, 1861-02-13

kSo- A1 utsoVs A4a FIoteaL uH tue 4VuQH1IE
grounds:
Redress for the alleged wrongs might be OBJ
tanned under t1c Constitution: In secession he
sees no remedy for the grleyan}as complained
of, nor does be think that the aetelIng states:
will ever again be confederate or that the Bor-
der States with which Louisiana il connected
by natural ties, will secede at all. Peaceah1e
secession Is unknown to the Constitution, and
Il carried into effect, will be the recognition OF
q principle which will completely neutralfxe
the power Of the proposed Gulf Confederacy.
Secession is an abandonment of all claim to
the public Territories; will bring anarchy, wAr
and ruinous taxation in it's train; and finally
It ,is IN at which the Convention has no con
stitutiona1 right to exercise. The people
the conclusions Of the Convention. This pro-
test was refused place on the Journals OF the
body Of which Mr. Taliafero was member.
4: VIRGINIA.
THE FoLLT Or SECESSION.
-, The Richmond Whg thinks the secessionists
are repeating the policy Of the seceders from
the Democratic Convention last spring. Tho
same men Tho engineered the one piece Of
folly in 1860 are engineering the other n 1851,
and they bid fair to achieve similar results,
Had they remained in the Convention they
could' have controlled It's action. Had they
remained In Congress they could have held the
Government IN check. But they had not the
Bense to do either.
VIRGINIA oPINIoH OF FLOYD.
The Whig says Of E14secretary Floyd:
We cara nothing for his denuncIations-fo
We consider the denuuciations Of so corrupt
and unprineipled an individual rs the very
highest compliment that could possibly be
paid us. We shall only say that atou earliest
lelsureWe shall undertake to "ventilate" all
the various infamous transactions which have
covered him all over with disgrace aud infamy
and caused his name to stink In the nostrils
Of eyety honest man in the land
, ALABAMA.
TIE RICH MEN OF THE soUUTH-Pur 'EM. DOVE!
From the Montgomery Mail, Jan. 26.1
In the South, as everywhere else where the
selfish, unpatriotic rich men-nacn 20 fat that
taezf haze become ia.potent for all good. These
men, (not the best judges Of what it BELTS
free people to do and sufer,) are surprisingly
acute as to Whist may, can OF will infect the
ya1uo Of property. The idea Ola collision with
our oppressors alarms them for thelr per cents;
they groan over the calculation that it may be
long months, possibly years, ere their harvest
time shall come again. 1n.the prostitution Of
business, the man worth halfa.million is max
ing little more than The mau worth twenty
thousand; In fact; The ausoeTuts Of Tie money
market are temporarily detAroned. Beaides this,
there is the possibility in the apprehension Of
the class we speak of-that PROPERTY may per
manently "go doWn," in which case they will
be heavy losers Of course. -,
What then? Why, Tic sharp property holders
Of tie class refer to-sAat class aoe mean .chieh
does not intend &s adhere to The 6outh-are desiro,s
ofpatehing up q compromise, 80 that a temporary
respite from politicul t,oubes may enable them. to
eonas7t their Southern property and to 90 will
Me proceeds totereuer ieli,sation may lead ue,n.
They know full well that mo- concession now
made {if any could be made) BY the Black De-
any considerable period; but they hope, in
The few months Of deceptive prosperity thus
to be secured, to make them and theirs safe by
a. change Of securities"