Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-18
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there wonlds be total nonintercourse between the
North and South, an absolute prohibition Of all
imports orexpoEas, which Unnecessarily throw
the trade 81 the South into other channels. This
we hare seen would throw out. Of employment mese.
than three millions of the people Of the North. in
Guiding the families connected with them. mostoi
whom would be reduced to absolute indulgence. 1t
would not be the case with them of low profits low
compensation salaries, or low wages, but OF none,
because the business that gave them employment
would have ceased As these millions, thus reduced
to want would he unable as heretofore to make
their former purchases, many thousands more in
the North would to vast extent lose their business
employment and thus extend the disaster, SO as to
affect most injuriously the whole people of the
North.
The Northern railroads, vessels, and steamers
would lose their freight and passengers passing to
and from the South, the Northern stores connected
with this trade, would be closed the Northern ves-
sells Law idle at the wharvcs, the Northern manufac
lures no longer reach the markets of the South, nor
the cotton be furnished in return; the ship yards
and engine works, thus employed, would be discon-
tinued the Northern farms would cease to supply
breadstus and provisions to the South,-these they
would raise themselves at home in lieu of that por-
ton of their cotton heretofore supplied to the Nor
them markets. Their own exports would be ship
ped abroad in their own. or foreign vessels. from
their own ports and to the points, in the same
manner, would be brought back the return cargoes.
Indeed such cessation of business of intercourse,
of wages and employment, produced bv civil war
between the North and the South, would cause here
perfect paralysis.
Commerce would perish credit would decay =
all property, real and personal, would rapidly de-
precate in va'ue good debts, to banks and others,
would become worthless; wages or salaries would
decline; stock would sink to a nominal val
ne; confidence would vanish; all available means
would be boarded, and seek its usual hidingplaces,
as in all times of CONFUSION To crown the disas-
ter, more than three millions of people at the North,
receiving no wages Or employment, must live. They
must have houses, food and raiment But how to
be obtained? Would it be by the new agrarian
doctrine of submitting rights of property to the de-
cision of the ballot box? Would it be by division
and confscation? Would the anti-rent doctrine be-
come universal? Or is this too tedious process?
Would riots prevail? Would plumber and pillage
close the disaster? But crimes, tumults, taxes, mis-
cry, deaths; government, state, city and county
debts, at enormous rates of interest and emigration
of persons and capital to other countries would all
increase, while liberty itself would expire in the
conflict and the bayonets as in Europe take the
place Of the ballot-box. The jails and poorhouses
would be multiplied sicges aud battles prevail and
thousands perish in fraternal strife. The taxes to
support those who could not support themselves,
and to maintain large AID costly armies in the field,
would be incalculable
Look at Europe. Her armies now numbering
nearly four millions of men, (grcatcr than whole
voting population,) trampe down the rights and in
terests of the people, and consume their substance
while European Government debts have nearly
reached ten thousand millions Of dollars But at
least, they have suppressed the guilotine and pos
sess what they call Lao and Order. But would we
have these until military usurpation had clos
cd the drama of blood and violence and written the
last sad epitaph of human liberty and self govern
ment. The picture is darkly shadowed but it is by
the pencil of TRUTH and the gloomy reality would be
darker STILL My soul shrinks from the contempla-
ton of scenes like these, and my pen would refuse
to perform its Office in describing them. if solemn
sense of duty did not compel me to give these warm
ings ere 1t is too lite, and exert all my feeble eff:
forts to prevent the ruin of my country. Now,
these efforts may possibly accomplish something;
after the election my humble voice would be un-
heard or UNDECIDED, in the tempest of passion that
would sweep the country,
Let those Of the North who tell you there is no
DANGER shrink from the fearful responsibility they
have assumed, the evil day shall come upon us.
They tell us there is no danger, that they have
heard this cry before-of danger to the Union
but there is no peril None in 1920, none in 1888,
none in 1850, and the warnings of Washington were
delusion. Why, then, did they call Henry Clay
the great pacifcator, and announce that thrice he
had saved his country? How saved he the Union,
if it never in danger? But it was imperilled,
and it was saved by measures adopted by the votes
of the North and the South. But now the Union,
between the North and the South, so far as the
votes for the sectional candidates OF the so.called
Republican" party is concerned, is already dis
solreG; for man anticipates solitary electoral
for those candidates in any State of the South
but this controversy is to be settled exclusively in
favor of the North and by the exclusive vote of the
North; and the rights wishes and interests of the
South are to be wholly disrcgarded.
you adopt these pcrilous counsels Give no vote
that puts the Union liz the slightest peril Make no
such fearful experiment. Friends of the Union, of
all parties, our enemies have combined they have
fused and under their united efforts the pillars of
the Constitution and of the Union are rocking to
their base, and we may have assembled in Novem-
next for the last time, under country's flag
and as citizens of common Union. The enemies
of the Union have united, and why should we be
separated? The flag of the North American
party, they call themselves, is trailing in the dust
and is replaced by the Black Republican" stand
ard Your leaders have surrendered the American
flag and taken in exchange the African banner
They have capitulated at discretion; they have sur
rendered your candidates and principles, and de-
naEd your votes for the candidates and platform of
the Black I" Republican :" party. Friends of the
Union, come and unite with to save the Union
Come, without any surrender of principle on your
mart or nrS to the rpScue Of connfrv In ,n,,