New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-17
SENATOR HAMMOND - -THE SOUTH-THE
ENION
From tn. Ner Orl,an, D,i,r, Nar. 10.

From The Nct-. Ori,an, D,i.1 Nor ln
" j. we'll that th- Soutnnns never 7e' "f '''''a'''
Hammond on the pedestal OF pago'' t"' 'iio "ou"
h.v,. 10 t.bold her idol fallen II is we'll ,hat the
sp,b A. never epoo,n,ed Senator II ,naIond, b. any
an b.,,c commis,on 10 lead her forces in ti.-s ol
,e,H of darkness. of storm and convusien, fer sue
u,ull Lave To- depofe a leader gone a-tray, iest
wilderness Of conjecture, aud pteousiy struggling
amid swanps aud quaguircs of doubt and despon
itucy when his should bs the direcest aad is
po,es of encouragement Of warn ng should be the
drt,nc,esi. 1t is well that Senator Hammond, or the
like of him. has not been consecrated orscls to
;nerpret the dctiny of ths Union, to indicate that
inoptiation of fate which would reconcile ts pnrpct
uaion Of this Union with the safety of the South fof
IL obvious from tue two speeches which he mas dev
crrd in the Of Congress, that those problems
swell immensely beyond the bouudaries of his i'nag-
nation.
In the last speech of Senator Hammoud-A.hst al.
dressed to audience at Barowe, ). Che repeats
It'll much more elaboration and method the leading
view, contained in his previou. speech on Beech
Island. TIE same merits aud b!eulshes mark both
productions. Scholarly Mr.. Hammond undoubtedly
IL vide inf, rDation political and general sroject
be undoubtedly posscsscs but wolfe his speeches read
ike essays instead Of oraous they do not pass beyond
rhetoric Tito the sphere Of craftsmanship. He argues
with tie cucehry uf a SPECIAL plead, pics that afe
relatively trivial, and surs over with ppaut PHRASES
themes OF tie most commanding III p,rtance. Sha-
low water he sr5 ~ the bottom but vut IN the great
deep he skins urrvnusly ON the surface, scarcely
daring to imagine the vast abysscs that may be undcr
meath or the nerce storms that may rage above.
Mr.. Hammond mis- last speech, rriterates virtual
y though not in express terms, tie idea that the South
would not regard the e.cc'iOu of Black R"pupiic'n
such Sc sard to the Presidency, as fact sufficient
oi Itself to iasiy dissolution of the Union. la Wow
tuta A s;.,D ia
heretofore been TO quite contrary effect, It Is pretty
evid i that the prediction in this case was preceded
by the wish. But letting this pa-s bowis the cultiva-
tuu of Az opIiou like that calculated tn effect Deuo
cratic policy, Southern policy, and Union policy, iu-
teresis that Mr. Hammond prUcsses tp have deeply NJ
h.art1 Why, certainly Lot for good and possibly Tor
great and disastrous evil. For itwa" uPn the reverse
opinion that the South aid the SJuther1 Democracy
stood in 1856. 1t upon the opposite tneory-the
theory OF rcsstance instant ahd absolute refusal to
subnt to the inauguration ot sectional anu hoste
Admuisratiou-ttatt the South the Democratic party,
and the UnlOulsts and Conservatives of the wnuio
country nLited ia 1856 aud secured tn. election U Mr.
Buchanan. Are We to be now told trat all THIS was
rtudious nsncerty on the part of the South, Gun.
ming wo of Democratic tactcians and cheat and
cepton praciced upon the Uniouiss and Cooserva-
tives7 Mr.. Hammond implies as mssh and thus en-
conrages the advance ot Northern sectonaism by
holding cut the idea Vf mpuhy, andinvite the occa
sion i RESISTANCE auc dissolution, by representing that
the South would be nt sposed to act when that occa
sion should ar Whether such position looks To
Ultimate submission, or Is an Ingenious furm of dis.
uinnsu depcuds upon the spirit III which 1t Is taken
With respect 10 the material Interests Of the South
aud the progress of the cntiro country Mr. Hammond
dwarfs into almost inveiue S'oatw-edi -hness He
sees lion in every path. Terrific giants swing de-
stroyirg swords at every gate. He is paraiyzed by
nightmare Of skepticsin Renouucng nope, he has
not even the poor cOur tge of despair. lie may De-
ieve in the God Of yesterday, but for Tomorrow he
Only hard, stony fate
Forgetting that change the law of life, Mr. Ham,
mond desires TO eternlze the present lie Houii re-
ject the annexation oi Cuba; he would pot have
root of Mexico, Genital America, Nc; and tho nc
qurcment Of mere slave labor by the South ne To-
cards as impossible for all tune, because It has been
impossible for few years past, and moreover, as Ia
eXpcdent II IT were posslbc. de thinks IT ioexpeli'
to nti oduce more slaves into the county because
We have not tie territory for the additional slaves,
and opposes the acquisition OF more territory be.
| cause We have not the slaves for the additional
| territory. This alignment Of beautiful clrcuarity
| is admirable, but scarcely les, than MIR. III AN
mond's ideas respecting the Alrcauiziug Of
| Cuba. That would prove great 0eueiit 10 THIS
country III his opinion, aud the Airicanizng ot
| ST. Domingo aud Jamaica was an undOubted blessing
! Esp, clay would il bcueit the cotton interest Ot
South CaroIa by dlyering irum cotton to sugar ~
much labor in this couuy that cotton could scarcely
fall below its present prce. This Is kindred Idea To
| that oi the Dutch East India Company who, having
4 monopoly of their cinuaIon trade burnt all their
cinnamon at Aust, rdsm u order to keep up its price,
Mr.. Hammond must rel ice when he hears ol over
flows occurring Id the cotton region, aud he got the
VS. Vf tue ul trc stchiiti Dch
the loss Of 5000 bales of cotton, must have lamehted
that the loss wss doubled. According TO Mr. Ham
monds pontical economy, the less country produces
| the richer it ought to be; and production might be
carried to an ,xtent that would mpoversh the people
| The theory involve its own contradiction IL is the
very essence Of mouopoy aud looks to the protection
of few al the loss OF the many. IL is mlscrably sell
fish aud contracted, and has been long ago exploded,
| and We hope to hear no mere Of 1t, even from Mr.
| Hammond.