Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-10-31
WHOLE NO. 946.


Is electeds Is question: oieeh dohcus W
whether in seriousness or derision it
sometimes difficult TO tell. We suppos
however. if the Americas people should b
so fortunate to elect Abrah am Lincoln a
their President. the South oill-live unde
aRepublican Administration. How it will
not do this, we are at loss to determine
If one Southern man refuses to be Pos
Master under Republican President, an-
other Southers man may accept the ap
pOIntment If however no man South o.
Mason and Dixons Line will hold the Of
fee, thea the South will have no Post OF
fees-that is all, and Northern pockets
will save a large amount OF cash which II
now taken from them and appropriated to
keep up the postal arrangements of the
South
If no one, who is a citizen of Southern
State will act as collecrto Of customs, send
some one, Of the my. from the North
who are anxious to go, aud all customs
will be collected
If the Federal Judges will not hold their
friendly nsighbors in the South, will have
to do without any Superior Courts. The
North we are inclined to think, will not be
disturbed much at matter of this kind
There great many Southern as well North
ern Judges, who. if they would refuse to
hold office, would confer lasting favor up
on the people.
But let the South do as she may, in re-
gard to Mr.. Lincoln's election, the North
will pursue the even tenor of her way,
wholly ana entirely independent of few
Southern rebels. Ifthere is an effort to re-
sist Mr.. Lincoln's Inauguration, the North
will repel that effort. If any one violates
the laws of the Federal Government, the
President will always have a sufficient
amount Of force at his command, to com
pei respect for the laws. IL the obligations
resting on each one of the separate States
of this Union are sought to be shaken off,
a Republican Administration will possess
a sufficient amount of energy to drive it
back to its proper place in the confedera-
tion.
The truth is, ard the occurrences Of each
day proves it, that there is not the least
disposition on part of the great mass of
the American people living in the Southern
States. to resist, in any respect. Republi-
can Administration. Since the great
States Of Pennsylvania. Ohio and Indiana
oil e
Mr. Lincoln is fixed fact, the tone of the
ire-eaters is less furious and more sensible.
They are rather inclined now TO think,
that an honest administration of this gen.
ersl government. can, possibly, be endured,
or at least they will not dissolve it until
there is an "overt" act on the part of the
Republicans. AS the Republicans do not
desire dissolution Of this Union. We in
cline to the opinion the South will be com.
PEELED to wait long time, for the covert"
act
The following are some of the evidences
of returning sense upon the part Of the
South.
SOUTHERN FEELING CONCERNING LINcoLS's
ELECTION.
Correspondence ofthe New York World.l
NORFOLK, Va, Oct. IL.
Nothing short of actual experience could
convince me of the change which has come
over the popular mind Of this section since
the election of Lincoln bscsme manifest
Before the result of the Pennsylvania cleo
ton was sssertained, secession was the
all.pervading doctriue-the only panacea
for the thousand ills which the Southern
mind conjured up in connection with Lin
coins election. As that result comes to
be calmly considered, however, all the
groundless appreheusious at first enter
tanned seem TO vanish, and give place to
feeling Of reconciliation growing out Of the
conviction that Lincoln's election, il it
should take place, will be made in con-
formity with the constitutional provisions
governing such procedure. Many, very
many with whom l conversed upon the
subject. far from anticipating the evil con-
sequences to the South which are ascribed
in advance to Lincoln's administration,
seem rather disposed to give Mr.. Lincoln
credit for motives very different from those
genally attributed to the party whose stan.
dard bearer he is. Indeed i have heard
ardent Southern men express the belief
that his administration would be as con
servative If not more than any of his
predecessors; and that in his zeal to con-
cilIate the South he would, in all probabil
ity, forfeit considerable popularity in the
North. This idea is very generally en-
tertained, and is having salutary effect
in reconciling th. Southern mind to what
was regarded not long since an event
fraught with danger and disaster to South
ern interest.
How SECESSION Is REGARDED.
From the location Of Norfolk aud its in-
innate commercial relations wit the cities
towns aud country regious of Eastern Vir-
ginia. il is presumed that its interest in
Slavery is great, and that its zeal for its
protection and preserv rvation is proportion
ably intense. No city in Eastern Virgins
is more interested in the institution than
Norfolk Almost all, il not all. the pro-
duce which forms the basis of it's COM
unerce, is the product Of slave labor. II
forms the outlet for large portion OF The
trade of North Carolina, which is made ur
chiefly Of cotton, rosin tar and turpen
tine-ail the products OF slave labor. Ir
view of this state of things, it is To be pre-
sumed that the people of Norfolk wosld
not be wanting in sympathy and zeal with
any policy, however. extreme, which Of
forded the best guarantee for the .protec-
tion which lmparts 20 the commerce
that city its chief vitality. They spur
the idea Of secession as remedy for th'
evils uniustIy associated, as they believ'
with the election Of Mr.. Lincoln. The,
are for adhering strictly to every constitu
tional obligation snjOined upon them
lest by disregarding these obligations, the,
may themselves become the victims .
their own bad examples There IS no ide
sof n resert to secession in any contingenc
nom in prospect. Nothing short of pos
tive aggression will ever force the peopl
of this section TO seek redress in such
resort; and, I take it. the experiment WI
never be made, AZ the proyocation
never likely to be given.
PROPOSED MEETING OF THE ooLLEsrons
CosroNs.
I understand that it is seriously con
stsmplated by collectors Of customs OF th
dealing Southern ports, To call meeting
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