Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-11-15
FLORIDA, TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.

Nobody, we take it, cares how soon
South Carolina goes ont of the Union. A
convulsion of nature which would separate
that pestilent little State from the body of
the Republic. and open a deep channel, or
raise mountain barrier, between her and
the main land. would be ioyfnlly accepted
as a final solution of the quarrel that she
has never failed to maintain with her
peaceful and more enlightened, neighbors
of the North. She was intensely Tory du-
ring the Revolution: she has been arbi-
trary and despotic since; she is traitorous
now. With a slave population largely
outnumbering her whites; with division
line between the whites which separates
them into two classes--the slave owners,
rich. naughty and aristocratic,v on one side,
and the .poor whites" ignorant degraded
and poverty stricken, on the other-she is
powcrless for good and not fearfully potent
for evil She can be endured like chron-
ic,disease, which. though irritating. threat
ems no fatal result; but the peace oiall par
ties would be best promoted by her with
drawal. If she will, let her go, and like
limb Topped from healthy trunk, wilt
and rot where she falls. "a .f.f.
As willing as the entire North may be
to part comp any with South Carolina,
there are portions Of the South which in no
event. will she be permitted to carry of
with her. We refer to Florida aud Louis
lana. bought with the money of the whole
people-the one commanding the inlet to
the Gulf of Mexico. and the other the out.
let of the great Valley of the Mississippi
whore il opens into the sea. These inter-
gal parts of the Republic were purchased
by our people AMI raised from the condi-
tion Of appcndages of despotic power, TO
the residents therein, bnt as measures OF
national. aggrandisement and security
They cost hard dollars at a time when doll
lars were scarce; they are the nations by q
title IN fee simple; the residents are ten
ants uuder compact which is a perpetual
lease, but without the power to convey tt
tie or,disturb the right of eminent domain
in the hands where purchase has lodged it.
They will remain as they are, because they
are still necessary for the completion Of
the purposes. which justified their acquisi-
tion. and because the Republic. one apd
indivisible, cannot yet afford TO permit
them to become once mAre; as they were
originally, thc,lcpendencies Of some foreign
and unfriendly power. And Texas is In
the same category. She was acquired .af-
ter o struggle in which the country lost
thousands of men and one hundred mill
ions of money. Her Wigfalls and Others
who are monthing disuniop threats, will
take notice that Texas does not own Texas
for any PURPOSE ofalienation or sale; and
that, when the treason which is to put her
under the protection of England or France,
is sought to be consumated. the North who
foughtfor and paid for the territory. will
intcrpose objections to which the secession
lists will be compelled to listen. To be
traitorous depends upon their viii: but to
be successful robbers of the Republic they
must overcome all the forces which the
Republic can command. as,.. ~, +.
The admonition which the North, viii
address 10 Florida, Texas and the State OF
Louisiana. apply with equal force to Ar
kansas. and Missouri. both OF which were
organized out Of the Louisiana purchase,
and both OF which are the property Of the
nation. Let the ranters in each be fore
warned that they are wasting their breath;
that, will! such claim as the Statcs-all
the States-possess to Mississippi from
mouth to source. that stream will never be
given up to the control of two. three or
dozen refractory and disloyal members of
the national household; and that Florida,
reaching down upon Cuba. is a part of the
Republic which cannot peaccsbly be wrest-
ell from the guardianship Of the whole
CHI. Tri5. .. - +. +.