New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-01

r 1nem v0, Nothing marked the proceed
with any nm, 'nal features. No reluctance bi
lie, ma, Tested h. any quarter to fuiG the dutytl
proof of which is !. al No more full expression
fgnd was lead, No contes, ed question spr,,;ig al
With TIE single exception Of the Hae OF Virginia nc
a Coubt was entertained of the true election Of q
Popular sense in Designating the electors Nho:e pro-,
nte II is 10 complete the process. Not soul fas beer
bold enoul to deny the fact that, from the onrn o.
the Government not single election which had been
disputed at al ever more fairly conducted or more
uneqnivOcally determined. The sublime spectacle
viewed thus tar 10y foreign nations with degree Of
am9zemert PIoroItioned 10 the rexpanding nature
OF the operation OF 20 many millions Of people spread
over 70 many Thousand OF miles Of continent stretched
om sea to tea peacefully in single day selectingthei
'hiel Iuies lof Le next four yeaTs, was once more
presented to ali outward appearance, as suceessfuly
txecnted AZ IN any preceding and contracted stare
Of the Repubbe. Yet TO sooner was the result posi-
lively asceitiIed than the people Of one Of the
States, while engaged in performing the common
duty as faithfully as all the rest, and without the inter-
vention of single disturbing caase, suddenly broke
out into violent rcmonstraDce, and dashed into nme-
date ocsts to annU all their obligations to the Coi-
stuiOD. Such step had never before been taken in
any quarter. Tie sane spirit directly manifested seH
IN thereqion rourd about, and has continued ever
since to spread, until it has more or les affected the
10y atty of ten o. twelve OF the States AT the precise
efiod OF this occurrence no new prOvccdor had bcen
given unless ii we TO be found III the single fact that
States had not voted similar instance had never oc
cured There have Esen several cases Of popular re-
ssisDoe TO Federal laws South Caroline had herself
furnished memorable Cne. But here exsmpieof
resistance to constitutional election Of mer The for
nay be conducted without necessarily shaking the
very foundations of he social system, but the latter at
once denies the validity Of the only process y which
the organic law be executed ut all To refuse
knowledge the OF nation when
successfully carried out is revolution and il called
rebellion when II falls under every code of laws known
over the globe. 1t is appeal to physical force
v hch depends for its justification before God and man
only upon the clear establishment Of proof of intOer-
able tyranny aid oppression Ii is sometimes the last
resource OF patriots, who feel themselves impelled to
overthrow desporism; but oener the contrvance Of
desperate adyentureTs who seek fer their own private
seemed 10 me the consequence of mature debeIation
and deprecated convictions among the people, sb0ud
at have despaired OF the republic. But, apart
from the merely outward indications Of haste and Of
passion that attended it, had other for belev
ing differently During the previous Summer the rep
sentative candidate OF the most extreme party in the
States had lubored than once to
declare himself devoted friend of the UBion While,
on the other hand the disrust in him inspired by the
character Of biz principal advocates bad had the effect
Of alternating from bin numbers in bis own State,
who preferred the security offered to them by the
friends OF anO candidate brought forward exclusive
Is a. the uphoder Of the Union, the Constitution, and
the enforcement Of the laws" The SaveholdDg States
were thus divided between these influences neither
Of them yenturing before the people to whisper the
theory of dsunon. very large majority OF the az
oregaed voters sustained the most thoroughly pledged
candidate, while Tennessee and Kentucky gave him
their electoral votes; and even the Old Dominion,
never known before waver in the marked out
by ler acknowledged and ancient leaders seen 70
transfer her votes TO the more loyal side. All these
events were not the natural oTerGnners OF pTemedaed
lj,aGection TO the Constitutional Government They
only be accounted for by presumng fund OF non
ri attachment to it bottom and the Inference which
draw is that the feelings of n majority OF we-dls-
poeed persoIs have been suddenly carried away by
ympathy with their warmer and more violent trends
"a South Carolina that they have not stopped calmly
o weigh the probable consequences of their own par
lCipation. II were to need more evidence 10 prove
me the absence Of deliberate intent, outside of South
aroIina TO Get aside election regularly made think
could find il in the earnestness with which other /
,anses have been set mp in justification OF resistance
Il has been alleged that various grievances have
been suffered much oppression has been endured, and
erain outrages have been committed upon the people
Il HE slayehOding States which render their longer
ay ia the Union impossible, unless confidence can be
inspired that remedies may be applied to stop
he evils for the future They aver mat thelL nghts
IRE no longer In remaining with u.s. and that the
alternative left Is TO withdraw themselves oeio" &C
soS. pTe 70 and s af Er Ultimate rs,
mpAints shall be listened to, and these apprehen-
ions aay ed before they can consent 10 further abide
lnder the authority Of q common head. And here |
ONE OF my friends on the night might reply with |
"a ual warmth and not less reason that they are UNI
Gns, of having done wrong in electing President
according 10 the Constitution; that they not aware
4 any real grievances that demand redress, and that
men, to quiet apprehensions wbiGh hqy &c expert perl
,pinon either artificial or imaginary. What they |
appeal to is the Constitution rs 1t Is, and II obedience
o It's requtitiOns be not voluntarily rendered II
n any auarer the only proper remedy ia coercion. i n
houd perhaps, be disposed 70 concur iii this view /
re this case OF deliberate and williul conspiracy to
ubyer the Government. am not sure that l would |
rot apply the doctrine to the people of South Carolina,
who have long been known TO BE- generally dIsected
They ueither demand expect any redress or even
consideration Of their grievances. They declare them
elyeg only TO be executing reasonable PROJECT they
nave been meditaing for twenty years. They have,
therefore, put themselves without the pale OF nego.ia-
ion There is not minority OF the citizens who
demonstrate. The case is otherwise with the other
States There il evident hesitation and reluctance in
adopting the irrevocable policy of disunion. There
lingering desire TO receive assurances that this step
absolutely needed. Now, l, for one, am not |
ready yet TO take the responsibility OF absolutely
closing tie door 10 reconciliation. cannot permit
uysef to forget the warnings that have de- |
nded 10 us lo many Of the wisest and best states
nan and patriots Of all time against Ibis rigid and
naughty mode of treating great popular dseontents
overlook the fact that in the days OF our fathers
the impericus spirit of Chatham did not feel itself as
sacrificing any Of his proud dignity by proposing to
sten 10 their grievances and even to concede to every
reasonable demand long after they had placed Them
-eyes in armed resistance TO all the power OF Great
B,iain Had George the Third listened to HIS words
of wisdom he might have saved the brightest jewel OF
Lis crown He took the opposite course. lie denied
lLe existence of grievances; he rejected the olive
branch he insisted upon coercion. And what the
result? History records its verdict in favor Of Chat
ham, and against his KING And who is there in the
Mother Country at this day who does not regret the
buncer if lie does condemn tho motive of tine mon
arch When the great grandson of that same King,
ON his late visit to this capital, handsomely made his
pilgrimage to the tomb OF the arch rebel Of that time
do non imagine that his counIymen and future sub
iecis would have appauded the act if they still believed
that the stbacked old King had been right In shut
An, \. door of reconciliation For part, MIR.