, 1860-12-18
Ths London T1mes On Heee14ton and
Df1unIou-WhAt EuropS WILL Think
OF a Severed Union.

Ths London Times on Heeeseton and
DfsunIon-What Europe Will Think |
OF a Severed Union.
From tho T1mo ct Nor. 1,1
Democratic Institutions ars now On their tn !
al In America It would te = strauge colnct- |
denco Il the same tear shonll witness the ac-
at Italian unity undsT Consti-
tutional Monarchy and the disruption Of . far /
mtghties Union under the dis1ocating agency
Of Federal Keput1tcanism. Washington, Ike
was troubled In his lust days by
as to the solldlty Of his Own work |
strong enough to brave In good cause the
armies Of George ILL.,, but would It be proof
against the selfshness Of prosperity, the mean-
ness of party and personal interests. the fierce
ness OF provincial jealousieae Could the dig
n1ied aud stntesmanlike moderation Of the
cessors, or would later growth develop those
harsher and vulgar qualities which too often
appear in. the Anglo-Saxon character? We
dare not say that the. experiment is yet com-
p1ete. Two generations have amply sut1ced to
confirm and Transcend the experience Of an
tiqulty as to the expansive energies OF denoc-
racy, but Its; capahility Of cohesion s., ELL Re-
present The centrifugal Stems mor1than .
counterPoise to tue csntripeta1 force, Il VIC are
to take tbs southernefs at their word The
proud traditions Of the great western republic,
the ties Of Laws, language, religion and nation
al character, the dictates Of higher and more
comprehensive selflntereft, and the respect Of
European powers, are to be cast to the winds
when they conflict with local prejudice aud
the salaries Of class Of gentlemen who took
their appointments subject to this uncertainty.
Tho enemies Of democracy have always assert
Ell TINT 1t cannot lise to the conception o.
great national idea, and that Tor want Of this
siyiiyins principle, It carries IN itseN the germ
IF ffa FkA mi n
have even denied the assumed libcfality Of the
commercial spirit, and Eetorted that, if circum-
stances were changed. merchants and manu-
facturers would not show les blindness OF sell
1lshaess than farme and landlords. It has
been reserved for the "drr-eatfng" slayeoWn-
ers Of sonth Carolina and Georgia to verify
this taunt, and to seek for preccdents Of party
warfare, not in the history Of the United States,
but in the continental system Of Napoleon, in
the Berlin Decree, and tho English Orders in
Council
We arc far from considering the proceedings
adopted In South CaroIina and GeorEia as ire
yessible, Or taking 1t foF granted that they will
be initiated hy other cotton.producing States,
much less by. those which, though nominally
North. Even the Governor ofGeorgia, though
he recommends the Imposition of Prohibitory
duties on imports from the North, III "repeal
OF all parts Of the penal aud civil code protect
Ing the lives, liberties and properties Of citI-
zens ef the States where unlriendly laws cx-
ist," and other mad aid Revolutionary meas
ures, ehrfnks from the responsibility Of send
Ing delegates to Southern Convention. The
resignation Of their Offices by the Federal en-
ployees at Charleston has not get been accept
I'd at Washington, and the sanguinary rhodo-
ruontade Of Governor Brown probably sounds
less formidable to those who hear it than 10 Us
who read 1t. We Enslishmeu are sparlnc Of
T. -. IL.
may be carried before barking passes into Bit
lug. The threat Of secession is the standard
resour6e Of . mob, and the Roman ple6s ofte,,
started for the Mons Sacer, and actually en-
campcd there more than once, without perna-
nently separating from the Republic. There,
however, the maiconteuts Ind the vantage
ground which here belongs to the established
government.
The security Of the city and the lives Of
their patrician opp1essors depended on their
cooperation against foreign enemies, whereas
here it ls the personal safety Of the southern
planters that Ia guaranteed by the North.
That great social question, which inspires m
interest mmeasurably more intense and ab
sorbtng than all the political watchwords Of
crisis, and If it fayors motive in favor ef &C.
cesslon, It furnishes more oyerpowering mo-
tive against it, tit IL 4 singular fact, eays
one OF our American contemporaries, " that
states in position secure against injury from
the non.cxecution Of the Fugitive Slave law
are the. only States making the non.executioI
Of this law i prctext for secession" Bat arc
these refractory citizens prepared TO be closet.
f: cd beyond the reach Of call with their own
domestic institution" II IL certain that in
such S'dtty as South Carolina and Mississippi,
sch<Te TIE slarts 6athunler the ,rhike population,
The aasterx could not dispnse sciah tie aideft
Ao'thera brethren in q s.rEi's soar! Or, turning
to another item III tho came calculation of cx'
pcdiency, would South Carolina, whose cS-
ports exceed In yalue heri imports in proportion
ut to !, be tue :<:ainer BY system ofmerrn1l-
tile cxc}uElOns Can any sdne man tetittt Gtdt
England aud France uin tonarnt. a. IL saoto sug
g.sted, TO stsdjfy The policy # ha.f century Jor
The szke # an extended fottV. {r1ds, aud to pur-
chase the ia'or Of Charleston aud Milledge-
vile by recognizing what has been called 'thc
isothermal law, which impels African labor to-
wards tho tropics" on the other side Of the At
lantic? VIII the suspension Of payments in
-peclc improve the credit Of the recusant
States, aud will an independent administration
prove an economical e1pcaient to States who
have hitherto borne very small share Of the
public burdens. These are considerations that
may be drowned in the passions cf the hour,
but which will, We still beliere, assert them
selves as the movement becomes more regular
and orderly. We hare confidence, not only in
the discretion Of Mr.. Lincoln, but in that ol
Mt. BucAahan, who. IL the remaining months
Of his Prcsidcnts:lif nay do mach to mitigate
these desperate and 11f0pus counsels.
OF one thing The L2eahcsats may be well
: sured-tlat tae eAoTs4:fer ard pre1ioe n t&e
stz~ral Unae1 !t4te* i" zax eye. q Europe d<pend
on their Federal Onion. LOr1 North saw this
which would have had the eject OF 15o1ating
some from the rest, and Burke resisted his
scheme Of conciliatioa on that very ground.
!" Hoe Nacus ,rln tho stubborn and mutt
nous spirit Of the South is filling into the tac-
tics Of The enemies 1f American Independence
Let there be no mistake As to English public
opinion On this subject. II we hare paid
sincere homlrc to the rising greatness Of
America, it has not been to that which the
Southerncrs are 80 anxious to conserve, but to
that which they are striving to destroy. All
that is noble and venerable in the United States
is associated with Its Federal Constitution. II
is not the demonstrations OF Southern ruf1lau-
ism III Congress, or the 1ilibustesing agggran-
dizemcIt Of the South, from tho Mexican an-
mentions downwards, or the Fugitive Slave
law, or the DFed Scott decision, or tho Kan
sas-Ncbraska act; it In rot these, OF any other
triumph of Democratic iEsolcncc during their
asccndcnry Of half century, that has com.
manded the sympathy aud admiration Of
Europe.
We have Judged ofthcse things 1cnlently, as
the actions Of great men and great nations
GnEul ~ ut jAA6N0s ANEA1AaI Nc AAG" %41N PC1~
;lnIls conditions under which so mighty an
enterprise as the civilization of America mnst
ofncces.ity be carried out, and have confidence
in the practical good sense Of the American
character. A certain hcetoTing tone, arising
from tho cxube1ant consciousness Of health
and strength, is Characteristic of adolescence,
but no such allowance is made for deliberate
acts of 1awlcss violence. Even now, so long
AS the asitation is confined to bullying and
insults, to "tetalatory laws" and indignation
meetings in tho form Of conventions, we shall
mt despair.
High pressure, moral as well Is mechanical,
is the rule in America, aud threats Of ciyil'war
may be used there In strictly parliamentary
-cuse But If this rough sparring should bg
any chance be carried TOO far, and the threat
10 often uttered in jest or wantonness should
be repeated In earnest and lead to bloodshed,
it is some comfort that Tie dgosessor9 ciN not Ie
ke stronger party. .Ar. Ltnet<n xall in that case
eor,,nand majority in Congresa. aud will carry
with him the support Of III those Who, how
ever tolerant OF slaveEy, will not tAmely &C.
quicscc in it's becoming tho basis ol an illegal
aud hostile confederation.
Be@fnninc = New Government on
Half Price,"
4 letter from Atlantis, Georgia, in the Brook
lyn Eagle, tells story Of IN old planter from