The daily union., 1856-10-25

three millions Of the people Of the North This arises il
various ways. Ia supplying so vast a portion Of th'
freight and passengers, for transportation abroad and
eosstwise the ocean, lakes bays and rivers railroads
aud canals and which bring back the return cargoe the
timber must be cut the iron and other materials furnished
vehicles Of built the railroads and engines
constructed the and hands employed the shipments
aud rehipmens made the occupied the merehan-
disc sold, furnishing prOR. employment, and wages to
thousands at the North Then, too the farmers workmep
and other parties of the North and Northwest supply
ing manufactures and provisions the South increase the
number to millions Indeed, it would be impossible to
enumerate all the multiplied rami6catons of the business
Of the North connected with the South that give employ
ment to northern capital and northern labor
tNow, by dissolution of the Union and civil war,
there would be total nOn-inereourse between the North
and the South absolute prohibition of all imports
exports which would necessarily throw the trade of the
South into other channels This, we have seen would
throw of empoyme than three millions of the
people Of the North including the families connected with
them Of whom would be reduced to absolute ndi-
gence II would not be the with them of low profits
low compensation, salaries low wages but of nome
because the business that gave them employment would
have ceased As these Millions thus reduced want
would be unable heretofore to make their former pur
chases many thousands in the North would vast
extent lose their business and employment and thus
tend the disaster so to affect inurously the whole
people of the North.
The northern railroads. vessels and steamers would
lose their freight and passengers passing to and from the
South thr northern storoa connected with this trade
would be closed the northern vessels lie idle the wharves
the northern manufacturer longer reach the markets Of
the South the cotton be furnished in return the ship
yards and engneworks thus employed would be dscon-
tinued the northern farms would to supply bread
stus and provisions to the Souththese they would raise
Themselves at home in lieu of that portion of their
heretofore supplied to the northern market Their
ports would be shipped abroad in their or foreign
vessels from their ports, and to the points, in
the manner would be brought back the
goes Indeed such cessation of business of intercourse
of wages and employment produced by civil between
the North and the South would here perfect pa
raIysis
Commerce would perish credit would decay ali
property real and personal would rapidly depreciate in
value good debts, to banks and Others would become
worthless wages salaries would decline !;
stocks would sink a nominal value; confidence would
vanish all available would take the form of specie
which would be boarded and seek its usual hdngpaces
in all times of convuson To the disaster
than three millions of people at the NORTH receiving
wages employment must live. They must have houses
food and raiment But how to be obtained Would it
be by the agrarian doctrine of submitting rights Of
property the decision of the ballotbox Would it be
by division and conRscaion Would the antrent doc
trne become universal Or this too tedious process
Would riots prevail Would plunder and pillage close
the disaster? But crimes tumu taxes misery deaths
government state city, and county debts, at
rates of interest and emigration of persons and capital
other countries, would all increase while liberty itself
would expire in the conflict and the bayonet as in
Europe take the place Of the baotbox. The jas and
poorhOuses would be multiplied seges and battles pre-
vail and thousands perish in aternal strife The taxes
TO support those who could support themselves and to
maintain large and costly armies in the d would be
cAIculablen