The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-05
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Our W~sninston correspondence.
WAssiSGrss. Feb 1850
I've Dfs,snior SPIRIT n HresiiaEto" The Nashville
Southern Conrtnn~~ r.. Frcsis,ns and the C't'''
Last November Sra,e convention was held In
Mississippi, on the slavery question and the most
prominent resolution ssrpttd was that when re'om
mended to the sourhrrn states general southern oon'
vention, to be held a. Na'hsils Fennsssee' ON 'ne
nrst Monday in June There Is every reason TO
.unno.s that that convention viii be held and that
evsrv Southern or ssvenoljiHg State will DO repre-
scented in the CONVENTION
What they intend a.. viii very much depend upon
ths action of Congress but We know that the expscts
tops Of many Southern IN both houses turned
more to the than any prospects OF set.
Element In this Capitol
Dissolution has been the cry Of the South several
occasions heretofore but their repeated acts Of scqu
essence TO compromise have Induced some Of the
wsest north Of Ns-on and DIXON TO believe that
all threats OF disnninp hsss been ussd ouly tsrorem
to frighten the Norto into sphuhssioo
IL high time MA Ttst notion should be abandoned
The idse OF separate couisdpracy south OF Mason
and Dtxon's line ha- mater If calculation
thing Of dollars snd cents - commercial scheme q
destrea political Jeot 20 DO fostored and
ragged TO q copsUnmsii'o.
There 10 . b, d, Of leading southern men Ia each
House, small In Duubsro bat increasing strength,
whose desire 10 Ia az hrs dispute into
an incurable rupture bet~-es ths t-e sections
Dissolution h2- lost ~ tosrors 60 the South u b.
gins TO wear the psNlan r --ttled measure OF
policy, tafety. exp-oi-ucs end sucs-.s rhe vast
meTcs, the sbiyping. and the u snaf.ctures OF the
Nortb. have at 10 SID uo te Jealousy OF the South
and thy count v,u rrarsti1u the only resort to
a fair com p.ritiob ~tlh re Nrrtn ia eommercs manu-
1soipree. snc tn l"" iiu-ruse prbits poe x.ted
bv N. North ron 'rH .sve labor Of the south are
beginning to be uDd-r tosd bat such extent as
TO DO distorted into tb~ mcst estimates
The North-ru rtippiUg Interest pockets the prons
In the transportst"n q soathsrn cotton, tobacco,
sugar, rice, and timber
e Northern n.u y,csrt the proAts Of the manufsc.
tured cotton, - 'b,pEsat back TO the South and
of the thousapd- articles Of the North
consumed in tb- suuth
8 Northern intrrr.ts pocket the bouuties Of the
tariff laws paid out q The possets q the south
L. Northern merrl sut, poke. the profits upon i'm
ported goods ooBsani,t tu che south.
b. The South psSs airrropsrtonste share OF the
revenues dis proporouate sun "a which Is pended
in the North.
9 The travelling expenses Of merchants and traders
from the South comlii-d visit he North for their
supplies, extract OrAey 90 money from Southern
pocket, for the BENIN 81 the \ orth
There thing give 11r North the control OF the
money market TIE cuptt0l ~ exchanges. tn. control
OF the prices Of the materials n the South, and Of
Northern mar ufsctuT-s
And what, "a, th- * r-ne Southern politicians, Is
the remedy for these .sIls
Disuuion
A separate cont,seracy south Of Mason aud Dixon 8
what then, tar suppo'iton, is to be the object
of the Nashville tons-u ion
To consult upon toe policy # disunion, and . sepa
rate confeaerscy.
WHAT are the sdNhufh5rs calculated upon from q
Southern copi.s.Isc,'
1. A tax upon N'rtaerr shipping sni -pou Northern
nenulnCturts NJ fNf4 Foreign uatiO a.
A toll upon Nj bee vrssrl- AID other craft na VI
gstirg TIE lover Ni--,-sirii
). kspIisals upon tFe rita fo- Kidnapped negvoes
IL IL Easy eDoSgh Co. tIrs.. whsre this
would Trad, but II po,i %. the ultilp
copsesuences
OF one thing IL w.uld b. vel enough fnr the North
to be well advised ihrrs iivir1 desire the part
OF leading Sou bern btcisus Ia congress tor sepa-
rate eonft dersey They nave ceased TO court
promise. and d-strs o. l1non N Northern
chsnts manufacturer AnG IN ownsrs do not believe
Ii. let them come sud peek q week I'M uiringly ia
Washington; ana then ~ uis AXE not they will
credit the danger nj criis
Wien Case declares tia h. cannot pretend TO look
Into the future for siK nths e. com--when Henry
Clay great DON proIni.- stl born Senate
when the pon-inter,. policy Il the President Is
lsuehed 10 scurb when TIVE Sanb refuse their
compromise 81 ~uo snail preteod TO declare
that the cry o. vol h. all mOunsn nsl There Is
danger Of dissoutrp
The great Obstacle immediate settlsment,i s the
Nashville CONVENTION trd yet we Look to that ~
venion "a the dium az Oruug from the Proyiso
party Of the North anc a Ud-IAdoe. Of the South,
compromse wbicL sil aoJut Ihr shols di suts In all
1ts pasticUsrs ShDIC 80 hat convention, expect.
moth TO be- doIr Ia Of affairs
Aud Set, n The Ere id~Bt - ssad 10 Con
gree defining fAsutit hi position tn. frogiso
dCuhs Rot the seton Sould supsrsede the
nscessity OF Na hNiit- sou. cotton -ni up the
diEeuy In a month. rts met inaos picious feature
81 The shos dfrUty rr-.~nr Is that Congress are
lssriAtsSs In The dsrs Ut PEELED to ast