A quarrel, however, on this question, and others of minor importance, has at last broken out between the north and south.

The southerners have separated from the northerners, and established a new republic of their own.

Their _right_ to do this has been denied by the north, and a civil war has commenced in consequence.

What may be the final result it is impossible for any one to predict.

The quarrel threatened at one time to involve a war with England; but this is no longer apprehended.