, 1861-01-31

SEOEsShON ITEMS.
! The New York Times, which short time ago
ridiculed apprehGnsions Of disaster to the Union,
now says: "One thing must be borne in mind !:
we are only on the threshold Of the great trans.
actions Of the immediate future. II Is not in the
power Of this administration, nor Of this Con-
gress, perhaps not Of this generation.-to close
the volume which secession opens. Those men
have read history to little purpose, and are pro-
fOundly ignorant Of the spirit and temper Of the
American people. who look for peaceful S.pa-
raticR Of this Union and the harmonious career
4 Of the Northern and Sou hrrn Coniederacies
which are to take IFS place. II we have d;sGnion,
we shall have war. The prosp ct is
dreadful enough 70 make the most reckless pause
and to ill the stoutest heart with gloomy appre-
henSon. lf the Times aud kindred prints had
only held this language before the election, what
terrOrs might have been averted.
The Southern secession papers arc puzzled to
harmonic the different parts Of the Presidents
message relating 10 secession. For example,
the Alexandria (va) Sentinel says: sThe ar.
guments Of Mr.. Buchanan upon secession and
coercion, We still think, dcvour each other. II Q
State has no right to secede, it would seem In
evitable that the Federal government has right,
oy lair and necessary implication, to oppose and
prevent such secession by adequate force. lf il
be conceded that there is no right toemploy this
cocreon, the right to scecde is thereby admitted
with all its rational and necessary cOrOllIrics.'
We might turn all republicans who think or
AFFECT to think that the States may prov dc trial
by jury for fugit We slaves over to tho AlLany "
| Erening Journal, which says: "GOd knows
that we should rejoice to see every human be-
ing-all who are created in the image Of their
Maker-enttled, where their lives or their liberty
are concerned, to a trial by jury. But under
our present form Of government with the con.
stitution as our law and guide, this is impracti-
cable" q. ..f .Aa
1T is wonderful" says Washington letter,
"what interest the Ministers representing foreign
nations at this point take in tho proceedings Of
Congress. They begin to exult at what they
conceive the inevitable downfall Of the Union,
and are making calculations as to the part that
France and England and the other great Powers
will play when the breakup shall take place"
The overthrow Of repubIicanisrn at the recent
elections IN Boston and other towns Of MaSsa-
chusetts wip exert salu,ary effect upon the
disturbed affairs Of the country, and tend not
little to strengthen the Union feeling All true
friends Of the Union everywhere rejoice ut this
discontinue, which will prove but the loreru (.
ncr OF continued defeats. The success Of the
party viii prove It's death. In the recent local
elections Of Connecticut the results are the same
Is IN Massachusetts,.
About twenty young gentlemen Of New Or
leans, wishing 10 dieplay their Southern spirit,
determined to wear no cloth but what was man.
uiactured in Southern State; 50 they bought
some pieces Of Kentucky jean, and had Il made
up into suits but, too late, they discovered that
the Kentucky jeans had been made In Massa-
chusetts. 4,f
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