The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-03-21
The Eastern News.

The Pony brings gs the INTEL gence that Col. jed
Davis has been elected President, and Alex. H. See
yhyas. Wee President, ". the Southern '..telrgacy.
W. have more than once asserted iu these column,
that tae Leaders ~ tu- secession 900 'le Coz
tom States were determined o. force the people 90 try
'he experiment. uf independence u all hazards, ami
iu tuv -.--tul .: iue gent -.,u named 90 ,ue highest
executive .slc,~ 90 the =. posed utw Republic. We
mi nothing tG- che p-c. -ameu- 90 those p-,iic-
r.a~ but though, 90 q certain extent, hy no means
uuprepa-ri .ur sucp % turn g events, 10 must Doe con-
'--~ei thar the ANNOUNCEMENT tGat = President and
= -- President u: tae.r OWE bad been elected ty ANY
.u It's character
Mr.. Davis has for q long time been regarded as the
chic: = " Fir eaters but whether I'M thr past he
has been rightly judged or u.', II must Dee admitted
late troubles. lie Ir was who, before his retirement
from the Congress % the United States, advised Gov
euar P.carE-, u south Carolina. NOT 20 yrrcp.tate
matters, ami who now, ia this new capacity as the
Chic; magistrate ui the Cotton Couteierlcy, A. his
first act, rvirerat,s the same limuuitIuu- During the
three months IN Congress. he remained very quiet,
and If W remember correctly made but one speech,
and that ia reply 10 q violent assault GA the South,
made uy Mr.. Hale. o. New Hampshire.
WIKI the sentiments II Mr.. Alex. n. Stephens we
are al familiar. He supported Douglas iu thu ate
political campaign and r.y4ueHt.y maintained that
&c uou-iu1rIyeutIuu" was the doctrine FOR which the
South hal for many years conteuGei. He fought the
Secg>s.oul-r- III their late movements in Georgia. and
hi acceptance OF the Tier of Vice President OF the
proposed new t0ufeiegacy j. 10 be regarded more Is
an error Of the heart than ui the head. After Uat-
tliug mautully with secession ne has at length been
found 20 succumu. lad Is uow beng borne along by
IT. apparently irresistible torrent.
- much for the personnel Il the proposed new
Government. The doctrine OF these gentlemen does
not leave u entirely without hope. The fact that
MT. Stephens has been made Wee President Is proof,
a. ieIsr, OF the fact that the >rce>-.oujsr, find IT. ne
ceS>lry TO canci.iate, II possible, the conservative ee-
meuts ia their own midst. The people OF the Cotton
STATES are not unanimous for separation: otherwise
Mr. STEPHENS would never have been elevated 20 the
second place in their gift.
The formation az = Provisional Government by the
Cotton States. opens up an entirely new field Tor spec
uIa;I0u, ~hich We viii not enter upon today. Since the
commencement oi ihe present troubles, few, indeed,
have Advocated coercion in the literal acCeptaUUu VI
the erm-thu i TO say. the marching OF armies into
the South Tor the purpose Of suOJugatIug that portion
OF the Republic. Our government = basel on the
consent o. the governed, and after the South had
been reduced, II SUCH were possible, il would puzzle
IL extremely 10 determine what ought 10 be done with
II afterwards. The enforcement Of tine revenue laws,
by means If the navy, Is not, however, coercion, aud
could not lead 20 biuuIShei, for tine South has lao YES
sells If war 10 precipi'l'e u collision.
II Is possible, however, that the formation Of Pro-
visIOnai Government by the Cotton stltts viii hcIi-
tate negotiation. A. matters stood some weeks ago,
there was no possibility OF catering upon that line OF
policy The settlement that might be satisfactory TO
Alabama might be spuruei by South Carolina, aud
sion i now concentrated, aud We al know tire point
at which the batteries Of cDuseryptis 30, Of nationality.
Of all that man. IN his collective capacity, holds dear,
shall be directed. Heretofore everything was dissi-
patel and >CAtterei-uow we nave something tangible
with which 10 deiL-.fltl.