Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-12-27
Shall il be Q Monarchy?

built on the apprehended ruin of the Feder.
al Union, we invite particular attention TO
the subjoined extract from elaborate edito-
rial article in the Augusta (Ga.) Chroaicle
and Sentinel Of the 9Th inst, 1t is only one
Of very many similar intima,ions which
have recently met our eye in the Southern
press:
''If the Federal system is failure, the
question may well be asked, IS not the whole
republican system q ta,lurel Very many
wise thinking men say SO. We formed the
Federal Government because the separate
States, it was thought, were not strong e.
nough to stand alone, and because they
were likely to prove disadyantagsous, each
to the other in their distinct organization.
and with their varying interests. When
we break up will the disadvantages and
dangers of separate States be such as to
require the formation Of new Confederacy
when the old is gone, IL Dould seem to be
neither ,c.se, prudent, nor statesmanlike, TO
frame it after the patern Of the old. New
safeguards and guarantees must necessarily
be required, and none bu: needless mani
&C would seek TO avoid looking this matter
squarely in the face.
1t is true that we might make consti-
tuition for the fifteen Southern States which
would secure the rights Of all, utprssent,
from harm. or at which would require q
clear violation Of is letter, so plainly that the
world could discern it, when unconstitution-
al action was eonsumatsa. But then, in
the course of. years, as men changed, times
changed, interest changed, business chapg'd
violation Of the SPIRIT might occur, which
would not be clearly violation Of the let
ter. 1t may be said that the Constitution
might provide for its own change, as times
changed. Well, that was the design when
our present Constitution was formed, and
still we say it was failure. How more
carefully could new one be arranged?-
Men will say that we Of the South ARE ONE,
and that we shall get along well enough
But they who say it, know neither history
nsr human nature. when the Union was
formed, twelve of the thirteen States were
slavehOlding; and IL the Cotton gin had hct
been invented there would not probably to-
day have been an African slave in North
America.
But how about the State orgsniza-
lions? This Is an important consideration.
fer whether we consult with the other
Southern States or not, it is certain that
each State must act for itself, in the FIRST
instance. When any State goes out of the
present Federal Union it then becomes q
foRxros POwER, as to oil the other States.
as well as to the world. Whether it will
unite again with any Of the States, or stand
alone, is for it 10 determine. The new
Confederacy must then be made by these
States which desire it-and if Georgia, or
any other State, does not find the proposed
terms Of Federation agreeable, she can
maintain her own separate form of govern
ment, or at lesst try it. Well, what form
Of government shall we hare? This is
more easily asked than answered.
"SoME OF THE wIsEsT AND BEST crrI-
zENs PROPOSE HEREDITARY coNsrIru.
TIoSAL MONARCHY; but. however good that
may be in itself, the most important point
10 discover is: whethsr or not the people
are prepared for it. i, is thought, again,
by others that we shall be able to 60 on for
A GENERATION on TWO, in new Confeder-
aey, with additional safsguards-such, for
instance, as an EXECUTIVE foa LIFE,
VASTLY RESTRICTED SUFFRAGE. SENATORS
ELECTED rsR LIFE, on FOR Lesa PERIOD,
say rwEsry-oxE YEARS, and the most pop
ular branch Of the assembly elected for sew
en- years, the Judiciary absolutely inds-
pendent, and for life, or good behavior
The frequency Of elections; and the univer.
sally Of suffrage, with the attendant arous.
ing of the peoples passions, and the necss-
sary sequence Of dsmagogues being elsva-
to high station, are thought by many to be
THE GREAT CAUSES Of trouble among us.
awe throw out these suggestions tnat
the peopsl may think Of them, and not as
their interests require. Our own opinion
is that the South might be the greatest na-
tion on the earth and, might maintain, on
the basis of African slavery, not only a
splendid Government, but SECURE Re.
PUBLICAN Government. But still, OUR
FEARS ARE, THAT THHouGH ANARCHY We
snALL REACH TIE DEsPoTIsM OF MILITARY
AxD FINALLY BE RAISED AGAIH
TO MONARCHY" stsf
H-Oi truth, home without girl is
only half blest, it 10 IN orchard without