The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-01

Y SIR II sne sincerely abhor the peculiar lusltu-
ton-if she sincerely desire its overthrow--if her
conscience tortures her accessory guilt long
we are permitted to hold slave in Territory reclaim
him when fugiye-let her ease her troubled conscience
and prove her faith by works of sefpurgaon and self
denial Then will believe her Let her to bny,
spn weave, wear sell cotton Let her cease the of
sugar. rice and tobacco Let her To buy molasses TO
convert into rum with which TO speculate the vices
crimes and miseres of the human family. Let her
the carrying trade for the South let her send more
vessels to our ports TO those of Cuba Brazil When
she refuses to make receive any of the profits of slave
labor or to deal with save-ownes she will vindcae her
honor and the sincerity of her pous professions of phi
lanhropy relieve herself from the reproach of sanity hy
pocrisy and will escape the responsibility of sustaining
extending and perpetuating an institution which in her
heart OF hearts, she believes to be wrong" Until she do
| this she cannot escape that responsibility.
Disarmament Of Federal Rsceaue.
What injustice has been done the North in distributing
the federal revenue of which she has furnished
ceedng onefth or one dollar where the South furnished
live dollars Have her military defeuces been neglected,
harbors rivers and roads unmproved her soldiers
pensionedin short has she gotten less money than she
was entitled TOT Let us see
Up to June ls46 SS33 70 had been spent in defending
with forts each mile Of northern coast from the river ST.
Johns to Delaware bay only S4l6 80 had been expended
elusive.
In June, ls4 500 OIL had been expended in lighthouses
for each mile of the northern Atlantic shore half that
sum had been spent on the southern Atlantic coast.
The dsproportion in expenditure for lamps still
greater The South had scarcely half many lamps
| the North had lighthouses in 1910.
223 expended up to ls45 upon roads rivers
and harbors Excluding the Mississippi and Ohio, which
are common to both secions Sl27434o7 were expended
in the North, S27578l6 in the Southbeng $2 805 for
every ten miles square northern States and 45l for
each ten miles square of the southern States.
or S35 paid in revolutionary pensions from 1901
to 1885, inclusive 597 paid to the North and
7336367 to the Southbeing $l27 20 for every soldier
which the North had in the war; and $9 80 for every SOL
dier the South had in the war; l4 a5 for every white
in the northern States in $780, and SIS 81 for every
white person in the southern States in that year. And
yet the South furnished hundred soldiers out of every
| two hundred and nine men, within her limits of military
age in $780, the North one hundred out Of two hundred
and tweny-seven, according to General Knoxs report,
which he comedies does do the South justice because
he says in years of the greatest exertons of the
southern States there returns whatever of their
militia"
Ofinvad pensions there paid during the year end
ing 30th june 1854 TO the North S30 81 the South
S320S7 35 The State of New York alone received quite
much all the southern States excepting Tennessee
OF pensions of all kinds there paid in the year
TO the South $459965 "a to the North 81 0GsOlO 30
New York alone receiving S292209 80. And yet the
South has furnished soldiers for all than
the North The South furnished for the war of 1912
(Which fought mainly protect northern shipping
and New England seamenl 2ss more volunteers than
North for the with Mexico nearly two soldiers to
from the North and for Indian still larger
proportion. And she has done this with but little more
| than half the population of the North
Up to 1859 there bad been granted to the nom
slavehodng States for Internal improvements 1876
for each square mile of their surface; to the saes
holding States, 93 acres to the square mile Louisiana
had received 1913 acres Alabama eS acres while Ohio
had received 296 and Indiana 47.6
Alabama for all purposes OF internal improvement has
received much 100000 OF land nor in
the senator from New York Mr. SEWARD to the contrary
Notwithstanding New York received at one time In the
distribution of the proceeds of the public lands quadruple
the amount in value of all the public lands granted to Al
ALBANIA for internal improvements of all kinds Yet the
proceeds Of the public lands within Alabama limits have
brought TO the federal treasury nearly S20000,0o0
The bountes pcked fish and allowances to fishing
vessels have exceeded SO0O000o Of which nearly every
cent has been paid to the North and chiefly to New Eng
land About 100000 annually paid at the North for
catching Goldfish
like dsproporon in favor of the North against the
South in expenditures for postal services for custom
houses court-houses payment of civil officers and indeed
every object of federal could be shown And yet hav
ing received in Notifications for her defence than dou-
BILE the expended the extent of southern
coast having received light for every weutyodd miles
to guide and protect her mariners along her own coast
while for hundreds of miles along southern coast not
warning beacon cheers the stomrocked vessel having
ceyed Sl0 in cutting roads and canals cleaning rivers
and constructing harbors where 81 has been given the
South having received 81 in pnsoHs where has been
paid the South having received in grants of land for n
terna improvement for granted the South
having received in absolute bounties for her fishermen
than Sl0OOO0OO while industrial pursuit Of the
South has enjoyed any bounty having appropriated all Of
eholdng and vesxths Of slavehoding territory
acquired admitted by southern diplomacy southern
arms Of her complain that she does not enjoy
fair and just partdpaucy in the treasures and territory OF
the Union
The senator from New Hampshire tMr Hale assures
his constituency that ain the history Of this government
there has been no North except 10
The from New York GMr. SrwARD tells his con-
stituency that millions upon millions are avished in war
and diplomacy and spread slavery at the South
while free territory the North must not be looked upon,
lest they may lust after IT. that millions of OF public
domain are freely given to Alabama for railroads or
gratuities while dollar be obtained for New ork
harbors that northern senators must humate themselves
TO obtain justice for their old sodiers that protec
ton freely given southern industry while II is refused
northern
The senator from Massachusetts, Mr.. SUMNER adjures
his constituency by their desire for economy in the govern
men and improvement in their rivers and harbos by their
hatred tyranny, which has tramped them TO pros
trate the slave oligarchy
Southern AggressoHs and Demdnd'.
Sir the aggressons and usurpaons Of the South have
merely this she has struggled with proud spirit
but feeble power in maintaining her constitutional rights
and repeling assaults in resisting the appropriation OF
territory acquired mainly by her diplomacy or blood
TO her exclusion in unsuccessfuy opposing the ef
travagnnt expenditure in the North OF our-hhs OF the
revenue Of the government derived from southern ol
in eIertng all preserve her slave property prov
ded by the constitution and the laws In striving 70 secure
for herself that justice and domestic tranquility TOT tne
guarantee OF which all the States the Union was form
ed and In winning too often, though fairly and hhng
TOO long though well with her own sons the che ekee-
| tive Office of the nation. go
The South docs not seek 10 exclude non-saveholding
States from the Union but only asks the admission OF
those who may choose 10 in as slavehoding She
does not seek 10 exclude northern men their property
from the Territories but only asks that her own citizens
with their property may too be admitted She docs not
DENY the equality OF the northern States In the Union but
only asserts her own She does not demand any conces
sion Of northern rights but only asks the acknowledg-
ment of her own She does not assa disturb the do
nestle peace the North but only asks the orbearance