Year: 1860

thousands of ncensderae in the South standing ready
to take advantage of the modification and the excitement
the occasion to precpae the slave States into disunon
The evidences of this hcken every day Conservative
of all parties in the Union beginning that
there ahead of great danger our peace happiness
and prosperity.


The Charleston (South Carolina News confesses sub
sanay the true meaning and design of the seceders in
attempting at Charleston and actually succeeding at Ba-
more, in dstractng the Democratic party In late issue
| of the News it usesthe following language:


!" 1t may be asked what hopes haFe from the Pres
DENTAL struggle On this point have not time to-day
to dilate in full Our hopes higher than any TO be
founded a Presidential result The contest will
leave the South united party united section united
IN the purpose Of right and seence, aud ready if ever
under aroused excitement ana common Indignation TO
meet the real sectional ISSUE brought up under forced
uona array to solve by either submission to Black Re-
publican rule at Washington, resort 10 her self
government an separate and Independent form


The Southern leaders who forced secession at Charleston
and again at Baltimore have been acting with eye sngy
to the disruption of great Confederacy To this end
one great step taken when the Democracy Of the South
severed from the Democracy of the North This gained
and it is deemed easy task to make the severance
general.


flour Democratic brethren really desired the defeat of the
Northern sectional ticket of Lincoln and Hamn they could
easily do this by uniting with the conservatives of the
ton In their support of the National constitutional Union
candidates, Bell and Everett No honest man. North or
South doubts the national patriotism qualification and m
ness of these great men to govern this great nation
secure and protect the constitutional rights and the nte
rests of the South the North the East and the West
No honest doubt for one moment that Bell and
Everett would be elected if the Democrats North and
South would unite with the national in their support
1t is equally clear that the Bell and Everett the
only national ticket in the field and that could not
ha haffa hu
with either wing of the divided Democracy But both Of
these wings profess to be defeat the Republican
purely sectional ticket; and, if sincere they could
tainy do this by uniting with the friends of Bell and Ev
erett and this they could do with less sacrifice Of
principle than by uniting upon either Douglas Breckin
ridge.


We not prepared to say that the men who sustained
Douglas at Charleston and Baltimore disunionists
However much we may differ with the men, we do not
think that they really desire to dissolve the Unon but of
the leading Southern seceders do believe differently
Lit quite ridiculous to suppose that they have the least
hope of electng Breckenridge and Lane But their real
hopes are to have all the candidates defeated except Lin
coin and Hamln, and strange to tell yet it certainly
true that the reckless spirits who rule the Southern
Democracy really desire to the Republicans SUCCEED
BECAUSE as the News asserts shall reap by this result


aroused excitement notification and indig-
nation all the Southern States 1t is for crop of such
things these that the Southern seceders aborno for
the peace quiet and unity of this great countryno for


triumph IN electing national man President The true
object of these eceders is to bring about such intense
honal modification and excitement in the slave States



their counseling to 81 to her segODerHBeH
a separate and Independent form.


The true objects and designs of these Southern seceders
are not known-as they fancy. Had they declared at
Charleston at Baltimore that their purpose the
division and separation of the Democratic party, they
would have failed Further had the conservative admirers
of the Constitution and the Union that to be found
the Democratic party known much of these Southern
seceders before they went into Convention they
know of them, these Southern disunoniss would have
failed their purposes divide the Democratic party as
a N urplim to He s nd
who can't that these secedes had purpose be-
fore they went into Convention to do the very thing that
they have DONE They wanted to be separated from their
Northern Democratic brethren. They desire to be cut
loose from all persons and things North As avOwed by
the News they anxious for a contest which "will
leave the South united party, united section,
united IN the purpose of rig and seidec !" in short
and in plain English TO have the slave States proper
condition to be easily precpitad into dsunion The fact
that these seceders held Overseers Convention at Rich
mond whilst the Convention being held at Baltimore.
by their conduct saying they ready TO cowhde their
Northern allies into terms shows purpose to separate
from their Northern brethren in manner offensive
and incurable possible


1t is high time that the eyes of the country should be
called to the conduct object and purposes Of these
ders, among whom the Hon. William L. Yancey an av0wed
disunionist ruling spirit If the Democratic party
had been sufficiently observing of these disunoniss in
their party, IN advance the party would not have been
destroyed.


These seceders took Breckenridge and Lane as their
candidates for blind They have hope Of electng
them But had they followed the example of the Repub





mated representative resident far in the South their
sectional dsuniOn purposes would have been the more
easily discovered-their footprints could not be easily
covered up


The only hope of these seceders in whose tolls now
struggle the Southern Democracy, is TO make untee
South and against united North and the object nearest
to their heart is substantially accomplished


Mr.. Lincoln, Northern freesoiler the dea Of
antslavery extension, the great OF irreprsi
BILE conflict is to be elected these seceders rea de-
sire fear, and the appeals that win be made
cited South already being prepared and consided by
those who, for well imagined expressed will
act the principle that it better reign in Hell than
to in Heaven


Let this purely sectional triumph once take place which
could be easily and certainly defeated by the Democrats
uniting with the Bell and Everett and in imagination
hear the very appeal which these Southern seceders
confidently hope to make with entire in separ
atng all the sayehoding States from the free States. In
strains of burning and indignant eoquence the South will
be asked whether she is willing to live longer IN Con-
federacy of free and slave States when the fe Sta>
presumng their numerical majority of Sdes and cleo
toa votes had determined TO take the whole governing
power of the Confederacy into their own hands elect
majority of both Houses Of Congress, th4r own Presi
dents and make Federal laws and appointments suit
themselves.


These seceders protng by the results of their own art
fu conyances expect to be heard wtN great interest
and concern by the people Of all the savehodng States
when they the picture and ask fSouthem excited
minds il they believe the North would submit such dis
honor and degradation. They viii argue supposing the
South had the majority of States an majority of electors
and should hold Southern CoDEention at an extreme
point Mobile representing only Stare States and shond
nominate citizen of Texas for President and another
from Florida for Vice President esove that there should
be free States in this Unot and then by purely
sectional vote elect these SOuthers sectional candidates
such platform that the happening of such events
in the South Southern action against the free States
the free States would submit to such degradation
Each individual in the South, in terms and manner
most imposing will be asked whether he has less pride
and spirit than the people of the free States Every eor5
will be made persuade the people of the slave States t
,ca longer They will be told that the time is come
when the Southern States should form ne Confederacy
and leave the government of which she is in the
to have neither part nor lot The South viii be told
that her annual exports easily be raised to four hun
dred millions of dollars each year; that her productions
are Indispensable to England and all manufacturing
tions that the trade of the South viii make her friends
and make the free States friendly to than
they under the Confederacy and voting III
the same Congress with Such, confident will
be the of these thnY only