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From the Knickerbocker,
SPRING, AUTUMN AND KTKRNITY.
'lte bath made every thing beautiful in his time.'
?Ecolesinstes 8 11.
Tlierc are two things I dearly love,
In nature's circling year,
Which lift my spirit far ah ?ve
Tiie weight of earthly cure:
They bring before my eager view
The brightness of a home,
Where nil their loveliness is true,
Nor change can ever come.
The tnrly titnes of Spring's first hours,
Brings freshness to the heart;
They rouse the wearied spirit's powers,
And sweeter life impart:
Her dancing breezes gently woo
The bloss oms of the rose, j'
All wet with sparkling morning dew,
Their petals to inclose.
:
The weary sufferer of pain,
The bowed with care or grief,
Hail Iter returning once again.
With hopes of sweet relief:
Spring hours cannot fail to bring
Calm aud consoling thought,
ller many voices ever sing
Of joy to mortals brought.
But how, 0 Autumn! shall I dare
To paint thy gorgeous hues ;
The softness of thy morning air,
Thine evcniug's pearly dews :
The solemn graud3ur of thy night, i 1
Whose starry crowu is set i
With gems more radiantly bright,
Than earthly coronet ? I
The glory of tby sunset hour,
When all is calm and still.
Brings fnll conviction of the Power
That heaven and earth doth (ill ;
Oh ! who can gaze upon thy skies,
As twilight shades them o'er, I
And not from earthly dreamings rise,
Their Maker to auorc?
I
The wreath of fading Summer flowers
Is yet upon thy brow,
Bat all the mirth of Summer hours
Is changed to sadness now.
And yet, upon thy dying head,
A solemn beauty lies,
'I ire glorious than the riches sprea 1
'Neath Summer's gtowing skies.
Ever, 0 Autumn ! slialt thou be
To us, an emblem meet
Of spirits sinking peacefully
To slumber calm and sweet:
Though thy delights not long may last,
Yet ours shall still increase :
Thy reign be soon for ever past,
But ours shall never cease. J
Ah 1 not like thee shall pa?s away.
The Christian's hope and joy: 1
We look for an eternal day, I
And bliss without alloy? 1
For glories hid from mortal sight,
Revealed in realms above?
For fadeless crewns of heavenly light, j l
And pcrfectness of love. j (
Charlton, S. C-, M?!/,
Jlfllittcal.
From the Petersburg (Ya.) Democrat.
WHAT SHALL WE DO ?
Calmly, soberly, without parade, with no
excitement nor any affectation of it, the
South is making up her respousc to thisques- j
tion.
Abolitionism presents to us the simply al- j
tentative issue, submission or conquest, and j
with subtle refinement of cruelty proposes
to enforce her will through the medium of a j
man born aud reared on our own soil, who,
in the execution of the behests of his mas- ,
ter's will, superadds to the malice of a ty-'
rant, the infamy of a traitor. Trusting as
we do that there may be found conversatism
and patriotism enough in the land to save us
from the damnation of the faction, it is idle j
to deny that the result may deceive us, and '
John Charles Fremout, a Rocky mouutain j
scout, may be chosen to fill the scat of fleo. '
Washington.
The South contemplates this contingency
and is preparing more rapidly than her foes j
believe to meet it. From one end of her .
border to the other the question is beiug ag- j
itatcd with daily increasing interest?what I
is the most speedy, effectual and safe method
ot dissoiviug all political connection wku
the North. That the naked question of dis-:
solution in the contingency named is settled, J
admits of little doubt. Tudccd its truth is ;
recognized by nieu of all parties, and by fur- j
eigncrs as well as natives. The official or- i
gan of the British Government advocates ur- j
gently the successof Fremont, on the f/round :
that such au event would bo the prelude to
the disruption of the "Great Republic."?
The Presidential candidate of the Know- .
Nothings avows it to be his belief that the
Union cannot survive the triumph of Black
Republicanism. All the promiueut meiu-1
bers of our owu party give utterance to the
same seutiment, and the opinion receives the i
concurrence of every reflecting man of the !
Old Line Whig party, from the accomplish-1
ed Senators from Louisiana, in one section
of the I. uion, to the venerable statcsmau
and jurist of Massachuscts iu the other.
True, the opiuiuu is uotabsolutely without
dissentients iu the South. The same KnowNothingisui
which'did more for abolition iu
the North iu twelve mouths than all other
influences combined had been able to effect;
in thirty years, uufortuuately encouraged,
even in the South, a laxity of sentiment upon
the great question of our personal and
political independence, which is doiug us irretrievable
mischief. The hands of abolitiuu
prophets are sustained by John Miuor .
Botts and the Louisville Journal, while they
invoke the curses of Heaven and the wrath |
of meu upon us, but it would, we hope and
believe, be a gross libel ou the Kuow-Noth- J
ings of the South, to hold them responsible
n nnrfv fur tlipsp inppnili:iri?w Ttidppd
the eviileuce to the contrary is overwhelming,
and among other indications of the tone of
the opposition on this subject, may be noted
the course of the New Orleans Delta, the
ablest organ of the party, which declares
openly for disunion.
"A time is approaching," it says, "wheu ;
all miserable party jealousies will be merged
in the great Southern organization of self- j
defence."
If it be objected that we waut some man |
with great personal influence, and with talents
of a commanding order to head the
movement, we reply that leaders have failed i
for want of resolution, but never a resolu- J
tion for want of a leader. The circumstances
will give birth to the men?battles make
heroes, not heroes battles, and when the occasion
arises it wjll be strange indeed if out
of a population of so many millions of men,
will not be found with tbc courage, prudence
and wisdom needed for the event. Indeed
this is the last and most remote of our dangers.
In view then of the possibility of the result
indicated, the South dyes well peaceably
ind calmly to discuss tliis-question of the
mode of dissolution, and to prepare herself,
by a careful examination of the whole subject
in every possible phase.
It is idle to hope to affect the course of [
the North by threats of non-intercourse, of j
the severance of commercial connection and i
of social and mercantile proscriptions. The |
very use of this argument pre-supposes that J
keenness of insight into these pecuniary in- j
terests, on the part of that section which j
would render useless any suggestions of
ours. If they will not be responsible for
the "sin of slavery," let us relieve them of
that responsibility. If they cauuot live in
amity with slave-holders, let us tender them j
articles of separation. If they cannot rc- j
cognize our e?jual rights, let us abandon a
1'niou which exposes us at every poiut to the
attacks of our enemies, but restricts us by
positive prohibitions in every measure we
might be disposed to take for our defence. '
And in this separation, if it must conic,
let us remember above all tilings that "he
that is not with us is against us," and that
the customary and appropriate penalty for
treason is the iribbet.
i
From the Charleston Mercury.
THE TRUE REMEDY.
The following brief communication, from I
one of the leading thinkers of the State, presents
forcibly the real, and the only real,
political question that is now before the
Southern people :?Can we live in this Union
'! The North and the .South arc two nations,
made by their institutions, customs
and habits of thought, as distinct as the English
and French ; and our annual meetings
at Washington are not Congresses, to discuss
common interests, but conventions, to contest
antagonistic opinions, and to proclaim '
mutual grievances, and utter hostile threats.
Whatever sense the South may have of its
rights, it is fettered by the absolute power I
cf the majority to vote it down, and that majority
has been gradually compressed, ironi
divided factions, into a united party, the
avowed objects of which is to set its heels
upon our throats. This hostile majority has
already elected a Speaker of-the House of j
Representatives; it has an even chance of |
electing a President of the United States?
not a man eminent for public services or
olevated talents, but an adventurer, picked
up in Wall street?a renegade from the
South, made a hero at the North; and with
this instrument, all the more venomous from
its meanness, they threaten to double the
humilation of our defeat, by making us at
once the victims of force and of treachery.
But we are detaining the reader from the
clear, calm and thoughtful Mew of the subject,
presented by our correspondent.
JAss/s. Editors: In your issue of the oth
instant, you copy an article from the "Richmond
Dispatch," in which the people of the
South are counselled to imitate the proceed-1
ingsof the Colonists in 1774, looking to nonintercourse
with Hrcat Britaiu. I think the
Dispatch is in error in counselling this
course. In '74 it may possibly have had
something to recommend it. But it is difficult
to show that it influenced, in the slightest
degree, the question of Independence.?
Those who adopted it hoped, no doubt, to !
make some impression on the mercantile classes
iu Great Britain, that might re-act favorably
upou the rulliug class. The history of
the devolution shows that it was a weak
measure, although no doubt the friends of
the Colonists in the mother country made
the best of it.
The contest in which we are engaged with
the Northern scctiuu of the Confederacy,
has much more bitterness and inteusity than i
the Revolutionary struggle. In '74 many pa- j
triots looked to the possibility of a rccoucilia
tion. Manystill believed that a farther continuance
of the connection with Great Britain
would not, of necessity, fatally involve the
fortuues of the Colonies. Ilcnce halfway
measures and temporising expedients, misled
them and deluded them for some time.
But in our case, there can be but little
room for delusion, except among those who j
are wilfully blind. Uur enemies certainly |
tako uo pains whatever to deceive us. They ;
play their game very openly. Their war lias |
been carried on with great directness and i
consistency for thirty-live years. It is a war j
iu which success on their part, involves us|
not only iu disgrace, but utter ruin?a dis-'
urate and ruin, eoinnared with which, noth
ing of disaster and calamity that has befallen
civilized communities, deserves serious con- j
sideration. The degradation of the Southern
people, the desecration of our Southern j
homes, the desolatiou of our Southern fields
?these are invcitable, if we fail in the con- j
test that the Northern section is wagingj
against us. And now we are told, by South- j
ern men, at the eleventh hour, in the very
crisis of our fate, "do not buy of the North!" j
"do not sell to the North!" Weak, weak?
worse than weak ! Does not the Southern
man who counsels thus, know that the whole
course of the confederate legislation has been
such, and will ever be such, as to rivet us
commercially to the North ? To tell us not
to buy of, nor sell to the North, is to tell
us neither to buy nor sell as long as this l.nion
lasts. The North knows this full well,
aud laughs to scorn all such weak and puny
devices. She knows full well, that her commercial
supremacy necessarily follows in the
wake of her political domination ; aud that
the South is but dreaming dreams, never to
be realishcd when site talks of Independent
Southern (loinntcree whilst this I'nion continues.
"The Richmond Dispatch" advises that
which is utterly impracticable, because your
legislation had made if so?and that which,
were it practicable, would be ineffectual, because
that which is more potent than legislation,
has the mastery of the Northern mind.
You cannot "minister to a mind diseased
it rejects all medication, it defies all lotrie.
Besides, fanaticism apart, the Northern mind
is bent on ruling and ruining, and you caunot
prevent it, if you remain in the XJuipu.^
You h;:\ c been retreating, and" "confeeediijg
and compromising, for thirty-five years. Yon
have lost your equality in the Senate, and
can never recover it. A confederacy com
posed of unequal hostile seetious, must be
destroyed, or the minor section must be destroyed
by the major. The very idea of a
confederacy comprising hostile sections, is a i
political solecism.
I pray the Dispatch not to be holding out ^
to us these illusory measures?these "ii/i-vs .
fatitithey can but lure us to our doom.
Let it rather present to our contemplation j
more substantial objects. Let it ask us ;
whether there can be any sense in the at- j
tempt to keep in union a hostile people?? j
Whether there, can bo any wisdom in at- :
tempting to keep up a union between the [
North aud the when equality (the j
vital principle of that union) is irretrievably {
lost? Whether the commouast prudence j
should not compel] the South to dissolve a ^
connection which is annually transferring !
millions of her money to the Northern section?which,
whilst it fattens on her spoil,
loudly threatens to use its wealth and power
to degrade and to crush us?
Instead of running after phantoms, let it |
ask itself whether Abolition communities j
oVijitilfl !./> mAvn.iftrtfl t r\ ?1 Vntf*n 111 tlifi I
ouuuiu uv; jjuiiuuitu iv uui w u ???%- t
government of slavcholding communities ?
Let it determine for itself that politieal problem.
And farther, let it unite with us in appealing
to its own political mother, to the
Old Dominion, to join with us in driving out j
of our I'nion the hireling States.
With Virginia as our leader, and Mason .
and Dixon's line as our Northern frontier, i
the South can easily achieve her indepen- j
donee, vindicate her honor, and establish j
her agriculture and commerce upon a solid
and permanent basis.
Near Georgetown, Sept. S, ISofi.
,J. T. M. j
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IV .111 the Charleston Mercury.
v THE RICHMOND DISPATCH.
The Dispatch fears that the hh?od of '71 !
is vastly diluted, because we consent to deal |
with our enemies. But T would, with nil j
deference, ask the Dispatch, whether per |
milting our enemies to control our political j
destinies, be not a stronger evidence of thin |
blood than trading with them. That they |
almost monopolize our trade, is the fault of
the thick-blooded men who flourished be- j
tween I and 'S'7. It is the natural consc- j
qucncc of uniting under such a system of
government, two communities so essentially
differing in pursuits, in character and sentiment,
as the Southern and Northern people, j
The most sagacious men of the South part
ly foresaw this consequence, as necessarily ;
resulting from the political organization, !
which was, in a measure, forced upon tlieni j
by the feebleness of the newly enfranchised
States.
Hut it is not a question of thick or thin
blood, nor is it a question of commerce;
for the Virginia and Carolina fanner and
planter must sell liis crop, whatever political
arrangements prevail. If lie continues
to ileal almost exclusively with his enemies,
it is his own fault. It is union with
the Xurth that makes its people our enemies, j
Drive them oi?t to-morrow, and they will be
our best friends. That which is vital to us, j
they now regard with abhoreucc, and absurd-,
ly think that they are responsible for. Take j
them at their word?release them from their !
responsibility?drive them out of our Union; j
and by this application of a little tlnure ri<>- I
hnrc, you win their hearts. It is nut their j
commerce that hurts us, it is the compulsory j
preference which is granted them by the uu- 1
fortunate terms of our uniou with them.? J
When we drive them out of our Union, they I
will be to us as are the English, the French, i
or any other people who may seek eommer- j
cial intercourse with us?enemies in war, in |
peace friends. At present, they arc enemies !
at all times. Enemies, who have denoun- j
ced war upon us for thirty-five years, and j
who, from our unfortunate political conucc- \
tiou with them, under the seeming peace, j
have practised the secret mine and deadly j
sap of sectional legislation, more ruinous to 1
us than al' the devilish enginery of open .
war.
The Dispatch must know, every Southern |
man must know, that if heelings to this Un- j
ion, he must take mm mn-re. He must take ;
it with enforced commercial intercourse with
the North on its own terms; he mu.-t con- .
sent to New York being the commercial capi- j
tal, ami all our other towns mere villages or j
suburbs of New York. He must not dream |
of Haltimorcor Charleston as great eouimer- I
eial centres. It is permitted to us, who hope
to sec the day when the united, South, rising
in its might, shall drive out the North,
to indulge the cheering vision of a prosperous
agriculture, nurtured and invigorated by
an enfranchised commerce, dispensing its j
bounties aud its blessings, and giving life, |
and hope, and prosperity, to Baltimore, 1
Charleston, Savannah, .Mobile, and New Or- :
leans. And it is permitted to us, too, to |
anticipate the peace with the North?the 1
j time of peace and good will restored by i
driving them out?the time when the North
' shall be released from its self-inflicted misery
of responsibility for our slavery: and the
South self-governed, and with an unshackled
commerce, paying tribute to none, shall be
at liberty to tender peace to all the world, or
to provide far war if need be. This is the
beatific vision vouchsafed to us wfio have
faith?faith in the principles of Anglo-Norman
nature?faith in tne sufficient thickness
of .Anglo-Norman bloody to prompt its possessor
to do that whioh his interest and honor
reouirc at his hands. And when our
Southern people shall be brought to release*
their actual condithm, then shall our vision
be bodied forth. Tor that people is not
framed to subserviency. They have some
idea of rights nod duties. They feel that
they are a dominant"-;race, and know that
self-government is their birthright.
Let us not, then, present false issues to
our people. We tfamict a 1 lay Xortheurfa->
riaticism by the empty threat ot nou-mtcrcour.sc.
We cannot exercise the demon of
sectional domination, by the subtles devices
of political logic. Yuu may fight the devi:
with fire, but this demon can be driven out
only by driving out the possessed section.
Short? of this, nothing can be done.
This is the sole issue for the people. A
dissolution of their union is not to be thought
of. Their disconnection from the hireling |
States is the one thing needful for their political
salvation. This we must strive for;
peaceable if we can, forcibly if we must. It :
can be accomplished peaceable by the con* i
certcd action of the fifteen Southern States j
and the sixteen Northern ones, on the principle
of nfi ?each section helping
what it has. And, as to the public debt,
let each section agree to pay half of it.
The fifteen Southern States will meet in
Convention at their Capital, Washington, to
a?reo upon a Constitution for the Southern
confederacy, with tin; great advantage of be- J
iug, in a great measure, a homogeneous }>t*o])lc,
whose leading pursuit is agriculture.?
Taught by the stern lessons of experience,
they will avoid some errors, and supply some
omissions, in the present organic law. The
cjuestion of frontier can constitute no difficulty
our sisters Maryland, Virginia, Kenlucky,
Missouri and Kansas, are now f on- J
tier communities, and under much worse j
circumstances than they will he, when we j
have disconnected ourselves from the North. |
The North is now hostile. It will then j
be pacific. Its interest will compel it to he |
so, and there will uot be any sentiment in- i
dining it to be otherwise. The Kuglish are
anti-slavery, but they are not our enemies.
Our gallant old allies, the French, are antislavery,
but llicy hold us uot in bate. And
so the Northern people, when wc release
them from their responsibility?relieve thor
from their complicity p which is our duty,, j
will entertain a variety of sentiments and j
pinions about us, but these will be. mere i
abstractions. They will cease to meditate j
our ruin. They will forego the suggestion j
of assassination?of midnight murder, and i
imlKcruniimfr> .thinrrlih r. Thev will learn I
to recard us with a more. Christian spirit.
J. I. M.
?From
the Mobile l'.pgis-ter.
SOUTHERN UNION.
We publish in another column an article
on the Presidential question, which we extract
froui the New Orleans Delta of Wednesday.
Although our estimate of Mr. Buchanan
differs from the Delta's, we commend
the article to the consideration of our readers,
as presenting a just and sound view of
the bearing of the present canvass upon the
great question in which the interests of the
South are bound up. For our own part, we
are infinitely more interested in promoting
the Union of the South, than in securing
the election of a President. Long ago, as;
soon, in fact, as we were old enough to form ;
an opinion on the subject, we reached the I
conclusion that, unless the South wore pre- !
pared to accept a position of political infer- j
iority and subjection to the North, she j
should bestir himself in organizing a separate i
Southern Confederacy. Not that we were a |
disunionist jhw, for we fully appreciated ,
the benefits the South had already derived, t
and could in a still greater degree yet, de-1
rive from the Constitutional Union designed 1
by our forefathers; from a Union which j
should secure equal rights to all the States; |
not that we could contemplate with cool in- j
difference the injury, the ruin, we might say, j
a disruption of this Union, would inflict oil >
the causes of liberty and progress through....?
..11 . lv..f nV.1 ti11 _ I
UUl< Uli \? III li?VViUUUIli J UUL UtV.HU.3V, till j
nation of the history of the slavery agitation !
and our own personal experience at -the .
North satisfied us, that, although the agita- .
lion was ostensibly kept up by demagogues j
who could be bought, and a rabble that j
could be crushed, yet the movement was in 1
fact controlled by men who could neither be
bought nor crushed. AVc saw actively en- j
gaged in the organization of that party, |
which now controls the Government, men ,
who devoted themselves to the work fn.ni j
principle and a sense of duly ; whom difli-!
culties and dangers served only to stimulate, j
and who displayed an energy, determination, i
and courage, that, exerted in a better cause, :
might have challenged the admiration of the
world. From that moment we felt that a !
compromise was hopeless, for, as one of them
truly said, there cau be no such thing as a j
compromise of principle, and we felt that
the question whether the South would choose
political slavery in the Union, iudepen-,
donee out of it, was simply one of time.
W'e were not alone in our opinion ?
Thmiennds at the South enteVtaiucd the
same convictions, and were prepared to act j
upon tliern ; but when an opportunity prcs- i
entcd itselflbr uniting the South upon the
wise and manly policy of meeting the dan-!
ger in limine, it was found that unhappily ;
she was, as she had always been, divided, j
Southern men could not be persuaded that
the Xorth would press the issue to an ex- j
tremity, and so while the energies of the j
South have been cramped and her action j
paralysed by internal dissension, she is gra-1
dually being bound hand and foot. Soon j
there will be no choice for the South; soon,
unless she rouses herself, she will find that
the question is already settled, and that her
chances of equality in the Union or Independence
out of it, have vanished together.
Is there no remedy Tor this ? But one,?
the uniou of the South for the sake of the
South. Would that we had a tongue of fire,
that we might preach to Southern men in
glowing language that should stir the inmost
depths of their sonls to the gospel of ''Southern
TTnion." But we fear we should preach
in vain. Yet we did think, when we felt
the vibrations of that thrill of joy that pre
raded the country when the platform and
the nominations of the Cincinnati Convention
were announced, that another golden
opportunity was offered for the realization of
our dearest wishes. May it not be so yet?
the South would give Mr. Buchanan not
merely the majorities lie will undoubtly receive,
hut an unanimous vote?if the South
should for once show an united and compact
iront, we snouiu tlion Know wneincr mere
is conservatism enough at the North to withstand
and subdue the reckless agitators who
arc menacing our liberties. If there be, and
it will secure us for the future, well. But
if there is not, theu for once we will have |
been united; and upon that union as a basis,
discarding all minor differences, all
State and local jealousies, all party asperity,
we will build as upon a Arm and enduring
foundation the temple of Southern liberty.
-44?^
From the Mobile Register.
THE FUTURE.
It is not to be disguised that there prevails
a general feeling of apprehension that
the pending election will result in the triumph
of the North over the South in an
issue essentially sectional. We do not indulge
in this apprehension. If it be realized,
we do not dread the result It is however,
the part of wisdom to look forward to
such a contingency, and to "set our house
in order," in anticipation of its consequences.
We take it for granted that an administration
which should come into power on
the basis of Black Republican principles,
would be purely sectional?and that while
it owed its existence to Free State votes, it
\ y i 11 ' *1 v ii?,_ 1 . I 1
wouiu no rrec-sou in ail us uctnus ana
jirixmeL No Southern man, having the
loust respect for himself, r-uuld hold ollice
under it, and all the places of Federal trust
and emolument, would have to he filled by
Northern men, chosen from the master section
of the T'nion. Thus, Huston would
probably supply Mobile and New Orleans
with Collectors, Postmasters and II. S. Marshals,
and Yankee officials would occupy all
the Federal positions in the South. The
treasury, the archives of the Government,
its foreign relations the pust-office, the army
and the navy would all be in the hands of'
the Abolition North, and the Slave Slates
would have no voice or power in the Confederacy.
Could the South longliw, under
such a state of vassalage ? If it were craven
enough to make the experiment, would even
this humiliation be an end of the exactions
and oppressions of a fanatical Central Government,
animated by a morbid hatred towards
us aud our institutions? History and
human nature tells us "no."
The madness that has produced this state
of things would never bo satiated, except
with the annihilation of the object and victim
of its passion, nor stop until the white
race was crushed and Southern plantations
should be converted into sites of San ])otningo
desolation and Jamaica negro barbarism.
Shall we wait for this to happen ??
Will any Southern man so debase himself,
so disgrace the mother that bore him and
the soil that has nurtured him, ftV to hold
iii his heart one lingering feeling, or utter
from his lips one lingering lisp of Union
superstition, should Fremont be the President?
Shall \vc wait in the hope that mercy
for us may yet thaw the cold and iron
purpose of a bigotry that has shown no
shadow of turning? Shall we trust the
lamb to the jaws of the wolf and pray God
that he may not devour him ? Shall we
venture our safety to the tiger with the lap
of blood upon his tongue ? If we are such
fools and cowards, then the North has judged
us rightly?we are unfitted for freedom,
and Yankee masters will be our righteous
doom. If we are not, what shall we do ??
It is our duty to discuss and determine this
cprestiou. We owe this to ourselves, and
we owe it to our countrymen of the North
to tell them, before the fratricidal deed is
done. For ourselves aud for our friends we
can speak. Wc shall regard the Section of
Fremont by the non-slaveholding States as
a disruption of the bonds of the Union, to
be followed by immediate Southern action
for the formation of a new Government.?
The Yankee Pnetors and tjuestors sent out;
to fill Southern offices, should not be allow- [
ed to exercise their functions, and Southern !
members of Congress, instead of going to j
their scats at Washington, should repair to j
their respective State Capitals to take counsel
with their State Executives and Legislatures
as to what is best to he done to guard
the interests of the Sovereign States and
the rights of the sovereign people. Luckily, |
the Government at the moment of dissolution
will he in friendly bauds, and four months !
11 ? L.r 11. . rr?; A r I
Will intervene Derore me i ruuurs au i .iuatics
can get possession of the Capitol. .
The South will get more justice in the
breaking up and a general distribution of
assets than it has done in the existence and
the administration of the government. The
bigots tell us we "cannot be kicked out of
the I'nioii," and if w^try to go out, no mutter
under what provocation, they will whip
us back again. If they arc in earnest, we
must be prepared for that too, and burnish
our arms to sustain in the field the resolves
we shall form in council. Our Northern I
countrymen may regard this as gasconade
and menace j aud wc may not be able to persuade
them that it is anything else. Perhaps
they will not believe us when we tell
them that we have heard no man (and we
have questioned many) hesitate or doubt as
to the elFect and result of Fremont's election
?not one who does not fully coincide with
us in opinion and purpose. The triumph of
Fremont will be the last pound on the back
of Southern forbearance. The goaded ox i
will turn upon his oppressor. Are the in- e
telligent and spirited Freemen of the fifteen s
Slave States less courageous than the brutes ? s
n
What Will the South Do??The following
is an extract from a letter by the 11
ETon. John Slidell. of Louisiana, which v
. - f1
lately appeared in the Washington Union : ^
"Should Fremont be elected, I shall be *satisfied
that a majority of the people of the ^
free States entertain towards us feelings f
that render the idea of living with them on 11
terms of equality hopeless. The issue pre- ^
scnted by his nomination, the antecedents of e
those who brought him forward, the opinion v
and purposes avowed by every speaker at every
meeting of his party, are such that no
Southern man would dare toincur the infamy ^
and odium ofaccepting office under him. The |
whole machine of government in the oouthern
States .oust be stopped, unelss Northern 11
men can he found bold enough to come a- e
moug us and undertake the collection of the 8
revenue, and the execution of the laws of a a
government from which we shall be practi- 1
eally excluded. Each aggression on our c
rights, if submitted to, will lead to new and a
more aggravated attacks, and we shall, after
a protracted struggle, at last be obliged to a
choose between the alternatives of unqualified
vassalage or separation. Eut in such a c
struggle, not only will the proud spirit that c
now animates us have been impaired, but e
we will have lost allies that an earlier, open 11
resistance wuuld have rallied to our support. 81
I do not hesitate to declare that if Fremont
be elected, the T'nioti cannot and ought not 11
to preserved. What particular course should v
be pursued, I am not now prepared to say. n
In so fearful a contingency, I should bo unwilling
to act without some defiuite manifestation
of the will of my State. This can
only be given through the legislature, or, if ^
time allowed, by a convention of the people, .
called by the legislature. Whatever be the .
mandate of Louisiana. T shall ho nreoarod
to carry it out in letter an-1 in spirit."
John Sr.inki.r,. ?
t<
I fig?
Select iieabina. I
V r
A THRILLING SCENE. t!
Our noble ship lay at anchor in the bay ti
of Tanguier, a fortified town in the cxtreuic a
northwest of Africa. The day had been ex- s
trenicly mild, with a gentle breeze sweep- P
ing to the northward and westward, but to- e
wards the close of the afternoon the sea
breeze died away, and one of those sultry, s<
oven lihc atmospheric breathings came from
the great sun-burnt Sahara. Half an hour a
before sundown the captain gave the order n
to the boatswain to call the hands to go in si
swimming, and in less than five minutes the h
forms of our tars were seeu leaping from r<
the gangways, the ports, the nettings, bow- tl
sprit and some of the more venturesome took a
their leap from the arms of the lower yard.
One of the studding sails had bccu lowered w
into the water, with its corners suspended tl
from the main yard arm and swinging-boom, tl
and into this the swimmers made their e
way. a
Among those who sceined to be enjoying i'
the sport most heartily were two of the boys, h
Tim Wallace and Fred Fairbanks, the lal- a
ter of whom was the son of our old gunner, h
and In a laughing mood they started out from ir
the scudding sail on a race. There was a si
loud ringing shout of joy on their lips as they h
sprang off, and ihey started through the water ci
like fishes. The surface of the sea was as g
smooth as glass, though its bosom rose iu si
long and heavy swells that set in from the f<
Atlantic. The vessel was moored, with a
long sweep from both cables, and the buoy t<
on the starboard anchor was far away on the o
starboard quarter, where it rose and fell a
with the swells like a drunken man. ci
Toward the buoy the lads made their way, a
Fred Fairbanks taking the lead ; when they si
were within twenty or thirty futhoms of the b
buoy, Tim shot ahead and promised to win T
the race. The old gunner watched the pro- ft
gress of his son with a vast deal of pride, ft
and when he saw him drop behind, he leap- tl
ed upon the poop, and was on the point of a:
urging him on by a shout, wheu a cry reach- b
cd him that made him start as if he bad been tl
struck by a canuon ball. ft
"A shark ! a shark !" cuiue fron the cap- n
taiu of the forecastle, and at the sound of ? '
the terrible words the men who were in the ?
water leaped and plunged towards the ship, w
llight abeam, at the distance of three or w
four cables' length, a shark wake was seen n
in the water, where the back of the monster ol
was visible. His course was for the boys, b;
For a moment the gunner siood like one h
bereft of scuse, but on the nr.vt lie shouted ri
at the top of his voice for the boys to turn, p
Vmf flip little follows hoard him not. Stoutlv ft
the two swimmers strove for the goal, all
unconscious of the fearful death spirit that o]
hovered so near them. Their merry laugh I'
still rang out over the waters, and at length ti
they both touched the buoy together. cl
Oh ! what drops of agony started from ic
the brow of our old gunner. A boat bad tf
put off, but Fairbanks knew that it could hi
not not reach them iu season, aud every mo- ai
ment he expected to see the monster sink from gi
sight, and thou he knew that all hope o1
would be gone. At that moment cry lj
reached the ship that went through every g1
heart like a stream of five?the hoys had e<
discovered their enemy. w
The cry started old Fairbanks to his sen- ci
ses, and quicker than thought lie spraDg to a
the quarter deck. The guns were all load- f<
ed and shotted fore and aft, aod none knew oi
their temper better than he. With a steady b<
hand, made strong by sudden hope, the old 01
gunner seized a priming wire and picked ft
the cartridge of one of the guns; then he si
took from his pocket a percussion wafer, and n
set it in its place, and set back the hammer fi
of the patent lock. With a steady, giant tl
strength the old man swayed the breach of si
his heavy gun to its bearing, and tHen seiz- l
ng the string lock, he stood back and wtfchd
for the next swell that would brings the
hark in range. He had aimed the piece
ome distance of his mark, but jet a single
loment would settle his hopes and fears.
Evcrj breath was heard, and every heart
o that old ship beat painfully. The.boat
ras yet some distance from the boys, while
be horrible sea monster was fearfdlly near,
iuddenly the air was awoke by the roar of a
cavy gun, and as the old man knew his
hot was gone, he sank back on the combng
of the hatch, and covered his face with
lis hands as if afraid to sec the result of his
fiforts, for if ho had failed he knew bis boy
rns lost.
For a moment after the report of the gun
iad died away upon the air, there was a
lead silence, but as the smoke arose from
he surface of the water, there was at first a
)w murmur breaking from the lips of the
' -* 1 J J
icu ; mai murmur grew louuer uiiu tsiruugr
until it swelled to a joyous, deafening
hout. The old gunner sprang to liis feet*
nd gazed out upon the water, and the first
liing that met his view was the huge carass
of the shark, floating with its belly up,
mangled mass.
In & few moments the boat reached the
aring swimmers, and half dead with fright
hey were brought on board. The old man
lasped his boy in his arms, and then, overome
by the powerful excitement, he leand
upon the guu for support. I have seen
ten in all the phases of excitement and
uspense, but never have I seen three hunred
human beings more overcome by timing
emotions than on that eventful moment
rhen they first knew of the effect of the guner's
shot.
THE EXILES OP SIBERIA. s.
The laws of Russia require that all those
oudenincd, in whatever part of the country
hey may have received sentence, should pass
brough Moscow on their- way to Siberia;
he traveller who may have chanced to bo
here during the weekly gathering, will have
ittle difficulty in recognizing facts in the
allowing account:
On reaching that city, they are allowed a
rief rest in the convict prison, theirHaiiy
aurneys being so calculated that the sepaate
bands all arrive there from divers direcions
each Saturday night. After resting
hroughout the ensuing week, during which
ime they are relieved of their chains, they
re-despatched in one common band on the
ecoud Mouday after their ariival. The
rison is divided into two or three courts,
ach strictly guarded by sentinels. '*
In the first of these, both sexes are to bo
o/-.n ininnr]!n<r Imli4f>riniinflti>lv. nnd nrn rlrpq
n""n ? ?
cd alike in lonpr, loose great colts, made of
kind of grey cloth ; the only distinguishing
lark is, that the men have half their heads
haved?whilst the women retain their long
air?a privilege also granted to the men as
egards their beards; which decoration is
tie pride and delight both of the merchants*
nd the peasantry.
They are led thence' to a second court,
rhcre their names are registered, as also
heir crime and history. * Here they make
heir petitions; some soliciting leave to trav1
by the side of a brother, a fellow exile?
poor consolation, that, of being together
1 disgrace?but the boon, if granted, is
ailed with the greatest joy. A woman will
lso sometimes petition to accompany her
usband; but only in rare cases is this perlitted.
According to the laws of Russia,
he may marry again, for the banishment of
er husband cancels the marriage bond as
Dinpletely as death; but if her prayer is
ranted, government pays her expenses,-and
he assumes the convict dress though not the
ittcrs.
The examination past, the exiles are 1<kL
) a third court, where fetters are placed up.n
the whole band. This is a most cruel
nd brutal affair. The fetters consist of a
ouple of heavy iron rings, one for each
nkle, united by a chain, not adapted to the
ize of the person, and his length of stride,
?f Ann iinvorulnr* lnnnrtK oVvAiif 1 wn faaf
u? o*~"bv">?
'his is connected, by means of links, from
)ur to fire inches long, with another chain,
istcned around the waist. The hoops round
iie ankles are not fastened by r padlock, so
s to be removed at night, but are riveted
y the executioner, ?>ho drives an iron bolt
a rough the rings, and by strong and care;ss
hammering, (for he ofteu misses the lark,
and strikes the flesh,) flattens the bolt
t both ends, in such a way that removal is
npossible except by means of a file; and
ith these chains the poor, weary, foot-sore
retches, are to walk every step of the jourey
which takes them only a few days short
f six months. Meanwhile a sergeant stands
y, who must answer for their security with
is own life, as he takes charge of them dung
their pilgrimage, and he sees them
roperly secured and fastened together in
turs by the wrists.
This ceremony over, the gates are thrown
pen and the world ceases to exist for them.
1 is surprising to witness the calm bearing, *
le sad but resigned looks of that melanloly
assemblage. Hope is now dead ; and
i its place a dim vague glimmer appears in
le distance of life, to which they look, perips
with a more dreamy curiosity than with
jy active feeling of terror or despair. The
ites are thrown open, the exiles are handed
ver to a strong guard, employed exclusiver
on this duty, and each soldier loads his
un in their nreseuce; there is also a mount*
*
i escort with spears, the commander ot
hich carries a long whip to lash the cavallde
into order; and thus they move on, the
.oloa fircf tlien the carts, then lastlv the
sniales. Persous of rank are not treated
therwise than the lowest serf, noblemen
eing compelled to march the dreary journey
a foot, aud as heavily chained as the vilest ^
>lon. Those destined for the mines are
rut out even from the light of heaven, they
ot only lose rank and riches, but, by a tenement
of cruelty, are deprived even of
reir names, and a number given them intead,
by which the driver of each hand calls
rhen he has need to address them.