Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-09
THE DIsUNIoN oUTCRY.

The
South Carolina and Howell Cobb make con-
siderable noise with threats of disunion. Mr..
Cobb spent the night of election day in the
Constitution newspaper office, and when it ap-
peared by the Geographic dispatches that New
York had gone for Lincoln, he sat down and
wrote, very fercey, an editorial article, adj
vocating dissolution of the Union. This ar
ticle appeared in that paper next morning, and
startled the president and good many other
persons at Washington. 1t was Immediately
resolved that the Uni N newspaper,-the
presidents confidential newspaper organ,-
must not talk in that STRAIN, ana so,
on Thursday morning, it came out with
a retraction and an apology. This cir
cumstance shows that Mr.. Disunionist
Cobb does not find much sympathy in the
cabinet; but Mr.. Buchanan should immedi
ately dismiss him from office. Andrew Jack
son would make short work with such traitor
Gus conspirators.
South Carolina, if we may believe the reports
from that quarter, wishes to have the whole
country believe that she is bent on doing
something very terrible. 1t is not yet quite
certain acbat she will do TO the Union, but we
are assured that she will do something.
At first it appeared that her legis!a-
lature would meet and destroy the Union. The
legislature met, and there was talk of some
very terrible resolutions that were to be adopt
cd. Now it is said, the work of destruction is
IN n NJ torrn1 in a tot convention lint the
South Carolinians are full OF fierceness, and
discredited rumor from that quarter announces
that Fort Mouluie has been seized By the
blazing ire-eaters. Report adds that the eX-
citemeni runs through all the gulf states,
making noisy demonstrations everywhere 1t
does not actually appear that any dreadful
thing has been done or undertaken, and one or
two communications from that quarter &c SO
wicked as to say, "t..e rumors of dis Mon
movements are manufactured for e ect"
There is, indeed, i'll South Carolina and the
Gulf states a great deal more capacity for
noisy aud clustering demonstrations, than for
effective work yet there are few men in the
south, who have dreamed OF a southern con
federacy with desire to realize it, who would
undoubtedly like to have the gulf safes with
draw from the Union. 1t has never yet APP
peared that the popular sentiment OF any
state goes with them. Their disease has
troubled the politics of the country quite long
enough, and it is our opinion that there will
now be an end of it.
For years, the southern leaders of the demo
cratic party have controlled the politics of the
country, by threatening periodically to destroy
the Union. First they made it understood
that they must be supreme IN the democratic
party, or they would break it in pieces and
they carried the point To keep the party in
power by winning to its support enough free
states TO carry presidential elections, they
have appealed to the fears of the coun'
try in the most inscriptions way, max
ing timid old gentlemen dream bad dreams
aud see irightful visions, and moving a
great many people to vote the democratic tick
ct. But this villanous method OF gaining po
litical power is no longer available. The PEG
pie of this great country have learned to de-
spise it and spit upon it. They have quite
done with the baseness Of supposing the Union
is to be saved by means of ignominious sub
mission to the demands of barbarous institu.
ton, which is a constant offence and insult to
christian civilization. These troubers of the
country, who represent some of the people
in two or three small and unimportant
states, may now t~y out their issue.
1t is a consolation to know that we have at
last reached the point where there must be
an end of this rascally cutlery of disunonSm.
The Union is quite safe and will remain so
for long years to come but these unscrupu.
lous extremists OF slavery will nevermore
succeed to reign over us, as they have done,
by uttering their stereotyped menaces against
its welfare.
The election of Abraham Lincoln to the
presidency is the first triumph of great
political revolution. 1t does not mean evil to
any section of the country. 1t is not only
regular and lawful, but it is necessary to
restore the old spirit and policy Of the coun.
try, and give peace to the land 1t comes
hard for those southern extremists to be driven
from power without any hope of returning to
it but they will submit to necessity and be
come less dangerous, for the sentiment of the
southern people will constrain them to good
behaviour Mr.. Lincoln will be inaugurated
peacefully, and we believe confidently that
his administration will reproduce the era of
good feeling