The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-27
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We see IL stated in the New York Courier and
Enquirer, that the plan OF southern confedera.
cy has been sketched out, and that Ataanta, in
Georgia. has been designated as the future seat
OF Government Some years ago, such thing
would have been booted by the whole country
OF lste Yeas, however, the subject has been
preached by southern hotheads; IL is taken up
by northern visionaries, and now their plans are
assuming definite form; their threats have &C.
quired a more serious character, and, we blush
TO say II, the preposterous cause has gained many
proselytes. We do not entertain the least APP
prehension of danger relative TO the ridiculous
part which the Carolinians are enacting, but we
wish simply TO give the reflections which force
| themselves upon us when We consider il seri-
ously. If this division of the Union would al
any time have bettered our interests, IL is natu-
| raj 10 suppose, that il would have been some
| thirty, or forty, or fifty years back. when our
different interests were notso thoroughly ANAL
| gamated al they now are-when journey from
| New York 10 ST. Louis was considered as far as
| a journey from Boston TO Cbina-when almost
every State was thrown, in great degree, on
its own single resources, for the support of its
trade, and the prosecution Of its commerce
But every one will readily conceive what effect
disunion would have had, even at that period.
For our own individual State, we verify believe,
| that, left TO itself, after its cession from the
K
continued to roll in little French carts, aud
wear the "mouchoir blue" as head dresses to
| this cay. And if Union was necessary then,
how much more so is il at the present period,
when our steamboats,, our railroads, and our tel
egraphs. bring us within few days, nay, with
in few hours, Of each other How indspen-
| SADLY necessary does ii become, when misfor-
tune occurring ct one Of our large cities is felt
throughout every other city, town, and village
Inf ha han nd
commerce combine to link and bind one to the
other as closely and firmly as a band of BROTH
ers, so that, inJure one and you affect the whole.
To say that our growth would be more rapid,
that the several advantages We may each enjoy,
would be enhanced, or that In our actions we
would be more free and untrammeled under
separate organizations, would be, then, to make
a most nonsensical asseveration. We cannot
subsist without mutual aid. We are born BROTH
ers, and so We must prosper sink. Our con-
stitution itself teaches us, in a striking manner
principles Of generosity and liberality. A State
should always be ready TO concede, in proper
manner, TO the good Of the nation, when such
concession does not materially affect her rights
or her interests. Such concessions have already
frequently been made In u generous spirit
From the part which South Carolina Is enact-
ing, however, she shows herself affected by no
such spirit. Georgia is also, we are sorry 10 see
taking course unworthy Of her, by counten-
ancing the action Of her neighbor.
We are glad TO see that the press, over the
whole country, Join with a common accord in
loudly CONCERNING this suggestion. Slave
States as we'll as free, exclaim at the folly and
madness Of the motion, and we can set Mis-
souri, as the foremost. We entertain no SYM
Pathy, no fellow feeling, not the least sentI-
ment in common with these Carolinian and
Georgian monomaniacs, and ifa crisis should
come, (which the absurdity Of the thing pre-
vents,) We place Missouri in the front rank,
against such would-be revoutionists. We
value our rights TO our slave property as highly
as does any other slave State, but we know how
TO refrain from silly excesses.-S. Louis Req.