The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-07-01
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~ ~ .sT' In one point Of view, and that d very
important enc. the aboiitionists have been OF
great serviceto the southern States. Their re-
q g paated assaults upon the South have awaken.
4oa led Southern men to the necessity OF adopting
go practical measu.cs to develop the strength
8 sasra and resources of the Southern States. But
g.. for abolition, they might have gone on in the
old apathetic, down hill track, willing to re-
-. main provinces OF the North, and perhaps
,,, believing themselves that they were the poor
- 8 est and weakest section OF the Union. hope
RI Il iessy degenerated from former times, and
aas left without the possibility of recuperatien.
IS "a But for aboitionism, they would have gone,
70 wearing out their soil and taking no means
sd to renew it, holding manufacturers and com
4e Z sinerce with the most lordy contempt, sup
90 plying all their wants at the North and edu-
eating their children iyersally at Northern
F'''-, schools and colleges The rise and growth
- of abolitionism set the Southern people to
linking They became convinced that their
asf only reliance against the triumph of the par
q s;d ~ which menaced their property and rights,
.1sss was the development of their own resources
sesa the establishment of internal improy ements
= and the encouragement Of their own indus.
tsss try in every shape and form. The abolition
lists, who have poured hot Goals upon our
~ 'i backs, have awakened us to life Instead OF
49,, destroying us. 1t will be found, on examina-
s r.E
-. tion, that the date OF the upward movement
which the South is now making in agrieul-
ss- tnre. snanufactu es. internal Improvements
+ and home education, corresponds with the
period when abolitionism began to drop the
-, mask and manifest its latent strength and Its
v most diabolical spirit. Slave property itself,
q 10 spite of the underground railroad has
vastlyincressed in value like every other kind
of property. This is but the beginning OF
-. 4 the end. The South is awake to her true po'
Icy, and she will not close her eyes till she
''eeT has direct trade with Europe and till she
-, has established manufactures every river,
so that she make for herself every arti-
.-as Gle needed for clothing, from the crown OF
80 the hat to the sole of the shoe; every article
~ of homestead use; and every mechanical and
rs.z agricultural implement. All that we need to
. prosecute this glorious work to its consuni-
nation, is the continued agitation and spread
Of abolition fanaticism. Nothing else would
sF@ ever have reused the South from slumber
.aa SO that threatened to be eternal but the fendish
80 assaults of abolitionisn. With that space,
she will continue to travel and to accelerate
~. her speed until she has attained pre-emi-
ed nence in wealth and power, from which she
can laugh to seorn the assaults of her enc
mics.
Wicked and destructive as abolitonism il
in its character and designs, it has done more
to build up and consolidate the Southern
-fsi States, and to strengthen the institution of
slavery, than the South would ever have
- been able to do for itself. Every new assault
ts.s it makes but adds new stimulus to Southern
enterprise and consequently increases the tide
sss.az of Southern prosperity Wehaye all the Gle
-,. ments of independence within our own Dor
% ate-' ders fact which we never realized, and of
y rss which we made no USE till abolitiOnism pre-
msturely displayed its internal schemes. The
South has learned the secret of its power, and
has resolved upon independence in the Union,
or if others leave the Union, independence
still. Were there any disposition to falter, to
hesitate or to relax exertion, every new abo-
t, Etion outbreak adds new nerve to Southern
hearts and new animation to Southern pur
poses. When Theodore Parker ironically adj
dressed the crowd of ravng abolition mad
3D.
man around him as fellow -subjects of
" Virginia., there was more truth than poetry
soEa0 In the expression. The sable vassals of the
CORN and tobacco fields, do not contri-
Sc butte as largely to the wealth and prosperity
Of the State, as do our refractory white ieges
OF Boston They enable us to keep our mo-
o. hoy at home and stimulate us to fresh exer
tion TO selfrelance and selfdependence-
The good result of abotitionism is, that in
stsad of freeing the slaves it has freed their
masters. and is making them more powerful
and independent every day. .... 7s
r't -a ae-. $3.50 rs - -------------.- .
- Mr.. WIN. N. SEMPLE in short address
.s, to the readers of the Mail, in that paper of
10 yesterday, announces his withdrawal from all
u-;$ - 10 L. ! n, {.