Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-10-05
The Pbyssc Beginning 20 WOrEI

Auirt.lgqeat men lave ;oUg known that Is we're SIM
MI, inDasbl. for the c1U-try 10 continue loas eonSu
"a by this mseb.eyous slavery agitation without tht
o,.a-rilg Of crisis alo in commercial and monetary
.gr Bit tine Significant Indicators OF an aPProaeLing
,is have develo5et thcm selves mueh earlier than che
,,t -trsc.oas had allcatei. Indeed this crisis pre-
,,..l.sd bv sectional agt.tiou and the probability q
,,,v. mob i,, troubles N hs usa- future, has already
conmeoSd
AZ oae PROT Of tbs f,c, the New York Herald OF
Fr5ay. iuil.m, MS at the gc.; commyrcal emporium
nj tbs U1.ou g1s th-orl INFO a considerable Yaaic 1-
Tb1-sie hs, "5y o., slisl announcement OF tie sue
rso.,,n Of the Art sans Bans from sLich institution Oh.
Cv Chamberlain. NJ Plat. lsso IS as, President @: ths
R,rk siibi5sw ths city Cel aud deposited tie same
g., bsP.rk E.lE.~ Tls HsrIE after ayay cha, it h9s
h.,, tsosa s5r some time tlt hc A-,us Bank w9s is
som, difficulty. add that .i- s significant act Of the
times ts.t its trouble I'D u1: arise lr.m ans legitimate
commercial cause bgt from pfrs'g P9it,ch e.rea'-
.t,n.,lr Oar contemporary then proce'd' and We he
ts ts,sioa 10 the c-tvs trgh &c sHuounces-"rut Is
t, ,be beginning says the Herald cot that political
,,msrcil crisis which is the certain consequence OF
m preser disturbed condition Of the countryside Ut
o-pv Of the future prospects OF the coniederlcy in
NEW Of Liacons election and fear Of the disruption OF
our whole system, commercial aud political OF
.bi.b evidences TOO strong 70 b. doubted for mo-
mspt are furnished every day IN the southern States
The political crisis az which we have
rvsd l. rot as in many former times. merely the
tg.r5y point Of fortune for this political party or
,b.ftbe question involved is whether this set ci
roi,ie.,ns SHAH command power and spoil or the OH
r st but whether the whole fabric Of the UOiOn Is 70
he leveed-vhethsr the Constitution ia to be Ignored
bsber the commercial property Of the country is to be
demoshed-whether to live At peace as brethren
united By common interest and single destiny, TO
er,, out miserable termination TO the American Re-
,,b.s in internecne var, Such the questions de-
uaiu for solution upon the result Of the present con
ts. We see the 6rst symptoms Of danger in the e1-
element created in New York by the suspension Of the
Artisans Bank and this il bu, the beginning Of the end
Brt. nos ouly in the great commercial emporium do
81. discern Indications OF an approaching and
monetary crisis Such indications exist in various POT
to,s OF ,he South also. The great Disunon organ IN
sb,ms the Mail is talking most eO,efuly about the
..hard tines in that STATE. Hear what it says:
sNevsr have such hard tines been known here since
1sg1-bard t1es too that some how arise 0ut Of fnar
i,l usri anagement Il Is the Banks and one set Of
brokers vs. another set Of brckersin the face Of the
fact that cotton advances By every steamer Next Non
ds il sir frat and alisi fear several good subsln
,i me, III, 20 doEn In the commercial melee between
rs
TN, and The fourth And this ought not 20 be-and 70
g.d no, be- bu. for the cause already mentioned, ag-
ravaied by the aniagoni7ms Of the several financial
s,rn.rhipesr Of the city. We can however Only Eait
AID bope-the gloom ahead IS impenetrabie.
That IL IL significant enough. But is is useless for
IN, Alabama Dsuaion organ % Sold at aud denOuaee
Rink ana brokers' The cause Of the crisis lies much
deeper Il IS owing TO the D,suaoai.s Of the Nail aud
IN, grscklrid,e party, and the flnaiasm Of Northern
Ab,ioui,ts Vicious politics 81 the bottom Of this
th.,g-aud not ing else.
AID We ell the Breckenridge people, as the coafsder-
a.a telli the R1il-jast 90 ahead with your shouts
aad haisa, for dsunoa and revolution one month long
er aud then Yea viii have something reality to COM
pain Of. You haven't ssen anything yet just let the
impression "get olt" and pretty generally believed that
the Unioa is going to be Dissolved, and Ne will see
VII the. you can sell cotton anything ee, at any
price At al Taers Is no use railing AZ the banksrs and
brokers' They are Ike everybody else; viii take Of
themselves, and they right people threaten 70
break up the government aud there Is any probability
Of course the banks and all moneyed men viii "hanl
g. their horn aad preplrs for the storm. highly re-
spe table cotton buyer told day tHo since, that
he could no. get bin discounted to buy bale Of cot
ton payable beyond the day for the Presidential cleo
eoa. Inieed are the ",imes hard bat the worst s
a,ead T. is so al through the South. Here is what Is
sad Of Msmpbis, tennessee What glorious time the
Dsuliouists are likely 20 have.
TIE money -nsrkes az Memphis is unusually tight
Money IS Wofth per cent per month. The banks
ore dong nothing C1lou goes In fast but the sales do
not relieve Che money markes Protests are common.-
Secession At Charleston and Bilimorc 10 eecs Lncoln,
il the hrsteale o the general pressure in the south
C,Dfsl is tiuil ana hides self during "a tbcreatened
revolution.
Toes are the SIGNS aud symptoms If the commence
Inent Of a cslniiou7 and Widespread commercial and
monetary cr.ss, oIi,alag solely il the sectional agita
tor and Di-unOa tbroateairgs Of the ,ousts Of the
Lincoln and Brsokaudge parties. We entroat the PeO-
PIE OF Virginia OF all parties in vieE Of the alarming
ndioAi0ns that surround them to pause ct Oaes and