New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-12
to the Constitution ssA the Uaiou. The men OF
the South, whom Mr.. Gushing travels quite OF the


the South, whom Mr.. Gushing travels quite OF the
record to praise, have made "Disunlon' house
bold word, ofteEess in the mouths of those whom
Southern constituencies delight TO honor. There Is
not Commercial Convention, there Is no meeting
Of Synod or Conference, there is not PohtcN
gathering great or small on the other side of the
line, in which the value of the Union is not resu'
larry computed and in which disunisn is not the pre-
.cnbt remedy for Southern woes. AndyetCopgress
i. open to these gentlemen, and the Courts OF Is"
are open. Presidents have not usually been unhind
or Cabinets uuyieldiDg In the matter Of null hca-
ton the South was met and checked; but SINCE
tha. time, beside gaining BY Legislation almost as
much a. it eIasped at in rebellion, it has hardly ex-
perienced single rebuff. We do not here say that
it was right; We do not ssy that it wss wrong; OUT
we DO soy that 1t has been exceedingly ill'naIired'
What 90 these people want They asked for Mis-
sour, and We gave them that State. They asked
for Texas, and We DOT only gave them that State,
but We conquered it for them. They asked for the
repeal Of tie Compromise. We repealed It
They asked fer the Fugitive Slave Lsw. We
enacted it. They asked for Mr.. Buchanan. They
have got him. What possible constitutional right
or immunity, what possible legislation have they
called for and failed to secure And yet Dir.
Gushing speaks Of them as injured beings, worthy
of the safest tears of sympathy, and not to be held
responsible for the most fragrant of crimes. we
take the other side. We say that they have every
reason TO be satisfied. We have not, as Mr. Cush'
ing says that he has, considered this subject during
"an hour Of rural idleness, under the shade OF
"green trees, and with the melodies OF the many
"voiced sea to lull US into the mood to tranquil
"contemplation;" but we have considered 1t over
the columns of Niless Register aud The Congres.
sionai Globe, and We have come to the conclusion
that the South, no matter what may have been it's
abstract rights has almost always besn wrong in It's
method of asserting them.
If the North hss in the contest gained anything,
il has not been by bullying BY threatening, BY IN
tmidating 1t undoubtedly entered the Confeder-
acy under advantages. 1t had larger and more
intelligent and more civilized population than that
of the South; its statesmen were abler, it, mer-
chants were weather. its manufacturers more
shilu its mechanics more intelligent, its scholars
more profound its domestic relations IN )re beauti-
fully systematized, it, voters moro conscientious,
its men and women more capable than those Of The
South. Morals, culture, character. the love OF
WORK and pride In work and contempt for idleness,
have kept Us in advance, and will keep us there.
Southern men will not understand this. They can
not comprehend the secret Of Northern prosperity.
They expect BY a little piddIng legislston-by
sudden shifts in the public policy-by opposing in
stead of proposing to shoot ahead of U.s. or at least
to keep up with US. God and the laws Of political
economy being against them, they fail. They
would be vastly more likely to 60 to work in good
earnest if such men as Mr.. Gushing would but
leave them alone. They do not need pretty
speeches, but good agricultural newspapers. They
need to know how to build ships They need to
understand the use of plows, spades and manure.
A gentleman walking BY the sea and ruminsting
upon their wrongs will do them no good; and if he
only talks about perennial fountains" "recresut
knights" "factioD," and "the diapsson Of ma
{" TONS conclamstion of praise" and the falsely
"imputed domination Of the SOuth'-he may do
them much harm.