New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-14
An OLD-PAsHIONED NULLIFIER.

Hon ROBERT DarbWtu hutIs, iotuci hcPicscn''
stise snd United States Senator from South Caro-
Ina. contemporary, and, as he boasts, co0perator
With Calhoun McDui!ie Hsyne, Hamilton and
other worthless of that State, does lot take quite 50
.unshny view of Southern political Affairs as that
given by Mr. Stephens, in his late yaiedictory
speech.
Sir. Stephens thinks that in the last sixteen years
the Souih-by which be means Of course the slave
holding interest as does also Dir. Rlet no oIoer
South being known TO either of theu-has gained
all that il coniended for. He alleges that IN every
struggle il bas come off victorious, and he exut-
inely proclaims that it is now stronger
than ever, with long career before 1t OF
pew achievements and Lew victories. MI hne't
dos pot view things through any such rose-coiored
dun. That 60 isli,y Of State and section essen
s 10 the peace and safety Of the South, for which
Mr. Rhetts great cotemporaries conte1ded, and
which they died without securing though they
disdained TO surrender it, has, be complains,
By the present pusillanimous generation been prsc-
tcally ,islded. The South i. now reduced, feeble
in comparison, and with weaker moral power, to
STRUGGLE on lower ground against an increasing
Northern prtd0mlDance and aulaclty
Mr. Rbett's great political hobby is, and always
has been. the dissolution Of the Union As
Senator Of the United States, be prcPounded
regular plan for dissolution. and for the erection
of a separate Southern Confederacy Tne defeat
Of that pet scheme Of hls which be seems 10 sscrbe
mainly to the opposition Of the Stewards Cnases
and Summers Of the North, has left him IL very
bad spirits and il looking forward to the future,
every thing assumes a gloomy and dismal aspect
One hope, however, still remains to hin. The
questions beta cen the North AID the SCUM, he Is
vel satisfied, are not Of character 70 be disposed
Of by compromise Any arrangements OF that sort
can be but temporary. Sooner or later, tue
death kuell Of the Union" must tolls kneIl Tor
which Mr. Rhett waits with as much impotence
as Young heirs sometimes do for the funeral bell OF
their fathers.
In a moral point of view, according to Mr
Rhett the Union is dissolved alresdy-indeed, 1t
never existed. \ common struggle for independ-
ence. and sense of weakness, threw the Northern
apd Southern States together under one GO'ern.
nent but as they We're in the beginning so they
have ever since remained, in all their character
istc pursuits and institutions their symPs'hles and
views. as little alike as the Austrians and Italians
Disagreement and contention have marked their
union from its commencement, until at length all
sympathy between them is lost, aud they look
upon each other as enemies 10 be overcome rather
than as friends to be supported. This certainly is
true enough of Mr. Rhett il OF nobody else. His
hatred and detestaton Of the masses Of the North
and HI. horror The iiaa
that the control of the General Govern
ment is about 10 fall into their h,nds, is
hearty and sincere A vulgar crew of
" punderers and fanstics"-such is the charsc.
ter which be sscribes to them, and as ssch, doubt
less, he actually regards them. He evidently an
ticpates the triumph Of the Republicans a. the
next Presidential election. aud as consequence of
that triumph. increased tariffs, by which greater
tribute shall be wrupg from the South for the bene
fit of Northern manufacturers; internal improve
NEE and national railroads 10 drain the treasury
for the benefit of the North snd TO justify at the
sane time, high tariff; land for the landless, with
the double purpose of stIll further depicting the
treasury in order to justify high tariff, aud Of fill
ng up TIE common Territories With emigrants from
tie North and Europe in order to erect them into
Free States Squa,ter Sogere gny, with 10 Protec-
ton TO slave property ia the Territories oy the
ecislation of Congress, and as consequence no
more Slave States; fssly the abolition of Slavery,
and the establishment throughout the country Of
consolidated Democracy.
Even if the Republican party should DO none Of
these things; if il should govern the country and
the South as part Of the country. in spirit OF
marvellous equity and nsgnanimliy. Mr.. Rhett
himself being judge, still he could not bear
L. The idea of tie South being governed Instead
Of governing, would make him absolutely miserable.
Nothing in the world will satisfy him but separate
southern coofedeTscy. Eight millions of white
men. with four millions fs.yes, are TOO mighty in
their strength 10 allow any other people 70 shape
their destnies. They must be independent sad
free-does Mr.. RheIt mean to Include the four
millions Of negroes in order TO take the high sta
ton 70 which they are destined among the nations
Of tie earth, and 10 fulfil their destiny Of demon
slIstlDg that al races Of men are no. equal and
that the Caucasian and African races may be be-
nignsn,y combined in one soeeiy-the former
free. the latter slaves
Expansion, Mr.. Rhett gees for with IS much
energy ss Dir. Stephens Nothing coatents him
short Of o. the broad eypsnse Of the tropics
stretching for thirty degrees on both sides Of the
" ESus,or" Jsphet and Ham, the Sou,herper aud
BIZ. ssye are 70 90 out together to take S. their in
heriispoe this portion Of the earth. lie is willing
70 leave 10 the North the colder regions but the
Lax, belders and the African. n,u.- hsv- AT the