The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-08-15

life to her. Lett once stop and it
beats no more. Nor is this confined to
her. The same cause operates on
every powerful nation Of Western Eu,
rope, and hence that long, unnatural
peace. which, for more than thirty years
has covered Europe asiwith a death
pail, and produced and prepared more
suffering and more causes Of mischief
than half acenlury of war had ever done
But the evil is upon them, and, they
dare not shake it of. However tile an.
cry spirit Of rival nations may chafe at
the restraint; however the plethora of
redundant population may call for thea
letting Of blood, the immense fixed cap.
ital lnvestedin manufacturing establlsh>
.ments,. and tie mutitudious population
whose bread depends upon Them, com
Ipel the world to peace. 1t is indeed
but peace Of suppressed hostility, Of
stiRed envy, Of insidlous rivalry, and
its consequences make US feel the full
foEce of the woe denounced against
those who cry "peaee; peacel when
there is no peace" But their is no
escape from it. In the cant Of the day,
1.-THE spirit Of the age is essentially pa
cifc."
What then, sir, would all Europe
say to amy. attempt on the Part Of the
Northern States, or Of every power up
on earth to lift hand against the cot,
ton growing region, aud interrupt the
production of that article. The power
Of wealth would oppose 1.-THE unver-
sal nakedness of mankind would forbid
it; the united voice Of the civilized
world would command the peace. The
Southern States of this Union are cons
fessedly the only cotton growing coun
,lry IN the world, and slave labor the only
means by which 1t can be prodnced -
Whatever maybe their spite against us,
and however they may cant about sla-
very, they will be carefnlto 90 nothing
to interfere with the production of cots
ton. Had Orpheus been the only man
III the world, SIR, the nymphs, however
enraged, would never have killed him.
All this time have spokenas if our
dear SISTER Massachusetts, and the rest
of that sislerhood, were to have the
matter their own way. have taker
no notice Of the fact, that although
!, North Carolina and Virginia, Tennes'
see and Kentucky, might not be at once
t prepared to join the Southern confed
eracy, iheywould feel that their inter
q ests were identified with 1t, and refuse
: Ito Join in a crusade against the deien
ers other rights. Thy would have
' voice in. the question Of peace OF war
!. they might indeed be out,yoted, bu
F.. would vote retain them, and woulC
' the North press a measure whIch.wpult
he sure to force them into the South
ern confederacyl The exemplary pa
4 tience of Virginia is proof that sh'
y fondly recolects, that TO her, more thai
/. !. to any other State, this Union owes it
y existence. She will be the last to dis
solve 1t violently because she will b.
e the last to forget the proud and endear
: ing recollecliohs, ofthe past,.and TO lit
, her hands against those she has so lonl
. cherished as brothers. But let her b.
. told she must fight sombody,and shewil
), not be long in deciding whom she vii
fight. Tell her to regard and treat a
n enemies the. Southern States, peoples
, ,mainiy By her$elf-to lmbrae her hand
;. in the blood Of her own children, AM
IS her answer is ready in words OK Harr,
e Percy;
n Not speak to Mortimer!
II Forbid my tongue to speak to Mortiime!!
= Yes | will speak to him: and may m
i .u soul
j Want mercy if | do not join with him. him.
! Sir, Virginia did not approve the a
/. titude assumed by South Carolina
a 1893. What theul Was she prepar
Is to lift hand against horl. On the cor
a trary, she remembers now with PRIDE
v that her Governor then declared, tha
.e before one foot should cross the Poto
/, macon a hostile erfaud against Sout
ID Carolina, he would lay his bones on IT
IS Shores That was old John Floyd, 81
a man "whosnever promised, but .
re meant to Payj" and, shank God. thet
rs stands now another j ohm Floyd lp b
Is fathers place, 10, repeat and make goo
rn his fathers word. d
Of But suppose the few remalnin
II ISouthern States not to be drivenlo II
,e necessity of choosing their enemy
IS Suppose, as would be the case, that
= warlike attempt should be made, no
nj long would those States be content
OF remain under the grinding misgover.l
ne mepb which taxes them for the benz
Hclof their master in the North, VIII
Of witnessing the prosperity Of their SOU
ern brgthren liVinu Ilnder a reVenl