The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-16
Eor The So,.thern Press.
For the Southern Press.
The Cause or the DinicuIty between the
Northern and southern sections Of the
8 Country, and the Remedy.
BY R. 0. p.-No. ?.

/ Northern and Southern sections OF the
Country, and the Remedy. :.
BYR. o. D.--No. 2.
i In former article, briefly presented the two
fold cause of the difficulty between the North and
the South, showing il to be Of such nature as to
prevent settlement Of the quarrel between the
parties, either by the Representatives in Congress
or otherwise. And it cannot be truthfully denied,
that every just consideration connected with this
unpleasant subject, leads directly To the conclu-
sion that il never will be settled while the Union
lasts. Hitherto, and perhaps for some time to
come, the conflict will be mainly confined to the
halls OF Congress and, in that body, the dsrup-
! ton Of the confederacy will commence, when il
can no longer be maintained in it's original iGteg-
rity, and with safety to the South. The North,
being largely in the majority, will persist in their
mad scheme of negro emancipation, and in the
name ofliberty, and by the grace of God, proceed
step by step, TO legisate away the rights o: the
/ South, by the power and through the agency of
the General Cover ment, until at last the mem
bers of Congress from the two extreme sections
will come to blows and boodshed in the city of
Washington. Congress will thus break up in Il
row, and the people along the seaboard, North
and South, will rush towards the scene of conftl-
Sion and conflict, and vast crowd will be
gathered together at the seat Of government, with
bitter and hostile feelings towards each other, and
then and there II general fight will ensue. And
what will then follow Why, Of course, as we
| nave seen the disposition Already MANIFESTED the
President, whoever he may be, will forthwith is
sue his proclamaton calling upon the army Of the
| United States and all good and loyal citizens Of
the country, and especially at the North to march
to Washington and subdue the rebeous South
erners! The Northern part of the army, and vol
unteers FROM the country north of $50 3W from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, will joyfuy respond
by tens Of thousands, to the call the Executive
And, with all the treasure Of the United States
Government, as well that in hand as that which
will be incoming, as II comes alone through the
Northern ports the greater part Of the army and
| navy the ordnance aud munitions of war belong
ing to the government, and all the Northern vol
uneers that will be needed, the President will in
wade the South. And thus will begin the violent
end of tie Federal Union!
Against this soon got ready and formidable
military array on the part Of the General Govern
ment, the South will present no political organi-
cation or head from whence TO issue even proc
| lamation or command She will have no com.
mssoned officer TO issue orders and take the field
at the head of an army m defence of our rights
ana lives; no army, arms, ordnance, nor NUM-
tons of war, and no money with which to buy
those articles, and to pay and sustain even small
volunteer force. She will have no head to guide,
and no power to resist the advance of the myr-
midons Of the North--no harmony among her
own people--no concert Of sction-n a word, she
will have nothing, in the egnning of the contest,
but the Justice of her cause, and the brave hearts
and love Of liberty among her citizens. And, in
| this situation, she could not hope to succeed in
expelling the foe from her borders short Of Pc
| riod of five or ten years
Painful aud abhorrent to the mind, as is the
contemplation of scene like that which has just
been presented, have, nevertheless, drawn it in
order to show what will I've the probable course,
and ultimate condition Of things, growing out OF
the aggressions Of the North, in pursuit Of the
phantom of negro enamel patton, and the contin
uance of the Southern States in the Union. For,
to that point, the elements Of strife now in mo-
ton, inevitably tend, and in the very nature Of
things, must inaIlycome.
And now, the great question is, can this awful
approaching state of things he avoided? answer
yes! but only in one way, and that is, by sepa-
ration Of the slaveholding from the free States.
No power on earth avert the dreadful catas-
trophe, Of a long civil war between the two sec
tons of the country, if things are permitted to
continue in the way they are now progressing,
for the short period Of a few years. The extreme
sections must separate from each other; and, 1t
may aud should be done tacitly, and by the stimuli
taneous action Of the respective parties, and thus
| break down the general legislature, in which the
representatives from the antagonstical quarters
meet and worry each other, where alone all the
conflicts Of sentiment and feeling arise, and fomen
into storms of angry debate and abuse, alike pro-
fitless and dsgraceful to republican institutions,
and the age in which we live; and the destructive
engine by W hich the South ever has been, and
will continue TO be, assaulted and ultimately
ruined.
! And why shoud any one amongst us, be start
led with alarm, ut the deliberate proposition to
dissolve the Union, rs remedy for our present
difficulties, and security for the future? Let us
be assured, rather, that there is far greater evil
than that, now very near us And that is, civil
war, between brothers Of the same common an
cestry, and which, when it shall have burst upon
us, will be aggravated, and made hldeous perhaps,
by servile nsurrection, the ravages and enor-
H.,
and diaboical pollution Of all ages, sexes and
conditions among the white population OF the
South, will he iihOut q semblance Of parallel in
the annals of war and crime! This should alarm
us indeel And we should fly TO dissolution,
MS the only refuge Of hope and safety! Ii is
strn' ge-passingIy strange-and beyond al COM
prehenson, that wise men, and grent htIe 'nen
foolish, in our country, cannot, or will not per-
ceve this plain and direct way, out of our pre-
sent dfirnl,irs 1t is the pillar Of cloud by day,
and the pillar Of fire by night!
will now proceed To consider the process OF n
peaceable separation of the States, North and
South. And the frat thing to be done in such an
undertaking, will be to commence the agitation OF
the hject through the public prints, and IN prI-
mary me etings of the people, among whom the
sentiment Of diSunlon must I've cultivated until /;
shall become as generals and prevalent at the South,
rs The antl-savery sentiment is nj the North. And,
in the meantime the people Of the South should
at once abandon all hope Of obtaining any rights
or interest in the territory Of the United States
lately acquired from Mexico, either directly from
the sale Of the public lands therein, foot.
hold upon which to plant slnvery hereafter. For,
all chance for the attainment Of either OF those
ends by the South, is now forever gone. They
should, therefore, be ur, and not he suffered
to hang upon and embarrass the question Of dis
solution. The South is now in possession Of all
and perhaps more territory, than she will here
after hold within the present limits Of the United
States. The course Of slavery, in time to come
will be seaward and eastward from the mouth o
. the Mississippi river. An impossible barrie,
hens it in now, in all other directions from its
present locality.
r In the next place, steps should he taken to con-
vene a Southern Convention, at early day as
practicable, with due regard to the spread of dis
union sentiments, and consequent full representa-
ton from all the slave States; the delegates to which
should be appointed Ivy the people, assembled IN
primary meetings. There should not be more than
one delegate appointed with n suitable alternate
for each judicial District in the States represented
because, more than this number would endansei
Z he harmony and leuv the action of the COnyen