Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-13
A Few Plain Questions to th outh.

A Few Plain Questions to th outh.
!. Do the southern states seriously contem-
plate a non-intercourse with the North, or a Sc
cession from the Union. or neither?
2. In the former case, how long can they
do without the necessarics the Injuries and
the amenities OF the North; or, TO speak fig
uratively, when child from resentment refus-
es his dinner, how many subsequent meals does
he usually omit? rHf GL .'.
g. In the case of secession from the Union.
in what part of Christendom would be found
Il more feeble nation than the separated South,
without ships without sailors, without manu-
factories, without white labor or industry,
without much money, and with the volcano Of
the black population under their feet
4. In case ola disruption of the Union, to
which side will the frontier states of Maryland,
Delaware, Missouri, &C., think it most pru-
dent to attach thclns> Ives -. .HE
s. What will be the first fruit of separation
of the states, Gu ess it be stampede of slaves,
Il recapttre, a rescue, fight, a civil WARP
6. How long can the South carry on each a
war with the disabilities already mentioned,
and with white population which is now less
than third of that of the Union, and soon
will be but fourth, sixth, and eventually
still smaller faction
Z. How much courage is there in "chival-
Ty' which selects for its assault an unarmed
and unsrlspecting victim, like Sumner, and
which is unable to suppress paltry, insurrec-
ton of few fanatics till it is done for them
by United States marines? -.
8. If it took Virginia two days to capture
john Brown and his twenty unframed 'vaga-
bonds as they are called at the South, how
long will it take to conquer the state of New
York .' s.G fs-=
Q. If it cost the Emperor of Austria some
hundred millions, and part of his donlinions
to carry on few months war with France
how long i'll South Carolina be able to wage
war with her appropriation of 100000?
10. Is the alliance Of a foreign power TO be
preferred to the more natural alliance of coun-
trymen, kindred and friends? Is a colonial
dependence on Great Britain, like that which
our fathers split their blood to sever, more de-
sirable than q constitutional government of a
majority of the people? Or would Marshal
Peisser n axe a more acceptable Governor OF
the South than legally elected Republican
President? t..
IL. Is not the bluster and bravado about
southern secession growing rather stale topic,
peculiar to noisy politicians and hair-brained
journalists, which the sensible and conserva-
tive portion of southern people know to be
foolish and would prefer to have it cease?
IL. Do not the people of the North, a few
eccentric abolitionists excepted, respect the
constitutional rights Of the South--are they
not bound to them by ties of consanguinity and
of interest-do they not feel and admit that
slavery, as il now exists within the southern
states, is no concern of theirs--that present
emancipation is not to be expected, and that
the South must work out the problem of slave
ry for themselves?
l3. Thirty or fifty years hence, what safety
will there be to the South, except in the pro-
lection of a strong government like that OF the
United States ?--N. Y. Post.