Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-03-10

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oppression, covering q period OF six
ty years, the South still furnishes
more than two thirds Of the exports
Of the country. Tyranny has not
been able to bennmb her energies.
Coniscatim has not dried up the
resources other prosperity.
Are not the resources of the South,
then, abundant to establish and MAIN
tain separate and independent Gov
ernmentl With an expectation Of
$500. 000, 900 (for $50, 900, 900 of cot
ton goesto the North, J a~dnty Of if
teen per cent, ] IS than half of what
she now paws. would give her a rev.
enue of $50, 900, 900, which would be
more than sufficient for all the ext.
gencies of government. With the
great nerve of commercein her hands,
has she anything to fear from the
Powers of the worldl The loss Of
the cotton crop would cover England
with blood and anarchy, and shake
down the strongest thrones in En-
rope. The South. then, has nothing
to fear from the Powers, of Europe
What she has to fear from the North
| will let others discuss. h.
We haveseen, Mr.. Chairman, that
in population, in territory, in com
mercial facilities, and in material re-
sources, the South is abundantly able
to establish and maintain separate
and independent government. Can
the North do so! | will leave her to
determine that for, if this Union is
dissolved, my destiny viii not be
there, and Icare not to trouble myself
about her resources. III - j
Sir, this Union is in mortal peril
The clouds betoken q coming hurri-
cane, (which Will sweep the deck, AMI
may swamp the, ship. We are now
touching tile foam line OF the break
ers, and the spray is already upon our
brow. A wise and bold statesman
ship may save the vessel compro-
mise and Cancellation will mgulf it,
Enemies must be beaten town-not
temporized with. The Admipistra-
ton which attempts to- consolidate q
party without establishing a princi-
ple--which compromises the future
Tor the tranquility ofthe present, will
perish. Tie Statea-Iaights party Of
tie South are done aoith eompeonss-
ses =; they stand upon TIE. Constitu-
ton, and there they aoiN continue
to stand, though imptoring admin
istrations shouldtcRple doaom, ana
parties peris around them. They
have yielded the asslast jot and title
that they mean to yield /; and If more
be required, they will fight Admins,
trations and parties, and ii need be,
the Union itself. The. institutions Of
the South must and will expand into
the tropics, and you can no more re-
press her expansive energies than you
can throw back the bursting seed Into
a state of ''torpor and undevelop.
ment." The South has her destiny
to fulfil, and it is carrying her with
the steady tread OF q Roman legion
into those southern countries ION her
very borders, where Governments are
falling, and societies melting away,
and men .lapsing into barbarisna
Around her are lands on the main
and in the sea, opulent in resources,
and admirable iii geography-lands
which have been scourged with a ty-
ranny as terrible as any in the annals
of Monaghan conquest, and they
sprea1 open to her civilization and
institutions, while her expansion over
them is necessary to restore the eqni-
librium of the Government, and arm
her with selt-protection. The States.
Rights party will be true to, this des-
tiny-will close round the car Of pro-
gress, and resolve that whatever else
may perish the South shalt be saged.
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