Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-02-12
REMARKABLE SIGN.


! indications that tie Northwest vii
find its prosperity in divercing itself
| from the New England States, while
its security will not be less than un
der the old Union, is obvious Oh con
siderations connected with the geo
graphical position as well as the pecu
( liar interests Of that section. AZ
soon as the passions eDgendered' By
! this war are subdued,' the paramount
sense of interest of the great produ
ciug States Of the West, will bring
them to the side Of the South West
ern States by an irresistible attrac'
! tiOn:
HTers wiE the Hest GU Wen
del Phillips, in his recent political
| address here, admitted that even NOW
the W,St is preparing to 60 with the
ihe ScutF. New. England ind Ne"
York viii be left out N the cold.
Our beiieiG is, that New England
alope " Il be Itf5 out in The c0ld.--
We said. years ago, that if sePaTa-
lion came, a new Cth:'4deraey wouid
follow, and that ii WouI6 Let enlbiace
New Bnglahd. We have roi ChangeG
orr opinion ON this point. 1nG*ed
it is every day strengthened; snd We
entertain 10 doubt that the Wes;
itself would Object to our company
| if it should be offered.
New York will belong to the new
R-pubIic if one is established. Ger
tainly it will seek TO; and we gee DO
reason why the South and West
should not unite in desiring her pres,
euce. But New England, With htr
aboliiionisn and her political priests,
the hot.bed of all the isms, and
the author Of our great calamity :
the everlasting beggar Of protective
tariffs will be objected TO, and will
be excluded. The old Union once
gone, can never belong 10 another,
unless, perchance: it find for herself
and is forced to accept The same
condition Ct independence which she
is now preaching for the South. No
other stction will want her on terms
of equality.
And this is the finale to which the
Administration is now driving us.-
II is every day rendering the resto-
ration Of the Union more and more
difficult. Iustead Of acting upon the
recent expression of sentiment by
the people at the ballot box, it is de.
(, ing this great source OF power, and
exhibiting the utmost contempt Tor
popular condemnation. Lincoln, the
President, is represented as saying
that lie would rather die thousand
deaths than withdraw bis abolition
proclamation, ard as attaching iar
more importance to the result Of the
election in Missouri suit secuted
by bis birelings at the point Of the
bayonet, and by a terrorism which
kept more than two-fifths Of the vO-
tiers from the polls, thau to alithe 9th
er elections which bad taken place
during the year.
He rrjoiceS over a verdict thus
shameiulIy obtained, 10 a State where
he desires to introduce in "A practi-
cal shape the fre-brapd Of emanci-
patton, ana spurns with contempt
the honest condemnation of bis own
conduct which comes 10 bim 10 the
endorsement Of fifteen millions Of
people! lie removes the ablest gen.
erals 10 the war, with no other than
I
a political motive, and declares his
determination to throw out every Of
ficer who criiicises his conduct. lie
empties Fort Warren and Lafayette
Of political prisoners, without word
OF apology or explana'ion'to their
victims, and without the moral c0ur-
age to rescind the unconstitutional
order on which they we're. and others
probably will be, arrested. He throws
| himself, body and soul, into the en-
braces of the Greeleys aud Love
| joys of the party, which defended
aim, and defies the honest men who
have supported the government, to
change bis policy or avert the final
calamity TO which radicallsm is tend
ing.
This is our position. The hopes
of the Union are every hour grow
ing fainter, until a majority Of the
people Of the North az last lock up