Year: 1860




Preparations for Disunion''


Under the above caption appears rather
a remarkable article in the New York Her.
old of Tuesday. We publish 1t as link
in the chain of evidence that there is large
party in the South who are determined up
on accomplishing the disunion of the
States, and the formation of Southern
Confederacy. This party support Breckin-
lidge & Lane for the Presidential nominees,
not with any hope ofelectng them, but TO
secure the election Of the Chicago Repub-
lican candidates, which it thinks will unite
the South and precipitate the revolution it
so much desires. That is portion of the
scheme. The disunionsts well know that
the election Of Douglas and Johnson would
completely Illustrate their designs. While
Lincoln and Hamln have no party in the
South and the people of that portion of the
Confederacy are united in intense opposi-
lion TO the doctrines which they represent,
it is the reverse with Douglas and Johnson
The latter. If elected, would have a pow.
erful organization in the Southern States
TO support them. ample to neutralize any
schemes of the Disunionists to block the
wheels Of Government and accomplish a
secession. A divided South would defeat
the schemes Of the Seceders, while united
they would be ample TO secede and estab-
lish a Southern Confederacy. The election
Of Lincoln and Hamlin would unite the
South, and make secession appear TO all a
necessity to maintain what they claim to be
their constitutional rights Breckenridge,
III the present state Of public sentiment.
then is the plain duty of the conservative
citizens Of the North. those who regard
the Union a blessing and desire TO per-
petuate it Can it be otherwise than to
vote for the men who will have power
enough in the South to crush ont disunion
ism ? Douglas and Johnson are in the
way of the Disunonists. Their election
they well know would be to defeat their
long cherished plans.


Mr.. Breckenridge said in his Frankfort
speech last winter that the South would
not stand Republican domination. Repu5
lican success will be hailed by the dis
unionists as the justification for secession.
They want this result to take place under
the administration Of Mr.. Buchanan, for
they calculate upon his aid to carry out
their scheme. For tha. reason they are
seeking to precipitate the election of Lin
coln. In that event they know they will
have no opposition from the General Gov
ernment under the present Administration
in eaecting secession. The plan has been
well considered and malured. We have
been assured Of this by one of the most
nteligen: men Of the South. formerly a
resident of this State, who is fully conver
SAINT with the sentiments and intentions ol
those in the South who favor secession
and tie means by which they hope to ac-
complsh their ends.


y good many Republicans affect to be-
lieve that the cry of Disunion is bug
bear to frighten voters. We hope such
| will awaken 10 the reality Of the Disunion
M ovement. Such is not the sentiment Of
the loyal citizens of the South The issue
there is Union and Disunion and while
fighting gallantly for Union. and hoping
for the best, they have fearful forebodlngs
Of the future. They regard Douglas as
the man for the present crisis-the pilot
who can safely guide the ship Of State
through the breakers by which she is sur
rounded. Shall not we of the North, then,
conGie the destnies Of The nation to the
man who is equal to the emergency--to
one who has the ability. the skill. the ex-
perience, and the courage to overcome the
difficulties engendered by the fanatciSm OF
the extremes, and unite the nation more
firmly by developing the common interests
of the whole country Although we dc
no: agree with all that the Uerai0 states
yet we give the article as suggestive of the
condition of political affairs at the present
time, and as developing the schemes o
the Disunionists. The Herald says -
Indiana State Sentinel.


1t is not without the gravest apprehen
sions for the future that we regard the pre-
sent threatening appearance of the polilica
horizon. Ever since the meeting Of tn,
Charleston Convention the Disunion part,
in the South has been preparing for the
dissolution of the confederacy-an even
which. at first regarded with the utmos
alarm by the great majority of the people
North and South. has come latterly TO be
looked upon as foregone conclusion-ont
which might be temporarily arrested, bu
which can, by no means. be entirely aver
ted.


1t is time, now. that our people should
look at this matter rs it stands We fee
bound, therefore, to lay before the countr,
this morning the evidence that the South
has already made arrangements to secedC
peaceably from the Union in the event o.
the election of Lincoln, who seems moral.
ly certain to obtain majority Of votes il
the electoral college. We commend, then
to the careful attention Of our readers the
elaborate manifesto Of the Hon. Lawrenc,
: NJ. kcitt, and the brief, bu; no less impor
tant. letter of the Hon William l.. Yam
cey, which will be found in our impress
ion of to-day. We are aware that botl
these gentlemen are ranked as 'fire eaters
At the North, but We know, also. that they
represent the general feeling in tho cottor
States, and that the cry of secession. whcl
was raised four years ago. comes up nov
with redoubled vigor, aud that some Of IN,