, 1861-02-27

! Ems: IL one Of the national holidays; Co
greas "a not in session. Business is auspen
: ed ;eAags fly from Ill the hotels and publ
buildings, and there is to be grand parade
! the federal and volunteer troops.
G The Peace Conference are In eecret aeseio
> and expect to reach vote On the Guthrie sla1
code propositions. doughiaees and sece
+ aionists are laboring hard to force the Conye,
:, ton to vote Political capital Is their so
object. They want to create m issue for Il
benefit Of the broken and demoralized Dem
cfaey, and for the; disunion1sts Of the bord.
States It Is possible that bare majority nm
vote for the Guthrie slave code. The :Rhod
: Island and New Jersey delegates, appointe
i under pro-slayery auspices, and few: dougl
! faces from other free States, added to the eoli
vote of the slave States, may constitute N,
5ority Of the Convention: But who cares fo
proposition secured by such means? Cor
gress will pay no attention to Il, and the Leg
islatures Of the free States will: treat It Wit
: contempt The Republicans have propose
to join in recommends dation for the calling Q
National Convention. ~s
t. # the grievances Of the border States can
not be removed By Congressional action, a
they allege, it can only be done By Con
stitutionn Convention. # the Constitution
needs revising let the whole. people of tht
United States have voice ID making tht
changes. The offer is certain]ya fair and hon.
ofable one. The secessionfsts object tha,
too much time will be consumed before such 9
Convention can be convened. It may take s
year, they cay. Suppose it does. So seriouE
. thing as the revision OF the Constitution oI
the United States requires delIberation end
not precipitation. 1t was not made in q day,
nor should It be changed IN the midst Of q
panic. # the border States care 80 little for
the Union that they. will not remain in It long
| enough to assembled Constitutional Conyen.
ton, they are past cure. If the Spirit Of dIsu-
MON has such agrfpe on them rs Is represent
ed, nothing can be done to avert 1" the deep
yond salvation, and the North should not be
| Kept In suspense IN relation to their inten-
ttons. The proposition Of the Republicans ia
t 8 complete answer to all allegations that they
are afraid to submit the sectional issues to the
people for settlement. If their offer be de-
elined, the boot will be placed on the other
leg. MI. Seward is openly in favor. of such
convention, and it fs reported that HI. Lincoln
regards the proposition favoIab1y aud consid-
ers It the best mode Of disposing Of the whole
The steps taken BY the Legislature Of New
form Constitution. to be ratified in Septem-
Der, and presented TO Congress in DECEMBER,
have given great ofense to the scccssienists
and their Northern allies, as it destroys their
political capital and leaves them bare and
naked for an issue. # NeW Mexico should be
that would sweep all the territory South Of
80 deg. 80 min ont of the hands Of the pro
slavery aSitators. What p1etext could they
thcn allege for disso1ving the Unions The
territorial question would be settled and fore
closed upon them, and they would starye to
death for want Of political food: This is the
reason why the Corwiu-Adams Compromise
IN the house meets with SO much opposition
and little favor at the hands of the seceesion-
lsts and their Northern allies: It proposes that
Congress shall pass IN enabling act, author
izIng the people of New Mexico to proceed
into the .Union,~ with or without slavery, as
they shall see proper. But this Compromise
Is not acceptable; first because It would DESTROY
the capital in trade Of the disunionists and
strip them Of all prete2t for making war on
the Union. %. It would leave their Northern
allies In as pitiable plight az themselves, and
deprive them Of the darling issue Of advocating
slaFe Code Compromise to saue The Union,
And lastly, they fear that New Mexico would
form Constitution prohibiting slavery, and
come into the Union as q free stato. II that
should happen, how would the South be able
Of territory from Mexico?
!, An objection made to the holding Of q Na-
t1onal Convention Is, that before il could be
assembled New Mexico might be in the Union:
and then what would become of them for.
want ct grievances? What changes could be
made in the Constitution that would be Of apy
use to them ? The truth is the secessionists
and their northern allies are caught on the |
horns Of dilemma.
What have frequently written concerning
the Virginia Convention is being verified. The !
dIsunlonists pe7ss and the conditional dis: /
tition separating them. Eastern virginia !
longs to join the Southern Confederacy, and is |
only held back by the more loyal and less ne |
gro-afaicted people west Of the mountains, As |
q sataple Of the prevailing tone Of the Conyen-
to; tso1 resolutions were Yesterday introduced
tions setting forth lst. That the allegiance I
which the citizens Of Virginfa owe to the Cen
eral Government, Is subordinate to that due to
Virginia, and that it may be lawfully with
drawn whenever she deems It her duty, I'd.
rhat rnat.s yfSln!a recognizes no authority IN the
States which have seeded. Sd. That she will
regard any attempt to enforce them as acts of
coercion and equivalent to declaration of
var to be resisted at every hazard, and to the
ast extremity. 4th. That seven States having
withdrawn from the Union, the government II
he United States ought to acknowledge their
Those resolutions state tte sentiments of
be shareholders Of eastern VircinIa, who con
rol pnblic opinion in that section. For the |
ftieth time, I ask the doughfaces Of Illinois
nd the West, who are bowling, themselves
oarse for the passage Of some degradiiE com. H.
romise, what possible good can it do, in the !
ace Of the positions laid down in the Virginia |
esolntions? Pass the Crittenden Slave Code, :,
% the government is stu met with,violence, l.:
5 authority deRed, and its laws resisted. The
light Of secession is still contended for. The 4 |
1enace Is still held out. The independence of :
be rebels Is still demanded While Virginia :
nd other border States stnnd by these posi-
ions, it ia gross insult to ask the North to | a
lake concessions, and 1t would be disgracefnl r
I'd .coT9rdly to the last degree to profer T..
lem. The events of each recurring DAY are
demonstrating the .utter-foly of aeompro- 4
lses" as o remedy for the existing troubles. b
The belief prevails that Fort Sumter viii be =
ttacked before the 9Th Of March; hut certain-
not later than that date Gen. Scott has in P
oon Of March eth. AT the latest adyices n
[ajor Anderson was lying III. His disease is :,
aeumonia 4 physician from Charleston =
as attending him. 6honld his sickness con n
nue., 1t will interfere very seriously with the #
efense Of the Fort. AL questions concern- y,
8 the Forts and other Federal property In :,
e hands Of the rebels has been referred to the u
ontgomery Government. But South Caroli- n
! is dissatisfied with the policy of Davis. and N
IL commence the attack the moment ::
ID Bucks administration ceases to ex. :. -
!. The Government have considerable pre- Il
'fatlons made for the reinforcement Of the st
}rt. The news Of the attack will be the sip- y,
i Tor the movement Of assistance to Audef. :"
n, and then the fighting will commence in n
rnest. Ii
The tlre.eating President Of the Cotton Con a,
1eracy is expected to march to the aid Of the 8.
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