Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-05-17

States. Why is it otherwise but that in the nation
therois condensation supported By interests anag.ois
to these in other Words section which is in fact,
foreign power. We have shown that in the vital prn
cpe of political organizations the relation of Labor
and Capital the and the South irreconcilaby
hostile that ths5 ecda and political systems cannot
coerist-that the in the nature of things wages
internecine war against the other. Now we need not
attempt prove that cotton be produced in guam
titles sufficient for the worlds wants, only where Labor
is at the absolute control Capital, in the relation
of master and slave. Experience has decided that
question if has settled other What is the RESULT
Why that throwing aside the variance in the systems
of representation and taxation above noted-the North
and the South dametricaly opposed to each other
those most essential political relations which gov
the Capital the Civilization, the National existence
of the South. More than this-the vast extent and
pre-eminen influence of the cotton trade divide the
commercial nations of the world into two classes
those who produce cotton and those who manufacture
it. They are, it is true, mutually dependent but, ac-
cording that principle of selfshness which God has
for wise purposes implanted in every breast they each
bent using the other at the lowest remuneration
each wishes to have the best of the bargain and be-
tween foreign nations this is all right this compeh
ton has served and will continue to serve wise pur
poses. What greater sympathy does the North feel
for cotton growing section than is felt by Eng
land Does cotton bale meet any more fraternal
regard in the way of prices in New York than it does
in Liverpooli What more sympathy is there between
the southern planter and the abolition manufacturer OF
Lowell, than exists between him and the Manchester
spinner In fact the sympathy is less between the
home than the foreign manufacturer 1t is natural too
for the home manufacturer, not on under the
of countryman does he seek advantages but with the
endearng of brother his lips he warps the po
ltica power of government framed for the purpose
of meeting out its advantages equally, protecting all
alike, to his own base purposes unsatished with the
legislation that the produce of section for
the support of another he would deprive his brother of
the right to seize and possess his property when had
passed defined line. Under the sanction of brother
the South is to be ensaved and if sympathy, rater
nal feeling any feeling but that of cordial hatred
can exist, then we but novice in the knowledge
fthose demonstrations which result in hostility
What makes the less foreigner than the other
Both speak the same language around both cluster
historical associations, and between both there is
natural link of consanguinity But assumes, un-
der the guise of brother to NEEDLE and to destroy
1t would be easy to illustrate, in a manner much
more special these sectional differences in social sys
TENS, and industrial pursuits. But must avoid this
because it too parallel with party history But
enough, surely has been said indicate the grounds
upon which we may JUSTLY and with exaggeration,
conclude that the Institutions of the two sections
dramatically opposed If it can be proved that the
government is with the Northern section of the Con-
federacy, the utter want Of sympathy between that
government and the South, is, as consequence,
tablshedthe due relation between the two sections
is brokeu and must seek for safety in the natural
resources God has surrounded with, that
tive genius may carve out, or hearts resolve on.
There never yet was an honest feeling that did not
spring from correct thought The sense of wrong is
too strong for the elaboration of fancy sketches We
feel that we are weak-it cannot take well man long
to think out the same conclusion. We divided,
the politicians stand ready to sacrifice us upon the altar
of party. The experience of the past twenty years
has proved what concsely has been sad that the Pre-
sident sis demagogue by positon"-that the House
of Representatives represent popular passions and in
terests-that in the Senate only is to be found the
conservative element of government. Now the repre-
sentative majority is largely Northern-the Presiden-
tial electoral majority is largely Northern since
the admission of California the Senatorial majority is
Northern Can multiplication table work out results
more certain If the government obeys the popular
spirit which creates and sustans it, what must it do
but reflect Northern sentien sustain Northern interests
impersonate Northern power Recent events have de-
veoped the fact that government is guided by North
ern sentiment Just at the time when sectional inter-
ests violently antagonist than any previous
period of our history-at period demanding time for
exasperated feeling and sectional prejudice to subside
just at the moment when passion is fercest. govern
pends the money of the Nation, in shaping the polit
cal features Oft organic law of California,
exclude one half of the citizens of the confederacy
from domcilatng amid its gold placers with their pro-
perty! This indicates the controlling sentiment o.
government, and when we consider the manifest inus
tice, the evident hypocrisy pracced the South the
utter disregard of law the corruptng influence resort
ed to- to achieve the exclusion of the South we feel bu
too sensby how little hope there is that things vii
; better with time.
For argument sake, we will admit that the admission
of California is rght-that savage greedness for gol
is the purest of social bonds-that State is admirably
adapted to influence national legislation, where it
heads the shrewdest of spectators and body thu
outcasts of every population under heaven. We vii
admit that Texas ought to pocket, in extravaganc
of fjockeying triumph, her ten millions, and chuckle a
the market price of patriot blood and State pride-sh
may have more tesparesata similar price, and who dar
say she has not found liberal customer. We will ad
NIT that Virginia and Maryland are ntruders in tn
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