Year: 1862

THE sECEDED REGION.


A wise man will remain master Of bis own
future, BY avoiding premature commitments ss
which haze not yet arisen. Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof There is no require
msnt Of ffsnkness, or courage, which compels
Statesmen or private individuals to proclaim
what they will do In future emergencies, and
they should be restrained from doing so BY
that same wisdom evolved by long experience,
which confines the decision Of good Judge to
the exact case which Is before him. The great
maxim of the Rothschilds =" neuer 10 reject an
option "-is not more safe in pecuniary transac
tons than II is In political affairs.


Its In manifest violation Of these suggestions
Of well.spproved prudence, to insist just now
upon any such metaphysical dogmas as that
States which have seeded are still In the Unisn,
that any fragment Of their loyal citizens (how-
ever smalD has the right to send here full
delegation Of Senators and Representatives,
and that Congress has no discretion as 10 the
hms when such States shall be recognised as
again In the Union, and no control over the
conditions which 1t may be wise to afix to
their re-admisdon. Dogmas like these may in
volve the nation in inextricable trouble. Let
u wait and zee what Is the real tone Of popu-
lar feeling at the South, now made obscure to
u by conflicting representations Let US wait
and see how Southern opinion may be changed
by the victorious advance Of the national arm.
les. Let Us, in short, postpone decision not
now pecssary to be made, until we get all
possible facts upon which to make q decision
which shall be expedient and judicious


Wedo not hold metaphysics of any kind iu
very high estimation, and have no sort Of din.
Guilty In brushing aside - quite idle, the sug-
gsstion that there Is anything in the Constitu-
ton Of the United States, which fetters us In
dealing with case which Is wholly ex-
ira constitutional. II 1t is expedient for the
President to send q military governor to Ten
nessee, or for Congress to establish terrific
rial government In South Carolina, or to
divide Texas so ss to render less probable The
future detection of that region, these acts need
not be omitted because no express warrant
for them is laid down In an instrument which,
in no part Of it, contemplstss such sxigencies
as have actually arisen in these later and evil
times.


The genius Of our institutions is that OF the
union Of equal States, and 10 adverse 70 the
idea of provinces and dependencies. The na-
honsl policy has been uniform, TO treat terri
tories - in course OF training to become
States, and TO sdmit them as such ct the earli-
est moment, which has been reasonably posi-
ble Local selfgovernment for all local pur-
poses, Is the traditional theory of America, and
nobody will propose anything else in any part
Of the South, for single day beyond what may
be shown to be necessary by circumstan ces
which may arise. But to whatever extent
future events may indicate as indispensable,
the country will proceed firmly iu the line of
policy inaugurated by the appointment Of a
military governor for what was once the State
Of Tennessee, and will, we hope, be SO again
before very long period.