The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-02-05

The s., Louis D. ,nocrat Is dissatisfied with tie
resolution adopted by the Louisiana Convention
hecoghiziDg the right OF the free navigation of the
Mississippi river for commercial purposes,I for the
reasen that such guaranty Is utterly vslueless,
innsnuch as IL is M: applicable except in tlns Of
peace. The DtmOcya adds:
No reader will fail 10 notice that the Convention
which adj Itd the foregoing resolution acted the
nssumI tiuh y at J. ui,iiDa has sovereign tsrrito-
riA f'BhH over Ga. Evcr. Such an assumption In
Vuyds E o. the rgnt OF each state oc!upy ing its
banks u blJS sadet river, but to lay suGG duties
ON ycssels de, ceDdHg or ascending as such state
shall deem expedi"u, Any declaration at this time
TO refrain Il ON exc cisins the right have no
weight. Tho conclusion is, therefore, irresistible
that The CHly ,rdy 10 maintain the chdTdrtT Of the
Miss'soppi as an opn Inland sea II 10 preserve the
Union. The perpe'ua,ion Of the latter is the only
wsy In which peace between the several states can
be perpetuat d. The people of tho interior Of the
hss sspp valley pract caliy shut out FROM the
'ceau 40 long ss Foreign jurisdiction, success
sion Of foreign Jurisdictions nterpose between them
and the mouths Of the great river. Missouri Is ~
situated thdfShe odH nsccr re19aS' the Tiyh ~ aug
state 10 interrupt hrT communications pRh IN: sea-
board"
The Lagrange ga Exporter Of the 2bth says,
The deed Is done our rights are-Hot secured
We have been 6tsd aud dTumHted-and voted out Of
the Union. We still love the Union We love
our old govei nnen', because 10 was established by
the strong arms and the blood OF as true man as
the world ever saw. We never did have any war
10 make on the government but always reg lrded 1t
as q priceless Inheritance beqvesthed to US by our
Revolutionary fathers, and we have sdorei this
lni'n OF the Stat $ because that Union was formed
aud cementsdby their blood. We have given thsm
up to our enemies! We have now left the sacred
chambeis Of our fathers N the desecrston and poll
luton OF Ouv enrnIies. The action OF Georgia NAV
te right, ahd-it may be uvonJ.
The Augusta tCia) Chronicle, OF January 10th,
has long editorial upon the comparative merits OF
monarchical and republican governments In Ameri-
ca. IL gives most hattering picture OF the stabi-
srchy In Bralil and in Canada, which IL contrasts
with the mis- cIndition OF Mexico, Peru,
Bu,nos .yTts, 49,, and warns its readers 60 profit
Dy the less M OF experience. Our own republican
government, II says "hds failed miiray IN It's trial,
and with IL have nearly pdRished the hopes Of those
ph.lanthr"pis,s, who, believing in mans capacity
for selfgovernment, believed. therefore, In spite Of
- msay failures, In tho praceabiuy 9Ja republic"
w thus gopThn,em has gone do,cn, asks the editor,
what shall be It's substitute :" and he answers by
saying that, aS to tue present generation. cit stEns
TnEn osiN EisoRr MUST BE A CONSTITUTIONAL
hoSARou."
The st. Louis Eening Ne,cs aysi
There 10 scarcely man ~ DO found In the whole
land, unless he be a criminal, who even feels the
and experience ia benehcenco and prote ytion. II
does MOI exact Of US taxes except In mode which
blinds uI to the burden. II cannot force US even
10 go abroad t0 fight foreign foo, against
sent Why then should we withdraw from II, and
wander thIough period Of troubles, uncertain ex
fruitlsss search foi . bstter govsrnInsnsf
The Southern Cuuisator, an old and rsspectabl,
agricultural journal, issued at Augusta, Ca, says
ave have bean suddenly brought into position
which suggests grave probabilities ot war Wesrs