The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-21

my chief pleasures ana consultations 70 contemplate the
q my S'n s.S %. s'FG
realize her advancing greatness and prosperi.
". love to look upon her as she is and IS abe Is
10 be. the constitution and the Union can be maintain
ed and perpetuated view her now, with . con.
mercai marine greatly more than doubled within the last
ready sarpassnr sSa Of Grss. britain and ii the s.ms
relative rate Of progress long before the close OF this
century greatly exceeding thu. Of all the world combined
as long since predicted In M official reports see our
mighty expsnse Of territory, stretching from the Atlantic
to the Pacific from tho lakes or the North to the Gulf Of
blessed with far syeer snsre Of happiness comfort and
prosperity than Providence before vouchsAed to
man SEQ twenty four Thousand miles Of railroad a.
ready operation "a greater aggregate THAI all the rest
Of the worid stretching from the Atlantic TO the Msss
app already crossing that great river at various points,
commerce. travel and business into the one great trunk
line TO the Pacific see the gold of California and Aus
ing through this channel 70 the Atlantic meeting here
the travel and traffic Of Europe and conducting them to-
ge'her with our own By this nearest cheapest, safest
the command Of universal commerce passing from
Europe TO America and iee that ultimately the nation that
the commerce Of the world must command the
institutions OF the world and introduce them finally into
general adoption not BY the sword conquest but by the
moral force OF our successful example striking down he
glorious fabric Of the peoples WILL see, too what in
this probable crisis OF my countrys destiny, 1t H my
Congress and the North shall have wholly cea,ed to in
terfere with the question Of slavery, the African race
gradually disappearing from our borders passing par!
out OF our limits to Mexico, and Central and Spanish
America and in part returning 10 the shores OF their
ces,ors there hoped, to carry Christianity civiza
ton and freedom throughout the beDighted region OF the
Of Ham, Indeed II is most remarkable fact that
while in their natiye Africa the has made pro
pO.sm Of sooosue, in Jamaica and the British West In
dies the emaDc aed slaves have refrigerated to bbar
ISM while even In our own North the free black race Is
generally found IN the jas, poor houses hospitals
the ssyums of the deaf and dumb the blind insane,
pestlent alleys cellars amid scenes of destution
slayes born and raised In the much abused South and
trained and manumitted by Southern masters. we hnd
the only hope OF the African race and the only success
they have ever achieved out Of bondage
When any one ventures TO admonish the people OF
the danger of sectional or geographical parties he is
now denounced traitor or dlsunionst Washington,
Jefferson, Madison Monroe, Franklin Hamilton, Jack
son. Clay and Webster, all warned the people OF the
danger to the Union of sectional geographical par.
friends OF the Union and those who disregard these
admonons, and form sectional and geographical par
ties the enemies OF the constitution and the Union
Popular revolutions are always sudden. The dark
closd is in the horizon; we hear the muttering
above ur,hen the lightning fash, the crash Of
the Union, and all 10 We Will all then stand amid
the ruins Q! the rrsvocabls past We viii stand a. the
the BOOKS will be opened and despots pronounce our
sentence, the doom Of our race, as they believe self
government is a bloody and delusive phantom No. bet
bad tear III earth from Its orbit and scatter II
in burning fragments through universal space, than
horrors Of tba, vI death which would follow the dsso
la,io. Of the American Union the surrender Of my poor
mOss lady would the
sacrifice oh the duty the glory Of such an achieve
meut II my voice could reach the black repubn
can party, would say re assemble your convention
nominate your candidates If you please elect them If
you can take all the spos but tear down your disuuon
the country some other platform which viii not mper
the Union.
no man values more than myself the countless bless
ipss and benefits OF the Union But ust In proportion
Its great advantages will be the unspeakabe disasters
which would follow from its overthrow. ] have never
believed in peaceable dissolution OF the Union. the
disaster comes, viii be attended BY civil war and the
sword must be the umpire. how be peacefuS Who
10 arbuate between the North and the south who Is
to have the army the navy the national banner the pub
lie treasure revenue, the capitol OF the Union, the GO
archives and how are We 10 divide tine public
peace between the conendrg parties can take the place
OF the constitution, and how by whom the
men, in the madness Of sectional passions and
geographical prejudice you overthrow the constitution
ton. you can never proylio adequate sab,si.uses
Those who have achieved country's ruin can
never rgather the scattered fragments Of the consttu
lion, spd rebuild the sacred edifce. No, Il will be
war, civil wa,, or all others the sanguinary and TO-
rocious The line which separates the North from the
South viii be known in all history the line OF blood
viii be marked either side By frowning fortrcsses
BY opposing batteries, by cleaning sabres, by bristng
bayones BY the tramp Of contending armies By to~ns
and cities sacked and plagcd, by dwellings given I, the
aames and 6eds laid waste and dcsoiaie. No mortal
hand can LIN the veil which conceas the unspeAkable
ne,raie the dark abyss cf such catastrophe II viii be
second fall Of mankind, and while shall be perform
thror es OF Europe viii arise the sxuitirs shouts Of de
pots and upon their gloomy banners shan be Inscribed
as they believe nsver 10 be edaced, their motto
Man Is incapable OF sell government
Nor let be supposed by the North that superior num-
bers wiz give them The victory over the SOUTH exempt
them from the caarnties OF such q conflict The Imam.
Overwhelming. The annual products Of the sos,s have
now reached 81 ieas, thirteen hundred milonz Of
dollars, and . much larger PORTION q this surplus
abroad OF the whole country Of our own products
and manufactures Excluding spccic) for tho year
when ,ns,s Scre iron from the North ecc and
from the south $4,000, cotton alone being sss,
ita Geo. thus showing the export Of the South nearly
Northern exports is 1857 coo OF cotton piece goods
Now there out Of 400 600 bales OF Southern
The south 10 DE North TO be deducted from the Northern
and added 10 the Southern export making difference In
this article alone in favor o. The south Of 100000
In the same manner, In the table Of Northern exports
found spirits OF moaxscs u COO manufactured
tobacco 81 $4,000, spirits OF turpentine sli97 600 aud
vast number OF other articles Of which the mate
rails ere chiefly from the South amounting (ircludiug
cotton TO a least sio o0o 10 be deducted from the
Northern and added V the Southern export making the
former $40 Geo and the latter s35 24 COO vastly
than double Thus "a tba, the south furnish v@tly
more Than double tfore exports which constitute The
baes Of our exchange and commerce. which build Up our
marine che cradle Of onr navy and employ
our shipping thus greatly more than doubh,g our ton
page, and en,bltng us ultimately 10 command toe com
merce OF the world.
50 sso The articles not exported abroad Those OF
the South being almost exclusively products and
bose Of the North 10 grea, extent manufactures the
mate rails furnished by the South 10 the North must
be deducted from the Northern product and added 70 that
81 The South.
The popunton OF the free states al the last census was
i34 ga and that The south eCe4 G56 The annual
products Of the South reach al least 81 800 COO
which fcrnsh the means o. employment 20 more than
hrce millions Of the people Of the North. This arises in
various ways. In supplying vast a portion Of the
freight and passengers for transportation abroad and
coas~se on the ocean lakes bays and Rivera railroads
md canals and which bring back the return cargoes
he timber must be cut the Iron and other materials
urnished the vehicles or built the railroads
and engines constructed the and hands employed
he shipments and shipments made, the stores
Pied the merchandise gold furnishing profit employment,
ind wages 10 thousands at the North. Thcn too the
amers workmen and other parties Of the North and
Northwest In supplying manufactures and provisions 70
The south Increasing the M nbcr 10 millions. Indeed
1 would be impossible 10 enumorate all the
multiplied rsmincatons OF the business OF the
North connected with the South, that give
mrloy ment 10 Northern capital and Northern labor
Now by dissolution OF the Union and civil war there
would be between The North and Tho