Year: 1861

+ 1t may be said that every day which
passes over our heads without a collision
lessons considerably and probability of one
ever taking place. The Seccssionists have
been completely misinsor,nod as to the con-
dition Of the North, They expected that
party spirit would havef carried men into
rebellion, and that the suffering would have
been much more intense than it has proved,
and provocative Of insurrcction. On the
contrary they find that all parties at the
North and West are disposed to make up
a sincere and honest support to the present
Government, not because all approve Of
Of every movement, but for the good oe the
country. The mad efforts Of the secession;s.s S
havc.:done more1to strengthen the cause Of
Mr.. Lincoln than any Of his personal merits.
Every day the whole sWest,anil North are
becoming more and more convinced <that
there can BE butionc object now before the
country, and but one party in the, North
that which is for the preservation Of the
IL MON. How this can best be done had
better be left open for diseussion;s at any
rate men will differ widely enough upon it.


but, the distinction between Democrat and
Republican has been broken down, not by
any compromise offered by the one and ac-
ceptcd by the other, but simply and purely
by the violence of tho sccessionists, the


agencies they have employed, and the OBJ.
ject of their movement, the breaking up of
the Government, ifthey could, -sor the sake


of rule and power. q


It is evident now that Missouri is safe for
the Union, and this is the first Southern
State that has at all showed hcr. hand. since
President Lincoln's message. The fact is
that the parts of the message most overlook.
ed by the North are just those parts which
are and will be most studied throughout the
South, I. c. those which point out the evils
that must result from disunion efthe South


even if it were successfully accomplished
Men are beginning in, that quarter to reflect
that disunion would settle, nothing, but
open greater division and confusion in the
South. The basis of representation would
be as, great a bone Of contention between
South Carolina and Tennessee, ifshe were to
secedc, as any quarrel South Carolina has
ever had with Massachusetts,.


p The arguments of}the message in favor
Of taking time will haze their good effect.


All the precipitated action Of the secession
States did not really express the sober !isen-
timents of the people ofthe South, but only
OF the wire pullers. It IS this sober second


thought Of the people which has now to be
appealed to-, and time with: a, conci|iatory
course, may produce a change Of sentiment
in favor ofloyalty to the Union as it tcxisted


for three quarters Of q century. il MIR.
Lincoln acts cautiously and disereetly, he
may retire from his present position at the
end of four years with the country in better
Condition politically, IT'S prospects, the


future brighter; and the government more
Loyalty established in the popular heart,


than could seem possible for any view Of af-
fairs at the beginning ofshis career. a
course Of precipitancy, or Of force; without
regard to circumstances. might cstsolish the
|power oftho government, hatiit. could not
|reccommend its juslic or, its, yisdoln. It
would reconcile nothing, soften no asperities,
and the very same questions necessarily
|come up again. unless the; cause OF them
were rooted out Of the political aad social
System Of the land, which. at the
present time, does seem possible, and which
would probably cause greater mischief than
any which we now CXDerierlcc. fl@e2