Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-06-18
THE DESTINY OF THE SOUTH AFTER
DISIyNlOS,

DISUNION.
Tboss men who brood over the imaginary eVlls
tho South sustains under the Federal Union, have 81
long contemplated their own gloomy imaginings that
,bsy have lost sight OF the blessings ofhberty ana rel"
government. The glories of independence anu '"'
blessings Of freedom would be immediately S"HRps"
for an increase Of the price Of cotton. "eo''o" 10
King." and the subjects Of this "'nonarh ate ie'"'
to become the slaves Of any nation VINO VIII s'e a
few cents more per pound for cotton. head ING y
lowing, clipped from a COMMUNICATION s's"e' D"
ler," in the Charleston Mercury:
.Rv throwing open their ports to the trade ano
shippipY of England and Europe, ana exchanging
their rich staples for ths manufactures ana money u
customers, who would be forward anu eiau 70 Upe S :. ,
free intercourse with them. they 1.-THE , outnl ~ou.o d
once be placed under the gold droppings, or wou'd
receive the wealth. diffusing returns OF the most en-
riching conmerce ever bsiore enjoyed ny any People
Charleston and Savannah, Mobile aud New ofieahs
would at once become Tyres.
The South, under a separate government ou,e F"
brought into direct commercial intercourse WIN Eng
land and Europe, and would be under no Necessity y
maintaining expensive steam.lines. or a mnNofT Mo
rive for Tie protection 81 euhGr O her traoe % W a.
ssaboard-as the ships Of other nations, laden acah IN
rich products Of Ter tseming sol, Tonid DC cono0yN
BIZ, or enabled TO trarerse the ocean safely, nader aM
guardianihip of the naUisS Of those naHoaS' "' y
their respectrre gorernments.' =,
Our destiny, after disunion, according to "Bitler'
is not independence. The dreams of a sple'oio en-
pire that once filed our own imagination q cohlen'
plating a discovered Union must remain ohiy a dreafn
Nationality must not be entertained; no "mihtary
marine for protection will then be needed-ior VIVA
nation would dare modest tho cotton grown oy Tue
slaves OF England aud OF France!
Our produces in 'the ships Of other nations woui0
be- conveyed by the uavies of our masters; and ouI
GRADE" and "seaboard," unds the guardianship Of
the navies of those nations, or their respective gov
ernment.," would BIZ seoore from every harm. Does
not this simply mean that the Southern States as "a
SEPARATE. government" arr 10 DO the mere cotton
colonies" OF European n~atiousi Are we to dlsoonnec'
ourselves from New, 10 become ssain' the colonies OF
Old England!
Such double treason 10 disgusting; treason alike 10
the Federal Union, and to the South. The manly
spirit of the Southern States revOlts at such sugged'
tions, confrmatory Of the tauuts of our enemies that
slave States possess no elements of military strength
The South will remain in the Union as long as her
interests are regarded aud her institutions respected
but when injustice and oppression force the dismem
bsrmsnt of this Union, the South will never become
the protected colonies Of other powers.
Possessed Of every element of power and of strength,
when the South discovers the present Union, it will
be TO assume position, either as distinct nationalities'
or confederated sovereignties, among the powers OF
the earth.
The South, as "a separate government" will never,
for the enhancement of the value of cotton, consent
TO be without "a military marine for protection"
Those gallant States will never seek "the guardian
ship Of tha pavies" of other .'nstions" or govern.
ments." Every feeling Of independence revol's at
such reasonable suggestions. IL this be the DIES
tiny which the contributor to the charleston Mer
curry" proclaims for the South, Virginia will never
seek part nor lot in any such alavish subsection for al,
the glories Of Gossypia.
Butler anticipates through dissolution OF the
Union, certain ruin to the Northern States, by severing
them from the main sources oftbeir wealth and pros
perity;" aud for the same disruption of the Federal
Union, the above quoted disgraceiul aud degrading in.
ducements are held out to the Southern States, Gas the
means of placing their domestic institutions less within
the reach of the daily dangerous interference to which
they are now exposed We can not see the logic OF
the argument, that by disunion from New, and be
coming the colonies OF Old England, any additional
security would be gwen TO slavery. Butler estl-
mates every national sentiment by a mercenary stand
ard; dollars and cents measure the blessings OF the
Federal Union, and facility in obtaining cotton ia 10
be a doaceur to English emsncipstionists. The rule
20 "iudge others by ourselves does not always ap.
ply, for others may not be as mercenary as "Butler"
would have bis readers believe the cotton States are.
II the Mercury does not more carefully super.
wise the contributions that appear in its columne,
the charge of Toryism may be again revived. We
entertain TOO much respect for the people Of South
Carolina, TO believe that such reasonable sugges-
tons find any echo in the breast of the Palmetto PEG.
pie. They are too proud and powerful to become
the slaves Of any nation. Cotton may be their
liking" but they cannot be willing, for The enhance.
ment of this sovereign, 10 become The subjects OF
other nations.
Butler inmates that the "gold droppings' Of
the Of a discovered Union would make
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans"
the Tyres" of modern times. Not that "Tyrus" Of
Pbunician glory, whose "shtp-boords" were the 'fir.
trees Of Senir," whose "mas.s' were the "cedars of
Lebanon" whose "oars" were the "oaks Of Bsshan"
and whose 'sails s~preadest forth the fine linen with
broidered work of Egypt" Not that "1yrus of per-
feet beauty at the entry Of the sea," whose %enterpri.
sing, industrious and sea faring people made the RS
hottest extreInities of the commercial world tributa.
ries 10 her glory and her wealth. These material
evidences Of power are scarcely compatible with "a
separate government" without "a military marine fer
;protection of her trade and seaboard." A nation wbose
was "under the guardianship of the ua.
vies" Of other powers, would never rival the glory
and power Of that "Tyrus" whose splendor "ss.on
ished all the inhabitants Of the isles" making 'lhe
Kings" thereof ''sore afraid and troubled in their
countenance." But there is all era in the history Of
'Tyrus' which will become the ideal model Of theee
cities, when they submit their destinies ne "s separate
Government" to such advisers as "Buthr."
'Tyrus' once shone in splendor as a PEenician
city; these cities Of The Federal Union now rival that
glory. The mariners of ancient "Tyrus' carried the
ommerc of the world, and the mariners of the world
now seek the ommerc of these cities. The gold
aud ebony of Ethiopia, the spices, gems and ivory Of
India, the perfumes and drugs of Arabia, the silver Of
Tartessus and the amber of Prussia, were not NOR
eagerly sought by the merchants of T,rus, than il
the tleecy Of these cities of the Federal
Union by the navlsators OF the world. Bat, not eats
fed with the 'fullness OF wisdom and the perfection
Of beauty" the Buffers" Of ancient 'Tyrus" sowed
the seeds Of dissension in that EDEN, the Garden of
God" and 'Tyrus," IA separate government wss
soon swep, from the face OF the earth, and TIE
''place thereof knoweth it no more" So will i. be
with these cities of the Federal Union, when, as zee
parste governments, without a powerful marine to
protect their trade and seaboard," they seek "the
guardianship Of the navies Of other %natione," under
the advice of the Buffers of the Charleston "Mer.
curry"
CROPS DESTROYED.
The amount Of sugar destroyed by the iuundatiou
in Louisiana is estimated at $4,000 hosshesds-worth
$3.OOO,o BOO. The cotton destroyed by the overflow on
the banks Of the Mississippi, it is said, will be lOuvvu