Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-08-30
Hon. William A. Crocker.

Mr. Croaker has been true and active
wing Jealous friend of Webster; is ono
OF the most intelligent of the merchants of
Massachusetts and partner in one of it's
largest houses, and is a worthy represents
tive OF her great interests. We have print
cd his letter in full, and an admirable pro-
test it is against sectionalism while it takes
sound common sense view of political
questions We call attention anew to the
pregnant passage :--Boston Post.
invoke the manufacturer, the merchant,
the ship owner, the mechanic--every man
who has the smallest stake in the prosperity,
the wealth, the happiness of the country-to
consider how his interest and the welfare of
those with whom his interests are bound up,
would be affected by violent disruption or
even a peacable dissolution of the Union of
these states 1t is common to hear the re-
mark that the north can take care of herself.
Doubtless she can. The enterprise of her
people is boundless, and their energy indom-
table. But it must be remembered that u
dissolution of the Union with the formation
OF northern republic would cause new
combinations. Commerce is ESSENTIAL to ma
tlonal wealth, no less to national greatness
The north is not an exporting region, and
from its climate, soil and productions, can
not be 50 to any uniformly general extent.
1t is mainly from the south and southwest
that we are indebted for the immense carry
ing trade which employs our navigation It
Is in the same states that our manufacturers
find large market for their goods and our
importers no inconsiderable proportion Of
their orders. Now suppose the Union dis
solved, and the northern states forming one
republic, and the southern and southwestern
states forming another. Suppose, what un-
der such condition would inevitably be tho
case, this suthern republic with little nayi-
cation OF its own to foster and with no manu-
features to encourage, in reciprocal CON-
mercial Intercourse with all the manufactur.
ing countries of Europe on the basis Of absc-
lutte. and unqualified free trade; suppose,
what under the sentiments Of animosity en-
gendered by the disruption would be no less
likely to occurry discrimination against our
ships and goods Of the north, and where
would be that prosperity which now gladdena
our manufacturing towns and fills our sea-
ports with life and activity A dissolution
OF the Union would depreciate the value Of
the property of New England fifty cents on
the dollar. The wheels Of our manufactures
would be stopped, the implements Of the me-
chanie would be put by, our ships decay at
our decaying wharves, and tie grass spring
up IN the streets Of our towns and Cities
These would be material consequences The
moral consequences may be- summoned up
in single line. The destruction Of tho
worlds last hope. To this end, in my view,
is the inevitable tendency of the republican
movement. fits leaders be honest in their
professions, such must be the result, for the
practical application of their principles would
destroy the equality of the states. condi-
ton which is indispensable to the existence
of the Union. IF they be honest, and their
real object be only the attainment of political
power for corrupt and selfish purposes, the
same result may nevertheless obtain, for
they may find themselves without the ability
to control the storm raised by their fanatical
appeals