Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-31
Signs of sanity at the south.


1t must not be taken for granted that the
whole South is mad as March hare because
of the bluster of the fire eaters in Congress and
the eXcesses committed in some parts of the
slave states. When the first wave of the pres
ent excitement has passed, it will be seen that
reason and patriotism and loyalty to the Union
still exists at the South, and they will find ex-
preston in some way. There are already signs
of healthy reaction The Richmond mer-
chants, after talking very bravely about COM
mercial non-intercourse with the free states and
importing their own goods, when they put their
determination into the form of pledge to be
signed conten.ed themselves with agreeing to
have no trade intercourse with any person
known or generally reputed to be an abolition
iSt," while they added in an important saving
clause that they will not make mere differences
of opinion as to the benefits or evils of slavery
q ground of quarrel with their fellow citizens
of the northern states, still less of nterrupting
their social business intercourse" This is
broad distinction aud covers great DEAL The
Richmond Examiner says that this pledge
amounts to nothing it wants entire non-inter-
course with the North, and declares that this
pledge will defeat the projected line Of foreign
packets to Southern ports. But the Virginia
merchants know what they are about, and the
laws of trade will prove stronger than pro-
slavery fanaticism, The Richmond Enquirer
finds another obstacle to non-ntercourse in the
fact that the other southern states will not unite
10 it, and so Virginia will only "tax herself for
for the benefit of her neighbors, without reach
ing the seat of the evil" Besides, under the
non-intercourse plan Virginia will become tribu-
tary to Baltimore, and the Enquirer considers
plug-ugly Americans as bad as sboitionists.-
1t is quite evident that the commerce of the
North has no need to tremble or sbase itself for
fear of any terrible consequences from Virginia
non-intercourse resolutions.
The folIwing extracts from influential south
ern papers show how little importance is to be
attached 10 threats of dsunion SO freely made
by some of the democratic politicians -
Some men talk as fiippantly of dissolv-
ing this union of states, as If they medta-
ted crushing an eggshell. No doubt there
are some souls, confident in their own con-
ceit, who are ready to undertake the Job
by contract, at an hours warning, aud who
are prepared to furnish promptly all the
requisite suggestions Of wisdom aud skill
Of ways, means, men and money Politi-
clans aud demagogues may pirate about il
with personal Importance aud profit, but
the people will ponder long before they
lend their hands TO an act so pregnant of
results. We are not so wise as our fathers
were, nor any better, We understand the
demagognes very well--with them dsunion
means democratic success. ae
Richmond Va, MOrming NssOs.
The declarations Of Mr.. Crawford of
Georgia, have no terrors for Maryland.-I
Let who may be elected president in 1860,
according to the forms prescribed by the
laws Of the country, she for one win submit