Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-05-11
From the Richmond Enquirer
The South Must Prepare for the Worst.

The South Must Prepare for the Worst.
Tho Atlantic" has brought US the speech of Louis
Icon in rppIy to the address of the municipali-
London. This speech, if there had been a rea
yobIe doubt before upon the subject fully reveals
T Iterior purposes Of the entente cOrdlaie in the
o'Tndped England and France naturally united
IN all the great questions OF politics and of human
Vi ross that agitate the world. From the shores of
itanric 10 those of the INSTRUMENTATION the
G 1 IN the Black Sea--from the desire to ABOLISH
UU%"kVERY to our hopes for the ameloration of all
thn covntres of Europe, | in the moral well
VIC ;n the political world for o,r nations, but one
rsc and one end" (AppIause)
Zach were The words deliberately pronounced by
49, Emneror of the French at Gudhall, in London,
Wv tho 18th uItimO. They Of the very gravest
~ ort to the South Of any that proceeded from
trmaD lips They confirm every thing that we have
ronpaedly said of the object of British and French
.aTTontion in the affairs Of this Continent That
INJECT is now boldly, distinctly, emphaticalIy avow-
~ and appauded by the most lustrious personages
c. The British realm. SLAVERY is TO BE ABOL.
SHED under the operations of the Anglo French
1;once! We have not only an insidious, internal
,snv arrayed against us, but the most powerful and
nnarentiy determined external that could posi-
by be tmmed.
The time for the united and resolute action of the
southern States has at lengtharrived Their inhabi
tants cannot longer told their and shut their
owes to The danger which menaces their political ex-
f.,ance II has become papable reality. Thew
re threatened from without and within The Union
and if thew do not prepare 10 resist the execution of
6 threat they Will assuredly lose all that renders
rfo anv thing but to them, since they will be
hon of all its blessings. In immediate action, and
rba, in the closest bonds of cemened brotherhood,
their security alone depends.
In the abolition of slavery, France, like England,
has ruined her Colonies She has, therefore, pecu-
mary interest in It's abolition in this hemisphere In
the Island Of Martinique previous to the emancipa
ion Of the $1,000 saves there, average crop Of
sugar amounted to % 100000 lbs The year after
the event the production was diminished TO Is, OOO-
900. In Guadaoupe, previous to the emancipation
Of the slaves there, the yield amounted in the
qggregae to 33,000,0O0 lbs. The year after the
went il fell 10 100000 lbs. In the Isle OF Bour-
bon previous to the emanci patton of the e., 900
slaves there, the yield amounted to 26,00O,OOO lbs
The veal after the event it fell off about one half
The hope of Louis Napoean for resuscitating the
estates in those Colonies, is in the abOshing the
slave labor with which they have to compete, in
Cuba and elsewhere.
But there are few weightier considerations which
influenced him TO announce at London his intention
,,o abolish slavery" II he had not perceived salts
factoriIy before he crossed the channel that Great
Britain stood in a humating position before him, it
was rendered clear enough by the adultery manifes-
r3,jons which accompanied him from the time his foot
touched British soil until he e-embarked In Guild
hall he beheld " Imperial England " at his feet. The
only power on earth which he regarded as a rival,
growing from day to day more grand, America.
10 subiugate her, he knew, was an idea too absurd
to be entertained even by a fatalist. Divide and
conquer upon the EXeterHaIl principle was posi-,
bic Moreover, the notion peculiarly 1attering
to British pride and complimentary to British ph;lan-
HJ0pE
In the name of the South, we thank the Emperor
of the French for this declaration of his intentions to
abolish slavery. We have no longer concealed en-
emy to prepare for. We now understand him, and If
we fail to BRING all the force that we can command
to hwart him in his purpose, it will be because we
are fit to be crushed and for nothing else We have
had orewarnngs enough, the last unmistakable
one.
For time, the allies are likely to have suficen-
CIV of employment for their navies in the Black Sea
and the Baltic. The is of more uncertain dura-
lion than ever. month may terminate it or years
NAV not When it is finished, the Gulf of Mexico
and Caribbean Sea may be covered with French and
English cruisers, and the Authorization of Cuba
completed even without the consent of Spain, were
that consent withheld or in any manner conditional.
This would be a spectacle which scarcely
suppose any but the most soul-hardened Know No.
things could contemplate without being strick-
en-. The Of the Secret Order would invite it,
Such an occurrence in Virginia would be construed
abroad into a tacit aCQuesCenCe of the sentiments
expressed at Guidhall. We fear no such results,
however. We know that there is an abundance of
patriotism in the South to shield it from enCroach-
ments whenever it is rallied, and it will rally when
1t learns that such designs those expressed by
Louis Napoleon are deliberately entertained by him
Mr.. Mason, in his mastery speech at the last
sesson OF Congress, upon French and English inter
ference on this continent, stated that he had doubt
that measures, if not in progress, will be
speedily taken 10 bring this matter Of European IN
reference, IN questions purely of American and
domestic interest," to an issue that we may know the
meaning of it, how far it goes, and to what it tends
hon hat, God +l,o
pie, if ! am capable Of understanding the hearts o.
my counrymen, there will be but one voice.
Without further enquiry on the subject by GU
Government think This meaning of the interfer
ence has been very explicitly explained in Gulldhall
Let the voice OF the South, whether the North re
spends or not, be manifested upon it in elections
FEARFUL PosIToN The Montreal Gazette O
Friday says the ice was broken up and rapidly NOV
ing away, but the river was not clear. On Monda
asst twenty three persons, including thirteen ladle
and gentlemen, who wished to take the for Bos
ION, and ten ferrymen undertook TO the rive
On foot. When about four hundred yards from tn
Montreal shore a loud shouting from the land whic
they had quilted, and sharp kissing sound, cause
ny the rapid upturning of the ice above them, warne
hem that Il shove" had commenced, and that III
ice was moving down. They were in q very danger
GUS position and Immediately commenced making tc
the shore. Around them was moving mass OF jag
ged, rotten ice. and they were obliged 10 jump tro
one cake to another Finally. all reached place
safety with the exception of gentIeman-M
Handoson-who was brought ashore by the currer
upon cake of ice, dead. Whether he was stunne
or crushed by the conclusion of the ice, or whethe
he was frightened to death is not known.
HOMEMADE GUANo.-S. B. Halliday, of Erov
aence R. l., has process by which he can CONVEX
the fish which swarm our coasts every season into a
article like guano, at less than half the cost OF tn
teruyIan article, and Prof Hare. of Philadelphia
hnks equally valuable. Mr. Halliday says: