for the dread ot event. the event
itself. LI*cpLS Is tLEC,FDt 1t is much more
grateful to q naaly ensibilify TO be striving
with fortitude 10 re7are the injuries Of 4 calam-
| iy than to be fearfuiy contenapting oD that " G
know not how 10 avert.
We can now take time to consider. Ircx-
! per;eneed and hotsheat'cd yorng gentlemen
who have iEtenpe-atety ana reci:Iessy 3! !esscti
ir,practicablc :sS1rrs mas row h>vo leisure -
reflect and 6raE lessons Of wisdom, we hop
from the errors which tieT have cG,l:lr>. Sc.
Elder gentferDcn, somewhat wasni<sa aed esa@-
perat od, whose Ives have brought them r:ore
gre: h: II, than t.ieereiicp, may. for ar lii, c.
cupT themselves n the souie pot: able self
e::ainin alton though ne fear no. with he same
chances Of Lentfj that arc crjoyed by thsi:
younger contemporaries
The c, ction Of ABRAHAM, Lincoln has indeed
put this country in peril. With him Games
that calamity whica Washington dreaded
as {. wedge that would aSsurelly split the
Union in twain. viz; a sectional party in
De, division Of the Union founded on issues
hostile to tie people Of the oter, scjziog tie
reigns Of government and dicta'ing rulers to
tns nation. He saw in this an outrage, an ali
| enation ct the aifec ION and sympathits Of the
States. which. ner or later, would dissolve
| the Union. He was, right. It can only b. a
question of time. Two people who are thus
! led to hate one another, and struggle against
ca \ other, cannot long Continue TO live to-
her under the same Government. Air. Fill
more. who has filled lie scat first occ' pied by
Washington, pronounced the triumph Of the
sec onal party at tue North q sufficient cause
for the secession Of the Southern States from
the Union, and when he carrie the argument
home to his fellow-ctiZ,US OF New York by
asking them whether the would submit if the
S h, ha>i e the power were to say that none
bu shareholders should hold the office of Pres
ident, and should proceed TO fill the Presden-
tia chair alone with such men-the unanimous
response was NO! And rightly for that
would be an exercise Of tyrany that make sub
mission a state Of vasSalagc.
Yet while we consider the continuation of
the Black Republican crusade against the South
lis incompatible with the existence of the I'm
ion, trust the South will forbear at this
time to lake any extreme measure. Not that
we wait for an ''o'et act" We 90 not wait
f r a 81 gn." The outrage perpetrated is great.
ald cannot be wiped out by the failure OF Lin
coin to commit an overt act" But there are
reasons why We should watand try to preserve
this powerful union of States in spite OF fanati-
ciSn and the unchivalrous and unscrupulous,
and the low and depraved instincts which govern
the great body ofthe leaders Of the Black Repub-
llcan party at the North.
1t is at least a reasonable conjecture that
Lincoln owes his elevation to the Presidency
10 the divisions and discords of those who are
opposed to him and his party. Those whose
delinquency we may nationally conclude has
produced this deplorable result, ought not to
break up the Union for their own fault Be-
des, we OF the South see at the North an il
mense body OF faithful citizens, who constitute
large rites in every Black Republican
State VINO have struggled with unftltering cor
stancy against the baleful power of the party
which haDrS like black cloud over the f.ta ot