New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-15

politicians To manifest their doubts 30 plainly ihey
have Yet the world rec that they are suspicious VI WIG
Border States, aud suspicious when avowed are o,tep
apt cause the evils against widen tney arc 49,,
The Border ,ates with the exception OF North caro-
LIMA. wele according 70 the last adSices oscia1lng
toward the Norh. The Washington Conference
eeems to repre- sent whether worthiiy or not, .ne
ing Of these important communities; ,r nna, Kel
lucky, though demanding large concessions iroi nIf
North and declariug that any coercion OF tne VI,
States would result In her immediate aihahcD ~
them still showed 10 wish to separate rom tne S.
Rat in Tennessee the most important advantages Iho
been gained by the UnioDist party The state Dhs
termi1ed not 70 hold Conventon--thht H. 10 tenaiu
quiet under the coming Presidency OF M la Toav
true IL is that these conditional resolves, anu
be departed from should tie Norherne ia,l 70 nee'
tie requirements Of the Border States pun, s.ili
the, show that some of the SaveholdiDg otates SUI
regard the old Union as thtir country tat l"oI w
not necessarily regard the Inhabitants OF tne rIe
States as foes and that they can IN
which they win be politically at the mercy Oh 'ne'f
opponents .a.;-. ,rhon NJ lincoln se,
ont from his home in Illinois, for Arlington, where
he will be- inauqurated the fret week in March. On
his Journey he passed through Indianapolis, the cap
ital of Indiana where he received by the author
tiles and made speech which will, no doubt, cause
intense excitement In the South, and perhaps precip
tate events The policy which the opinion of the we'll
Informed attributed 10 the incoming President has been
avow.d. Nay, Mr.. Lincoln goes beyond the expects.
tons of lis inos stanch supporters In speaking OIL
his policy few days since, said that he would, no
doubt, hold those aIsenals aud dockyards which re-
manned 10 the Fe6eial Government, and collect the
revenues ut the Southern ports. But MIR. Lincoln IL
more explicit, and tells that he means to do much
more than this. Marching an army into South Car
olius he says would be invasion-it would be coer.
cion. But If the Ubited States should merely hold
end rctdke its own forts collect duties, or Wihht ID
the mails where they were habitLslly violated,
would any or all Of these things be invasion or
coercion Z" If any one objects TO such legitimate
means of maintaining the Federal rights bis ldes
OF preservation must be very thin and airy The
President them ia tle most decided manner, condemns
the docriDe that any State has light TO secede IRON
the Union, pointing out that county may nave 10 tne
old paris OF the UriOn greater number OF inhaians
than new ly settled State. What mysterious ilgn'S
To play the yra is conferred the dist LIT OF country
with is people 10y merely calling it State T. ASH TO
support tue incoming Administration, the Honse oil
Repr..entatyes at Washington has passed I'LL au'
thorug the suspension postal RELATIONS IN secedng
states and 10 discussing another giving the President
power to declare any port where toe collection OF the
revenue is forciby resisted not TO be port OF entry.
Tie sirit in which these will Je received Ii
the South is not difficult 70 predict but whether iudg
nation will prompt the Secedes TO acts Of open host-
ity remains to be SEEM We Cannot help inkiug that
tie 4th of March will be important day III tue aunals
Of the New World.