The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-29

ceod higher varieties May not the same great law have
been applied 10 all animal e3 And ss strata upon strata
rise sP In the material Kingdom each culmnAung higher
among men, each preparing the way for higher race
I'll all excellence consolidated around the eau
approach now Mr. Chairman, the second branch Of my
argumentvx the ability OF the South to establish and
maintain separate and Independent government Stig-
matizsd by norhern legislation and disparaged by north
puris 1t 10 well examine the Of the South
and her sefsustaining capacity 1t is WE'LL too that the
South should examine them for her sake for shc is
driving down the darkng tide of events to the moment
when she will have take her safety into her own
hands This hall yet rings with insoent ana unfra-
tenal homies against her honor character and moral
iy and the statuts-book is crowded with acts OF OPP
pressive legislation against her What single blessing
has this government bestowed upon the South Has
II covered her with wealth Has it embamed her In hon
or Has it guarded her peace Has il shslded her from
the incenday2 No done of these but through
oppressive legislation has conscated the property OF her
citizens and, through the hands of the fanatic u has ap
piled the torch to their dwellings Threatened then with
belt of fire. and exposed the rayages of abolitons,
the South may and should look to her own resources
What them make up the power OF nation Popula-
tion territory commercial facilities and the value OF her
ton OF the South? There within her limits more
than eleven millions of inhabants four times many
inhabited the original thirteen colonies when they won
their independence from the mother country With more
than millions of whites and four millions of African
slaves TO till her SOIL amid the exgencies of war can
she not defend her territory from and protect her
flag from insult against all Corners Is there danger
Of nsurrecon Did the slaves of the South rise against
their mastes in the of the revolution, when her soil
scourgcd with civil strife when master arrayed
against MASTER and when British armies encamped upon
her plains offered them their flag and urged them to
belion? No. Wives and daughters were guarded by
their brawny and unfaering loyalty, while bus
bands and fathers far away in the tangled swamp and on
the rocky mountain top, fighting the enemy In the
revolution British emissarie failed to excite the southern
slave to and the emissaries Of Yankee pha.
thropy will fail signay for it is historical fact
that slaves have been stolen from since the organ
cation of the government in month"; by northern
brrsn than seduced away by the British during the
whole revolutionary war
Docs the South them lack physical power to establish
and maintain independent government If the United
Colonies In 76 could establish and maintain an ndepend
ent government against the mightest power with ess
than three millions of people, the South do it
with more than eleven millions2
Is the South the slave Staes) weak in territory
She embraces nine hundred and twenty eght thou
sand eight hundred and ninety four square miles exclusive
of while there but eight hundred and Ave thou
sand four hundred and forty-twO square miles within the
limits Of the original thirteen colonies Then fourfths
her soil was untrodden by the whites and savage foes
lurked in every wilderness. No industry and the arts
are scattered all through her limits and her whole surface
breeding wealth, while foes ferment within her midst
Her geographical greater than that Of the mghes
nations which have ruled the world since the dawn o.
fragments are within her gragp.
What then, does she of territorial power to esab
lish and mEintain an Independent government
Does the South lack facilities for commercial intercourse
Look at the following table, and tell what shs
wants:
Table shosciag tho shore line of The Atlantic
.Bar5 ID Z Gulf Of Me1ico. @et@