New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-26

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dr.,.,S few days since, by Gen. Foote, In letter
ipouiring as to his political views In his reply mr.
Donelson says:
Mv nIan of action for the Border States is TO meet
in Connc nj Frankfort or any other central point, by
the fundamentally Of delegates, who viii represent
the wishes of the people, whose duty 1t will be- after
due consultation, 70 unite upon some measures when
viii secure their rights and that this measure shall be
submitted in kindness and good feeling 10 our brethren
Of the other States including those that have seeded
ssd that it shall be made part OF the Consttuon' m
m amendment if it be accepted by them II this ell
fort should fall and not be accepted by our Northern
friends after they have had reasonable time 10 eA-
amino its provisions then there s no other aernaNe
for the Border States but to call General tn
of all the Southern States for the purpose OF forming
such Federal Government ms may be deemed neees
sary 10 promote their happiness prosperity ana ihue
pondence 40 q separate Confederacy'
Here is a little speech which Mr.. Prentice made
few evenings since at Louisville:
GyS1IyNrE let MS preserve the Union against all
influences against all treachery, egsinst all treason
I am getting to be an old man. but will hight Tor tne
Union and will die for the Umon. kentuckianr,I
will live and die in Northern Confederacy, In no
Southern COnfederacy-but here where AN now, LII
Kentucky, and in the Union.
TIE KnOrrillc Wing Of the 10Th inst. contains let
ter from the Hon. T. A. X. Nelson of Tennessee dated
JonesbOro, March 49, the following paragraphs from
which will command general attention. Mr.. Nelson
after discussing the improved disposition and conca
tory tone of the Republican leaders, says
Whatever construction the SecessiOnists may place
upon Mr.. Lrcoln's inaugural address, Mr.. Maynard
and myself had it from HE bps on THURSDAY night
the Thursday night after the inaugural that he was
for peace and would every eXertion In his power
to maintain il; that he then inclined to the OPINION
that would be better to forego the coecon OF the
for season, 40 Us to allow the people OF tue
seeding States time for reflection and that regarding
them as children Of family, he was not dis
posed to take away their bread by Withholding even
their mail facilities. He expressed strong hope that,
after little time is allowed for reflection they VIII
secede from the position they have taken. We had two
interviews with the President. The first was sought
by us Wednesday; the second was at his own de-
sire and was private but told him that, with his per-
mission would tell my constituents, when got home,
what he said and he replied that we were al hoery 70
repeat it to whom pleased. Although strongly oP,
posed to the action Of the seeding Sttes the OBJECT OF
Mr. Maynard and myself 80 far a. our voluntary couh-
sel would 60, was TO prevent civil war and we
were both ss well pleased with the President frank
ness "a be expressed himself TO be with our visit
TIA. Richmond Wig says that the last abingdon
VirKiniGn well takes OFF the efforts Of the i'm
mediate SecesSioniss to operate upon the Convention
BY concerted outside pressure. The Virg'nsdR says
{" Large and lively secession meetings have, within
Sbe past few DAYS, been held in Lynchburg Freder-
hksburg Portsmouth Petersburg &c. This has all
been done increase the outside pressure IN Richmond
and deceive the people of the State as to the true
public sentiment. Notice that all these meetings are
held in the larger towns where adventures and hot
bloods 'mos do congregate The people OF the coun-
cry are Overwhelmingly opposed 10 them, aud If the
election TO 60 sgaln tomorrow there would
be larger Union majority than there was on the 4th
of February. SecessiOuists IN despair increase their
noise as their numbers decrease. These meetings are
all for effect and succeed to some extent In frightening
men from their proprety, but the masses understand
and appreciate them"
"A letter from Texas in The National Intelhgeneer
gives gloomy picture of affairs in that State
Texas has some three-fourths Of a million dollars
In United States indemnity bonds, in the Treasury
which, OF course must 60 10 pay the piper The his
tory OF that matter is this: OF the ten millions OF dol
lars paid BY the United States for Santa Fe, Leg
lature appropriated two millions as perpetual sctool
fund the interest only TO be devoted TO the education
Of the poor But the bonds only drew i've per cent
interest law was parsed to loan Elk thousand dollars
per mile TO railroads. We have an " East and
Il West in Texas as distinctly marked the
''North and South In the United States. So our
fund was divided million Of dollars to be loaned 10
che railroads in each section Under tins loan-bH ana
the sixteen sections of land TO the mile four hundred
miles of railroad have been cons ructed IN the West,
and ess than one hundred miles in the East The
suit is that the east of Texas has the OF bonds
uninyested. These will 90 TO support the reyoluoni
then no doubt the railroads will be relieved from pay
ING interest for the present, as their commerce 10
greatly Unmarried MANY of our schools founded
upon this munifeent fund The cause OF education re-
Gently so very Aourshing in Texas, must be ar
rested to very great extent. Many teach
ems win thus be thrown out of employ
psnt The next source Of information must aso suffer
Texas has about seventy-fye newspapers. But, OF
course the circulation Of these depends upon mail
facilities Our postal service costs seven tunes Ne
much as we pay. Successful secession must cut on
sx-seyenths Of this mail service. The increased ex-
pense of paper and transportation and the decrease OF
Northern advertising and Of circulation, must destroy
the press Within three months thirty paPorS pus,
stop and not ten will do successful business Ihlnh
of the men and "devils" thrown out OF employment
Our mercantile business has already suffered terribly
Indeed there is a very general Destruction OF cOnh
dence But, amid 1t ALL the secession spirit increased
q, the day If the Inauguration Of Lincoln approached
And even IL men have TO attribute their nistortunes
directly TO the revolution, they Will regard the Abo
litiOn spirit as the do not think they have
applied the most scientific remedy But they took the
quickest You will have seen that our population
trebed the last ten years The reyoiutionists expect
to exceed this the next ten. IL you ask how, that
"is their business" We now equal South Carolina
Ia representative population and we are little behind
her in political folly.
The weather in the South has been unseasonsbly
cold. Monday and Tuesday of last week were espe-
cially dsagreeable. Snow, seet cold ran, and high
wind prevailed over Georgia and Alabama
The Augusta Geo. Chronicle chronicles d snow
storm in that city on the 18th.
The Peters5urg (va.) Inteligencer Of the 18th
Gays:
frame named John Cross, carpenter who has been in The EN-
expressing and iudorios the principles eIpI...ed BY his col
league John VsnrpeI Gross Is ntiive Of Chesterfield and
Shields thinking that what Is in sober heart generally
out Of drunken pans mouth therefore told him 70
would be very apt to get new SCI OF harness grasuoosy
TIE Montgomery advertiser of the 18th says that
the Provisional Congress Of the Confederate States
of America adjourned last night to meet again in this
city on the second Monday in May unless sooner called
together by the President"
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