Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-01-21

erals devotion to his country citizen, and Of his
forecast a solder.--Nat. Int. lSth.
Tcrs suggested By e in~inent d1nger October 29h,
ls60) Of disruption Of tie Union By the secession
Of one or more Of the SoHther" States.
To save time the rich. OF secession may be conceded,
and instantly balanced by tn: corrclatve right on the
part o: the Federal Government against an '"tcrtoT
State or States re-esablsh by force 1t necessary, s
former continuity OF territory = Paey Moral and Pc
lucal Philosophy, last chapter
Bu, break this glorious Union, by whatever line or
lines that polite maduesS may contIve and there
would be no hope Of reuUi.ng tn agmeats except Oy
the hcaraiion aud deSpo;sn OF the sword To effect
such result the Intestine of our Mexican nesGoofs
would, il comparison with ours, sink into mee child
play.
4 smaller evil would be to allow the fragments of
the great RepLbc to form themselves lao new Conted-
eraceS, probably four.
All the lanes of demarkaton between the new Unions
cannot be sccuratey drawn in advance, but many OF
them approximately may. Thu, looking 10 natural
boundaries and commercial aiuitie Of the fellow
lag frontiers after many waverings and conflicts, inght
perhaps become ckUoSledgeI aud hx d.
l. The Potomac river aud Chesapeake Bay to the AT
ar,ic . From Maryland along the crest Of the Ale
ghsnv (p,rhnIS Blue Ridg",) range OF mountains, 10
some point in the OF Florida :. The hne from,
saw the head Of the Potomac tue or norihwe l.
which it vii be most difficult TO settle l. TIE crest OF
the Rocky Mountains.
the Southern COuiederacy would in all human proba-
b,y in less than five wears ser the rupture had t'ef
bou lsi by the first and second lines indicated above,
the Atlantic ard the Gulf Of Mexico with its cepial at
say Columbia, 5 g. The county between the second,
third and fourth of those lines would, beyond doubt,
IN ab,u, the same time constitute another Coniederacy
with il capital at PROBABLY Alton or Quincy, Illinois,
The boundaries OF the Pac Union are the most Unite
of all and the remaining States would co .stltu.e the
Northern Contederlcy, with lis capital at Albany.
H. at the first thought viii be considered strange that
seven slaveholiing Sats aud parts Of Nirgifii ard
Forii, should be placed (abovc) in new Cont derecy
rith Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, e.. But VIII tue over
whelnng cht OF the great Northwets taken In con-
n xoa with the laws trade, cOutguity OF territory
and the comuaratvc Indifference 10 reoso doctrines on
IN pir of Western Virginia keuucky, TcnutS ee, aud
Missouri IL /, evident that but lite if any coercion b
yonJ p! arl force would be cccd,d 10 embrace them;
and have omitted the temptation Of the unw4std pub
. luds which would fan entire 10 this Conird rlcy--an
o-ranage (we hu>baude) sufficient for many genera
to.s As 70 Missouri, A,E-rs4s, aud Mississippi, they
wculi not und cur month. Louisiana would coae>ce
without much solicitations, and Alabama with Vest Flor
, would Dr. conquered the lis, winter from the atao-
ls.e need OF Pensacola Tor naval depot.
If mich prc-une 20 address tie south, and plrlcu-
rv dear Nirgiuii- berg 'ta,e here aad 10 the manor
boru-I would IN aicOuaeiy asa, Ill! not your slaves be
s secure aud thejr labor less prOhS6l under the ne"
o-ier of hiuss jhau under the od2 Gould yoU emPoy
p7ofta5y two huadrtd slaves in all Nebraska, or I've
is.dred in al NV Mexico: The right, then, TO take
them .bi.her would be barren light. Aud is it not
wise TO-