Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09
.THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH,

"THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH"
A pamphlet, with the above title, has been
re.published from editorials in the New York
Tribune The last number of the Southern
Quarterly Rerieu contains an able and learned
review of this pamphlet and condenses the
substance of it into the following startling
propositions:
Il. Slavery is a social sin, for whose continu-
ance all living under the same confederacy are
morally responsible.
~. The South desires the dissolution Of the
Union.
"3. The North is then absolved from any
obligation in morals or comfy to maintain tho
Union.
"A. The North produces more in value than
the South. 1t is more prosperous and intelli-
gent. 1t profits but little by its intercourse
with the South.
"5. Stree it neither comports with the mo-
rality, comfy, nor interests of the North to
continue in the Union, therefore,
&C. The Union ought, in the opinion of the
author o. the North and the South, to be di-
vided!"
The great difference between the New York
Tribune and most of the Northern Abolition
lists, Fanatics, and Disunionists is, that however
Infamous its sentiments, and however execra-
BILE its designs, it gives them bold and honest
utterance while they assume DISCUSSES and
practice frauds, in order to conceal their senti-
ments. The Tribune almost atones for the
dishonesty Of its opinions by its heroic express
sion Of them. The others superadd to the vile
character Of their opinions and designs, the
cowardice, and the infamy of treacherous con-
cealment.
The Northern presses, and the Northern
demagogues and Abolitionists, have harped
much, andharped long, on Southern Disunionists
| and Secessionists; but here is a grave, we'll
considered, and regularly published Northern
| proposition, in the form of book, for the dis.
solution of the Union.
| When Southern men have talked of seces-
sion and dsunion, il has been caused by the
unconstitutional interference Of the North with
the fixed, established, and guaranteed institu-
tions of the South-institution recognized and
protected by the Constitution, an instrument
formed both by the North and the South.
But here is proposition-in the grave form
Of a book-from the North, in favor of disunion.
That the opinions expressed in it have many
advocates is inferable from the large circula-
ton in the non-slaveholding States of the New
York Tribune and the scores of abolition, free
soil, incendiary, and disunion newspapers Of
those States.
These people cannot complain Of oppression,
Of violations Of the Constitution Of interference
with guaranteed rights-bui they are disunion-
lists from choice. They owned slaves once,
they imported slaves, and only got rid Of them
by selling, because they ceased to be valuable
and yet the greatest term Of opprobrium that
they can apply to Southern people is that they
are shareholders. The ignominy OF slavehold
ing is so great in their eyes, that (although
they introduced it into the country and forced
it on the South) they ask for a dissolution o
the Union rather than the constitutional tolera
ton OF that institution.
Northern Abolitionists and incendaries can
not complain that southern people have violated
any Of their guaranteed rights-they cannot
complain that southern people have violated
the Consttuton-but they want to destroy the
Constitution and dissolve the Union because
slavery, which they introduced, is protected by
our great and sacred compact.
But we have not the space for further com.
ments on this book. In conclusion, we cannot
do better than say with the able author Of the
r. :. -
in it, 1.-THE Federal Union,) for any money de-
monstration, if with the author Of " Disunion in
Disguise, we deemed il itdishonorabe in its asso.
Citations, unjust in its policy, oppressive in its
exaction; we could not for any pecuniary con.
sideration consent to its continuance"