Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-11-16

W Inc OOuCH INTO rebellion before Tie
baselessness of the camors which have snlisled
land eXctcd er al be ascertaincd by the great
body of her people. We trust that they will be
confronted with camness, with dignity, and with
unwavering trust in the inherent strength of the
Union and the loyalty of the American people.
from the Philadelphia Lcdger.]
| In the first place, each State must act indie
pendent!y for itself, and appoint delegates to
Southern convention of all the States proposing
to secede. This will require time, and the long
er time there is for discussion, the more likely
the indignant States will be to remain where
they are. 1t is very manifest, from the recent
elections in the South, that the dsunion>senti-
ment is of limited extent. In some of the slave
States Lincoln gets very respectable vote. In
Alabama, where the Legislature pledged itself
to go out of the Union Gf Lincoln was electe(D.
without any overt act, and laid a tax of $780,,
900 for military purposes, the Governor has not
thought it necessary to take the nitiatory steps,
and the citizens of some Of the counties openly
repudiated the tax. In Madison county, in that
State, a public meeting has denounced the tax
as unconstitutional, and recommend that all the
citizens Of the State take bold and legal stand,
and resist it's enforcement. In the newspapers
throughout the South there is a feeling Of dis
appreciation of the designs Of the disunionists,
duu VIZ ouOlll lOG pC TDTiSCl III t!le leduGlS vi
the movement will find it as much as they are
able to do to keep the citizens of their own Sec
ton from openly condemning them.
From thc Alexandria Gazcttc.1
A list is given Of the Northern States which,
by their legislation have sought unconstitution-
ally and meanly, to nullify or obstruct the ope-
ration of the fugitive slave law. We have no
word of defence for them, or their conduct in the
premises. We denounce and condemn their
action. We say, as we have already said, that
they are daily weakening the ties which bind
the Union together-that they are without ex
they may bring about the most calamtous re-
suits. But, particularly, is their course hurtful
and injurious to the border States, Maryland,
Virginia. Kentucky, and Tennessee It affects,
practically, (however much the theory may be
alike unpaatable,) very little, the Cotton States,
surrounded and guarded by the border slave
States. And yet the South has for this pract-
cal evil, felt and acknowledged, never seeded
No one of the Southern States, for this, has yet
made preparation to dissolve the government
and destroy the Union But, because Lincoln
is elected--wi.hout an overt act-withont know
ing what he is to propose or recommend-with-
out knowing who are to compose his Cabinet
without waiting to see what is to follow--the
South is by the action Of the two three States,
to be "precipitated into "a revolution" and it
may be- plunged into all the disasters and hor-
rors of civil war at least and, at best, to have
the government which our forefathers establish
ed by their valor and wisdom, beaten down and
destroyed Ought this to be?
H&T The New York Herald Of Saturday says:
''The secession excitement at the South continues
to gain strength, and the most painful appre-
tensions prevail, especially in Virginia and
Washington, as to the future. Our dispatches
this morning from Richmond, Macon, Columbia,
Charleston, Washington and Montgomery con-
tain the latest reports, views, opinions and facts
regarding the position, progress and prospects
of the secession movement. The House of Rep
resentatives of South Carolina yesterday passed
a bill, with but one dissenting vote authorizing
the meeting of State tie sec1i3o
Monday in January. The citizens of Charles
ton assembled in mass meeting last evening,
and adopted resolutions demanding immediate
secession. A large delegation from Georgia took
part in the proceedings. The people of South
Carolina are evidently of one mind on this i'm
portant subject, and it is stated as highly pro-
babe that before the meeting of Congress the
cotton States will have separated from the Union
dispatches, the most serious apprehensons pre-
vailed, and the Cabinet met in council to delibe-
rate upon the condition of affairs. In wall
street yesterday the prospect of the secession of
the Southern States was freely discussed, and
at the Stock Board all descriptions Of securities
deprecated"
asE-T The last number of the New York Ledger
contains paper written by Edward Everett,
on Party Spirit-and the evils which too often
flow from it, when carried to an undue extent.
Whist the storm Of detraction and abuse was
bowling around the head of this patriotic states
man, and those who should have been his best
friends were abusing and nlallgning him. he, in
the consciousness of his own rectitude and in
tegrity, was calmly writing for the benefit of
his countrymen, all essay designed to show them,
from the examples of history, how fierce and
bitter, and destructive may be the contests of
factions; and how they should take warning
from the fate of other nations, and not suffer
themselves to fall into the same errors which
had marked the career, and stained with blood,
the annals of the world.-Alerand1ia Gazette |
JOHN BELL.-Some of the Republican papers
mention Hon. John Bell as among the proba-
bilities of Lincoln's Cabinet. Why not also in
clude Edward Everett, and Douglas and John
son, and Breckenridge and Lane? That9would
be compromise that ought to satisfy every
body.-N y Herald.
The CHINESE WAR-LEARNING FROM THE
ENEMY.-John Chinaman has learned some
useful lessons from the frequent whippings
which he has had from the English. When he
defeated the attack oh the Taku forts last spring
less credit was given him for pluck than for the
Judgment which he displayed in fortifying his
positions. The last advces from the Peiho an
nounce that he attacked and beat the allies in
the open field on the march from Pehtang to
the forts, the Chinese gingalls taking longer
range than the great Armstrong guns, ten of
which were brought into requsition on this oc-
casion If every time he fights he improves in
the science of warfare, and gains in pluck, John
Chinaman will not prove such a despicable enc
my after ALL We are not sure that, much as it
has been ridiculed by the English, Mr.. Wards
way of getting to Pekin will not be the one which
thew will be finally compelled to ADOPT