The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-09-07
[ NUMBER 45.

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yet more fatal. Little Delaware herself,
holds in her hands the destiny Of this grea,
Republic. The slightest dlsoy atty On the
part OF the smales, member Of our cobfed.
eracy, should be looked on as en indication
Of most fearful omen.
Sluce dsunon is threatened, let us lock
calmly and dispassiona,ey at the conse
queuces of IT, do no, propose to calcn.
late The advantages Of Union, for they are
IrcalcuabIe, but simply 10 point out the
effects Of disunon on The institution Of sa.
very IN the Southern States.
The boll,onlst thinks tina, disunion will,
10 the long run, utterly eradicate slavery on
the American continent, aud the Abolition.
lst thinks rightly and truly. A few words
will make it plain.
will say nothing OF the difficulty Of run.
ming q line Of dsuulon, Luf run it where We
will, /, must be guarded, and that too at
great cost. There vii be no natural bar.
rieT, to separate the contiguous States -
Each must have It's border closely studded
with Notifications, which the experience OF
the continental States Of Europe, proves
TO be source of enormous expenditure
An Immense line of seacoast must be de.
Tended q navy mus, be kept up; stand.
ing army, Of a larger or smaller number
of men, must be held IN readiness 10 repel
INVASION, for nations with sea or mountain
to keep them asunder are always N danger
Of collision. A Legislature, an Executive,
and Judiciary Department, have TO be
established and supported. 10 short the
Southern Confederacy would cost as much,
or nearly as much, as cur present great
conlederacy of thirty States. The neces.
aly Of defence against a jealous, and may
be, hostile neighbor, might make the
small confeder0cy even more expensive than
the present great one. The revenue ne.
cessa-y 10 meet this great expense, could
no. be derived from direct taxes, without
iniolerable pressure on the people. Like
other nations, we should be compelled 10
resort 10 the easier, and less huTdensome
expedien, Of indirect taxes. In word,
tariff, and very high tariff, must be the
result Of separate organization. Manu-.
features going up under the genial encour.
dStultul. IIte ldOuI, ds 'uO uSCoeSoil So"-
sequence, pours into the country. Nov,
free and slave labor are at war, when sep.
lsSa.ed by the distance which divides South
nsc, h.. ,oo nd Massachusetts. Shall We ex.
Pec' na'nohs W., - look into each
others windows The idea IS pr
The slave will be looked on by the free Ia,
borer as his rival. The ballot box will be
made to bear upon him, and the rivalry
will cease. You must give the master
vote for each one Of his slaves, or the in.
sIilution Of slavery will perish. A single
manu!actory Of Six hundred hands, in the
county OF Pnlsylvauia, or Halifax, would
turn the scale agalnat the Shareholder IN
either Of these counties.
Is il asked why the free laborer at pres
emf 10 not voting against the STAKEHOLDER 7!
The answer IS at hand. The free laborer
s in hopeless minority. Give to him
hope Of success, and you will find him with
the new allies which disunlon will give TO
him. Did not very fam, hope Of success
ia 1882, draw out an alarming abolition
vote in Virginia Did no, The grea. slave
holding county of AIbemare, sustain al the
polls one Of its representatives who led the
aboliuonist movement When asked how
he came to be returned, his characteristic
reply was, appealed to the poor folks"
This appeal has always been responded 10
by the poor folks, and always will. Can
any one point 10 a single individual 10 Viz
gina, who has been weakened in popular
favor by siding With abolition III 1882 Is
not Mcdowell, who won his first and green.
est lauTes as al orator by an abolition
sDeech, cherished by the Democracy has
Preston lost cast with the Wings, or has
the Richmond Enquirer had its subscription
hist curtaled By the lapse of single name !
II slavery can scarcely now be sustained
in Virginia, plantation State, almost with.
out manufactures, what will be its doom
vi hen an immense amount Of free labor is
infused into the body of the State, and each
free laborer having the political power Of
The master of an hundred slaves. Almos,
every Southern State has universal suffrage,
and the few exceptions are, one by one, tai.
ing into the general rule. Does any man
y 10 thinks, or who can think, entertain the
YEA lOl Nhoh eia'S'J
Hand up IN the face Of manufacturing
population, end universal suffrage The
ormer would melt it away BY degrees, the
alter would abolish it; but under the united
,IoUs Of both, lis destruction would be GER
ain aud sudden. Universal suffrage would
lot be more fatal to the National Church
nd the Peerage of England, than this same
universal suffrage, combined with manu-.
aciurng population, would be TO slavery
a the Southern States. If | were an abo-
zionist, and were looking, without regard
D other consequences, for speedy rem.
dy for the real or fancled evils OF slayery,l
.ould 90 for dlsunon Of these States
low, the war Of tanaticisn and folly, wa
ed by the North upon Southern slavery,
eeps our people united in i,s defence
he pressure OF the atmosphere does not
,oro certainly keep our blood from break -
y through artery and vein, than does '"o
ressure of Northern opposition, keep COW.
le resistance of our own people, asa'Hs'
40 institution at Their DOORS Nof'n''"
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