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hesdands looking out on Asia Nor Il this ali. After
passing the Allegheny mountains, that the upper
portion Of the Mississippi valley is inhabited by people
who have slaves among them, while the lower part OF
that valley from Missouri TO the Gulf is inhabited by
people who have slaves among them. Under these
circumstances, il is vain for Mr.. Trescou TO attempt
to obterate his own ineradicabe geographical lines
TO smooth down the rough crests OF the Aleghanes,
and make the line OF the Ohio and Potomac extend 10
Wisconsin. He cannot break the Mississippi as II II
were reed by merely saying that the non'savehoding
States (,he NORTH have the Lakes and the Saint Law.
renee to bind them TO Maine, and that the slavehodng
States south OF Missouri have the Mississippi to bind
them TO Florida The truth is, Mr. Prescott pirates oil
lines while he thinks OF nothing but the line
which separates the slaveholdng and Ronslaveholding
States He prates about the South while he knows no
South but the cotton growing States He prates about
the lessons Of history and philosophy while all he says
is mingled treason and hollow emptiness, made up OF
shallow theories in the brain OF an amateur politician
who be had turned his attention TO engineering would
never have thought il necessary to see leveng insn
ment or examine theodoliie.
There is only one other point in Mr. Trescotts pamph-
let which we think worthy Of special attention that is,
his DISC usiton on the relation between labor and capt.
tai in the northern and the southern States In the
northern States as Mr. Prescott remarks, labor is the
execution OF contract in the southern States he says
il is duty and he follows up this statement BY the
further assertion hat labor should be subordinate 10 and
controlled byeapal" Whether these assertions be true or
false does not affect the argument and mention them
now only to protest against them. When Mr. Prescott
undertakes to enlghen the South he should first learn
that slave labor is not the only labor Of the southern
States II we mistake not there several millions of
white men south Of Mason and Dixon's line Mr. Tres
colt may be one Of those who born only
the fruits OF the earth but the great majority Of south
ern men laborers and wish to northern
or southern labor handed to the tender mercies Of
capital The slave is laborer, but he is the capital Of
his master However, will this point for flu
ture explanation We will only notice at the presen,
time the use which Mr. Trescott makes OF the different
organizations Of labor at the North and the South in
carrying out his scheae Of disunion. He uses thus
He arms that at the South labor properly the slave Of
capital while the North labor and capital theore.
caly equal This difference, he contends, requires the
development of two inconsistent systems both OF rep
resena,ion and taxation He then argues that the ad-
usment of representation and taxation according to the
northern theory would destroy the South and adjust
men according to the southern theory would destroy
the North We have already denied the truth OF the
premises but we pass that by Admitting the prem
Uses to be true, the argument drawn is not tenable
To prove this have only to remind the reader OF what
we have already said TO Mr. Trescotts fogetfuness
OF the fact that have State governments as well as
national government The State governments OF the
North can regulate taxation and representation for them
Selves the State governments of the South DO the
same As to the general government, the constitution
the in which shall treat these sub
jects The constitution establishes rules of representa-
tion and fixes the in which taxes shall be levied
and collected No complains that Congress has
violated the constitution to the question Of representa-
ton there has been the slightest difference OF
opinion on that subject As TO the question OF taxation
there have been difficulties but the South has triumphed
YEA even the cotton growing States have triumphed
The tariff Of 1916 is strong even in the North, while the
foreign policy of government has placed the cotton
grower better terms in foreign markets than any Other
producer Of America. Yet we have a man who
comes forward in the name OF that interest TO de.
mand a dissolution OF the Unon-not because Of
wrong not because Of oppression but because he thinks
with his crude notions Of federave system, and hi,
undgested ideas Of the lessons Of hntoy. the Union will
in the progress Of tme be thing that ought be dis
solved II may be so but Sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof" There no ghnul authority anywhere
to dissolve this Union on historical deduction or the
oretical fancy II cannot righully be dissolved even
upon mathematical demonstration that ii will in time
fail in its objects II must fail. before any aid comfort
given to it's enemies is less than treason Not Of
Mr. Trescors arguments is stronger than it would
have been fifty years ago yet what does he say Of the
Union he would destroy We quote his words. and
leave him for the present to his own refutadon;
1--WE have thus endeavoed suggest the elements OF
the present discussion The question the gsvest thatcan
well be imagined IL Is invested with a solemn RESPONSE
by and rises shove the fppant passion and uncertain
tenn per OF ordinary politics. We believe that the
OF tho southern country demand separate and indie
en government We believe that the time has when
such COVE be established temporarily, wisely,
strongly But In efecting this separation, would
disown our Indebtedness, gratitude the past The
Union redeemed continent to the Christian world II
has ferzed Wilderness and converted the rude force
Nature benefcent action Of civilized agriculture
Il has enriched the worlds commerce with the untold
wealth Of and growing trade II has spread the
territories Of this land the laws, the language the
literature OF tho Anglo Saxon II has developed
population with whom liberty is identical with law and,
In training thirty three Iqsey thyone u States
hood has fitted them for the responsibility Of independent
national life. Il has given history sublime which
the word will willingly let dieheroc actions which
will light the eyes OF farcoming enthusiasm. II has
achieved its destiny let US achieve ours"
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