Washington telegraph., 1851-01-08
Correspondence efthe Louisville Journal
CHArrANoocA, Tenn. Dec. A. 1850.

SHATTANOOGA, Aeuu, Lee. 4, lOoV.
Gentlemen. In conversation, yesterday,
with an intelligent English gentleman.
who has spent considerable time in South
Carolina. aud seemed to manifest fively
interest in the peculiar doctrines of the
South. l asked him what would he the
JfnaIe of the heated cc,itroversy ilowcar-
red Oh between the North and South.
"Disunion inevitably was the reply.
'.South Carolina" he continued. ''must
look to Great Britain; she can find a
market there for her cotton, aud in return
be supplied by oar manufactures with
better and cheaper fabrics than from the
Northern States; aud. TO tell you the
truth. majority in South Carolina are
more ardenttv attached to Great Britain
than your glorious Constitution! Depend
upon it, South Carolina would quit your
coniederacy tomorrow. fugitive slave law
or not, if there were fair prospect OF
her being sustained 10y the other cotton
growing States"
Now p uniOE between these Quattle-
buns and John Bull would constitute
the full measure Of earthly glory Not
more than one-fourth of South Carolina
is adopted TO the growth OF cotton; even
that is inferior to the growth Of Alabama
aud Mississippi. In her marshes cou-
siderable rice is cultivated. the remainder
Of her territory is poor, sandy soil, pro-
ducing little besides sweet potatoes and
green peas.
If South Carolina secedes, it will be
SOLITARY aud alone" She has not a
neighbor that will keep her company
Without the pale of the Union, thence
forth she is known as the ca65age tree
republic. "E pluribws union" stricken
from her shield, her motto should be what
an octogenarian wrote for his epi.aph:
Il was well, wished to be better, took
physic. aud here l am.
John Bull. to 5e sure. will take cotton
of South Carolina-a matter Of prime
necessity to him; but. then. he will say.
II can drive bargain with You only
upon certain conditions, every black cook
on board English vessels entering vour
chivalrous port must receive the same
respectful attention as other BRUSH sub
jects! You hate the Union. you say. as
you do Ill itself. aud that's very proper.
So Jonathan can't do any carrying for
you. If you do not wish your carrying
done in British bottoms, ] will build you
mariEe; cabbage tree bottoms shall do
your freighting. You can command. but
not work; SO you must employ African
crews. One of our poets has trulhiulIy
said
"Siaves cannot breathe in England; il their lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free;
They touch country and their siIacke fall. y
Il am aware this is maxim, which
will somewhat interfere with vOur
YOU must leave all to me- You enslave
the African, you force him to work for
our support, aud in return you feed aud
cIothe him. | will do the same by you.
You. niggers aud all. produce cotton
cheaper than l eau buy it of Brother
Jonathan, aud l will provide you with
food and raiment, load you with bon bons.
and relieve you from ever offending your
nasal organs with the smell Of unwaahed
mechanics"
This is John Bulls policy the world
lover. He must do all, aud in every thing
he does he must have the lion's share
III ten years. he would not leave grease
spot of these QuatlIebuns. Niggers aud
broom sedge would take their mighty
republic.
II he speaks Of us now, as brethren
sp:ingiGg from the same Anglo-Saxon
liue, or by the more endearing terms OF
mother and daughter. it's compliment,
barney not from the heart, it's because
when united we possess within ourselves
all the elements of national prosperity
aud he cannot exist a year without us
tecau>e we can produce cotton outside OF
So"th Carolina superior to anything he
can raise on the hahitahle globe, and not
because our Government is an expert
ment in favor of human liberty.