Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-27
A Southern ConfedeIacy.

idea OF a Southern coniederacy. 1t says cotton
would be our army and navy-cotton would COM
mand for us the respect of nations" No provision
seems to be made, no thought had, for Virginia,
Kentucky, Missouri, and other slave States which
do not produce that staple. :" If cotton is the
king" what will become Of these States 1t is
likely they would take to manufacturing, and in
that event the Mercury's notions Of free trade with
England would not take so WELL But we appre-
bend that the single bond of slavery would not
harmonize oil the diverse interests of the Southern
States, and if the present Union should be broken
up, some half dozen confederacies or independent
States would be constructed out of its fragments.
Stdu,ton Spectator
The Spectator is right. The dissolying pro-
cess once commenced, who can tell where it
will stop? In all probability there would be
Mt least three il not more confederacies formed
out of the debris of the present Union. Geor-
pia and South Carolina would contend for the
supremacy as commercial States--as also would
Alabama and Louisiana. Savannah would be
pitted against Charleston, and Mobile against
New Orleans. st. Louis, which now derives
the larger portion Of her great trade from Hi
nois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, would
be reduced TO the condition of Natchez or
Vicksburg-and Baltimore, which has been
materially enriched by the trade of Pennsyl-
vania, Indiana, and Ohio, woald be compare
lively impoverished by the transfer Of her cap
ital to Philadelphia and New York. As
commercial speculation, therefore, the dissolu
ton Of the Union cannot be expected to pay
and, consequently, the commercial classes Of
the South are, almost TO n man, ranged upon
the side Of the constitution as it is" So is
the great middle class, the yeomanry of the
South, the majority of its voters. And SO it
win remain despite tho efforts of the Quit
mans, the Keitts, the Quattlebums, and the
Clingmans, to shake it from its proprieY.
The American party Of the South is emphat
ically national party. Hence it has drawn
down upon it the yihdictive and unrelcnting
hostility of the disunionists. They hate it for
its patriotism. They war against it to the
knife; for its triumph would be fatal to their
unholy Vaccinations. But the American par
ty Of the South viii flourish in spite of their
malgnity. 1t has possession already of nearly
every city and large town, and Of twenty-five
Congressional districts in the Southern States.
Even Charleston, long the headquarters of
the secessionists, has surrendered to the Ma
tional Americans; and their flag floats in tri-
umph over Mobile and New Orleans, as well
as over Louisville and Washington.
These impartant victories have been gained
by party which only took the field in the
South last spring; and which has been COM
PEELED TO contend with the whole power Of the
Federal Government, as well as the prejudices
Of thousands who were unwilling to leave
their old party associations Can il be doubt
cd then, that prosperous future is before it 2
Although for the present in minority at the
South, Is II not destined at the very next con-
test TO be triumphant Revolutions never
20 backward" The reaction against Ameri-
can principles which was confidently predicted
by the Aboltionists oftbe North, and the Dis
unionists Of the South, has not occurred. On
the contrary, the American party is pcrfecting
its organization, and Strengthening its defcn
ccs. Undismayed by temporary defeats, it is
wise enough 10 derive benefit from adversely
I, correct the errors il may have committed,
and TO press on with renewed energy TO the
great contest in which the people Of the United
States are about TO be engaged.