Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-28
Progrcss OF Events.

or opposition calling for federal interposihon viii be
committed In addition this the canvass is being made
In South Carolina Georgia aud Alabama for members to
the State conventions which have been called or deter
mined uron. There viii therefore, until these bodies
meet ikey nothing definite take place. The evidences
however are conclusive that in all these States the Sc
eesson fever has taken possession Of all parties. All
opposition has either been Quoted or converted into &C
live aeouf scence In South Carona opposition has
ever been made. In Georgia the secession movement
Was in the first instance, headed By Bel eleetor at
large. and participated in by men OF all parties E'en
S,epheus aud Johnson Who we're counted upon TO uAe
the stump In favor Of the Union have gone no further
than 10 recommend the trial Of other measures Wi'a
s,r,ssioa as an alternative. And the LAST but
not the least significant proof Of the growing una
uimitv Of the public mind Of Georgia on this qaes-
toa. IS the stand taken BY the savannah Rfpu5lieU'
a journal heightened patriotic and intelhgent-lovng
the Union aud DESTROYS Of perpetuatiug t, but loving
the south and her claims to justice and fair treatment
sill more In is number Of the 24.h inst, the hepH5-
eI has an elaborate aud welcousidered article on The
state or our federal relations and on the policy 70 be pur
sued i begins BY an enumeration Of the facts OF the
case which are briefly the election Of Lincoln as pure
" sectional triumph his election BY party whose leading
su,imsnt and cardinal principle opposition to slavery
and the notification BY that party in most Of the non
sayebodiug States Of law providing for the surrender
Of fugitive saves-a law which they openly Acknowledge
TO be in accordance with an express constitutional pro
vision These are the positive tangible uudeniabe wrongs
committed NJ the North upon the South As il may be
assumed that Mr. Lincoln is better than his party, our
contemporary proceeds to show, first by authentic de'a-
rasns from bis organs and next by his own deliberate
-. "a Tsr.a "a rrran rrrr.rn M
ogly hostile 70 tle domestic institutions Of the South
The evidence on the subject is rscsPituated as iolo"s
T., sum up the whole 70 a conclusion We may reascn-
B'yFegard &c as settled far as Republican views ard
ptsBous can settle &C. that the people Of the South sre
living in sin and crime, that the Federal Government
should outlaw the domestic Institutions OF oue-eau tle
Stst. oil the Union and all occasions where &c Is caleb
on 10 gi late wits regard 10 them r should so essa'e
a. VII most efectuaiy destroy them. The question
whether or not the institution OF slavery should De Ie
alone aud les existence uOu-e1stence everywhere,
Left % the laws OF climate and production and the "ls'
e. OF the people has heen decided against Us Nor s
thi, state OF thiags merely 20 hs with dacon; We are
told chat radical and permanent change m the pohcf
OF the Government with regard % slavery has oeen IT.
augurated and thatit j. 20 be kept M operation uEti
through is agency the Institution shall have been SNep
entirely awav. This Is the promise, and they have the
power 70 make it good. We take il tor granted that
obey are honest IN shat they say Theyuay not have
the power now owning 70 the present, constitution OF
the houses Of Congress, bu t i evident that tnef
have Ouy TO viii IL to accomplish every purpose "ni1
the next four years.
Ia Alabama there seems as little opposition 10 the Sc
eesson movement Senator Fitzpatrick, though one o.
the least violent Of the Southern politicians, has written
letter in which be recommends resistance, though he
advises FIRST consultation between the fifteen Southern
States. He saws;
81 would therefore advise tia; the Convention, which
i4s5on tomee, under tie resolutions Of the last Legs
cure should seeca number Of our best meu 20 meet id
cOlisr 9th other Commissioners from the other slave
States - ascertain and recommend what best TO he
done The auih01i'y OF these Commissioners eNtendn
only 70 an interchange OF Information % the probable
course of action de-red by this and The other Southern
States this would not 40 all as conceive, be 'o-
h,iye Of the Federal Constitution.
"T0ese Commissioners should say for Alabama that
while she cherished a Ulon in which the rights Of h,r
citizens under the Constitution would be respected, She
did not recognize such Union in an Administration
composed OF Lincoln and Hlmlin, Sh sumner, Wilson,
Burngame aud Gddngs for Their advisers, Who recsg-
uils no constitutional obligations On the suote; OF sa'
~ but ad5p, the "hghsr law aud irrepresso.e eothc
as their rule Of action and look % the fauatca worship
psrs OF John Brown for appreciation OF their Official con
duct After this conference Cnd The Information thus
Obtained Alabama will be better prepared for concerted
aud effective action. In the event Of dissolution 1
would prefer that the Southern states should all 80 TO-
geler and If uuanimity cannot De obtained then d.
sire suceut number OF States should 60 out 20 insure
Sou come from what quarter IL may.
Every Douglas paper in that State so far As We have
seen notwithstanding their support before the election
Of the stand taken by Judge DOggias in his Norfolk
s1eech have either had their Union batteries spiked or
else they have turned with the uds and are as sirooE
d.unonists as any Of ,her contemporaries Even the
Mobile Register Forsyths paper and the leading Doug
Ia. organ Of the cotton States, afer desperate rcs
trce 10 the secession Storm has az last been forced TO
sssrrmb. and has declared az last for dsunOa. Perhaps
tbe most guReant indication that has npired 10 Ala
b,ma is the unanimous action taken by the Bapts; Stale
Convention, in which the obligation 70 aeqai,s'e in
secession was declared Christian and public duty
In Mississippi he Only opposition to the genera.
sentiment seems TO be GU the part Of the Vieh,-
burg Whig But is cry for Union seems lost
in the general ,.or for resistance. Texas has gone BY
thousands for Breckinridgr and Lane-ihe light beng
made by the united opposition headed by Sam Houston,
for the Uuion and submission in the event OF Lireoas
election. Louisiana has also gone for Breckenridge, aud
the tore Of thaary evidenced by their leading or
,sDs +. uum..akable Besides this facts have trars
pired in the city Of New Orleans shieh possesses per-
hap- more Of the Union sentiment than ell OF the rest
OF tas State that shos individually that the current OF
sentiment even there is adverse 70 submission Gov
ernor Moors vas at last adEeCs, in consultation
With prominent men Of the State, to the course be
should pursue in the crisis. Whatever course he may
adop, az pr sent there Is little reason 10 doubt that Lou
isaua sympaih-,s with her sisters The Gulf and any
attempt 70 eoerce them into submission you'd meet With
almos, unanimous resistance from al parties u louisi
ana Few indications have reached from Arkansas or
Fords but such o. they are they Of the same char
acter as thcss from the other Cotton States.