The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-01-23
LANSING STATE REPUBLICAN
The Work of Treason.

Georgia has added herself to the blacklist of
seeding States by ayes loo, nays 1870. The
reign Of terror rules the hour in Georgia. Her
commercial men. her manufacturers, her lum
bermen, indeed ali her people, not chiefly inter.
ested in political schemes are ruined BY secession.
Still, so implicit is the iron rule of oigarchy
that these great interests are dumb, under pen.
alties Of fire, assassination and confscation -
The bare fact that almost one half of the mem.
bers desired to vote against immediate secession
shows how broadly throughout the State, oppO-
sitiOn to the measure must spread.
Arkansas refuses to 60 at once out of the I'm.
ion, but submits the question to popular vote,
On Feb. Is.
All things at the South, continue as they did
nominaly, a week ago, except that in some few
cases, the Forts and Military Posts which had
been unlawfuy seized, with apologies to govern
ment for the act.
| Although ostensiby, the secession mania con
tnues to rage. yet, it is manifest that the trial:
and sufferings of the people, under instruction
are fast and thoroughly working a reaction
Banks and individuals in South Carolina have
been called upon to contribute the means Of in
surrection, and in one case a bank has been COM
PEELED to give 81 so, 900, and one individual-Mr
Aiken-a private citizen, $4,000. Charleston
look to citizens for support, and who throng pri
vate houses upon forced billets All business
languishes, the hotels are empty, trade is at I
stand, famine stands at the elbow of every mar
even the rich-money is not to be had, and 18th,
wolf is at their door," The agents of the Stat,
Of South Carolina at Washington, anxiously asl
that all demonstrations of active hostility may b.
postponed, and promise future forbearance OF
the part Of that State.
Col Anderson has sent a demand to Gov
Pickens, under flag of truce, and demands tina
no more hostile works be attempted or perfected
in the harbor Of Charleston.
The secession rage, like an exhausting conAa
grafton, though still at heat, is wasting itself
even by its very fervency. 1t is burning tsel
out literally, and God grant that it may consume
its authors, instead of those innocent parties
who having property to lose, and families to b
broken up; whose voices have been silenced
and whose wishes have been overridden by ram
pant treason.
The moderate slave States are exercised will
various plans of pacifcatiOn. Several schemes
have been brought out, which are to serve IS
basis for concession. That of Mr.. CrittendeI
has been several times published, and that o
Mr. Pryor, which comes from the Legislature o
Virginia, we publish this week.
All of their plans for paci6cation, it will b.
observed, look to yielding on the part of the fret
States, and further encroachment by the slav,
States. As a sine qua non, it insisted that sucf
States as Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Maine
New York, Michigan, Ohio, &C., in which law
have been passed in aid of personal liberty
should be promptly and Internationally repealed
State rights, it would seem, as in Calhoun's day
work southwark, but never nOrthward.
1t is quite clear, from the feeling manifest il
the House, and in the Senate of this State nov
in session, that the two measures, respectively o
1855 and 1889, relating to the personal liberty
OF citizens, will not be repealed, unless it appear.
upon examination that they conflict either viii
the Federal Constitution, or with some law form
| ed hereunder