The constitutional union., 1861-03-01
Hon. Albert Pike on the Crisis.

A political pamphlet, written with the yigor peculiar to him. has just been issued / by Hon. ALBERT PIKE addressed to the peo- pie C this State. It is by far the ablest doe ument that has been written on the present crisis. His analysis of the causes which have produced the present divisions of the two sec tions Is made with the sagacity of true statesman. He says, '' 1t is the common cry that the dissolution of this Union will be the signal failure of our experiment. of free gov ernment. On the contrary, we are now prov ing that cur institutions are not failure. The world never saw such drama as is now being enacted in the South Without anarchy. without disorder, without interruption of the free and ordinary course of the laws. without suspension of the hobeas corpus act, or troops to prevent or punish popular excesses, or even an increase of the police, the separation of a great confederation of sovereign States goes quietly on, with all the forms of law. all the solemnities of deliberation all the decorum that could characterize the most ordinary pro- ccedings in a period of profound peace"
 If war results from it, 1t will not be by our fault, but in consequence of Northern avarice reluctant to let those who have so long been its tributaries go free, and resolute to substi- ute another government for that which our torefathers made. The new republic which is now being erected by Southern patriots, the rival in arts and arms of the Northern government, and surpassing it in its truly republican institutions will be the sole eyi- dence on this continent of the capacity of man for seifgovernment.
 'We have four millions of slaves. How many years will elapse before we have ten millions! These-all-are hencetorward to ba confined to the present Southern States. No doubt it will be well enough so, during our lifetime but how will it be with our ch;l- dren? Are we ready, in order to purchase quiet and peace fer ourselves to bequeath such calamity to them, as the perpetual confinement of slavery within its present linn its would be? Shall we, to avoid present danger, and that we may be permitted to fold our hands and sleep in dishonor, devise to them this accursed legacy? I, for one, will not consent to it. Better were treason against an unrighteous government, than treason against our own children - He argues that 1t is hnth our right cid r1ovo1sity t0 groW- plant new States. 1t is Gods law; and the attempt to stay its operation has already shiy- cred the Union. as one shiyers vessel of fra. gile glass"
 From the result of his of observations at the Federal Capital, MT. PIKE afirms most emphatically that which we have repeatedly and earnestly urged upon our readers, viz that the delay of the border States encourages the Republicans, and that as soon as LINCOLN Is inaugurated he cannot help but attempt tc coerce the seeding States, if the border stil delay. He says: Emboldened by the hesi tation of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland, we can see that the Republicans become more insolent, and speak in boldel tones of rebellion and coercion. THERsITEs HALE talks bravely; LINCOLN objects to any compromise; and the very fact that any State, have seeded is ignored. The names of then members are still called in the House Blame South Carolina as much as you will, the att tude of the North, and all the acts of the Re publican party go very far to prove, even tC those most reluctant to believe it, that the separation of the Southern States has not oc cured a day too soon."