The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-02-28
Tbe feIitiana 9emotrat.
[From De Bows Review, February, 1851
THE RELATIVE STATUS OF THE NORTH AND
THE SOUTH,
WASHINGTON Cry, Nov. 20, 1856.

WASHINGTON Cry, Nov. 20, 1856.
SIR: presume to address you as one of the ,.
most prominent. influential and energetic lead ,,
crs of the negro.slaveholdng States, aud as II !
patriot of power in the Union, concerning mat {
ters involving the fortunes of the Confcdcracy.
Demagogucs have only partially unvailcd
their designs Statesmen have not seen the
whole aspect of the times. Patriotism has not
fully awakened to the peril Of the country.
The excitements Of u partizan contest for the
Presidency, such as that through which we
have just passed. although admirably calculat-
ed to originate ingenious inquiry and sophisl-
cal argument, constitute after all, poor
school of political philosophy. During this
contest the motives and policy of Great Brit
ain il throwing the lirc.hrand Of fanatlcal dis
cord in the midst of our political ediiice, have
been somewhat treated, and the purpose of
"Back Republicansm" have been somewhat
OWNED But the mystery of "Know-Nothing-
ism"-the reason why Know-Nothingsm has
been absorbed by Black Repubcanlsm-the
acceptance Of Black Rcpublicansm 10y the non
slavchoding Statcs-and the present attitude
of public affairs as associated with party-rc-
qurc for their solution the calm analysis Of
the studio and condition apart from the con-
tcntions Of the hour 1t has been my peculiar
destiny from early youth to the present day to
have been placed in circumstances that enabled
me to scan closely the movements of the age,
without being involved in their hearts whilst,
at the same time, the tendencies of my mind
have constantly led me to probe the various
lines of moral, religious, and political causatIon
around ne, and TO trace all questions to their
essential philosophy propose in this com
municaton TO submit to your judgement the
aspect of the times, the designs Of the dcma-
gogucs and the peril Of the country.
Comparing the past history of republics with
the present Of ours, and scrutinzi.lg the lines
{ OF analogy between them, ! find H. the princi-
pie of 0gfartoaism The cause aud secret of our
troubles The mind conyersant with those
i great struggles OF antiquity that originated in
the agraran proclivities OF no-property classes,
e always cashing with the interests o. property
= holders, invariably leading to the desecration
y OF law, and, ultimately to the disruption OF
a constitutional government, discovers III them
the prototype of all that now exists, and all
fear, that must follow in orr Confcderacy
- Substitute the United States for Rome IN th'
pages of SaIlust, and it will be seen that emI
ncnt writer dclneatcs much that is passlh:
before us From the nature Of things with II
tho Southern States being savrholding AM
H. agricultural, and withholding from their slave
Of the right Of suffrage and. all participation j
~ government, whilst the Northern States hol
al no slaves, are commercial and manufacturing
and extend to all alike the right of sulrag
and participation in governmental has com
-- to pass on the one hand, that the citizens
the South are, for the most part, property
holders aud conservative in their polltici
W character, while, on the other hand, those {
~, the North for the most part, hold no prope
81, On ty, and are agrarian in their political chara
ter Under this state Of sectional relation,
it to be wondered at that dcmngogues, i'
purposes of ambition, should be able to dire
the envy and jealousy Ct tie redundant II
,te property masses Of the North against the lnte
NJ ests Of the propcriy,holdcrs Of the South
o.' The wonder would be were it otherwise. Wit
out the intervention Of the territories the del
!. agoguc would have found it quite easy to pr
yoke the hostility of the day-aborlnG, Ian
less multitude OF the North, against the Ian
ate owning and slnyc.owHing masses OF the SOU
an But when the territories are considered, I
ose no,propcrty hordes of the North wonld
,"r unnatural descendants of Jacob, and false
the seal Of passion, ayarlce, ana lraud slainl,
- upon that race of whom he is the type, II "
the power of numbers, the advantages OF
ian ballot, and their own unhappy necessities, I'll
and resisted the opportunities fthe demaagoguc
ake made no struggle for their possession ~
would have becd their nature II they llad
~ y drawn the sword where necessary, as Mey u
dromn H. nersr again 10 be Sheathed arh"e
; of Union hoids, for Kansas and every part
pre- unoccupied territory belonging to the Cove
4 ment to the entire exclusion OF Southern {
Is. zcns and their slaves. Next to the war
races the war of classes in respect to prope
is the most terrible, relentless, and destruct
and once begun only ceases when despot
. has been born from anarchy. IL Is TOO l
,. that the agraran nemesis of all popular
lived ernments has arisen. PhnnlX'lIke, from
In aaa o. dead ashes of the past and with lnres, WI
'ch scorpions, and fagots, in her tram US OF
with stalks abroad in onr land, hoarsely lteral
the her ancient slliboleth "NuHa Vest1sw r@f
,Lpoir .por umh
'as'I as | ] have the gradual development OF this
can monster upon the statute books OF the NO Nc.
irish. ern States and in its associated forms, PRIV
.,o ly and publicly, during the last thrty ye
=" - it has been growing and gathering strel
~ IL.