The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-12-24

Ahh foooTH.- w ltn tne yell OF the fanatic
Observation-Disclosures still ringing in our ears,
mingled with the reports of the Sharp Rifles,
and the groans of dying men killed in defence
OF their homes and all who were dear to
them, can we be blamed if we speak ia Ian.
guage which such things originate and ex-
case We should be denying ourselves and
cur birthrights, were we like some time SER
vers, to "roar you as gently as a sucking
dove" and whisper half afraid the angered
thoughts of the Misrepresentation of the
South in the mouths Of abolition demagog-
iues. The time, whichh..as been growing apace
has been upon us and the South, throwing off
iher long guarded apathy is astir in all her
length and breadth to be up and doing. At
no distant period from this, our northern
critics will see with amazement the man.
.moth steps of the enterprise and influence of
( Southern trade and manufacture; that which
\ has been deemed mythical will become tangi.
lie by the thews and sinews of Southern men,
and the impetus of capital which (hitherto
governed and stored) will be thrown broad
! cat over Southern field of active labor In
the mechanic arts. Not alone will progress
extend to manufacture, but wide spreading,
she will embrace in her close grasp the COM
merce of new cluster of nations. The plen-
u teous produce of our Southern climate borne
h from our shores, will bring in return all the
arts, necessities, and luxuries matured in old
"A sr lands. Our harbors will be filled with
tthe merchant marine of foreign powers,
,who will take, in exchange for that which
they bring, the superhuity of generous
land. These are no air drawn castles, doom
! ed to perish by the very breath creating
them, but solidimmovable facts, which are
increasing with steady, constant truth, ire
sistible as the waves of ocean. The South
lulled to repose and silence, has too long
fsigned trance she did not suffer, too long
suffered the present to absorb the future and
the past. She has now frightened to her
duty, felt the power she might have wied-
. ed, and has nerved herself to activity and
i fixity of purpose. Those unhappy bigots
whose vanity alone could make them forget
I their own interests, will now find that they
have drawn the swo ord Of hostility only to be
forced to rush on it themselves and "play the
= Roman fool" They have taken stand which
neither admits advance with glory, nor re
tteat with honor, and they have stepped
into deadly ravine from which they can
only escape with the loss OF their cher
ished gods, Mammoa and Mer curry. To be
the richest and the most forward has ever
been their aim, and now they are by one
n false step (leading to many more) compelled
4 to lose all adv antage; and in trying to crush
friend, they have raised competitor rich
in the treasures of integrity and ntell-
= gence, the true countersigns to prosperity
and success. Those commercial cyn1cs whose
cold sheer has been ready, when the South
has been the question, will now find their
profit is not in their land, and that the same
kind Of patience which placed them on the
pedestal of mercantile fame can dislodge
them and plant worthier there, who with
nobler aims than schismatic feuds will be
true to those who are true to themselves
The South is young in trade, and although
possessing every adven titious aid which
youth should have, she has many errors to
y, avoid, much lost way to retrieve, and not
little to forget The errors she should
steer from, as mariner would from Scyla
- or Charybdis, are those which she finds in
(tbe propogandism of Northern suicidal no.
tons What she has to retrive are the long
years of inaction; and she has as well as
temper the new spirit of unrust into a steady
glow of action. What she has to forget are
the fears for progress which crippled her
earlier life, ana the injuries of her whole ex-
'isenee. Sheis no bantling, although full
of inexperience in much which she might
turn to golden account hereafter; but still
her warmth and impetuosity in new pursuit
must be sobered by the clearer reasoning of
experience. let the same activity, which
brought the sons of Virginia, armed at all
points to the defence of Southern rights,
animate the actien Of those who would
see commerce spreading her sails to our
] Southern ports, and let the same noble
hearted and disinterested feeling raise
power at which the North may tremble for
her boosted empire of the seas.
KgMMERER's GRAND CONCERT, at Johnson's
Hall, on Thursday evening, gave unusual
satisfaction to large and respectable audi