New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-24

IF the Cbrsty Minstrels committed suicide Wednes
day last, by cutting his throat with razor.
THE DAMAGE WHICH MIR. BUCHANAN HAS
DONE THE AMERICAN CONFEDERACY.
From The London Tnt Of JGa. o.
Never for many years can the United bates be 70 the
has been greater blow 10 the American people than
all the rants of the Georgian Governor or the ord
nauces' Of the Charleston Convention The President
has dssipaed the idea that the States which elected
him constitute one people We had Thought thdV .he
Federation was o. the nature Of II nationality; we lad
il is nothing than partnership. III any Stato
may on grounds satisfactory 10 local Convention,
dissolve the union between itself aud its fellows II dis
content with the election of President or the passing
Of an obnoxious law by another State, orr it may DC,
restrictive tariff gives State Vie right OF fo'oii
ton and permits il to withdraw itself from the com
munitv then the position of the American people VAN
respect to foreign Powers Id completely altered ls
strange that a race whose patriotic caPionsness Then
in the society of Europeans II 80 Teinafkoe fhou 10
so ready to divide and 10 give up the TIES OF iGio"
citizenship for cause winch slihnsets ~ Gnoio ~
appreciate. Sill stranger is II that Chci Msgfra'e
VINO would have plunged the world In war rather than
sus, ioIs craft should be boarded by Engsh ohicets
after It had displayed the stars and stripes, or VINO
would have done battle agdln.i deePo's IYr Any ihu
rlred refugee from Continental Europe, should with
out Tulc and against the advice Of bis Own Secretary
of Siate declare the Federal Union dissolved whenever
arefraotory State chooses 10 secede.
II may well be imagined that ,he Amerlca1 peDPle
and violence of the outcry for tecesson and 10y the
ready concessions Of the President. From the day Tho
Message appeared it was evident that South Carolina
no longer formed part OF the uni9n. Inc STATE mao
Kel Natives by the voice of the press, OF the great
saIeowners and of the multitude, declared It's resoi,
ton TO setede. Only courage like thai OF General
Jackson could have quelIed the "Gamecock State, ~
VIC nerctiye some of It's admirers call it. Bat there
was middle path between civil war and slci an ~
slant recognition as Mr. Buchanan thought advisable
AS one charged with the duty Of holdug tie Federal
Power lie might have easily used the authority vested
in him 10 delay the novement and give the Union aud
South Carolina itself time for reflection. Mr. Cass
would probably, deprecate holding State by iorce,
lut be It'll declined 10 remain IN the Cabinet OF the
statesman who would not reinforce Fort Monltre, ana
assent during tho short remainder OF his term Of office,
the supremacy OF the Constitution. But as things
went the action Of South Carolna was nIede-
terrirod On tie 10Th of December that State
,oc,ded from the Union by an Unanimous vote,
and by lis time has probably gained possession
OF al the Federal property within us borders,
and e-tahlsbed rost-Ofce and Il Custom,House
OF s own. The instruments which the Carolniaus
drew No on this occasion are Singular and almost
amrsng Tie philosophy aud phraseology Of the
Declaration of Independence Of l176 are Initiated.
Whole paragraphs are COPIED from that famous docu-
meut The thoughts and styie Of Jeferson were eVl,
DENLY Influenced by the great writer's of his age, aud
we may trace MOncsQuieu aud Roussean IN every llne
Of bis correction II is rather interesting 10 zee his
language, which denounced Hing George violation Of
the CCia compact, used 10y concaye oi frantic negro
drivers to stiga;ile conduct OF those who VIII not
allow n Southern gentleman 10 bring his body ser
want" into their Territory. South Carolina, however,
has shown wisdom in thus taking high ground. Peo-
pe IRE generally taken Gt the value which tacy set on
tterselyes and Carolina does night TO play the part or
n,rao,d patienCe and Indignant virtue. She has de-
~ In lie language of the Fathers OF the Republic,
,bet m, Feder. Union no longer answers the 'Das OF
it, ION by insniing the happiness ana prosperity
Of South CaTohni ana La 0 the copoct made bv
ali south Carolina resumes he rghtS rs sovereign
community and will make war VT yoH, G ,uu0
treaties OF establish oomneroeindepenGs "a viz WV
eminent at Washington. ,,bI.
slaye.ownCIs. The recession Of South Carolina has
been received everywhere with eIthutlasll. III may
perbars lie said that The other States have fegned an
pprobaion which they do not feel, In order TO BRING
Re North TO TENS by the menace Of Southern Re
public But, whether from feeling or Pohcy, Inc
ecefeon cry was Just at ito loudest at tie close oi the
wear 1t was looked upon S. certain that six or seven
States would separate from the Union III the is uys
If IS6l Georgia leads the van. The ordinance ol
secession war looked upon as already passed. HE
North Carolina Legislature had read second tine the
bill for arInIDg the State Alabama had yo.ed, by II
large majority in favor Of secesioD In Virginia, the
oldest the most conservative, and the most Cautious OF
the Slave Slater we told that the secesslon feeling
was gaining ground. state Conventions are 70 meet
in Florida on the ID Of January, III Alabama on the
1h in Mississippi On tIo dh, IN lez1s on tle etn IN
Georgia on tie Jth and in Lonisna on the I'D; and
our correspondent belieyca that there Will be MAJOR
INV in each OF them in favor Of immediate and sepa-
" rate secessiou." Hence in a few days more the
United States OF America, g. the world has hitherto
known them will cease TO exist.
But now COMES the most singular part OF this hisoIy
Till within few weeks hardly any body In this coun-
try believed Ia the dissolution OF the Union People
thought that instincts Of patriotism ana private interest
would prevail ard that The Yankees and the Southern
ers would GuGnel hirmoni0urly for many years 10
come The event seems 10 be ogaius' these anlcipa-
ons and EDgsl men are content to loon on IN silence
and wonder Not 70 The Amcii ar. HIuie every
mil bringing news of terry sp ecbes ana tha plant
ing of Palmetto trees, the almos universal tone OF
private letter. is that there is nothing in i all South
Carolina cannot secede, or 1t tho docs she must come
lae a0an The other States only want to make terms
and 10 cone back into the Union after having eAtorted
new concessions as the price of reconciliation. Tine
wish may be father to the thought bnt that Bnch isthe
,heu0l IL to be learnt from the most csofy glance al
The American newspapers. The couTse Of proceeding
is 10 be follows: south Cdrolira Aiaoani, hi-sis'
sjpui Florida Texas perhaps Louiriii, are 10 Sepa-
rat. form Federation Of their own, nud tnen treat
on equal terms with those who remain faithful to Dir
Lincoln. The Northern Slave States, with Virginia
and Moth Carolina al Their nd, ire 70 act as edh
tors. and enforce concessions by the threat Of
0iniug the Southern league, which would then num-
Der III cen Slave States with vast territory, and
the prospect OF conquering oil the inches OF
Mexico. The President, Il 10 Whispered, Is Ia
favor Of compromise; Gov. Seward is in favor
Of oomproini1e; in short that the 81 of Southern
wealth threatens Them great numbers " the sanchest
knti-Slayery men are In faver OF compromise what
the terms Of the compromise shall be Of course remains
in Doubt The hope Of tho Democratic party IN the
North il that the eiave-owners will not be too exacng,
ar iusir on 4 repeal Of the Personal Liberty acts by
which ZONE Of the Aboltonist States have nulilhod
the Fugitive Slave act. Many Of the Republicans are
eDAious 10 revive the Missouri compromise by when
Slavery will be prohibited III any part Of the United
States territory north Of SO 80. Bat as the abolition
Of Tins COMPROMISE and he assertion OF the slave