The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-19
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lea transccnds all others Now where
has nature placed the great controlling
power Of American commerce In
the South and as an unavoidable infer
cRce. does it follow that the industrial
ECONOMY and the system of foreign re-
lations of the nation, 50 far as based on
commercial principles, should spring
from. and be controlled by the cotton
\ growing States. Why is it otherwise.
but that in the nation there is another
section supported by interests antago-
mist TO these, in other words, a section
which is in fact, a foreign power. We
have shown that in the vital principle
of political organization. the relation
oflahor aud capital. the North and the !
South are irreconclcably hostile, that
their social and political systems can-
not co-eXiSt--that the one in the nature
ofthings wages intPruccine war against
/ the other. Now we need not attempt
to prove that cotton can be produced
/ in quantities sufficient for the worlds
wants, only where labor and capital
stand in the relation OF master and
slave. Experience has decided that
question if it has settled no other
What is the result Why that throw
ing aSnIc the variance in the systems
of representation aud taxation above
referred to--the North and South are
diamctricaly opposed to each other on
those most essential political relations
which govern the wealth, the civiliza-
ton, the national existence of The South.
More than this--the vast extent and
pre.cmnent influence Of the cotton
trade divide the commercial nations OF
the world into two classes--those who
produce cotton and those who manulac-
ture it. They are. it is true, mutually
dependant; but, according TO that prin-
ciplo OF selHshness which God has for
wise purposes implanted in every
breast. they are each bent on using the
other at the lowest remuneration
each wishes to have the best of the bar
| gain, and between foreign nations this
is all right; this competition has served,
and will serve wise purposes. Now to
which class does the northern section
Of this coufcderaey belong? What
greater sympathy does the North feel
for US as cotton growing section than
is lelt by England ! Does a cotton bale
meet any more iraternal regard in the
way of prices in New York than
it does in Liverpool What more
sympathy is there between the south>
ern planter and the abolition manufac-
turcr Of Lowell, than exists between
him and the spinner of Manchester!
We speak the same language with
both--Our historical associations clus-
ter upon English soil with more lervor
and Frequency than upon the coast Of
Dutch Manhattan--our transactions
with the Englishman count up in larg-
or ciphers! What makes the one less
foreigner than the other, but the as
sumcd right Of our northern brother to
mcddlc that he may mar! And we
say boldly that it would be as wise, as
safe, as honorable, to trust our domes-
tic institutions and our foreign interests
to the Parliament Of Great Britain as
TO a Congress with a Northern MAORI
ty. Nay, wiser and safer, for her col
oniaI experience has taught England
never again to sacrifice her profits to
her philanthropy
Again: Our foreign relations are cy-
cry day assuming growing and grayer
Importance. Aud here the same an.
tagonism Of interest deyelopes itself
The two principles Of the foreign sys-
TEN Of the great Northern section, as
expressed by their statesmen and lead
ing journals, being, /. The extension Of
their commercial interests in foreign
markets, bringing them into active di>
plonatic rivalry with Great Britain;
and, 9. The manifestation of spirit OF
propagandist Iicence, inspiring them to
intermeddlc in the domestic struggles
Of every foreign nation, where there
arises II contest between constituted
authority and revolutionary restless
ness. The annexation oil Canada,
which is fast becoming from a remote
speculation, a matter Of party policy.
The hasiy welcome to the socialist gov
crnment of France--a government
which signalized its brief history by
colonial emancipation and domestic
bankruptcy-the demagogue denunci-
alton Of the Austrian court-are all sig
niticant indications Of popular senti-
ment and national systems. Now look
at the position OF the Soulh-ctiltiva>
ted by slave population-suppiying
the staple of the worlds manufacture,
and anged in imposing strength around
the Gulf of Mexico, SO as to command
the trade of the lsthmus connection
what should be the foundation princ-
pies of her foreign relations. /. A close
alliance with the few great manulac-