Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-05-07

~ do not expect Virginia take any initiative ster
towads dissolution Of the ur on when that cNigen5y
State, and TN considered Southern tpaiicg Ia poicy
ghch has been digcsief and understood and al bg
would 20 dem nd that, when such movement TAX,
place by any considerable nr nj Of Southern Sta ,
Union, where by their position and the corr ls thew
could prove effective friends than by moyur out ii
lopg abolition hostile border watch In the event 81
the movement lag esst' in tine Virginia sud IL.
other Border state that desired It could join the South
ern tonsderaey and be prote ed by me Poer gf its as
and lis diplomacy"
Thus, in the year 1868, we were openly ap-
priced by Mr.. Ynncey that "a well considered
Southern policy" had been conceived aud diges-
ted by "the ablest men in Virgiran with refer
cnee to the inevitable result of secession, and
that Mr. Pryor, as a distinguished Democratic
publicist must needs have been informed of its
details at that date.
How exactly the secession leaders have acted
upon the plan thus prefgured by Prof. Tucker
in the year 1886, nnd confessed by Mr.. laucey
in the year 1867, it is needless to show, in tho
presente Of the events which closed the year
1860, aud which are still passing before our
eyes. But if any one wants 10 real additional
evidence in proof Of the fact that dsupiou has
not been precipitated upon the county because
OF any exigency created by the election of arc
publieo1 President, We need only point to the
open confession made by these who took tho
?
end few illustrative extracts 'om the debates
had in the South Carolina Convention on the
passage Of the ordinance Of secession, aud other
proceedings
"Mr; p,7k's. NJ. esldeut, It appears t. me, with
great difference 4, the opir'ors that ben esus ef
that The pube n I'd is Fl " made up to The gfslt oec
sion u a. 10Y ava sSats ' " Is 70 spdsm9die gof faa
ting jar Tong series Of years unfn dfiad has come 10
"Ar iNsT N ~. isnt - "a ia sp, , 'i., i,
pre- mt WIN hes TO deti - Ira. r, Of eourse this
olsen Ion, Tor ope am oppo to As my hisnd M
IarEer Us said, most Of us hare had ms matter md
have By ms time arrived At decision upon Ms subjerf
NE Fsta s. 10, We g PEI o,m'~s rreat aet, witch
whole great fuir age /, ime. Thar 6rra Gnes9af
n mis moremcni sEe Ieliiered political ffe am
what " ~ take pla'e morrow. We we csriied The
body q ~ Union to La. rt'tingp'are, and now We
ready to adjourn aud leave the reaaiar relories for
q
tuK q ddg. Is Hoi any thing produced by MF. Lin
coin econ on by he ROn-erecfi0H Qfh fugitive Stare
tor ih,iy gears The e s,ion OF Lucou ad IIaninwag
The lai straw oa The b Of the camel But was not
pont upon which dIer from ny friend is this H.
ys he thegshtit eAR TENT ior u. to nut d y great que
on TIE question Of 'avery aud that question uneu
as lukitiye Save law Nos tn rsssri To the fuei.ye
doubt, IL gu the door OF the s1nats, when was en-
9er ot tha, body 1ae sui &C ns in Their sovereign
tive slaves. That was our b. seeul. s."
Any persons, therefore, in the Border Slave
holding States, or elseyhere, who ere ur6ing a
cooperation With South Carolina at this iuncture
on the presumption that by initiating secession
she eudeavored to meet a new and startling
emergency in our civil history, will Clearly SEQ
that they entirely mistake the impetus as well as
the dritt Of the movement in which she has taken
the lead. The disunion consummated by her
act on the 10th of December, 1860, was but the
fllhlment Of long meditated purpose, and the
realization of foregone conclusion.