Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1861-02-15
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Two Repnbii Tics now exist upon the Aneri-
can continent Already has the machinery
of Southern gonfes been setIsin mo- no
lion. and nucleus IS formed around which,
in short time, WILDE gathered the eonsti,|
tutional States Of ths old cpnfederaey There
is something sublime. and yet something
1nelancholy, in the con platiop Of shis new
Republic. Sublime IN its prospects F' future
grandeur, and It's present independe nce-
melancholy IN the reflection Of severed ties
and thesbreaiing up Of associations Ole
things have passed away, 2 and SO fat as these
States are concerned, .all things have become
new Who dares say that this new Repub.
lie will not in time, become one of the most
prosperous, and one of the happiest upon
which the light of Heaven has get rested
We think it possible, and indeed probable,
that the government just created, and over
which JEFFERSON DAVIS is the temporary
President, will be SO moulded and so formed,
as to attract to it thousands who Row con-
denim the action of the seeding States. For
the South, the active South, there is furure
We give below sensible and well-timed arti-
Gle from the New York Journal Of Com
msrce, with reference to thenew Republic and
its relations to the old
cit is quite certain that previous to the
fourth of March the new Southern Confeder-
CIV will be fully organized, embracing, proba-
bly, seven, and possibly as many as ten or
twelve States, with full.compliment Of Off
GERS, aud a we'll digested plan Of defence
against any attempt at coercion which may be
made by the Government of the United
States. The new Government will be officer
ed By as able body of statesmen as ever
welded power on this Continent; men school
ed in craftsmanship in all its brancbes-in
war, diplomacy, Legislation, in short, in all
the duties of conducting the affairs ola first
rate power. They will be earnest men too,
of maintaining with independence and dignity
the rank and position which well ordered
government may claim among the powers of
tie earth.
Such will be the character of the new Con-
federacy, which President Lincoln will fad
established by the Southern States. Aa
important question for him to determine is,
what shall he do with it? His political sup
porters and friends-Aose through whose
agency he was elected-say, "Goerce the Sc
ceding Stales back into the Union; teach them
we have Government, and that they cannot,
with IMMUNITY; sever their connection with
the Federal Union. Let them know that the
traitors fate awaits them, and that treason
shall meet its reward" This is what the Re,
publicans say their President is going to do,
when once he is snugly installed in the Presi-
dental chair. Foolish men, thus to talk of
coercing ten millions into subsection to what
they deem an unjust system-one which
denies to them equal rights with the other
States.
Do those who thus contemplate the use of
force toreduce the Southern States to subjee-
ton, know what they ar. about-what mad
ness possesses them Do they believe that a
Contederacy Of ten or fifteen States, with the
resources, the military spiritand the talentthere
existing can be reduced to subsection? With
Jefferson Davis, one of the ablest statesmen
and most skillfnl Generals en- this Continent,
at the head of Southern Gonfederacy, back
eddy the unanimous Support of spirited
and chivalrous people, will Mr.. Lincoln un-
dertakes the use of force to compel surrender
and return to their former relation? The
Ideals preposterous; yet it is entertained by
the masses of the republican party, who are
urging. on their President elect to undertake
it.
THE NORTHERN PRESIDENT.