Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-12-14
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There i but one opinion here now in regard
10 the speedy dissolution of the Union. Be
fore another month rolls around, the days Of
our proud old republic will, in all human
probability, be numbered, aud one universal
wall Of patriotic grief will gush forth from
the stcraest as well as most timid heart in the
land.
OF tbs one hundred and sixty-six delegates
just elected to the State convention Of South
Caroliha, which is to assemble GU Monday
next, every one Of them is pledged to the
passage OF an ordinance severing the bonds
which connect her with the coniederacy. The
vote thrown in the State in opposition to this
course was so Insignificant as scarcely to at
tract notice, so unanimous is the resolve Of
her people. The States Of Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas and Florida
are taking steps to follow the example Of
South Carolina, and the remaining Southern
States win not be long in uniting their desti-
nts with their seeding sisters
Thus has the fanatical antagonism of the
North worked out its deplorable result. One
only hope yet remains to shed its cheering
light the future Reconstruction should
now be the end ana aim Of every lover OF
freedom throughout the land. With this OBJ
ject in view, and prosecuted ina spirit of mu-
tual friendship, the devastation and ruin
which now hover over us may be dspelled
and the star of American liberty, instead of
going down foreyeri in blood, may yet emerge
from the thickening gloom more brilliant and
steady in its position, and dispensing, with
increased lustre, its hopeful en- couragement
TO the oppressed throughout the world.
The idea that force win be employed by the
incoming administration to compel SOY ereign
States to remain in the Union, is now general
ly secuted in the North, as well us the South.
g The conledcraey, in the language of the
gallant old Lanel was not formed by force,
and cannot be held together by force; and
the opinion is gaining strength here that, in
the absence OF compulsory measures by the
remnant Of the Federal Government the way
TO happy reunion Of all the Southern, with
the more conservative of the Northern and
Western States, will be easily opened up
feaving New England to paddle her own boat
alone.
This result seems to be more than probable.
The New England States are, or affect TO be,
horribly dissatisfied with the present const-
tuition; they have pronounced ii from their pull
pits as "a league with hell and covenant with
the devil !" they would, therefore, most pro-
badly, decline to unite under any new confcde-
racy whose constitution would impose upon
them, in unmistakable language, obligations
more obnoxious to their puritanical notions
OF higher law, negro equality, &c, than the
one they now pretend to diSrelish so much
They would thus be shut out Of the Union, and
rendered most harmless neighbors in all time
to come. This would, indeed, be consum-
nation devoutly to be wished" In such
event they would be most likely to seek a
union with the British Provinces, which no.
body would object to, as the connection would
be obviously proper from the natural position
and peculiarities of each.
No good is looked for from the committee
Of 49, even if it ever reports, which is now
very doubtful. p.