Year: 1861

booves it to look at facts before taking ac- tion. but when it does act let its decision be worthy of the gallant people that 1t re- nresents. What then are, the questions which demand its consideration? Was 1t elected to save the Union? No sane man ever dreamed of such thing. Was 1t chosen to disrupt the United States? That has already been accomplished. What then was expected of the convention-what is it's principal duty? It is to consider whether we will go with the northern or southern confederacy. This is the ques- tion. and the only question of importance, for the convention to consider. Itis fact that the Union Is dissolved. It IS fact that there is a northern and a southern confederacy. It is fact that we must choose between them. Lincoln affirins that the Union is unbroken. He denies the ex istence of southern confederacy. Shall we take our cue from him, and become pdr- hceDs cri1ai,a;s in the mad attemptto ignore great fact, and to preserve the Union by force? Shall we affirm that there is no Such government as the Confederate States? Shall we give Mr. Lincoln our sympathles and our support? Or shall we acknowl- edge the existence of the southern republic, and then decide the final question-shall we 90 with the black republican States or with our sisters of the South?

 It is too late now to theorize. Facts are pressing upon our earnest consideration It is not time for holiday politicians. Men who by suppressing the truth by de- magoguism and " bush-whacking," have succeeded in deluding the people with a hope of peace and the preservation of the Union, must know that when few weeks roll around, this same people will de- mand of them the ful6llnicnt of their pledges They will ask where is the pro- missed peace? They will look in vain for a restored and harmonious Union. It will Gen. Thomason's resolutions" twill not then be sufficient to say "we did all we could do to preserve the Union." It will be poor reply to the clamorous demand for peace, and full restoration of our rights to say "we have made recommendations we knew would be disregarded- we were told over and over again by the secessionists would be $ waste of words" Radical re- medies can alone cure desperate maladies. The people may not realize the truth of theories, but they understand that failure on the part of those whom they have trust ed implies want of statesmanship and foresight, and they will not trust them again. Such demagogues will find their names registered in the catalogue of the damned which the people make out periodi- cally against rejected politicians. They will be stripped of that "'little brief authority" which enablel them to prevent prompt ac- tion, and to spend the peoples money to no effect. We give the word of warning.

 But there are higher and mightier req sons why something decisive should be done before the convention adjourns.- Every honest, intelligent man in the State knows that the question is narrowed down to Union with the North or Union with the South?" If we go with the North we become instruments in the hands of Lincoln to coerce the seeded States. To this a large portion of the people will aerer con sent, and civil war will ensue between diff ferent portions of this State-between citi- zen and citizen. Fools, wrapped up in the pride of opinion, may say let this come, but statesmen and christians would if pos sible avoid it. Go home to your constitu- ents and tell them that from a foolish pride of consistency, and for your own selfsh schemes, you neglected to satisfy