The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-02
HERALD SATURDAY, 2 106l-TRPLH


solemnly deslared that though south Carolina is
castntionaiy entitled TO secede yet she cannot BIO
r,IHsed n The revolutionary exercise OF her sovereign
wnoh the House OF Representatives have voted,
by large majority that the employment of force to
eOor9e The seeding state mpacicable when the Gus
nouse ana me rQet office are actually worked oy "a
from wes s thew iSs t hIe. rss lnts
p 'hs louisiana thinks si sh sasmn
TO warn his feIlowsS This is question TO which no
much lees in this country. The minds of across
inc Atlantic are agated by occurrence 70 which
nothing similar is recorded In tho history OF this
try When the British hee mutinied at tho More,
when Ireland in open rebellion, when Bonaparte
was at Boulogne, when England stood alone against
The consolidated French Empire-at any of these peri
DDS people might be anxious alarmed, depressed but
they bad confidence in the future; since they felt that
nainn can never be destroyed but by its own guilt
thinking men In America probably discouraged
than We were when the sword OF u military despotism
was az our breasts. They feel that their country
NE greatest OF ali dangershat or being ruined by it.
fen NO foreign enemy, no European tyrant no base
DO rent ssunder in the name of popular
rght and by means Of universal suffrage. Caricatures
the jusation OF the European soveregns at
the event Sermons are full OF despondsnoy. Pubic
peeches in the North have generally ascted to doubt
the seronsness OF tbs movement, and have expressed
This in fact is tho hopo which has kept the North and
TIN more the West quiet II was stl INDUCED at the
y founded on right estimate OF things But, sup
posing the sanguine politicians OF whom Mr. Seward is
IN the Suppo6ng the gulf between
ana slave SOIL when once made to widen daily and
more supposng the pride, or the political ambition or
the pecunary interests Of the southerners TO be satisfied
by their new Independence what will be the action OF the
rest OF the federation Win the North give with the
slave States ELL the vast continent which lies South and
West OF them2 Are all the dreams of American ambition
to be forever foregone by the youth of New England and
New York. Ohio and Michigan, The most active and enter
prising populations oikthe republic? II South Carolina
codee II Georgia Florida, Alabama Mississippi Arkansas,
Louisiana follow II Southern federation BE- formed and
take It's Place anong Powas Of the earth there can be no
he bc dr.
by natural affinity u dctach themselves from the North
and Join the saveholdng federation North Carolina,
Tennessee, kentu,ky, Missouri, virginia. Mary land,
Delaware win then be associated from the free
States. Such erctt cannot be rcglred ichoG dm1y
Southern federation the real United SGies, far
rory present and prospective is concened and reduce
the North to what our ancestors would have called
''Rump" The people of Boston Philadelphia might be
distinguished fer their ability and enterprise, but they
would belong TO a country with hardly greater future
than Canada Eroy natural advantage motd u on NE
side OF The stcae States Look at the map, aud viii SEQ
what slip Of country composes the free soil Of
the American federation Only the sea coast from the
British frontier to the Delaware-a few huniel miles
belongs TO it. all the rest stretching far down the
Atlantic and along the Gun OF Mexico is Ia the hands OF
the ayeowners The mouth of the Mississippi is theirs;
the Missouri, and arkansas, the gceat arteries Of the
extreme West, theirs. Virginia pushes spur of
territory to within less than hundred miles
Of Lake Erie, and thus divides the Atlantic
FREQ States from the West in a manner highly
dangerous TO their future union. Indeed, it is
doubtful whether the connection between New York and
New England on the one hand, aud Illinois and the neigh
boring states the other could long survive the total
separation Of the south The North would have terri
tory struggling that Of Prussia and the Western
gon would find it advantageous to dissolve Its union
with the Eastern In the meantime, all the riches Of tho
New World would be in the grasp OF tho souherners
neighborhood OF the British frontier which would be all
that remained to the North, the slave would
with every advantage Of climate soil and muera wealth
Texas has territory enough to mako three four great
States. New Mexico is about to be admitted with slave
institutions. Arizona viii follow. Merico must fen
years Je conquered and the Soathenes, lords Of the most
magnificent domain in the orld acod control the passage
bst,cee1, The tue
Iu short, the Union lets South Carolina CO. there is
culate the return OF errng sister, but experience
shows that secessions when once made, not easily
recalled is The nature of cracks 10 aden, and both at
The North and West there are masses Of pelleso earnest an
the advocacy Of strong measures 10 prepent disruption that
The President may te forced into octre For our
own part, whatever opinions Americans may have OF
English policy beg TO them that in this
try there is only wsh-that the Union may survive
this ble trial Should Providence decree IL other
wise we earnestly pray that the separation may be an
amicable Civil In 1ourishing country and
among kindred people can never be contemplated with
out horror by nation like ours and trust that nei
thsr the violence Of the people nor the weakness of their
leaders will bring thiscalamity the American Union.
From the London Post
The secession movement appears To DO taking deep and
permanent root in America. We informed that the
successful instruction which South Carolina
has set is about TO be followed by Florida Alabama Mis-
sisspp Louisiana and Georgia. and that Virginia and
Missouri only waiting the course OF events before
they decide upon joining new slave State conederacy,
upon adheripg TO the Union.
The free States, with their wealth and mercantile ma
rne win be enabled to blockade all the Southern ports
and destroy the cotton trade, and this BIO accom-
pshcd without the aid of land operations The slave states
will then have to encounter the caames Of servile
war, and with ruined commerce and nrs and sword at
home they may appeal in vain for that assistance which
under other circumstances they would have readily and
cheerfuly obtained. But If South Carolina should
coed In becoming the head Of Southern confederation
what useful beneficial object can be gained Slavery
would be extended by means Of reopened slave trade
Central America and Cuba would be coveted and possibly
amend and in the 9 fer all The great pork
Of humonity hch has marked the history Of the past half
century Uouid Ie undonc The national pooer and iiS
Of the United States ooud Je destroyed and Canada
,oouid become dominant upon the continent g North Ame
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