The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-26

tnent OF these $3l 100000 OF revenue Are the
600 which are taken fron the labor Of the
South expended at the South, 10 enrich her citi-
zens and improve her section, and only the
100000 which are contributed by the North
among mo her Far tai i, h, from
the documents which are necessary to exhibit this
point; but we see, and feel, and know taat harsh
injustice is done US IN this matter IL has been as
serted, good authority that seven niaths of the
income of the general government is spent at the
North and but two ninihs at tae South. Accord
ing TO this estimate, whilst the Southern States
contribute OF the x3l 900 00D. So 000, 900, they
receive back, to be spent among their people, but
50, 800, Geo; and whilst the North contributes but
90 600 900 10 that fund.- they contrve divert the
current Of expenditure oui OF ns natural channels,
as 10 spend the enormous amount of S2l, 900
among her own people, whiehis Sis 900 600 annually
more than they contribute; aud same amount,
so much taken from the profits of industry, to
enrich their own citizen aud section This is
equally true of the revenue aiso from the sale of
our public lands and all Other sources of our
public income, amounting 10 nearly 900 900 more,
whsch swells the amount discussed among the
free soil States TO nearly $2s 0OO0 0o whilst the
sums expended at the South less tnan 600 900.
In estimating, then, the value of the Union to
them, as it has no doubt often been cyphered out
in the true " clockmaker'' style nv the Sam
Sticks of the North, il has, without ,ubt been as
certained, AID credited in their "bank book" as
being worth TO them, in hard dollars, at least
eighteen millions Of dollars annually, ia clear GAIN
and free Of all expenses Heace the tender affec-
ton, the revereDtal regard, which they pretend
TO feel, and express for the Union; and hence the
abhorence which they express at the thought of
separation from their beloved brethren" at the
South, and the denunciation Of those who breathe
the word ''disunion" as thing that is possible.
But the South begins at length TO understand the
sincerity of these professions of generation for the
Union; and the dsinterestrdness of their ndigna.
ton, at those who would dissolve il; and especi-
ally, when they threaten to hold 10 their EN-.
braces. by main force, and with all the violence
Of musLetry and cannon, II need be. We
viewed it as the old trick Of Demetrius aud his
confederate "siversmths at Eph1sus," who made
silver shrines for the goddess Diana. This en-
ployment "brought no small gain to the crafts
men, we are told but the great Apostle, in preach
ing against idolatry, disturbed the rOekery. And
then, loud and long did they lift up their voices in
homer of !" great Diana" Of the Ephesians; until,
doubtless, the simple of the town believed
these to b. sincere and devoted worshppers of the
goddess But these wsrth,es crack ed their thro ats
IN honor OF the "great Diana" aud would have
murdered the sseneer OF God not because
they cared assarum for the daughter OF Jupiter,
but because, a. inspiration tells u, " their craft
was in danger;" and the Apostle, IN the perform
ance OF his high duties, had attempted to put an
end to its iniquies. Just is it with those who
employ themselves in bepraislpg the T" Mon" as
glorious Unsn," and so forth and who de-
nounce as "traitors" those who question its add
yantages, conducted il has been for years past
and who would bring II back To its original prn-
cples of equality and justice, OF dissolve it, They
feel that IN separating from the South, " their craft
lie in danger" They are in danger of losing, not
merely the beunties which gave lite to their manu-
lures, their shipping, and their commerce, but the
good round sum OF Sis,O00,00O annually, which
is taken from the pockets of the Southern planters
10 be transferred, by sort of Legislative leger-
demain, into their own pockets, to enrich them
selves and give prosperity to their sections. De-
prived by disunion Of this ANIMAL AMI refreshing |
supply, they must either per nit the hundreds of
thousands of their citizens who now nourished
by those expenditures, to sink down in suffering
and the public works upon which they are squan- |
dered to 60 TO decay they raise the auIoant
he Knit nxy laa ham.
They appropriate TO themselves out Of the public
treasury, not only the nine millions of their own,
but eighteen millions and more, contributed by the
South, making their share of the expenditures over
"a ,000, 900 Of dollars Now, 1t has been seen that
their share of the imports amount only to about
4io,OOO,OO0 upon which 1t wou require deity of
90 cent TO raise the $27 900 Of revenue which
they are now accustomed TO speud But no
commerce could bear for any length Of time bur-
den OF 90 per cent, then the woald have to
be to direct taxes, which IL lie very doubtful whe
Their population like thai in the Northern States
would submit TO.
IL may be assumed then, as a thing that is GER
tain, that that amount Of revenue could not, ex-
cfpt by borrowing, be supplied for purposes of
either war or peace aud IN all the interests and
projects, which are now fostered by that expendi-
lure, will be suffered to laoguish aud decay.
In every point Of examination, then, Il will APP
pear, that the dissolution of the Unon will be fol-
lowed by infinite distress and disaster 10 the North,
and with comparatively little to the South. Let
every southern man, then, iirmly persuade himself
To them than II is TO us; aad that u is for them,
and not for Us, to make sacrifices and concessions
10 maintain IL.
As long as the principles of the constitution are
faithfully observed, and the Union made to promote
the purposes for which II formed, IL becomes
our duty to support IT, IL is true, that, conducted
al its best, it is likely, through all the fiscal opera
lions Of the federal government 10 be hard bar
gain tor US. But when honorable men have so
IemHly joined hands over contract, IL is not for
one party TO deny their obligations, because, IN
matter OF dollars and cents, the other may have
the advantage. The South, them IL may be con-
hdeniy asserted, would never have disturbed the
Union, or calculated its value, had she not been
wounded in some Of her tenderest ponts-points
which touch her honor and peril her existence.
Her just rights have been invaded, or denied her.
Her feelings are outraged by daily Insults TO our
Representatives, in the common council halls
OF the nation; and they use every effort TO de-
grade ne, by insulting resolutions, directed against
|us and institutions They not only do this IN
the most aggravated form, but r their arrogance
|Df power, on the most unnecessary occ isioas. |
They press the Wimot proyIso, not only over ter
Eitory, where slavery never would have been car
|redbut they appear TO regard the act ct terrific
10y which excludes the Shareholder with his slaves,
| as in itself meutorous, that they have just |
forced California into the Union, against every re-
|lurement Of sound policy, against all sound prece- |
lent, and contrary to the truest principles of the
constitution. They exclude US not only from ter
iory which is our own, equ ally il is theirs, but
s unsuited 10 our Institutions, but they now at. /
empt 90 deprive us OF broad lands which are well
uited TO us, which have been conquered by our !
'aor, and won by our treasure and our blood, and
ire in this respect more than IL is theirs
and whilst they do this TO US, who have a just !
eht to those lands, as our property To US, whom
hey profess to call brethren, and who have a claim
lpon them such, they have, as II 10 utter con-
Tempt OF us our feelings, and our ntere Sta offered
% give away, TO squsnder, to lavish. those lands,
pom every yagrant, or pauper, or vagabond emf |
rant who may be enticed from the rest of the
world 10 come and settle upon them These |
re the injuries aud insults, which have sunk
eep into the Southern heart, and made
very man in the retirement Of his planta-
on calculate the value of Union, with such
nen as perpetrate such enor mites Aud when
superadded TO all these things, the evidence
shich IL before us, that they steadily advanc-
" upon US, with deadly hostility, 10 destroy our
Institutions, and that they claim the right TO med
le with us, because we belong to the mon; then
becomes the South resolutely TO take the posi-
n AZ. and