New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-13
VIRGINIA.

on dEainst the rdpluN SiNNiuP hA~'e VI -'"A'H-
West; and now we are threatened with dissolution
unless .e yield up Kansas and Nebraska on one hand
and pay hundred millions for Cuba on the other.
What is the profit and what the loss likely to result to
the North from the practical enforcement BY the South
Of its right to secession, have heretofore endeay
oled fairly TO place before our readers and II the bal
ance has been very largely on one side, the fault lies
in the facts themselves but certainly not mus There
is however as we are told by The Richmond Enquirer
another and most important relation in which we
must contemplate the dreadful contingency OF dis
union:" and that is as to the manner in which 1t
would affect the social condition of the North an1the
South. The statesmen OF the former, as Ihe m
quirer informs its readers have never displayed any
high order of administrative talents" aud 1t greatly
fears that deprived of the aid OF the latter the North
must fall into anarchy, and fail entirely in every
effort at selfeoyernment that may be made. Con
q" seryatism is" as we are assured, "the controlling
element in the social system of the South" and to
such an extent that
'.There not now and there has never been conmu
nity in which the principles of selfgoyernmen were so
abndanty developed in the southern States OF s con-
ceracv The necessary effect of the institution OF Slavery
is 10 impart dignity, sobrioty and setpossesSlon 70
the character of the dominant race Taught from chlld
hood 10 govern himel, and to rule others the STAKEHOLDER
heginS lite with all tc qunts eseitldl 10 e ChNo'I
of a saie and efficient member OF society.
Unfortunately however, Mr. Jefferson, himself not
ONLY Vireinan but aeo STAKEHOLDER, tells us Just
the reverse of all this in the following extract from his
Notes on Virginia.
"The whole commerce between master and slave Is
perpetual exercise of the most bosterous passions the
unremi,tus despotsn on The one part ana desTaig
spbmsion on the other. Our children sec this and learn
10 initiate if-for initiative aplmal this quality
Is the germ Of al education IN him. IRON his cradle 10 ms
grave he is learning TO do what he sees others DO h
pafe Mt could find motive either IN his philanthropy or
lis seOye tor restraining tho ntemperunce OF passion
toward his slave, should always be sufficient one that
his child is present. But generally il is not sufficient
Tie rarent storms the child looks on catches the ln
mons OF wIath puts ON the same airs IN the cHele Oh
smaller slaves, gives loose TO his worst PASSIONS ana thus
nur 81 educated and daily exercised IN tyranny cannot
but be stamped with its odious pecuarities The man
must be prodigy who retain has manners and morals
undepraved under such circumstances
which of these authorities is entitled to be believed
our readers will determine for themselves. On the
one side they have Virgnian OF l76, lover OF tine
Union and ore who held that God had created air
men free and equal and on the other Virglnian OF
1854 an active member of the PrOSavery Party that
has for the last thirty years governed the Union by
means of threats that if nterfered with they would
certainly secede, and thus bring about what 1@
Enguiyer is now pleased TO style "the dreadful con-
"tinaeney of disunisn." On the one side they have
the representative of that Virginia which gave to tse
Union it's Washington its Henry, its Jefferson and s
Madison and on the other the representative OF the
State which has placed in its Governors chair
yirginans like Extra Billy Smith--whch gives John
Tyler to the Union, and aids in placing Franklin
Pierce in the Chief Nagistricy to the exclusion Of
such Vrcinian as the gallant Scott. Between the
two there is great doubt which is to be respected
Released from the control Of their conservative"
frends-or masters-of the South, who tax them for
the extension Of the OF Slavery ond then vote for
hemsefres and their Propenty-and left 20 tax them
selves att their pleasure for the improvement Of
rivers and hsrbors, and the increase in the value Of
their land "what security is there, asks the anxious
EnquiTer--
That the non-sayeholding States would continue-t 10
co-here in political and social system The alper-
vading ard controlling element OF Slavery would gave
unity aud consistency the social and political syseof
tie South. But the northern States would be bound To-
geher by such prncp o. unon and III the absence ~
tie necessary centTazng tendency diverse and antagonist
ers,s would scatter them Gsunder and perchance drive
them into hostile conflict At any rate The sOutnsfh
States. moving under the impulse Of one VII ana puns
single policy, would find u no dhcsit tarA 70
play oil the northern States one against me olsr
ana thus acquire complete control 9ver tisT desls
EN- States ere cut from the South, they would be
lroken up many petty communities or would else
he overwhelmed N social anarchy me aI'er alternative
In reply 10 this we assure our readers, North
and South that in the event of dissolution the North
would most certainly continue to have the aid Of "cOa
ervatiye Virginia, and Of the dignity, prOpriety
e. and self possession" which there, The En-
curer assures us so characteristic of the dominant
rsce." That State il bound to go with the North
and not with the South, and, therefore, anxious
friends may be quite relieved Of apprehension in
regard 10 the "social anarchy" that would result
from dissolution. Of all the States Of ts Union Vir
gira is the that profs most largely by the protection
Afforded By The North though The Intervention Of the Fed
erai Gorernmsnt-snd yet it Is the most determined
against permitting interference with what it calls
freedom Of trade. 1t has but one branch Of manufae
ture fairly established within its limits and that is Of
negroes Tor expectation in which it Is protected By an
absolute prohibition Of foreign competition, by aid Of
which it sells negro for thousand dollars while
similar ones could be imported from the coast Of
Africa at lees than onefh that price. what extent
that export s carried on will be shown by the following
gures Inle30 the number Of negroes in the State was
10000, and these according to the usual rate Of in
crease should, by lsI0, have become 6000 whereas
they were only 4i9O0o and the expert in that period
mustiherefore have been about l50 0O0 Fromlsi0 20
le0 the increase was "a 000 whereas it should have
been about 10000, aid this would give an export of
about 100000 Taking the average Of the twenty
years we obtaia- an annual export Of about l2 000