The constitutional union., 1861-03-01
UTION OF THE .
 TION OFA OUTHERN REF

The great religious, intellectual, and moral lever, which Abolition fanatics have been steadily applying, for over thirty years to ac- complish dissolution of the Union, has at length produced its legitimate results. It has eliminated in formal declaration of indepen- dence on the part of six States of the Union; and the inevitable end of the proceedings of the Peace Congress at Washington, will be that eight more will have joined them, before the lapse af many weeks. The Republican dogma that slavery is the "sum of all vil- lanies;" that 1t is " c crime" " C curse" "a s6a;' that the Constitution of the United States is covenant with death and agree ment with hell" could lead to but one ineyit- able result, namely, that, in the language of Wendell Phillips, "the slaveholding States should be shovelled out of the Union," and the tie be everlastingly sundered which bound together, in one confederation, elements so fundamentally discordant. From the period of the first establishment of an anti-slavery society in England, in 1923, with the Lord shall spill the blood of those who traffic in the souls of their fellow-men" as a standard, the Tappans, Garrisons, Leavites, Phllipses, Se- wards, Wilson's, Lincolns, Lovejoys and Van Burens of America, have been indefatigable propagators of the aggressive creed against the South, which Sir Robert Peel foretold, would be the best investment ever made for the overthrow of free institutions" The grave, statesmanlike course pursued by the Southern Congress at Montgomery, Alabama, demonstrates that the end has at last been at tained, and that the period has arrived for | 1aorl1- aP o1o | slavery republicanism to powor in this country. The Union is dissolved, and it may not, per haps, be in the power ofman to unite its frag- ments together.
 No one can peruse with attention the ac- count of the proceedings of the Congress of the six seeding States, without being struck by the statesmanship and diplomatic foresight 1 of those who have guided its counsels. The groundwork of its action has been identical with that of the Colonies, in their Declaration of Independence from England, in 1776; and, with solemn invocations of the Supreme Head of the Universe, they have started from the same point of the z inaienabe rights of man." to lay the basis of just and equitable reyolu- tlon Nothing can be more sound and conser- vatlve than the programme which they have laid down for the future, and consciousness of strength lends force to the dignity with which they appeal from the wolf-like utterances of Northern coercionists to the good sense of the people at large in the non-slaye- holding States The new Southern Republic starts into ezis- tence with population of four millions, which will be increased to twelve millions ere the lapse of two months. Its Administration will be formed under the auspices of two of the most enlightened politicians of the age-Pres- ident Davis, who has gained distinction on the battlefield, in the Cabinet, and in the Senate, and Vice-President Stephens, whose subtlety, eloquence, and private virtues have been the admiration of the country for long series of years. Out of Mexico, Cuba, Cen tral America, and the South America, they entertain the hope to carve, in time, an em- pire, based upon slavery as benefcent do- nestle institution which will become the richest and most majestic that the world has ever beheld. In the meanwhile, they will possess the coal and iron wealth of Kentucky Tennessee, and Missouri the corn-feds- superior to any in the word-of Virginia j; water-power, within a limited space, equal to all that is contained in the North put together; line of coast adequate to any requirements of navigation; and every essential of a self sufficient nation.