The southern press., 1850-10-07
South, and both in the F.l.ssa I Goshen of the

South, and both in the Fedsssl Goshen Of the
South The iron, timber, cordage. provisions
and clothing for the navy, are produced chiefly
by the North. The sailors are taken from her
crowded and dissipated cities. So ms to the Ar
my BILL The soldiers are recruited where SAL
lors are obtained. Thair food, clothing, arms,
ammunition, are chiefly prodsced there. And
the army is chiefly stationed on the Northern
aud Western frontier. Then there is the whole
Indian appropriation bill, Of which the cotton
States get but little
II may, witha close approximation to accuracy
be assumed that the States which produce more
than half the exports ofthis country, with viii. b
we obtain our imports and revenue, do not re.
ceve in the disbursement of that revenue two
millions out Of fifty.
Such then is the action Of this Government
extending its territory, multiplying its officers
a sectional Northern majority, that contiscates
the territorial rights of the South, that aPpro-
priate the revenue chiefly to itself, but devotes
a portion of its money and its honors to divide
the South and to seduce one portion from the
ether, lest il united they might assert and de-
fend their rights. Hence we behold in these
border States some abject manifestations of sub
mission, and even rejoicing ut the recent mon-
strous acts of aggression against their own see.
ton. Hence we see their newspapers calling
aloud for Union and for jobs--ther politicians
for harmony and for office.
But let us not do the people of the border
States injustice. OF course they cannot renal
unaffected by the misrepresentation of the city
papers and the arts of ambitious politicians; but
they still remain devoted to their rights and in
stitutions. Virginia has now about half mil
Ion of slaves The resolutions Of her Legisa-
ture were almost unanimous in favor of South
ern rights, and from what we can learn her peo-
pie are ready to stand by the other Southern
States and will meet them in council.
Kentucky, which is regarded as the least jeal.
Gus Of Northern aggression, has recently re.
jected all schemes of emancipation whatever. and
institutions Butneither Virginia nor Kentucky
will take the lead in measures Of redress an6
safety, for the reasons we have shown. Vir
ginia, we think, will cooperate promptly, anG
Kentucky ultimately.
Upon the cotton States then, will depend tn,
task of first asserting the destiny of the great sys
tenn of Southern civilizaton--that system which
has achieved higher condition for the two race,
respectively which belong to it, than any other
The cotton States are more vitality concerned il
the issue, and are less interested in the favor 0
the Federal Government and subject to more
its burthens than the others.
Those who support, and those who conniv,
at, or submit to, Northern aggression rely on tn,
attachment to the Union as the guaranty of al
acts Of Federal power, and the barrier to al
measures of redress. But so far as the love O
Union is rational and sincere, it will not stant
in the way of the rights Of the States. 1t vii
be easy for the Southern States when they mee
in council to devise remedies for wrong and op
preston, without impai,ing any of the Legitimate
functions of the Union. And such remcdie,
will be proposed. When they come to be actet
ON, we shall be able to distinguish those wht
love the Union for the rights it protects from
hose who adhere to it for the plumber it may give
| And if the North shall reject reasonable term
If redress, Of safety and equality, the cant o
owing the Union will stand cxposed-and th,
spell be dissolved