The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-10

ia her strength and hur defiance to her enemies.
But II Is said that with fixed and overwhelming free
state majority against in this Union, with all
tuTa advantages We must dissolve the connection to In
surWour present safety and accomplish proper dest
ny Perhaps so. But permit me to suggest not yet
The dissolution OF the Union is alternative that we
have always at command, and for which we should be
ever ready but peaceful properous and powerful peo
pie may not challenge Fate day too The ques-
ton still remains, the free States be brought to
cur permanently in any line of policy that will sub
vert the constitution, and seriously damage the South
in this conledemeys / do not believe that they
Reckless as Is political ambition, and insane fanati-
cism ever is have idea that the free States can
be consolidated the wild project of ruling the slave
holders by mere brute numbers either through the
ballot box by force of arms; whether to enamel
pate our slaves strip of the fruits of their labor
or To govern us with the mildness and patena care
due to Interiors The nervous in the South and the
abolition deinagogues of the North may believe it.
But when it to the actual test if neither sober
patriotism should prevail the sense of danger
and the love of cotton and tobacco would, with our
northern brethren in every crisis override their love OF
negroes On this think You may depend, despite the
nsolent boasts of the abotoDsts of what they will do
VIXEN they get the government in their hands The North
has only to be made clearly sensible how far she go,
and what the South will not submit to- She will not
trespass beyond that but will content herself with the
glory of carrying the alternate biennial elections, as she
has just doneaways leaving 1t to the democracy to car
ny that which makes tho President.
But am making mere assertions. Allow me, then, to
Unon and the present state of the great questions in
which she is most deeply interested When thirty years
ago began this aruous conflict for the constitutional
reform OF this government and the security of the South
the South herself thoroughly divided. The tariff,
the bank, the internal improvement system nay even
abolition selfa!l had the sanction of large number of
most prominent southern If they did not all
originate they all resuscitaed in that of in
fatuaton, when southern President proclaimed that
all ederasis, all republicans, when southern
statesmen sneered at State rights and the constitution be-
came for time dead letter.
The tariff of 1928 levied average duties of than
forty per cont all imports. by the tariff of
1857 the average of duties reduced below twenty per
cent We have accomplished that much and besides,
the principle OF free trade is pretty generally conceded
now throughout the Union. 1t cannot be denied that
this is great think the duties should be
duced still lower and particularly that the dscrimna
tons against the agricultural interests should be abo
ished But it is supposed that there will be demand
for their increase at the next session So it will of
be resisted and trust successfully Free trade is
the test, the touohsone of free government monop
oily is of despotsm. have hesitation in saying that
the plantation States should discard any government that
made protective tariff its policy They should not sub
init to pay tribute for the support of any other industrial
system than their own much less to make good the
bubble spcpulatons OF another section of the Union I'm
equal texation is after ALL what have most to fear in
this Union and against that must be always ready to
adopt the most decisive measures.
The internal improvement system in full vigor in
1928. naugurated also by southern men, it absorbed
surplus OF the trclsury, anu III
unlimited, it capable of absorbing all the
that could be extorted by the highest possible tariff
That too if not destroyed has been checked and crippled
by southern action 1t is true that it still appears
ally in Congress the naughty brgand is now
little more than sturdy beggar.
We had then also, in full operation, n Bank of the
United States with branches in all principal cities
1t received and specialized all the of the
eminent, and controlled and concentrated in the North
all the exchanges thus evying per centage upon every
commercial transaction OF the South. That has been
initiated 1t sleeps the sleep that knows no walking
But let Inc say that the system which 1t established
still exists Despite of its destruction by the federal gov
ernme and the collection of the in specie
exchanges still centre in the North, and otherwise
stable industry is still compelled to participate more or
less in all the reckless pecuatons of that fnatical
tonnore fanaca in its love of money than even in its
devotion to negroes. But this is cfmposcd yassa-
ago. Through the privileges which southern egs
atures have granted to nnumerable banks we
made tributary to New York. which is itself tributary to
London the great world centre Of exchanges in age
Thus, by acts, pay double tribute, though
nearly all tho trade Of the United States with England is
based on southern products
Thus has the South, by her energy and ability, dis
posed of the capital grivanccs against which she protest
ed with almost half her public against her, in
1928. During this time opponents have twice wrcs
ed tho government from and inflicted other injuries
but they stripped of their power and their acts
repealed Only four times since the organization of this
government has the North had possession Of it, and in
each case only for term The North has uni
ted long on any policy. The injuries inflicted on the
South have been mainly inflicted by her ambitious
ac.ous and divided public men, and history proves
that no and has yet been strong enough
to stand against the South when united believe none
will,
But it is thought that the abolitionists supposon,
still credited by of this country will inevitably get
the power of this government permanently into their
hands, and backed by the opinion of the world, use it
for our destruction Let consider what the facts
From the time that the wise and good Las Casas first
tro,luced into America the institution of African slavery
say institution because it is the oldest that exists and
Will believe survive all others that now oust has
adi ts enemies For long while they chiefly men of
peculiar and eccentric religious notions Their first prac-
teal and political success from the commissions
of the French revolution, which lost to that empire
its best colony Next the prohibition of the slave
trade-the excitement OF the Missouri Compromise
in this country and then the deliberate emancpa-
ton of the slaves in their colonies by the British gov
eminent in 1888 A. About the time of the passage of
that act the abolition agitation revived again in this
country, and abolition societies formed. /
Der the time well, and of you do also. And what
then the state of opinion in the South Washing
ton had emancpated his slaves Jefferson had bitterly
denounced the system and had done all he could to de-
other prominent southern men, had led OFF in the coon
cation scheme. The inevitable effect in the South was
that she believed slavery to be cvil-weaknessd
gracefulnay, sin. She shrunk from the discussion Of
It. She covered under every threat She attempted to
apologize to herself under the plea which
true that England had forced il on her and in fear and
trembling she awaited doom that she deemed incvita
BILE But few bold spirits took the question up they
compelled the South to investigate tanew and thorough
ly and what is the resuta Why, It would be difficult
to find southern who feels the system to be
Tho SLIGHTEST buucn ON Ills conscience: who not in