Nebraska advertiser., 1860-12-13

lOW but IN South CdFOund dud OSOtSie
where the greatest excitement exists. lhe
ipeople are under the belief that their con.
templated rash and premature disunior
: movements are approved and supported
BY a very large proportion OF heir breth-
!, rem in the other slave States-which be-
lief is induced by the constant one-sided
selections from the disunion papers, and
BY similar selections from the ultra pres
ses Of the North, they are in like man
ner persuaded that a bitter and hostile
: feeling generally prevails against the
South in the free States. All the mode
J rate and conciliatory articles, and all the
public declarations at the North, that no
injury or wrong is intended against the
rights of the South, are studlously kept
out of sight, and thus restless ultras,
North and South, have the whole field for
excitement and irritation at their COM
mand, without opposition or control
Public attention must, sooner or later,
be forcibly drawn TO the abuses to which
the freedom of the press is put by GER
tain sensation newspapers, whose conduc-
tors seem in a great degree 10 have lost
the sense Of right and wrong, and to be
alive only to the profitable. No stronger
example of the utter want of sympathy
with the popular welfare, and Of the rea-
diness to advance private good at the ex-
pense of public good, could be furnished
than that which almost daily occurs In
connection with telegraphic news from
the South. Fictions of the most exciting
and therefore misc hievous character are
concocted for the wicked purpose of keep
ing alive a deleterious excitement, during
which pretended intelligence from the dis
turbed section might be freely sold. We
cannot but think that for this class of pa
pers, they manage this affair better in
France"
Hon. A. H. Stephens, Of Georgia, ina
speech delivered at the Hall of the House
Of Representatives in that State, said
The first question that presents itself
is, shall the people Of the South secede
from the Union in consequence of the ell
ection Of Mr.. Lincoln to the Presidency
of the United States2 My countrymen,
I tell you frankly, ~candidly, and earn
estly, that / do not think that they ought.
In my Judgment, the election of no man,
co%nstitutionally chosen to that high office,
is sufficient cause for any State 10 separ-
ate from the Union. 1t ought to stand
by and aid still in maintaining the Con-
s%titution of the country. To make a point
of resistance to the Government, 20 with
draw from it because a man has been con-
stitutionally elected, puts us in the wrong.
We are pledged to maintain the Consti-
tuition. Many of US have sworn to sup
port it. Can we, therefore, for the mere
election of a man to the Presidency, and
that too in accordance with the prescribed
forms Of the Constitution, make a pointo OF
resistance to the Government, without
becoming the breakers of that sacred in
strument ourselves 2 withdraw ourselves
from it?
Would we not be in the wrong? What
ever fate is to befall this country, let it
never be laid to the charge Of the people
of the South, and especially to the people
of Georgia, that we were untrue to our
national engagements. Let the fault and
the wrong rest upon others. If all our
hopes are 10 be blasted, if the re public is
to go down, let us be found to the last
moment standing on the deck with the
Constitution of the United States waving
over our heads. Applause. Let the
fanatics of the North break the Constitu-
ton, if such is their fell purpose. Let
the responsibility be upon them. shall
speak presently more of their acts; but
let not the South, let us not be the ones
to commit the aggression. We went into
the election with this people. The result
was different from what we wished; but
the election has been constitutionally hele
Were we to make a point of resistance to
the Government, and go out of the Union
on that account, the record would be made
hereafter against US.
But it is said Mr.. Lincoln's policy and
principles are against the Constitution,
and that if he carries them out, it will be
destructive of our rights. Let US not an
ticipate a threatened evil. If he violate
the Constitution, then will come our time
to act. Do not let US break it because,
forsooth, be may. If he does, that is the
time for us to strike. Applause. I
think it would be unwise and upjudicious
to do this sooner. l do not anticipate that
Mr.. Lincoln will do anything TO leopard
our safety and security, for he is bound
by the constitutional checks which are
thrown around him. This shows the
wisdom of our system. The President of
the United States is no Emperor, noDic-
tator--he is clothed with no absolute pow
or. He can do nothing unless he is back
ed by power in Congress.
A correspondent Of the New Orleans
Picayune says:
/ fear the true result has not been fully
weighed by those who are now so clamor-
Gus for dissolution, for if it was, they
surely could not, as honorable men, push
forward so mad a scheme. No the true
policy of the South is to remain cool and
calm. There is a Ruler over all who
works always for wise and beneficent
ends, and he viii not suffer a gross inius-
tice or wrong to be perpetrated upon any
Of his children. If you feel that you can
not trust iu your fellow man, you can
trust in Him.
The Louisville Courier, the leading as
well as the ablest of the Breckenridge
organs in Kentucky, says: