The national Republican., 1861-01-24
THE POINT OF DANGER,

lho BhOue oohSSE VI uCtS icuulnH W oNcE-
whelming convulsion, is not in the cotton
States, which are comparatively powerless for
either good, or evil, but at the North. 1t is,
indeed, becoming too apparent, that the efforts
of all friends Of peace, Union, and quiet must
soon be concentrated upon the great work Of
soothing, conciliating, and appeasng the free
States, and that even with such efforts, it may
not be possible to avert the terrible calamities
which menace us, from the condition Of un-
paraleled excitement into which that section
of the country has been thrown by recent
events.
The seizure of the forts, arsensls, and arms
of the United States, crowned with the last out.
rage Of actually firing upon Government yes.
sci in our own waters and with the stars and
stripes displayed, has stirred up the passions
Of the people to their very depths. The unani-
nous offers Of men and money by the Legisla.
lures Of States, the exasperated tone Of the
press, and the call to arms which is sounding
bursting Of the storm.
The direction of public sentiment is marked
very conspicuously by the veering Of the New
York Tribune, which has given up its pet idea
of peaceable secession, and now, under the
pressure of the passions which surround it, pro.
poses to meet revolution with revolutionary
weapons. In its issue Of the 18th instant, the
day after the overwhelming vote at Albany ten.
dering men and money to the President, and
straining to come up to the exigency of the
popular feeling, the Tribune, in notice of the
emancipation of the Russian serfs, says:
"Such an event is Of itself sufficient to ren.
der 1861 forever memorable in history. 1t is
already great year, and it may become great
| er yet, it, as is probable, the madness of the
Southern shareholders shall compel the Ameri-
can people, in selEdefence, in order to preserve
their empire unmpared, and secure to them.
selves and their posterity the blessings of peace
and union, to exert their unquestohable and
irresistible power, and sweep from the land at
once and forever that relic of barbarism to
which, and to which alone, is to be attributed
our past and present national troubles. The
Russian Gar, with firm hand regardless Of
the threat of narrowing aristocracy, has
raised twenty millions Of seris into freemen.
The American Democracy, mightier than any
| Gar, can, if it be necessary, with equally firm
hand, suppress the rebellious Shareholders, and
remove all cause or pretext fos future rebellions,
by putting summary end to slavery
We owe it to candor to say, that all the in
formation we get from the free States, confirms
the belief that this paragraph in the Tribune
was coerced from lis editors by the known SEN
timents Of the masses upon whom it relies for
patronage, and that those masses will destroy
slavery with the strong hand, before they will
permit the Union to be overthrown. Indeed,
it is doubtful if they can be restrained from
taking some such signal vengeance for the acts
already committed in contravention of the au
thority of the Union.
Under these circumstances, the sound por-
ton Of the Southern communities ought to
lose no time, in such dsavowal and repudia.
ton of the conduct of the fire.eaters, as, by
calming the evaporation at the North may
restore the proper feelings of common ma.
tiona!ity. The language Of pacifcation must
be addressed to the North, and substantial acts
Of pacfcation must be rendered to the North,
or the worst consequences may be apprehended.
There must be no more confscation of North.
ern debts, no more maltreatment of Northern
citizens sojourning at the South upon their
lawful occasions, aud no more irritating and
insulting language towards the North INDUCED
in by Southern editors and Southern members
OF Congress- There must be no more menaces
of attack upon this capital, and no more threats
Of dissolving the Union. Or, if they canno be
wholly prevented where press and speech are
free, they must be so frowned upon and dis
countenanced, as to deprive them of the power
to do mischief