The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-12
From the Democratic (Ta.) Recorder.


NORTH AND SoUrH.-We promised IN our last
to offer some considerations in connection with the
exercise of the rio hit of secession by the Southern
States, with the hope OF alIaying the fears OF those
who have been frightened into tame submission
by raw-head and blood bon tales OF civil war;
such as nurses tell to make cross chldreh qule''
and with similar effect.
We are grayely told that civil war would fol-
low, should the South separate from the North.
We propose now to give our reasons ior thhNnS
otherwise. No people understand the'r '1oe III
terest better than the Northern people, ara none
follow il more assiduously. war between US
and them would Of course result In non-Inter-
course; the very thing, of all others, as they ac-
knowledge, utterly to destroy all their great lh'er
ests, to bankrupt their merchants ana the'r manu-
facturers to brow their operatives out OF employ
ment and to bring starvation and rum upon their
entire population. Who, acquainted with the
character Of the North, believes she Is prepared
for this? The maintenance Of commercial rea-
tons with the nth IS essential TO her existence;
(as we shall presently show) and those relations,
il must be ad nitled could not be malnlained ex-
cent in time Of peace between us. 10 suppose,
then. that the North would declare war upon US,
is to suppose she would sacrifice every thing to
fanntcism.
The real object she has in view, in her crusade
against slavery is the diminutlon of the strength
Of the South in Congress, while philanthropy Is
her ostensbe motive. Whep the South had Sc
coded from the Union, the North would have no
have every thing TO lose and nothing to gam oy IT,
Her dependence upon the South, to which we
have alluded grows out Of each being engaged IN
different pursuits, divers IN their natures. Inc
North is engaged in shipping merchandise ana
manufacturing, and the South chiehy IN aSf'c"'-
ture The latter purchases and consumes an i'm
mense amount Of her domestic manufactures ana
merchandise and has also from 95 to 500, 00OOO
worth OF exports annually to dispose Of WIN
out this, the shipping interest OF the North could
not be maintained, neither could It's n:anufactuf-
ing interest, these exports are TO great eH
tent exchanged for Northern m inutactures, &c.
There exists no reason why the South cannot do
its own manufacturing and shipping, and thus
leave the North without that support heretofore
extended to them, and without which they must
be ruined.
Northern manufacturers now enjoy advantages
over foreign competitors with them in the South
ern markets Of the United States, which, IN the
event of a dissolution of the Union, they would
lose We mean bountles derived from revenue
duties operating in cases TO the entire eXcu-
5 sion Of articles Of foreign manufacture, and in
others to an advantage Of say 10 per centum.
Could thew lose the benefit Of these bountIes, IN
l connection with the other losses we have shown
II ey would sustain, and still be saved from ruin:
D, They tell us that even they must come TO rum
u withour further protection. We need not press
this part of our subject further, since II must be
b plain that the dependence of which we have
$ spoken exists to the fullest extent; that the North
would have sui cred enough by the loss OF the
b0unties referred to, without wishing to PROSTATE
s its interests further by civil war with the South,
e which would result in the completion OF It's own
ruin. 1t was the commercial interests ct France
that prevented her from going to war with us dur
$ ing Gen. Jackson's administration. The yam
KEGS are less chivarous than the French, and far
more alive to their pecu1ary interest. The. only
hone for the North for prosperity is to continue
commercial relations with the South, and she
knows 1t.
Will the South make war upon the North
, Where is the motive? Some tell us she Will, for
I the recovery Of her fugitive slaves. Having fall
y ed to do so, when they have been withheld from
0 her in violation of the constitution and laws of a
= common uniop she will scarcely do 1t when the
: wrong Of withholding them will be less aggravat'
I ed and grevous Whenever the Union shall be
: dissolved, the North will be peaceable upon the
y subject Of slavery, for the reasons we have as
= signed But suppose it should turn out that the
North without motive and against Its true inter-
= est should declare war against the South IN con
e sequence Of the latter seeding from the Union,
what would be the result 1t would be war OF
e INVASION, in which Of course & invaded would
. have the advantage. We cannot but contemplate
d such a war with horror, but still we should not
regard it with that dread which would cause us
to act craven part submit to W on@s when for
. bearance had ceased to be virtue, we think it
n now has What means Of defence have WEI Let
e US first see what would be the boundaries of our
" territory Mr.. Townsend of South Carolina, IN
st an address upon the remedy to he pursued by the
l. Southerr States TO right themselves, and from
!. which we have derived many facts, upon this
# point, SAYS :-Regin Cat the Cape Of the Della.
e ware, go up that bay until you reach the south
/, ern boundary of Pennsylvania. Pursue that Noun-
, darv west to the Ohio river, then down that river
: to its junction with the Mississippi, then up that
: river to tie northern boundary of tho State OF
: Missouri, then round the north and western
e boundary OF that State to the line of SO deg. 80
: min, thence west on that line to the Pacific
Ocean or If it be preferred, until it strikes the wa
d ters Of the Rio Grande, then down that river To
e the Gulph Of Mexico, and thence around to the
d Atlantic. With these boundaries we have "Ihe
e Southern United States Of North America
= This, in the event Of di"union, would be the
mode of division, as It seems to us. That 1t would
be II magnificent country must be admitted. 1t is
} not only compact but sefsustnnIng, for all pur-
poses Of defence, with noble rivers, fine climate,
and rich soil, and with population Of 100000
whites and 5000 900 blacks constituting the best
most efficient aud profitable aborers in the world.
Within this territory every thing we could posi-
hIy need could be produced. We have in it every
variety Of climate and soil, and water power for
manufacturing purposes, unsurpassed, az well as
mineral resources, IneXhaushe. It 1t should he
$ neres sary, the South could bring into the field
200 600 men, not raised in factories, but a"cus.
} toned to the use Of firearms, and with duties a
a war scale, she could raise annual revel ue Of
2 $50, 900 600 which she could spend for the most
. nart at home among those by whom It was paid.
OF all people under heaven then we have the least
cause for fear, and the best reason to be brave.
There is yet another source from which danger is
anticipated by eak-mnded men and nervous la
dies, given to the excessive uSe Of green tea. We
( deem it only necessary to advert TO this by re-
marking that no danger is to be apprehended
frow thus quarter in time Of war when Suspicion is
; aroused, and when preparat on is made TO guard
nguinst it, It ut any time there is danger 1t is in
} time Of pc,ce, when hnatciSm can do It's work III
Limits ofa pli nj hovn H., n
MS to he less full than could have desired upon
' the points we have touched. We have given n
general outline, which the reader can fill up. We
trust, however, we have shown that the e is no
cause why the South should mennly submit to
Northern aggr ession and insoence.
SECESSION IN ALABAMA.-We give (says the
Hartford Courant,) the following extract of let
ter from a gentleman Of Alabama to a friend in
this city, a specimen Of the state Of feeling in
the interior counties Of the South. The writer is
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