Smyrna times., 1861-01-17


the peninsula should refuse to respond to the
proposition for consultation, we recommend
to all stations and circuits cOncurring in the
sentiments of the Cambridge resolutions that
they make timely applica tion TO be Gaken un-
der the Jurisdiction Of the Baltimore Confer
ence, on condition OF lis rCnOuncing allegiance
10 the General Conference of the Methodist
! Episcopal Church, and that such of the preach
ers OF the Philadelphia Conference as MA Y be
willing TO serve us still be requested to identify
themselves with the Baltimore Conference"
The convention then elected delegates to
| the Baltimore convention.
Compromises for the Crisis.
We publish below an extract from leading
New York paper, to show the views that are
entertained IN that quarter in regard to COM
promises. 1t will be seen that the writer dit
ters materially from the views of Criltenden,
! Douglas, Buchanan aud other leading men in
regard TO the mode and time Of meeting the
difficulties:
| In our judgment, the time has not get Grriu-
ell for presenting the only Compromises from
! which the country can have the slightest hope
of peace. Southern leaders can accept no.
thing but what will satisfy men IN u treuzy Of
rage ;--and such men cannot be satisfied with
anything which the north can grant, without
abandoning every principle they have held
upon this blect, and surrenderng, under the
pressure of fear, what, upon the most careful,
candid, and prolonged consideration, they have
refused to surrender on grounds OF duty and
the public good. 1t is idle to suppose that the
north can yield to men with arms in their
hands, what they would not yield at the bal
. / lOt HOY and hat h..
yielded the moment Their opponents should lay
their arms aside.
We do not mean to say that the north will
never cOncede anything on the matter of sav-
cry. We believe they will conceds much :;
they will concede everything that Justice de-
Inands and that the public welfare will permit.
But such concessions will avail nothing now.
Even the border slave States, which 1t is desI.
rable to cOncrliate, which ought to be ASSURED
in every possible way of the readiness ot tie
north to give them all just and proper guaran.
tees against the encroachments aHd the evils
they dread, are not prepared noU TO assent to
any specific PLAN TO any distinct measures oil
t adjustment. Even they are in too violent a
> state OF eervescnce TO act wisely and prudent y
on so grave and mOmentoIs a subject.
: The time for compromise VIII have arrived
when the discontinued States begin to feel thu
8 ratue Of the Union to themselves, their indus
. try, their commerce, their domestic peace, anl
n the safety OF their institutions. 1t is idle tC
hope to make any ad ustment which they will
accept, so long as they diFtrust and detcst the
c Union itself which that adjustment aims tC
. maintain and perpetuate. i hey are Just now
/ besotted with the idea of independence. They
must be convinced that The Union as then
friend, before they will take any steps or &C
i cede to any measures, which the north cal
i grt Mt, for it's preservation.
J. That the result OF their present eXperimen
y will bring them to such a conviction we have
no doubt; aud we confess we see no other way
, by which they are at all likely to reach it. /
n the difficulty be heared now, they will alway:
: be regretting they had not seeded, they will
f never know how thoroughly they would have
:. faIled,- will be renewing their plots o
dIsuDion from year TO year. Any adjustment
u that can now be made will prove to be merely
i ashes sprlnkled over and hiding the burning
fires of discomfort. 1t will leave tue real con.
tilct precisely where 1t s,-snd will prepare
the way for still more fatal outbursts at no dis
L tant day. The country cannot afford such al
o adjustment as this We want no renewal o
,. these commotions The business interests o
the country dena nd efiectual security aguins
a repetition OF Disturbances so sudden and 81
T. fatal. Whenever the troubles are settled a
2 NIL, lney must De settled Fnduy. we mus
? know where we stand and where we are t
/. stand hereafter. And such a settlement can
:, not be reached until the fever Of sccess OF
II shall have exhausted uself-uniiI pride anC
y passion shall have given place to judgment ant
3 refection,-untll the mob shall have eXhauste
10 its rage and left the rejecting and substantial
men of the south free 10 exercise their iudg
% mcnts and direct into wholesome ways th
l. course of public action.
t The southern States are beginning to under
h stand that peaceable secession is impossible
. Aud we venture the prediction that within
' year from this time, il events go on as they ar
- now tending, the authorities of the secedin,
ut States will call on The General GoUernmen
N for the suppression of rebellion and domestic
h insurrection upon their own soil. Within
half that time, the leaders Of the present move
90 ment will perceive the fatal mistake they haV
70 made, and will seek for some means of retriev
in ing the ground they have lost and remedyin!
N the errors INTO which they have fallen. WHE
!, THAT TIME COMES, the time for compromise
- DiH have arriUed. Each section will hav
" suffered enough to bring both down from thei
I'd high places Of pride and selfish ambition =
er each will be more capable Of perceVng it
i. own errors and the others merits, aud bot
> will be better prepared to appreciate the Unio
10 on which both are so largely dependent 70
nd their prosperity.
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