The southern press., 1850-10-08

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In the year 1857, tlsssss (snt issued from tI,s
Norll,ern Press. and j restrsmd md, inditinf =
letter TO the Hon. H&NRy CLAystracsd out 90
sentiment for the Press That "if the South u
bent upon Incorporating Texas with itself, ~ q
~ew prop 10 slavery, " WOULD DO WELL TO iNsIs5
on A DIVISION or THE SrATEs. Vide letter p. 81.
And it is further declared, That, ''in doing 10.
L tcoWid c0Nsuu best Us SAFETY. II should
studiously keep itself from communion Nth the
free part If Tho country. 1t should suffer no rail
road from that section TO cross Ito borders. II
should block up intercourse with W by sea and
land SdA nors, i shossld stjsrs cowwssisn w'ra
THE WHOLE CIVILIZED WORLD"
Citizens OF the South ponder well this mnlig
nant advice, fragrant with the spirit Of scornfhl
hostility Does not the ssme, or more auda-
cious spirit still display itself, even from the
Senate of the United States, down to the con-
claves Of the anti-slsvery committee rooms Does
il not seem that our s'sArETr would be best con-
'uised by keeping from eoas"'snio" 'eitA The fec
part Of the eoxntry7"
And this "division Of States this abjuration
Of call connexom with the xhole civilized world
are the former to be "insisted on, and the latter
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which the same author has declared, sshas exerted
and canaot help sx.rting disproporsionate inAu-
ence on the confederacy !" That South, which
han "a common interest like stsVcry TO hold il to-
gether!" That South, where ga peculiar element
Is found, which spreads its influence through the
mass and impresses itself he wAoie costltusion
OF society 20 That South, where ''slsvery ID not
superficial destruction, but where the "cHARAcrER
OF Irs PEOPLE is decided by the form and deter
mination of Iabor'' That South, where 1--WE
find UNITY unknown at the North !"
People Of the South awake to just under
standing Of your inerests--your infiuence--your
power Your power, not Ogreat in physscG! !frcs,
as in political character, and in the elements Of
commercial Influence but yet, vastly greater even
in ph yscal force and in all the elements Of mill
tary energy, than our adversary brethren of the
North imagine. Your political character has
adorned aud given complexion to that Of the con-
f.rate Republic. 1t has preserved whatever Of
genuine repubicanism still inheres in IL; and If
the Union can be preserved, the conservative
spirit of your politics must he the efficient mean
OF it's preservation. Your political power reflect
and comprehend the elements which constitute it.
caution you not to impair il. A crisis 10 It
present. or does it only approach, flashing out,
like the rising storm, the brilliant, but brief sig-
nails Of its coming' A crisis, ifyou are true 70
yourselves, to your history, to your fathers, s
upon you. The great measures of aggression are
scarcely consummated, when in the Senate Of
common government, other and further aggresaioDs
not merely threaten, but glare and rage upon you-
Let Georgia arouse herself, and come up like "a
lion from the swelling Of Jordan" Your system
Of slavery, receives new assaults, aimed at It
through a hapless district. That system it is
part Of your power. It's your STARE potcer which,
over and above deciding you "character," magni-
fies and ramfes its benefcent energies, and under
the name of slape labor, gives sinews to the indus
try Of half the world Yes. II clothes uncQunted
millions in Europe-n America-and is extend
ing to clothe Asia and Africa.
And vet, does your wealth annually increase;
or has it annually increased. and shown itself in
obvious and palpable exhibtions' Does it now
appear in the extent and splendor OF your cities?
In the elegance of your country dwellings,! In
the lux,iries of lyng' In rich and gay equipages?
In sumptuous apparel in a general splendor of
life. In any OF the obvious and striking objects
which indicate the wealth Of industrious and
prospering peoples Who can answer, by point
ing out your annual accumulatiOns? For cycles
of wears, the fraudulence Of selfish and unequal
legislation, by a common government, transferred
the profits of commerce and agriculture from your
region to Northern cmes. Your annually pro-
duced millions, have not been annually annihia-
ted. They have enriched the nations, and your
selves have reaped the smallest visible benefits
The perversion Of the powers and objects OF
common government, made you for years, strraHts
to our Northern brethren; and your slaves realized
in one sense, the experience Of prophetic condi-
ton--they were serrants Of serrdrts When by the
Tariff Compromise Of 1888, you exonerated your
selves from this oppression, your prosperity,
revived. That returning prosperity stimulated
the abolition warfare. You may not have
traced the close relation Of events. Historical CO.
incdences indicate the relations of cause and eff
fect and in this instance, intrinsic and collateral
evidence sustain the asserted connexion. Then IN
l842 followed the breach Of the compromise of 49,
The North, selfish, and alike avariclous OF thrift
and power, proved herself as fathless to compro-
misses, as to the Constitution. Your agricultural
prosperity, the sustenance of your slave property,
was subjected to oppression, to contribute to man
ufacturng cupidity In 1886, the freedom OF COM
merce is vindicated, and again to great extent,
restored. Southern prosperity continues to ad-
vance And Stare labor, the great agent in educ
ing our agricultural wealth, is the object incessant
ly sought to be paralyzed and ultimately subver-
ted though like all exhaustess fountain, II pours
forth streams which fill the channels of commerce
and manufactures. Southern people under you,
as masters, the African race, is for the first time
in the history Of the world, contributing their share
Of labor to the industry which enriches, cvzes
and adorns the world. In return for 1t, that race,
il can proudly be said, receives larger proper
ton Of the comforts Of life, than any operative
population Of the world.
Suppose, citizens of the South you were to
" keep from communion scifh the free part Of our
country or were to objure $ connexion with the
in this state of hostile isolation? New England,
Old England, or the abused " SourH'" The South
stretching from the noble Potomac, to the Rio del
Norte. The South, blessed with variety Of cl-
mates, fertility Of lands, diversity Of productions,
beyond any equal area on the globe.
The South, blessed like Joseph, with a land,
loved
I" Forthe precious fruits brought forth by the sun,
"For the precious things put forth by the moon,
For the chief things of the ancient nountains
" For the precious things of the lasting hills,
For the precious things Of the earth and fullness
thereof -
And we will add with feeling of reverence and
devoutness, inspired by contemplation of his
providential care,-
&C For the good ,ciH Qf him thai dceh in the bush. +"
But the reverend gentleman, now no more, ad-
ysed the South to " insist division of the
States" Now, perhaps, when accumulated ag-
gressons, consummated in the spirit Of reckless
injustice, aptly adorned with badges Of fraud,
may drive the South to that "division of States,
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