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New York Evening Post
Jan 23 1861
We warn the Louisianians and Mississippians that if they persist in their
senseless folly, the upshot of the southwestern secession will be much more
serious to themselves than that of South Carolina is likely to be. The West will
take the remedy in its own hands, President or no President. Mr. Buchanan may
tamper as he pleases with the traitors in Charleston and Savannah. He may permit
the public property to be seized and held by rebels. But the West will never ask
his consent to rid itself of an obstruction which threatens to arrest its very
life-currents. Years ago, when the Spanish dominion was established in the
southwest, the people of the valley of the Mississippi were ready to fly to arms
to secure the free navigation of their river; and now, when the population of
the Northwest exceeds that of all the slave states, they are more than ever
ready to fight.