The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-01-04
The Secession Movement.

The sovereign State of South Carolina, |
by the united action of her people, has !
severed the bonds which, for eighty four |
years, has united her With her sister States
Of the Con:ederacy. The representatives |
Of the people, in Convention assembled, |
Lave deciared that all further connection
between them and the citizens Of the other
States Of the Union, ought to be, and Is
dissolved. To make her secession reai
~, and not a scare crow as Republican
politicians have endeavored to impress up.
on peopIe-she has already taken posses
sion Of fwo government drnaed forts, and
her Palmetto flag floats over the Custom
House at Charleston, where, few weeks
since, the Stars and Stripes proudly waved
in apparent security. 1t is sad to dwell
npon this subject. Where it will end
whether South Carolina will be joined 10y
her neighboring States, and our glorious
Union broken into fragments-GoD only
knows. The so-caIIeG Republican party
nos uea'y 'odd upon no aHo''de's' alu
should iHe worst come upon Us, IL must
answer for tie committal Of tie mos
he'n"pS OF crimes upon once happy ana
conten'ed people, whose ruin it has brought
about by the preaching Of fa.e doctrines
ard political heresies
me secession OF South Carohha, 1t Is
10 De greatly fea'ei, Is not the end OF the
disaster. Already otrer States are rrrpa
mig to follow her example. and 'sH fol-
row. onIeS' me fanatics and atoiiiionlstS OF
Tue Northern States rttract the wrong.
committed upon the people of the Scum
Conventions Of Tie Gn.f and Cot.ou
States, 10 consider this question, are 10 be
he'd as follows; FloriIa, January 8
Alabama, January : !; Mi,Sissipti, January
! Texas. (>ponfaLenu,l January S:
Georgia, January 9: Louisiana January
SO. Mis,is-inr.i has electcI :: LARGE majors
ity Of immediate secession DeIega,as r,
her Convention In Texas and Florida
there seems to be little conservative oroo
sitipn. IN large number Of counties in
Alabama. only inmediata secession can.ii
dates are rnn,i,.,. all Ito n.,;ia,o
pledy.d either ~ i,,,,a,yi.,o sa,.os.;,, 49,
10 60 onera,io, with ,,o na;rl.hor;,
S,aos which : ot
~ im,r4di,ta socossion r. Coo,,,,a All |
Louisiana there j. considerable con.arva
tive cr?o.ition, though scarcely enough to |
afford any aesrraI crop,,J of ho,,a ,l,,,
l..o s,,... ~. ~. -,
f''
Tue "'"er ''''' states against the | mon
lhe Legislature Of North Carolina is now
IN So ion, and. according to last renorts.
vas t,,l;so measures far amin, lilo St,,e
~, ~, =.
= = - S'''' "'''' ie''''oS'
zee nave OeT" '''ie' 10 meet IN extra 'eS
slon on the 9TH of this moniE. Whether
these viii make any effort to STAY the dis
,,,,;,r, ,;lo ~ rI,.,I,or Ia. .o .,u
-. !, c.,t =,
."''' '''0 '''' va 'oo" oe
Known. Inc present. moh'h IS Dig WITH
the tate OF the Union. Let US hope for
the best; but should we hope in vain, let
ia Rno.J,, C,,o.,o..c;,l Pon,,ll;,o, -,
Der. tells Il. who !, re.,or.il,a e., tho Il.
-,
'",7 mum
Der OF ''"' paper We ma me following
advice to It's political friends, which, If
Needed in tire, NAV vet avert the fearful
calamity II saws.
Let tue North, especially New Eng
lard remember that for tins fearful result
they are primarily and manly responsible
10y Their tfea>onabie legislation, hy bar
IN winch unhoy alliance OF things sacred
al'' r I' p'a"e - Fl.'t,I nave "es' exhaust
new terms of Ianuncia,io, anil L.,reJ IN.