Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1850-03-09
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH,
Washington Correspondence Of the NY Herald
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is, 1850,

" as tngfoh JUIFtNIbNVe@eNNt
WASHINGTON, Feb, Is, 1880,
wro,e Won Yesterday The Herald Of the
lbth contains an account OF tho Meeting al
Tammany Hail. The glory of Old Tammany
has. indeed departed. Tier moral power IS gone
The Democracy are shorn OF their strength
They are now contemplate. Faction, corrup>
lion, and the love OF power, tor the sake oil
snois and pnnder, have done their work. The
I great DAYS Of Od Tammany are passed. She
/ is now ruled by men without character ana WIN
outh power or influence. Those VINO ioVe Tue
Union and who have looked forward cheerlH
to the great gathering in tie old w'swam, ana
prophesIed that there and then, the ieli.sp'r1 OF
Free Soihsm and Aholitonsm wdad be rebuked
and nut down, are wotuily disappointed. The
result of the meeting has astonished many mere
The effect Of it through the South viii be bad
far better would il have been, that the meeting
had never been called or held
Such chaps as those who conducted the Tam
many Hall meeting have nothing 10 lose ny
senareton of the Southern from the Northern
States plunder has ever been their life blood
they have lived on i,--and dissolution OF The
Union would rather improve their chances Tor
the future than tho reverse, They own no pop.
ty. they have no houses, and are not engaged
either ia commerce. agriculture or manufactures,
Blu, how is il with the merchants, shlpowners, and
men who have something at stalker NO mater
whether they are Democrats or wings. Lei
them pause now, while il is time, and think DC.
II lore lhcy act. The Southern states ask 1t. they
!, have warned their brethren OF the North; VIII
they heed it, while there Is time TO save 'he
Un,onl There is a vast difference between
warning and menace. The South have, thus
"a. only spoken the former. The farmers oi
IN. free states, the merchants and manulactu-
!, rers Of these states. have their all at hazalu -
A few months may bring about separation sc
comnlcte and so PAT alsug to them, that they
Auuid =, tr.Lsi. far.,nAa IN haze the OPP
!, uo-,,lnty they now have d ayerting the threat
: ened catastrophe. The south have counted tn
: cost Of separation, and know the value OF I'M
: Inion 10 them, il the North are to continue IN
: agpfessors. They love the Union, but not enough
! 10 sacrifice their rights, and all that they hot
y dear under lis Constitution, for the mere nam
/ of being in The Union. Every day convince
!" ,hem that the southern states would be gamer
= nv the dissolution Of the Union. The presses
;, The North are deceivng the people IN REGARD
=, the feeling in the South. They are cong
4 wiGully. The Southern States, through 'ne
PRESSES, are not heard at the North--saVe IN "a
Il Herald their tone is not re-echoed. Hence, u
" mischie(that is about to ensue. The Norther
" papers are deceived, II not criminally trying
"a deceive at this crisis. The Southern papc
: have no circulation in the free States ~
~ ~ voice Of the presses Of the South is, therefor
" .lenced or rn,herunheard out Of its own border
:, :, They have no central organ or press, VINE
|! echoe, their sentiments, feelings, wishes, The
l., causes Of complaint, and the justice they wa
Il, accorded to them. The presses OF the nor
- sheer at any danger, and are daily engaged
- milling the peope Of the Tree States into a tai
." security. say what they may, at this nome
i the people Of thirteen Southern states are rea
- for Southern Convention and ripe to carry
:. elaboration into effect even should the hrs' 'e
oIution be the solemn and serious one OF rec
ding from the free States, at all hazards, a
=" forever: and, the second resolulon-no lie
=" soIemn-to organize Republic OF the Sonhe
United States; and if the slavery question IS
" settled during the intermediate time The oon'
ern Convention will nee, ut Nashville in Ju
,ho next, and then long good night TO the peal
too prosperity aud power Of the present fede
il, Unions for the North say, there shaIi De
.es peaceabe eparation--consequenily oceans
TIL The blood Of brethren must be poured out BET
H. any new arrangement can be accomplished.
Let the ball Of disunion once he started, a
- il cannot be stopped. lie, the South once ia
-; disunion, determination only can check It,
nj Southern leaders las they are called al the Nor
Ion cannot check it. Hampton in Engiane' mi
:. ri as well have tried to stop the revolution WI
Or took off the head Of Charles the LIST. or Mlrab'
,bis to have turned back the French Revolution
rce man try to stop the waves OF the ocean as !
I'm, ders to stop popular movement at the 90
i ho which is wilder and more fierce than the 70
toto seas. And whyl The South have the RICH
nod their side, and they are aware OF IT, lhf)
,,o,e not want TO be in a Union where their ri
nsns are trampled upon by the majority, beca
W.. they are the weaker and minority section
,ta,o Have the Northern States counted the c
40 Do they know or must, the reality teach IN
~ thai the South have everything to gain by
he, union, and the North everything to iosef
t,n. us examine few simple facts:
ns,,. The past year, the Southern States
With have produced 2,50O,00O bales
- OF cotton, at the present prices Sio per
> TO- balo i 100000
onn. The other products of rice, tobac-
p1eo :. .So., ~" nf $4,000
Wis. short oil ,a a.a ssn rn;I;or
, but mere are one n'' b. snesred a, state
'nl;.d wealthy capitalists at the North, who are
Flor. wise engaged in the attempt to ruin pc
80 Of the Union which has made them primo
s a~. wealth. On the other hand, what do the
j one produce and c1poF'l