Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-03
NUMBER 10.
"I'"T''Tt tT!TF E"IT.I'I Y. NTOTT''I
THE NORTH SEPARATED.

p.. THE NORTH SEPARATED.
| IN. ,ur,Io. " .'i'' "!@t w"a. b" TIL r"ua! :oR o,
CninnN".ao parts IN the event of severance OF n.
ni"aI re,ult Immediately 10 fo,nw Nh. g,,al.. =,
n'"ch hsputcansm-l.t ~ co,,. '..' ''''s' -
r.; we condition of the .ec!in"s -, :,
r;vr ,h", M 1o' NED ned rom the Delaware 10 the 0i;
Viii na.. ar uue North To Lake Eric; ther,. X,,n
| .,"flh east hlorS Ontario aud ,b g. - 80 -~ Wy
The irosts ot Maine and so nm .. ,L -, LE"fe.'t y
pay terinln': anon; the rnack.r.i ~ ,h y
,ieSe were ne boundaries Of The North. -, ;,
~. I'M "n" tA'ils'vc of Pennsylyanis and X,
jersey less IN extent, belore the Reyolnt;o ~ -
sinG. Souilern State. On the Other benJ mon
mo'esttrhcts OF the South were uneynlnr.G o,',
r!rcum9crDed, aad co!nprrhended the an,o., III;
tao!e space assigned ia the first Royal Grant% ,l
ORIGINAL source o, sil American titles But W. kr,"
I s:'e S"u'h was contrriniEous with the West. -,
III. southern boundary of the North: and tIs, .. y
| NOT e'nornced within the limits We hav. sra':,:
" n'"to" legged herjursdc;ion and supremacy Ircr,
lliere i..a been 40 Uuicn-if the North had Y..
"''Ny subscribed to the conditions ol the CoD-,it
-, u'iiet which should have remained in
na"S'o;e 'o!errr, but which is now con,.o,,irors'.
violated ny several OF the Stat, Iegi.l.,rr..J,
M"u" nave oceii' ut this day bat nine nuns'sv.hI
lave i eInsS na !isieat OF sixteen AID he soub a
besides til. exclusive possession and CON-, ., ~
territories.
We are aware that certain New Enssndcr. -
pu: forth m.rstr;ciDuS clam Il Sa"o-"' frs'' - '
by which resut OF some real OF 'ap. MN pa'
W., Log
ed several of the valleys of p-nnsylvNuia-q.It:.s -
name OF justice, what il it they have not c.gi.:. F
We shall! at our convenience, give the history ol n.
"PcnnyInitc WAL and show how III Immigrant =;
Colony" from Connecticut before the Reyo'4i
endrav0rrd Ia Seize and settle the Wvnm.ns sr' a,
rs they HOW striving 20 appropriate Kansgr T...
hnd difficulty and b!ooa'hrl then aS they have %. y
Kansas; for although the Penus were ayevsc tp c...
fct, Yet the c"vctous pun!5rers coul! not gGt i.st
r"paclty with IMMUNITY. They fell thu vir!n!- %. M
| M,,ll nl
~ The massacre Of Wyoming.
Assuming then that III" North has gained cvc.g
! thing by the Union, and tina. every step oi lie So
has been retroLress;un, and relnQui.hmeut q! ..
r!'ory uhIneSiionably her own. and sacrifice "i
rights ana power which could never have been made
but in pursuanc. ot the Federal Compact--tur bond
~ honor Ia which she was pledged, aud which -ua
could never BE- the first 10 disregard a., !ooi, ,r
ward TO III" probable consequences o. separation II
would oi course be the Inauguration u. u u"w .r..
under another system Of government The pre-. .,
form would be siis:nalzed as u failure. Saicsr..u
ani patriots would never again pat their trust II, i'
slight barriers oi iraI Constitution, which cou 3.
any time be broken through by such m4cr:o- s.
now exist in several OF the State Legislatures wi .i
ever The prrjndicei OF Il sectional party ienaui,i
some new condition.
ltis laneniabe fact that in New England rorf
lar opinion seems 10 ba everything by urEs. bat
thing long. Stability Is essential or the pelInancurg
OF governments; and all experience proves That w! ..
popular assemblies may pcrpetrats n;ractious 10. Fl.
J.,
Constitution or abrogate evade tn. Supreme I,tv
OF the Land there is an end OF liberty Demagogura
become iyr'lnts. Neither life nor properly can be
secure, when the caprice. of bad men b.cv!n. pa.
mount to written compacts. And education is no ,..
trcfual guarantee at honor and Justice. When j;r
heart is wicked, superior Intelligence only incr.a-b
the capacity for evil. Many accomplished rions are
instructed at the public expense.
After separation the South would enrcuch iIer..'I
behind her own ramp.rts, resolved neyer :, re n
qu''i another acre to the rapac.cUs people who !ud
violated the Constitution dr-roiIed her OF empire
and robbed her of SJn,O0D,O0D in slaves. The Nor
ern population-if Pennsy syvaniu, New jersey, Ina,
ana, aud California united wiki The North-w uf
number some l6.GlODO1. The South woul h.,g
l!0DD,OUO. including 3,jOu,DtO savce. Tha Nurh
besides liz numerical superiority Of Iopu'n
ton, would possess the great cities nearly a." tie
commerce aud factories; the greater proportion "I
the rail roads; immense prep0udcranre o..
banks, insurance companies, savings ius:i,u
tons, and other ingeHously conrived mou.y
making devices. TIE marble custom lnus,s
the MINI, the great importers. aud the m.rchsu.
princes, ere mainly in the North. The gold Of CD
ornia, tine cotton of the Crescent States, the tr ui
North Carolina the grain Of Virginia and The oystr
of Acconsc, meet in New York The silks oG Franc
and India the cloths aud aces Of Belgium. the gin
hams, muslins and blankets Of Old England, ana ;hu
calcoes and negro brogans Of New EnsIanI, gr-
sought by the Southern planters in New York. New
York is the great emporium, and th" lfra iGt aia 10
Hiis e H. $Gbfs4Ppsts, n -"'.!a
q
evidences Of debt. There is scarcely a merchant.
manufacturer, or bank or banker, or insurdn,r co.
pany whose ledger does not exhibit lgrg-r sum
bllls receivable than the capital actually invested
The conmingIed obligations in the mazes Of ,rg
and commerce aud specuation must nlways
promptly honored, or else the credit system t>..t
will sustain fa:n collapse. and b. precipitaf.I Gb.
an exploded balloon. t;ps il everything A million.
are, II asked h"w much he would be worth in tho
event of Il sudden and universal bankrupty. will ma
turslly turn psle.
Bat it might ba said the secession Of 500 UoI
Southern citizens could hardly produce such gu.ucr
nous calamity that the great Northern cities. nn,i
ports and ships and custom hou>os, and rail roads
and factories would remain True they would r.
main; and SO would the capital in them and ;!l,r
debts. The exports some 5000, ONu per ar.
num- and the imports about the same amount: BEl
the dcspised and sparse population ot the South pro
duce-or rather their slaves produce-.wo.:hi.,'s q;
the amount exported. Subtract S2GO.0OD0py from
the means Of the North 10 pay for their importation
al the deficiency .. single year wonld be followed
by universal bankruptcy. But il the extinction ~
the Southern trade be- suparaddel, and the stcci.uj
Northern inrrcsniiz- he leit o." hand unsod nnG T..
60 out of fashion, tho $j0GJD0OO worth Of boots and
shoes and negro brognns yearly produced by New Eng
land, ahou!d not be demanded by their Southern ca
TONER'S il there should be prevaen; absence ofcotto
Bills in Wall street, 90 that the banks could not r
'ibly retain their specie, while lending their "prn,u
lses TO pay, tor the purpose of paying famous div
dends-to say nothing Of the LOGS of ircglts AMI pt,
senGers by rail roads aud steam shps and the in.b
lily Of the Lowell and Providence factories either =,
obtain the raw material or to dispose of their man.
pulated !abrics-wt may form some slight conception
ot the sacrifices t':a you'd bn sustained. And .nr
what! Who would be benefited by it! per,laD,
the tremendous excitement would .dd largely 20 t.,
subscription lis, Of the Tribune. Brccher Chorvog.
Parker, and knl!ocli might possibly he
Ionized-it not executed. And ii such nJryalaa',
wonld be satisfactory the penp. o! The North hive
the unquesonabIa priviIrs" ol choosing tor .i9,G
selves. But If they have ~ deposition 20 hc lea
;.lo such hazardous experiments, there ia not :! mo
nen 10 be- lost The Southern States will nett i.r
lumber sleep until this "vasei question" he e:
ectus!y and finally dspoaed Of. And what Jrr.sr
way than To 'cru'h ou;' Aboitioni4m .or ev-r,--
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