New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-10

We have not encountered our columns
with any detailed accounts Of the move
ments in South Carolina looking 20 the Be-
session of that State from the Feoera'
Union. In the first place, Slavehololng
State which seriously proposes to win,
draw from the Union in order to forIi'y anu
perpetuats her Slavery, does not deserve
- he reasoned with. She IS stare mao'
and should be treated accordingly "nen-
90, D;sunion shall really take place. we
IN ,.o,yd il as the knell of American
slavery. and on that ground regard the
.-eurrence with far less regret than we
otherwise should. But all this is 30 palpa-
bic that we can never regard South Caro-
Ina and her corporaps guard OF sympa-
.hissrs in the other Slave States as serious
in their occasional Disunion tannums'-
They are only attitudiniziDg for effect, ana
would dcsist If their capers attracted no
attention in the Free States. But every
few wears South Carolina works herself
into theatrical fury and cries out, Hold
me, or I'll certainly hurt somebody !"
vhsreupon Virginia catches her about tho
neck and begs her not TO stave up the
Union, which she finally accedes to, and
there ensues general kissing and making
up; whereupon the North, not to be out
done in sacrifices for the Union, makes
some liberal concession TO Slavery or Cot
son, and all is quiet again--till the next
time. We arc tired of this. Had the
Free States been manly enough, true
enough, TO enact the Wilmot Pfoviso as to
all present or future Territories Of the
Union, we should have had just about the
same didoes cut up by the Cbivalry that
we have witnessed, and with no moro dam.
eye to tho Union. Whenever Secession
shall be seriously threatened because OF
Northern resistance to Slavery Extension,
we shall see that the Shareholders are not
AL tho People of the Southern States, nor
q majority of them, though they now seem
not TO realize it. In Slave breeding Mary
land and Virginia, two-thirds Of the legal
voters would to-day prefer the Union with
out Slavery to Slavery without the Union.
And this sentiment is fast ripening in all
the Southern States with three or four ex-
eeptions.
We give place to the following letter
from native Of South Carolina now resi-
dent in Connecticut because of its recogni-
tion of facts which many suppose unrecog-
nized by Southern men. Mr.. Flsggs
views differ very widely from ours on most
questions affecting Slavery, but the absur-
dity Of the Disunion furry is well exposed
In the following
NEw-YoRx, April 2, 1851.
Dear Sir; Upon important questions. proper for the
press your paper has offered the most impartial field FOL
ticusson. I enclose . communication embracing some
sentiments 10 which know You opposed. WIN you
allow hfsir play, and charge all objections to
Your ohedisni sssv~ns, fsnrHv o. rLAeS'
II. Greeley, Esq, I'D. T''euHe.
LETTER TO A SOUTH CAROLINA PLANTER.
DEAR H.: My inability TO write, arising from q
spram Of my hand, has alone postponed an answer
even now trace a few lines. full considera'
ton of the subject 1.-THE Slave question: upon which
yoa ask my opinion cannot, therefore, be given at
this time OF a more convenient season you shall
have il tn egtens0 through the public press.
have already published much upon the dangerous
and disturbing topic, and, am happy to believe,
with good effect. Ii has not yet been fully and
fairly discussed; when 1t shall be, alarm will
cease. The South cannot subslst without their
"pecpliar institution - while the North knows
-. L.. =. d.. o,,1i. Ia.
shat institution 10 preserved and protected) must
continue to receive and reap all the net profit
arising from It, That Institution can seldom more
than comfortably and Independently support the
South. Carolina planter and bis laborers, whether
she be tn or out Of the Union bat IL is the wealth
Of the North and strong arm Of the national
this moment the chief fulcrum OF commerce.
For the South you will say this 10 hard. True
hut Ii results from the innate Law OF q we,ely Gg
ysealtaral people. with or without slaves. The
parson he preys for all the lawyer he pleads for
all; the doctor he doctors all; and the planter he
PAYS for ALL" Search history, and mark the ex'
cepsions In green chalk where pillows break upon
the shore.
Indeed, this is hard,--tis grievous,-not upon
the Southern Stakeholder alone. He Is but an
item in this vast Country. say it Is hard, not
upon the Shareholder, but upon him in common
with his neglected brethren, the free culsvators
Of the SOIL throughout this great nation, csnsti.
tuting, In numbers, real wealth; and 10 il too
much TO add, honor, honesty and usefulness, far
the greatest portion OF the wholei How can this
be helped II has ever been so-must it con.
tinGef Not in this CouRtry, il Agriculsurists
throughout the land will unite with half the zeal,
courage and determination to do vigat, that have
characterized the fanatics in their National Con
vensions to do sroag, North and Soath. The
great and good Calhoun once said 20 me at Wash
irgton during the Tariff excitement. I" I see every
branch OF manufacturer represented here by Com.
mittees from the Northern and Middle States de.
msnding from the Government Protection for their
respective interests bat we hear of no Commit
tee % represent the infinitely greater interests of
Csnnevoe and Agrcaifars, without which manu-.
hctures can have no healthy existence" His
allprevailing naind required no answer. TIE
agricuitariss Of our country has never yet been