Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-22
From the n. 7. Express.
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The Senator occupies his first column with gen.
eraties,-wlich in themselves are very well and
very plausible. but about applicable to the ex-
listing state of things in this country AS would
have been the display of the Apollo Belvidere be-
tween the Napoleon and Wellington Al mics at
Qleatre Bras. before the battle of Waterloo His
sentences well turned, and as well shaped.
as the Grecan statue,-but the question before
is not question of chisels, or of sentences.
but of gunpowder,-a Truce, or a Treatv-or
the gunpowder. Mars is on the stage not Mer-
curry, nor Minerva. nor Apollo.
Mr. Stewards recitations of history and of the
indispensable necessity for Peace and Union are
all we'll very we'll, admirable,-but that is not the
real question. The real question is can we q
divided North. in our present wrong doing gainst
the South. thrash the ten millions of Anglo Sax
ons into subjection We think not Mr.. Seward
is silent upon the subject, the very the only
thing he ought to be thinking of 1t is too
late" for words. C'est trop tard, the Parisians
say. Revolution days. All that is left is
"Trt,ce'" Treaty" or Fight
But the Senator does wake up to fact. when he
states the well known proposition, Dissolution IS
perpetual cirH scar,-the Intervention of England,
France and other Manarchies, and finally, to
ourselves from each other, and from them, MIDI
tara desp0tiSm here at home.
Mr. Seward errs greatly in saying there no
movement for disunion before ballots were
thrown for Lincoln. This is all mistake. South
Carolina had in every possible way, short of di-
rect secession, avowed her determination not
submit to an exclusive Northern geographical
product of that election Mr. Lincoln Speaker
after speaker Democrat and Bell men, from the
South traversed the Northern country, and told
us,-if the Northern geographical party forced
Lincoln upon their people. they could not hold
back their people from resistance, Mr.. johnson,
of Georgia. the Douglas candidate for Vice Pr-si-
dent, was mournfully PRESIDENT upon that topic,
all over New York State.
Thus far we have reached on the analysis Of
the speech amid utter wilderness of Words
but we have some stamina.
The Senate recognizes:
In Slave States, that slaves. "property,"
perty escapes into another. it must be delivered
contravening the Constitution ought to be re-
peaed
2 Slavery in the States ought to be left to the
States. and he is willing to amend the Constitu-
ton, so that Congress can never abolish Slavery
in the States.
g. Though Congress has unquestionahle 'au
thorty to legisate upon slavery i'll the Terrific
res, yet the exercise of power is to be determined
practical grounds.
MIR. Seward is willing to accept the propositions
introduced into the New York Legislature by Lu-
cius Ro5inson.-and understood to he the Rice
proposition of making two States of the existing
Territories-one South of }6 80, and the other
North.
Hereafter two or three years hence, he would
advise a Convention of the People to amend the
Constitution-if deemed necessary Once in Il
century, the machine of government may need
change.
The Senator is ready to vote laws to arrest
John Brown raids.
). Then, the Senator is for two Pacific Rail-
waYS bind the Union tOrether.