New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-20
TIE CF.SSION MOVEMENT.
Judge Douglas and Gen. Pillow on the Crisis
OPINIONS THE PRESS
An APPEAL FROM A sourHEaHIa IN HEw-sOsx.
OPINIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PRESS
From The Richmond D'spateh, Nor IL.

From The Richmond Dspateh, MOI. H.
We published yesterday the proclamation OF o. Gov
.r,or etcber converting the Legislature of Virginia
on the I'll January. BY proclamation some time s,nee
M had called an extra session Of that body for the l4th
~ the same month. TIE excitement az the South, IN
of the election Of Lincoln is the eause OF
this second proclamation, and Of the Fastening by
week the assembling Of the LEGISLATURE Inc I ,SS,
ernor cells attention TO this subject, beeyng that
prudence requires that the Representatives OF the
reanle 81 the Commonwealth should take into consd-
Grafton the condition of public aiairs and determine
calmly and wisely what action Is necessary IN this
Goyernor Letcher has acted wisely in convokingthe
Ieo,slators to consider this important subject He
has not convoked them too early. by the time they
meet, the crisis will be sufficiently developed no
Doubt to demand some action the part OF Virginia.
| She will then find, very probably that the question
for her to debate is ripe Ten days have very much
changed the appearance of things The signs from the
South leave little room TO hope that the Union VIII
long remain unbroken If there is possibility OF pre-
seryng or of prevailing upon States which may se-
cede to reoin the Union we cannot long postpone de-
! liberation upon the means by which either rs TO ne
done There NAV be yet another question for Virginia,
and that is If secession cannot be avoided and the Sc
ceduQ States cannot be induced TO RETURN what course
| is left her to pursue go =,
| II il probable that Gov Letcher will renew his
rrorostion to the last Legislature for Convention OF
The Staes under the fifth article Of the Constitution,
IN consider the state of the country, and If some
measIe unC be TAX n which will restore harmony
TO the Union and protect the rights and equality oil the
| States from fanaticism and radicalism.
| Whatever is done ought TO be done without delay.
Demagogues and parsons have widened the breach be-
tween the two sections of the Union until it presents
an awful chasm. The election OF Lneon by such I'M
mense popular majorlties, has diminished most PAIN
fully tie hope of revolution in public sentiment In
the North Yet the darkest hour il that just before
the dawn of day, and it il possible that the crisis now
upon us il a prccursor to brighter day III the history
Of the Confederacy. Either snch a day must soon
shine upon the country, the Union must be broken
up into two or more Republics. 1t cannot long sur.
yve the sectional partizanry and hate that has ragged
so violently for the last few years.
From The Mobile Tribune, An.
meeting az stated yesterday, IL to be held TO-
morrow night at Temperance Hail. for the purpose OF
ascertaining whether the people OF this county are
willing to submit to the sectional Black Republican
rule Of Lincoln. This is county matter-is to be the
expression of the disposition Of our Mobile people.
The interior will take of itself. Unless we are
greatly decevedb the demonstrations in the counties
we in Mobile, unless we join this movement will Sc
gregate Ourselves from the rest of the State. Bell men
and Douglas men in the interior resolved on this
movement. Alabama will join South Carolina, Georgia,
Arkansas, Florida Texas and Mississippi in 1t.
The movement does not contemplate war, and the
men who are in favor of il do not anticipate war or
any boodsbed Let all look at il in the best light
that IT, that the movement will unite the South and
make il unit in opposition to the sealthy encroach-
ments of the Norh-the end of which, If not resisted
| will be the subugeton Of our people 10 Northern
lsectional majority of voters-most Of whom are gno
rant Of our PEOPLE, and many of whom have right
| TO decide the question in dispute.
Our Southern people supposed at the North TO be
mere braggars-tlis, at least, Is the opinion OF the
men who have elected Lincoln. And they have some
to believe this, for repeatedly heretofore we
have terribly "thundered in the index, and have qu
ety eaten our own brave words and thus brought
terpt upon ourselves. Ii requires inst one more fact
of this kind TO make utterly contemplate in the eyes
of tie who have driven us TO the extreme OF exs-
| peraion.
Ale Lincoln would not have been elected if there
had been an apprehension among his voters that
mean what we have repeatedly said. Let us now
eat our words again, and Southern man VIII not
have courage to raise his head in any State North.
We think that the best thing we can do is to stand
by this movement. The result Of IL may be TO dsar
range our business for awhile, but III the end shall
get quiet destroy the Black Republican party, and Sc
cure something like safety in the future. Submit now
after What we have declared to be our purposes and
there is nothing of the future left TO but abect sub
missioa-the confession that not willing or able
to take care of ourselves Rather than this,
willing to make and thus put the question TO
test which will decide it forever. There is an " ire
preside conflict" and we have got now TO decide
who are TO be the victims Of il. II we asked more
than the laws guaranteed to US, should be ready to
submit quietly but ask nothing more than il our
right under the law. If we abandon this, why
zee no reason why should grumbe under any in
fiction which dominant majority may choose 10
seourge with.
Lei our people think of this and enter into the pro-
ceedings tomorrow night with prudence, frmness and
courage. To us there is no danger, if we take the
manly stand which If our duty well ar right.
From Bropnloio's Knoxville Wig
USloE MEs, BE on YOUR GUARD There are those
all over the country and in all of towns and vii
lagos who talk long and loud about the horrors of
Incoln's election and taking advantage Of the events
which themselves and associates have FASTENED call
upon us all to unite-to let "bygones be bygones -
and all act together as united South. The object of
these men is to get as many Union men to commit
Themselves TO the cause OF Secession they Let
them know, wherever they meet YOU, that "a law
abiding citizens, loyal to our blood-bought govern
nent you will never consent to soil ravaged
by the terrible strife which would result from Seces-
sion, and OH the very threshold proclaim your deter
mination to oppose all the mad schemes of Disnion
and to stand by this Union of States Tell these Sc
eret emss; ries and st ct takers that You admit Il
value of cotton as article of commerce. but remind
them in the next breath that Kentucky and Missouri
hemp necklace for traitors il an article Of still
greater value for home consumption.
From The Vicksbugh (liss) Wig, 18th
To prevent anybody abroad from being deceived we
will state what everybody hereaoouts already knows
that there is little or no excitement In this section Of
the State growing out of the result of the recent cleo
ton Ii il true that there several worthy citizens in
favor Of immediate resistance but they in woeful
mnority-there if not enough of them for seed. The
Minute MEMS organization was izzle-the SYM
patty Of the few respected citizens TO whom we have
referred only saving it from utter insinicance Its
numbers barely the minimum of ordinary volun-
teer company A few excitable spirits can make more
fuss than ten thousand calm and orderly people, and
assure the Union men of the State that they need
not fear of old Warren. When the time for her
to speak, the utter insignfcance of eecessonism will
then he made clearly manifest.
From the Same 10th
II may be safely set down that Louisiana will not
secede any foolish attempt tx made to test the
question The Douglas and Bel vote united beats
Breckenridge out Of sight and large proportion of
those who supported Major Breckenridge are az strong
Union men now as they were during the canvass