Year: 1860

AS it is now reduced almost to moral
certainty that South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, will
withdraw from the Federal Union within
The next sixty days, and declaration OF
withdrawal may be expected from one Or
more OF them i'll half that time, it is we'll
enough to look about us and contem-
plate the probable consequences that
will primarily attach to such violent
procedure. Ts


For oar part, after careful survey OF
the field, we have come to the concu-
sion that if the States named withdraw
they will be followed by the whole OF
the Cotton States, in a very brief pc,
riod, if not Immediately, for they are so
bound together by ties Of mutual inter
est, consanguinity, production, soil aud
labor, that they cannot separate, or be
separated, for any length of time. They
are SO situated that disaster cannot over
take the one without it overtakes the
other, or prosperity smile upon one with
ent smiling upon all. Hence, we argue
that the withdrawal of one or more Cot
ton States will be the certain precursor
of the withdrawal of all, and that, too,
at no very remote day.


rs to the outside consequences of
separation, we apprehend nothing seri-
Gus. Should the Cotton States conclude
to go out of the Union in body, no at
tempts will be made to coerce them back
again. The standing army is SO small
that, We're it concentrated iu a single
body and efficiently welded, it could do
nothing; and as for volunteers to "sub-
due the South" it would require a
special law of Congress, men and money,
TO accomplish that object, supposing it
susceptible of accomplishment. Two
years, at least, must pass away, before
Congress, as at present constituted,
should its sessions be continued, swould
pass the necessary laws and appropria-
tions to enable Mr.. President Lincoln to
wage war upon the South! This is a
fact well worthy consideration. By the
expiration Of that time, and long before,
we would be in a condition Of absolute
ihdcpenueHCc. .. g.


Coercion, however, is not possible
under amy circumstances, If we unite
ourselves together as band of brothers.
Nor will it be attempted Even the
Abolitionists are too sensible to be guilty
Of such an act of unmitigated absurdity.
They avow their willingness to let
us depart peaceabl y, if we have so made
mp onr minds. On this point the New
York Tribune discourses as follows:


We dare the Fire-eatels to submit
the question of Secession or No Seces-
sion because of Lincoll's election to the
popular vote Of their own people. They
will be badly beaten in every State but
South Carolina, and probably beaten in
her popular vote also. And let them be
assured of this-that they cannot make
hints of jumping ont Of the Union and
expect the North to hold them. When
ever any considerable section of this
Union shall really insist on getting out
f it, we shall insist they be allowed to
60. And we feel assured that the North
generally cl,erishes kindred determina-
tion. So let there be no more babble as
to the ability of the Cotton States to
whip tlle North. II they acW fight, they
must hunt up some other enemy, for we
are not going to fight them. If they in
sst on staying in the Union, they must
f course obey its laws; but if the People
Qlot the swashy politicians) Of the Cot
ton States shall ever deliberately vote
Themselves out of the Union, we shall
Ie i'll favor of letting them go in peace
Then who is to fight? and what for ?'
Z The Tribune need not trouble itself
about the mode the Cotton States may
select of going out of the Union, when
that alternative shall be determined
upon. Its wishes will not be consulted
IN the smallest particular, nor will any
regard be paid to the desires of the fa-
abominable constituency it
The people Of the Cotton
States, through their representatives Or
otherwise, will determine upon what
course Of action they may deem proper.
And, so far as the vote of our people is
let not the Tribune lay the
lattering JUNCTION to its soul that they
will ever vote in favor of submission to
Black Republican rule. The vote against I
when taken, will be well
Ugh unanimous. s @56 @s


Abiding to the foregoing from the
Tribune. the New York Herald of the
10Th says:


"The Tribune admits the right of any
State to seeede, and says coercion would
'e absurd, even if the General Govern
nent had the constitutional power to
exercise it. This is equally sensible and
,sndid on the part of our revolutionary
contemporary. The Government Of the
United States is very different from the
of Europe. It consists of