New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-23
DysUNI0NJsss FACTnTEOUs.

| tlc residence III OSloiu, H'i''', va '"' 49,"
Jacob Thompson, Mr.. Buchanan's Secretary o.
the Interior, must have been struck ~ tx
following passage in Mr.. Thompson's own letter
TO ex.PresideDt buchanan, dated June Th,
1861:
"InAnIdiI Isc.o1 on Ifelsns eor,c!ons end oner
reached Loire lbecsne derous that the severance "hc
had begun ia ud then be perpciuEsnew desire Tor ne
felrto s. that tundsFsr Lincoln would turn ana ~
d.,. of Sat, ,b,. Had h done %, s'e'gH you'd mar
Ten k1iei ~ JBae,; Had Lheoln IN h.' i"a"s''
taken m Ground th, bc would ovaeulle the forts Of sune
asd pelen .ui s.vs the seeded states to dscrnne 70
,t,,vs. ,be ,p ,,iny the Border States woul4 ha'
% secured 10 the old Uuioa b-y93n perA'o"tu'.' ''-
sl II g seeded States there would bi'o b."
.ssia. ,ropid hare as,rie8 its AsossDsEcr ~ '',
! THIS (. ling was dep snd strong hen 30. ~ =,
the ,ery momsn. Lincoln suspended the C5ns'isriio '
laws aud undertook to raise armies a. support nr''e
out the aid of Congress the feeling for fcpal'n hcesi
universal Now nothing bat snnihis,iOn WIN brg thee
| state. into ID, old Usion"
because THE TRIBUNE, during the last
two months of 1850 insisted that the Cotton
states--beipg the only ones then Threatening
Secesson---should be invited to decide for
themselves whether TO remain IN or 60 out OF
the Un.op, we have been assaird ever since
by tie Northern pro-Slayory press 40 UishiHg
he Union Slssois,i. Nothing can be- further
from the truth. We sought to ctnsede TO the
Unaffected States the right, not o. Secession,
but Of SELF Government, because we lei. that
tis concession would retain them peacefully in
the Union. Had the North then sGid kindly
bu. firmly to those States, eve do not w.sA
70 part with you; bul. If You icW 60. so n
peace" their tratoroas denagogucs wou's
have been utterly tahen aback aud Disconnected.
They had been for years fonentng dsnnion.
under the guisc Of res'iiirg the South from
oppression and spoIiSti0n by the North And,
ridiculous as was that pSeiebse, our own Pro-
Slavery dcn.ncogucs were constantly giring 10
eouuteunucc by crying ont, Whenever enytbme
vas said or done IN opPosiilon t. The series o.
agercssous oil the Slave Power which became
pronounced in the Annexation Of Texas,
"Therel IL you don't eiop that. the South VII
secedc-tte Ul.on viii be dissoyed--,ind We
,hall all be ruined No more trade--no more
mauuhc .ures---no mo5o marie;s-no moro
proGts--d IL Cotton States fhsll Soocde 80
We always desr.cI ihis appeal g. g. cow
erdi.c, tie 'enali'y, the basencs OF tic
NOn., AID always treated j. aocoidn.y. a.
tie Uniog IL lcncfcial go one .ec'.oa a.ofe-
If iis 'gau,ages ire not general AID reci.
,rorsl--.t shos,d no2 EXIT. II wo are TO buy
IL continuance b. s..lius our convi4i.ols. pad
loo k.g cur mouths. and making rcf.hand'se
ii orr sp..s, d. could ne tc ended 800 soJa.
In fact. % could never be msiIl.si.cd on tae
assumption iha. 10 material benefits wero al
moaopo.iz.l bJ one scct.on, Nhio u, burle.
were all thrown upon another. And nothing
else ma done ~ much 70 strengthen und DE.
scmiraie tie S,ulAcrn drllson on tbs head,
a. the .Lr.cki OF alarm ir.gucu-ly raised ~ tic
North over tho prospect Of oiaanioo, as
Ao-gh j, was 70 be specially injurious tol
inc NoTth--as though tie Santl wolid no
longer buy anl ton viii o. If tie Union were
dissolved, eui Is though We lived no, b. our
own industry sid ABILITY bat h. tie favor ana
patronage e tic Cotton growers. Hcuce the
incegfan. threats Of disufOn fr'r, The South;
rot t'l- disunion was rerliy desired or ant re
pstci. bit tectuso this vas decrcd BY tie
DcmocIitic Maraser5 at tho South sure AMI
sale mode Of helping a..d ltgcng.hcaius .le.r
party friends Ut ihe Nof,h. To threaten die
union was, 10 iheir view, to ilTo7icn Ito North
with bankruptcy and ruin--for th'f was gen.
ernly admitted Il the North. Hence tie aat-
ural d.d4clioa Tat the SOuhl--ihai IL, De
slave Power--'ed only to nuke an! demand,
lcq-ire an coocctsion, no matter how uurca.
son.J,lc, all l4ck il " tLsoat Of disluion,
aud tle North would certainly concslc il,
having no alternative but b,ggary and utter
pgoatrh.iou.
Mr. Thompson, writing to Bis bosom friend
Buchanan, thgce months after Mr. LlLcoln's
Inauguration aud Lcary tHo after the bsn-
bardmlat o. I0t Sun.ieg-wriiIug confdeA-
italy, and with 10 though. that las leltc.
wou.d ever SEQ tue ieht-conirms al We have
ever asserted with regard 70 tie Unionlsm OF
the South. We steadily maintained That the
People Of the South Wero nor Disnonists--
TINT tuo great mass Of thcn los. d and hoped
20 I've lnd die in tie Uulon-and Mr. Ihomp.
son fully colrobpratcs our s,-terent. We
maintained ih.. m offer by the Free States 10
let thr Cotton States out q tie lAl0l II they
desired it, alter n fair hearing nad on n clear
uIoers!andirI among al parties, would show
this, aud thus give deatl-blow to Secession.
Mr.. Thompson confirms every syllable that We
uttered. But our Democrats were so in,cn,
On forcing tbs Republicans TO prove recroant
to their principlcs-so determined TO have no
settlement that did not involve new conces-
sions, pew nbascmcnts to Slavery, that they