The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-06-07
TFroai The ~ Y. Globe. April 20.
New England and Anti Slavery

A PEAcEABLE OR VIOLENT DISSOLUTION OF THE
UNION.
There is no part of the country and no peo
pie which make more profit out oi negro Save
labor than the peuple Of New England, and OF
Massachusetts in particular. 1t is said that OF
800 100000 of export OF Massachusetts, Ice
and granite only are the productions obtained
from the surface of the soil. But her exports
of granite and ice are insignificant in value COM
nared with that Of the fabrications of the labor
Of her inhabitants. Even her granite and her
ice NAV be said to be in part the products OF
slave labor. Slave labor pays for them, creates
what is called an efficient demand Tor them, and
enables the South TO purchase and use them.
This is more particularly :he case as to Ice than
it is respecting granite, though the latter is in
much demand throughout the southern cities.
The slave labor of the South furnishes the
"a " material for the vast amount OF cotton Tab
rics which are manufactured at the North, and
likewise enables the South to pay New England
for the labor bestowed on .hose goods which
sock a market in the South The leather shoes,
! fabrics OF wool, iron, wood, and almost every
thing that enters into consumption, are mere or
| less dependent on slave labor.
! If we should suppose the whole coast oil the
| South embarqoed, and the Mississippi and OHIO
hlosedto all commerce with the Southern States,
fnr the space Of one or two years, so that total
non. intercourse should take place between the
| North and the South, it would be soon perceived
which sertion was most selfreliant and lnde'
! nendent of the other. The South is perfectly
rnmneteni now. to feed and cothe itself, and ur-
nish all the necessary fabrcations of iron essen
tial ~ nlantatjon industry. Such a non-inter'
/ fSobJO 1nI1
bor ot the South. 1t would necessarily diver
rnncb of il from the over-produetion uf cotton
aud direct il TO other persuits. The demand
for the ,abor Of the South being stimulated there
II wonId he. at the same time, and from tht
same cause, paralyZed at the North. h'
northern manufacturer of cotton. being deprived
of the raw material, would have 10 close h'
factory All the various classes OF industry
not excepting those engaged IN commerce ant
NAVIGATION, would be equally parallyzed liner
would at once arise necessity ior emlgrauo
70 the South 10 escape starvation al home. IN
efficient demand for sklitl artIzans and opera
tiyes at the South, would naturally direct tn
attention of the unemployed there. Bet II an
such thing as dissolution OF the Union shoul
ever take place, produced by the antf-slaVer
acpressions of the North, it may well De quel
TONED whether the state of feeling at the Sout
wouldtolerate the importation Of shoals OF nortf
ern cheap labor, which would not only have
tendency to diminish The value of slave labo
Int might be dangerous when brought in col
tact with the slaves! =
Now. in the case of rupture Of the Union, I'll
ast rigid non-intercourse with the North won
tho obvfous policy and interest of the Sout
relI as the dictate Of estranged feeling.
,hsyefore no chmefa Of the Imagination.
sn eOsnt not only probable, bu: certain to fo
~ ~ dissolnsiofI Of the Union, produced
~ ~ snti.sayery mt agitation. Whether produce
war. var or voluntary enactment of tariff law