New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-22
THE SECESSION MOVEMENT.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.


,,on.meu The smallpox was too much for them. |
The legislature will follow on Thursday. Charles
ton needed something of the sort. Public houses |
we're deserted and the community generally was
getting bard up.
Apart from this people here for the last few
DAYS have not appeared to me to We so Jolly a.
they we're two or three weeks ago. suspect
that the impression is getting prevalent that this
secession business may prove serious IL 10
decided clOy on the plans of the revOlntioDists
that Nj Buchanan WIN be President no longer
than the 4th of March, In addition, an unPieas-
ant apprehension is growing on the minds OF all
classes that when the State takes herself out of
he Union she may become the theater OF servile
war. A sense of insecurity has sprung up IN ad-
vance which, in not few minds, causes seces-
sion, practically undertaken, to be looked upon
with dread. This apprehension creates So
berness which yo1 may easily detect at the IRE
aide, in the domestic circle, on the plantation,
where braYado finds no motive or excuse, and
where sober reflection tempers the daring which
everybody puts on IN the face of the public. BE
assured that secession has its dark shadings, and
that not by great deal is 1t all merry IN we"
OF the future. The vote of the Convention yes
t.rday that South Carolina would secedo as soon
&c the Ordnance could be prepared, did not APP
pear to be a piece of joyful Intelligence.
The Mercury this morning renews its discussion
of the subject of " No sea-cOast deiences, thereby
eyneing the uneasnefs which has seized the COM
munity generally. Not only are buccaneering
Grads on the most exposed and deienceless
"parts of the coast" apprehended, but the cap
tare of Charleston is feared; in view of which
latter it is recommended that batteries and block
houses should be erected at commanding point
adjacent to the harbor. II is argued that one
gun on shore is more than equal TO five adOat.
"Tbe low battery" says the engineering editor
of The N.yeurp while il affords much cover to
the men and guns is itself little exposed to this
sire of vessels and the destruction OF block
"house, costing $500 or $1,000, would cost
- loss, in shipping of twenty or thirty times that
"yalue, beside heavy loss of life"
The grave discussion of subjects like this con-
veys to the public mind the truth that the revo-
luton viii have its stern realities, the cost Of
which it cannot calculate. And yet, stupendous
ss the proportions which the Notification Revo-
hutton is about 10 assume, the State, instead OF
having navy, will be able TO do little more than
provide one or two small boats, carrying swiyels,
10 defend her two hundred miles Of seacOsst.
This is fair average of Carolinas capacity to
navigate the sea on which the Convention is sbOxt
to launch the State.
Gov. Piekens was inaugurated at Columbia
yesterday His Inaugural is brief rehash OF
the theory which the State has 30 long followed,
i and which she is about 10 undertake 10 carry
INTO practice. No doubt is seemed to be enter
tanned Of the ability of South Carolina to exc
sstc all her purposes. AS though it was mat
Ter of her own will, Gov. PickeDs remarks:
OuI interests will lead open her ports the tunnsso
and trade nations reservrs to herself the right to dis
sansts only against those who nay be our public enemies
He, therefore, comes to the following cool
conclusion:
therefore may safely say Il for the bonent OF =. WHO
NAV be interested IN commerce. msnufsesures in the
tes and mechanic lsborers everywhere. TO make
,ub speedy and pekceu arrangements with u.s. ss may I'd
,saoe interests and happiness Of all concerned"
He promises the immediate secession Of Caro-
Ina and the instant rejection Of al compromises,
come from whence they may: the Southern
States generally are invited TO follow her exam
ample; aud, after the fashion of Mr.. Buchanan,
faith in Providence is proiessed to make things
risht The new Governor concludes as follows:
"wbeD look back upon the inheritance the common
xore triumphant Of this wonderful Conioders No
language express the feelings Of TIE human bea az Wo arf
s tie contemplation and Seny lOok the great future thar
opens before us II sincere desire to sOparse from the
ss Of North in peace and leave them to develop the
own civilization according to their OWE sense o. duty and Of IN
s.1ost Bet IT, snde the guidance Of ambition aud iansui
they decide otherwise, then be it co."
Mir. John A. Elmer, the Commissioner on the
mart of Alabama, was invited to address the Con.
yention last evening. His concluding remarks
were as follows:
At one time he thought would be better 70 lave c,rceed
action among the Southern Staes but be convinced
that the separate and independent scon Of each State the
proper course If Federal Government should forget. lie
d the principles upon which the Government was founded
attempt coercion the fret federal that fred would
bx Thousands wDg besTts aud strong from MiSsiSs
IL 10 the aid Of South Carolina"
On this point, Mr.. Miles, member from Charles
Ton. asserted in the Convention yesterday that
he was Just from Washington, where he had
been in close consultation with all the Southern
members of Congress, and that it was the unan-
nous request of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
and Texas, that South Carolina should take her
self out of the Union as speedily s possible.
The notorious George Law muskets have been
sold to the State of Alabama at Sl3 apiece. The
purchase amounts to $l9, 900. Considerable fault
is found with the State authorities for making
il. There has been n recent arrival Of arms at
this port, and more are soon expected. What
ever else comes Of il, secession is proving good
thing for your Yankee guD-makers.
The tala1ranb renorts 10 us that a meeting in