Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-03-15
coERc1vE POLICY OF THE 1NAua uRAI.

day. that the cocrceive policy forshadowed In
President Lipcoln's Inaugural. towards the se-
cedng States will meet with the stern and un.
| vie elding resistance Of united South. The
declaration contained in that docume mt to the
effect TINT the Federal Government intend ito
hold. occupy and possess the property and pla
ces belonging to the Governments, and to eol-
| lect the duties and imposts." necessarily ia
wolves war and war. as rema rkcd BY Mr..
Dorman in his speech in Convention on yester-
day. involves total and permanent disruption
| of the Union
| 1t is too late now to discuss the rightfulness
| or the wrongful lness of the abstract doctrine Of
secession. Six or seven States have already
proclaimed themselves independent Of the
Union. and have organ izef Provisional Gov.
ernment, and are now discbarging oil the
functions Of a separate nationality. It is the
| par Of wise and practical men, and it is es-
pecially the duty of the Federal ndministra.
tion a Washington to look facts in the face
to meet and accept fncts as they find them. and
dispose OF them with view TO the interests
Of peace and hsvtuony. Let Lincoln carry out
the policy indssated in his inaugural, and civil
war will be inaugurated forthworth through
out the length and breadth of the land. The
Cuff States, in our judgment have acted rash
y, unneighborly, and improperly but, con-
siderng them erriug sisters, entitled to our
symPat les and our aid in an emergency. Vir-
| glnia can never consent, for the Federal Gov
ernment to employ coercive m. asures towards
them. And the stupendous folly of such pol
icy is perfectly apparent. For, as We have
said. it would lead to certain and inevitable
war. and 10 the complete and eternal des,ruc.
tion of the Union. 1t would ultimately force
| all the Border Statea to make common cause
with the Gulf States, aud what would the
Federal Government gain by such all opera
ti"ni The thing is inadmissuhe--it is utterly
absurd and ridiculous and if Lin coin md his
advisers "ish TO avoid serious trouble, and
save the peace of the c"un,ry. they will aban
don their coercion policy. and take their sinn,l
on the broad platform OF common sense and
common justice. ITO hold. occupy, ard pos.
sess the property and places belonging TO the
| Government" within the limits Of the seeded
States, is a thing that can't he lonc-it lis i'm.
| practicable, and m httem, t in that direction
would he immediately followed between the
Stnte and Federal anthnri;ies, which would
lead, in til. end to a general and Iisnstrome
! civil war between the North aud the Snuh-
| Let President Lincoln reconsider his determin-
ution aud let him address hi,nsrl' to n peaceful.
solution "i our natonai diff :u;ties The Union
may yet he restored in all its pres'ine Gim-n
sions. atrrnyih h aud glory.
In the Convention on ycste .,1nv tbe coerc;ye
d"etrins OF the inaugural was tho subj ct of
| cd H,.fa
fered in regard to it. all of which deprecated
| and denounced in the etrong.st terms. and
asserted the duty of Virginia to resist such pol
| fcy by all the means at her command IT, il
manifest that the tone md language Of the In
augural on this point have created conside able
excitement and indignation among the people
OF the State, and have nrousen a spirit of re-.
| s'siance which will not tnmely submit to, see
that policy carried into effect towards the Sc
cedIng States. We are clearly Of the opinion
that the Convention should promptly and ex.
plici,ly define the position of the State on this
| subject OF coercion and make i. known to Lin.
coin and his Administration that any employ.
ment Of force against the secedug States will
be met by Virginians with instant and deter
mined resistance. Let suoh formal and s,lemn
declaration be unanimously made by the Con-
vention. today. in the name of the people and
the Commonwealth. aid We feel sure it will
exert the desired effect upon the Cabinet Coun-
ellis at Washington. Let this declaration, too,
b. coupled with the earnest request, on the
part of the State, that instead of "tolding, oc.
rupying and possessing the property and p,a.
ces belonging to the Government" within the
limits Of the eeccded States, the Federal Gov.
erment should forthwith give them all up, as
the only hope of preserving peace, preventing
civil war aud reconstructing the Union.
In conclusion, We express the earnest hope
that President Lincoln aud his advisers will
perceive the impraeticnbity and folly of at.
tempting TO carry out the coercive policy ind.
Gated in the inaugural, and that they will
forthwith abandon It, and forth with announce
to the country that it has been abaudoned.'
For, let it be directly understood at W Washiug-
ton that. upon the abandonment of that un-
wise and insane policy depends the adherence
of Virginia and ihe other Border States to the
Union, and. consequently the hope of a recon
struction of the Union aud the prevention OF
civil war.-Rielmond Whig. Il" $500
-~e~
A RACE AsMAL.-There was quite an excite
meht in Chaps! street this forenoon, caused by
the appearance Of young man. carrying the
tool and wearing the trappings Of s.genuns
wide Awake" of the October breed. On the |
baeksof his oil.skiu cap, in large letters, were
the words-"A WIDE A A.WAKE,-IooxIso
voa woRK."' A gentleman acoested him and
asked what he meant by parading the strests |
in that unbelievable attirei He replied 1t
is the best suit of clothes have got---and a |
Democrat, named Babcock, OF Westville, has |
given me the only work have had since Lin
coin's eisetion--Hs took pity on me, gives me
my board, and pays nae u dollar a day to march
about the streets in this costume (which pre-
fer to do rather than be idle" The gentleman
handed him dollar, 70 walk Chapel street for
him pext Monday. We.pre.uTie the ersates
Psrt ofsthsm would like o.bs employed AZ
similar rates, .ARolher% gentleman. We under
stand. took the Young man into Pardees rooms