New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-16
FROM GEORGIA.
ALooKING-FoR OF JUDGMENT.

From Our bpeeiAl Component
SAVANNAH, Feb. 7, 1850.
The Montgomery Convention, has as yet, done
nothing 10 satisfy either the curiosity or the
suspense Of the public mind. Perhaps we should
except from the frat part Of our statement tho
election of Howell Cobb, eI-Secretary Of the
United States Treasury, and demolisher Of the
same, as President Of the Convention. This gentle
man, we have heard remarked, has "won the love"
of his fellow countrymen "by managing that
treasury business" so well. Others remark Of
him that he has genius for wire-puing," but
10 quite undeservng Of great confidence. The
balance of the account we cbeerfully leave pos.
terity 10 strike. "a tub to this whale" the
convention has evidently thought best TO throw;
whether the act is also gentle intimation that
the higher honors are reserved for tbose who
hare shrank instnctively from breach Of trust
even as q revolutionary measure, the future may
tell us. But as we have said, the suspense Of
the public mind remains unsatisfed, and it is
growing painful, especially TO all business men.
Business cannot prosper or even progress in
such an unsettled state Of affairs. President
Buchanan, by his vascilating course, has only sue
ceeded in convincing all parties that be has
neither the nerve nor the ability for the crisis;
and that it is his intention TO simply postpone
emergencies till be can shuttle out of the .respon.
abilities of his Office. THIS leaves the future 10
the decision of President as yet untried, and,
in this section, comparatively unknown. The
general impression however, 10 that the Jack.
sonian qualities found 80 e0ectual in the crisis
of q former time, are possessed in good
degree by Mr.. Lincoln. While this lends confr-
nation TO the hope that his installation into
office will at once put an end to the present un.
certainties, it also serves 10 deepen the serious.
ness with which all classes are beginning TO re-
gard the probability of civil war. The adherance
of the Federal Government to its sworn duties
obliyious of the changes which the South assumes
TO have taken place, will evidently seriously in.
terfere with tho prosperity of the Southern
people. They are, therefore, now reminded by
their leaders of the necessity Of deyoting their
coming years labor to the production Of the
necessaries Of life, at the expense of the cotton
crop. To one cOgnizant Of the real condition Of
the Southern country, the advice seems very ap-
pTOpTlhtc. CIop ahu u nun WIN po neCessafy
to carry us through to another year" This 10
true in Georgia, which can easily raise all, and
does raise the principal part of her corn and
pork. Yet she too must sacrifice on her cotton
crop the coming year to satisfy the maniac nav
of Secession. How much greater must be the
arrangement of business in Alabama, Mississippi,
and Louisiana, accustomed to rely almost exclu.
syely upon the products of the NOrth-Westi
The Convention, then is looked to with ap1i-
ETY. TO provide some effective scheme of Union,
some feasible plans for the common defense and
welfare. Verify, are they not launched upon a
sea of troubles Who 80 wise to foresee the
future; who so prudent as to prepare for it;
who 80 all.powerful as to fuse the dlscordant ell
,ments, and to WELD their composed power ef
ectively' Unfortunately the new Confederacy
,annot avoid the onus of rebellion, and of
,1ensiye measures against the old Fede-
al Government as the National Government
8 irreverently termed, probably from the fact of
ts having fallen into the kands of an o. P. F.,
ather than because of its having reached the