The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-12

NoN-INTERCoURsE.--The editor Of the Wing
has actually come out in his last number for dis
union! He need not be startled at this assertion
He advocates a system Of non-intercourse between
the North ard South which must soon lead TO a
total disunion Of interest and feeling, and what
fearful dsunion that will be when it is effectuaIly
carried out! When we once disunite ourselves
from the North in trade, commerce, manufactures,
and social intercourse, what other ties will then
exist that should entitle our confederacy to the
name of union Was it not originally founded
upon unity Of feeling and interest, and can we
break up these bonds without in reality severing
the Union? We may then have nominal Union,
but not the solid union OF our fathers. We shall
then be separated in all that makes union desira-
bic or glorious The editor of the Wing has con-
tended heretofore that no IS existing evils" will
Justify actual disunion the part ofthe South but
he now admits that evils do exist sufficiently great
to warrant the SouthernStates in adopting system
Of non intercourse He thinks the North and the
South should still dwell together under the same
broad roof but in future they ought not to speak
or shake hands with each other. An amicable
Union truly!
Now we are not going against non-intercourse;
we are strongly in favor Of that but we do CON
tend that those evils and wrongs which Justify
US IN adopting this system, would also justify us
in dsunitlng ourselves totally from the North, if
we thought proper to do We see but little real
difference between these two modes of disunion.
One is almost as bad as the other, and nearly, If
not quite as much to be regretted; for non-inter-
course may speediIylead to dsunion. Nevertheless,
if we to have two separate confedetacies, It is
time that the South should begin to rely upon her
own resources. Let her show her independence
before she asserts it. She may be compelled to
assert il, and maintain it too, and the safest plan
will be to deveope her internal strength and
powers Of self-reliance before that time comes.
Such course may deter the North from ever
testing her separate strength. We earnestly hope
it will have this desirable effect and therefore we
think it should be urged upon the Southern people
and carried out as far as possible. But tits deeply
to be regretted that the South should last be forced
into such measure. We have common glory and
common history with the Northern people; the
Union is ours well as theirs; all the triumphs
we have achieved under it, and all the blessings
we have derived from it, still as dear to us as TO
them. These are the joint c0sprihg OF me worm
and South; born of one nation, ana IL rs ,'aru
to sever such ties and such renembrances. IL ~
like separating man and wife who have long ivea
in affectionate unison, and who nave es.aonsheu
the closest bonds of connection. III the Nor'h ana
South ever TO part thus, It VIII be SAD Paruns'
the heart of the Union VIII be broken WIN sor-
row and if ever nation went, that will be time
/, for weeping indeed. Every true lover OF his
country must deeply mourn such result; yet If 1T
no forced upon us, we shall have no other aherna-
| tive but TO submit . r'LHl