Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-22

| know ifshe comes with sealed instructions.
! This is to be done just as four States are
| fastening to embrace as fast as they can
! come when it is almost certain that all the
| slave States viii be united with in one grand
! Confederacy in less than three months; and
! after our wasrnest supporters among them have
! implorcd us to wait for concert OF action with
them whe, the Northern States are still obe-
dent to the Federal Government, and likely to
! Inc while Buchanan remains IN office when that
Governments is rceling, and IN two months
| time may become impotent for good evil,
when South Carolina is the peculiar object OF
! Black Republican vengeance, and when they
want only u tolerable Eretext to visit her with
a war of determination before the other Stat =
/ can in due form come to- her help; when al
! the help she can hope for is inYotent at sea,
| Her aggressive step Will alarm the States which
aTc at the point of secession, ss1d perchance
kindle dissensien i'll their boSolus certainly
! kindle their fire against her, u will unite the
North and the world as-Hinst her. 1t Will veri-
by the dismal predictions of the subnissonists,
! and blast the reputation of the secessionists.
1t will prceipitate South Carolina from the
highest pinnacle of fame to the lowest depth of
humiliation When | think Cf the probability
of it, my soul is so heavily Durdnned with the
awful responsibility of the act, that can hard
| ~ bring my thoughts to decent order, or my
pen to decent style. If nothing else would
stay the act / would cheerfuily surrender the
! IL
| of nv life to avert it, What do the advocates
! of TIN, desperate measure promise themselves
! from it d" 1t will unite the Southern States
I Are they not united already DO not the
rankest towards say there must be reslstence,
/ Does one of them disaPprovc OF the step which
South Carolina has taken, save as to time :
And has abe not. up to this time, repealed the
objections to her haste2 Her people forced
/ her to quick secession and here they Were
satisfied with dispatch, and perfectly willing
to await the action of her sister States. They
representatives have been i'll no hurry. Why,
then inst as we are about to reap the best fruits
/ of our lahorS, we going to become rash IN
/ deed. and fling them away for the apples OF
Sodom? May God save from this measure
I Take away the apology OF Z" uniting the South
and the act stands before the world without eX-
Cu$c.
You cannot say that the Harriet Lane comes
with warlike intent; and if you could, firing
into her is not going to defeat her intent, or ad-
! vance the Independence Of South Carolina the
thouSunlth part of hairs breadth. But 1t
will furnish Your enemy with an admirable
apology for filling your harbCT with armed ships,
turning Sumter upon Moultrie, laying waste
your city, and lining your coast with Republls
can hirclings. Hireiings! Aye, when the
war opens, it is to lie between the bright and
gallant SONS of South Carolina and these hire
llngs. Woe to the people who bring on such
q conflict but from dire necessity! Is it nee
essity? No no. no! 1t is not only bootleSs,
desperate, but wholly unnecessary. Mr.. Bu~
chanan says he does not mean to attack any
State for seeding. All the Black Republican
presses say the satnc thing, But they mean
to collect the revenues. This, to DC sure, is
war i'll disguise, but practically it is harmless,
and We will he able to keep it in disguise until
the proper time for to- strip the monster of
of its veil.
The Black Republicans think and hope that
when their Collector is sent here, the State
will deal with him in way that will juSti-
fy open war upon her TO fire into the vessel
that brings him is exactly the thing which they
want. Hence the vessel that is coming is
named her dispatches are hid from public view
they may be peaceful or bclserent, (some-
thing seemingly peaceful will be put into them
for future uses the Collector is named. Now,
fer Gods sake, people Of South Carolina, do
! not fall into this trap. Let the Collector come,
let him land, treat him politely, introduce him
| to Mr.. Colcock, and tell him you hope the Col
lcctors of tho two sovercis,Ities will settle their
respective claims in the spirit of courtesy and
kindness. Do this, and the President of the
| Republicans will be beautifully check mated,
! Al the time consumed in these courteSics will
be bringing your allies. The end OF it will
be that the revenues will be collected out at
sea.
i Be it so , let them have them let your COM
merce go on until Confcderacy Is formed.
Before that time, floating custOm-houses will
be strung all along our Southern coast, and
we will have a Confederacy of the cotton
growing States. Even then / would not pre-
I cipitate n war. The new Confodcracy will
certainly be acknowledged by France and
England and they will enter into treaties OF
commerce with us, by which they will obligatc
themselves to push the floating custom houses
aside, and open a glorious traffic with us
! Thus bya little delay, and tho forfeiture of the
customs for a few months gain every
thing we desire, without the loss of one drop
of bIood-without spelling our harbors, and
without interruptng our commerce for sim
gle hour. And now for the ticklish point
| Suppose they come to strengthen the posts
If the salvation Of the world depended upon
| it, could you prevent them from 50 doing? If
| you could not, why would you waste blood
and treasure in attempting to do it Is it any
disgrace not to initiate hopeless conflict
! Any nation would be excused for declining
| such conflict; but nation could be
cuSed for beginning it, What must be thought
Of the nation who would begin it on the water,
without gun-boat a sailor to sustain it ?
And what sort Of beginning of it will it be,
| to fire few useless shots at a mere Govern
mcnt cutter? Provoke open and unequal war
t. prevent the strengthening of fort which is
already too strong for MS
Here is the beginning and the end of the
plan proposed: Fire few worthless shots at
a vcssel-set Sumpter to firing upon Moultrc
hold Moultric till some hundreds Of our sons
are buried in its ruins-then desert it. and wait
the wrath of the United States upon opr devo-
ted city. If all the forts were crammed
full Of men, they would not attack the city un-
! less first attacked. If we were sure thcy would
we cannot prevent it; why, then in the name
| of God, bring a war of such fearful conSe-
qucnces If you mean to hold Fort Moultre,
| irnylorc you to let the first shot come from
the enemy. Burn that prrcept into y0ur
hearts, if yom despise all else that hare a0rit-
! ten. But | would abandon it now, if demanded
putting it just as Anderson left it. But no, it
must be held, desperate as is the tenure, or
shall be called towards. Fools may 80 cali
! you-no wise man will. 1t must end in Il
war" says one, and we'd as we'll bring it on at
once 1t never will end IN war; if the South
will be prudent, and must let 10 Southern
State begin it. And if a Southern State is to
begin it let her not begin it on the water.
n. b. LONGsTREET