Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-12-19
Funny Ideas.
The following is from the Cincinnati Co

The following is from the Cincinnati Commercial
of the LIST INST:
this State Of taking themselves out OF the Union
policy they persung to this end cannot fail TO
Of the appreciation by State Of special
taking policy by the general Government Louisiana contains
the mouth Of the Mississippi river We paid fifteen millions OF
dollars hard cash. that the people Of the Mississippi valley
might through their magnificent river 60 free to the Gulf with
bought the mouth Of the rivehe outlet to the
export duties at the mouth Of our river Shall recognise
"IndepeDdent Louisiana and her tribute when she the
purchased property Of the Union And besides paying heen
millions dollars Louisiana, have paid high prices for
sugar her account these One We paid
duty imported sugar the value Of the whole crop
Of Lousana Will she prove ungraeul toof Will her sugar
planters purn the paps from which they have sucked gold
We are sorry we cannot relieve the distress Of our
Black Republican contemporary of Hogopolis. But
we can't do it.; positively we cant-nor do we think
| we would if we could. Ii Louisiana was about to
lose as much valuable1rade as his State is about
to lose and all on account Of her persistent viola
tons Of national law and individual rights, we
| should sorrow more over the unrighteous conduct
| of our people than woull over the loss of the
| trade, much we might regret the latter. But as
Louisiana is entirely guiltess in the premises-as
| she has violated no law nor compact-and as her
record is white that of Ohio is black-we pre-
sumo she will withdraw her patronage, and enforce
her reserved rights whenever she sees proper to
exercise her nahenable perogative of sovereignty.
The talk of the Cincinnati Commercial about the
"fanatcal politicians of this State" is certainly racy
and rich We regard 1T as the best joke of a season
not prolific in ocular inventions. If the Commercial
only knew how our people were moving, quietly
and without parade, but with infexible determine
ton, controlled alone by prudence and wisdom to
resist TO the death if need be. the fanatical pOIt
ciansr of Ohio and other Northern States. it would
probably change its phraseology. The Legislature
Of Louisiana meets next Monday. That Legislature
will call Convention at early day practical
ble and that Convention win decide upon the future
course of the State.
The Commercial tries to reduce the question of
State Sovereignty to mere matter Of dollars and
cents This is characteristic of HogopOis, 1t so
happens that the trainers of the Constitution and
its great expounders never so regarded It. Nor is
it SO regarded anywhere or by anybody except by
Abolition fanatics and pluDderers. QuOth the Com
faercial I'VE paid fifteen millions of dollars hard
cash. that the people of the Mississippi Valley might
through their magnificent river go free to the Gulf
with all their commerce, and trade with all the
world" This is not So You didn't do anything of
the sort In the first place. you hadn't a dollar to
pay. or a cents worth of foreign commerce, when
Louisiana acquired. So far foreign COM
merce Is concerned, you are not much better off
now. All your products that are exported to for
egn countries first bought and paid for by us,
and exclusively through our means do they find a
foreign market. We're it not for our patronage. it
would matter little nothing to the Commercials
constituents whether the mouths of the Mississippi
were damned up altogether. or whether navigation
remained free and unimpeded. Besides but for Henry
Clay mary long years after the acquisition of LOuis
ana. the Mississippi would have been anything but
free stream either Northern Western, Southern
commerce. In addition these facts. Louisiana has
paid back thousand fold to the Northern portion
of the Union which seeks to degrade and rob
her. the amount which Jefferson paid the First Ma
poleon for her acquisition.
If Louisiana chose to go out of the Union Louis
lana will hold the mouths of the Mississippi river as
her own property. As it will not be the interest
of Louisiana TO burthen commerce, as she will
probably seek all the advantages of free trade in
her power to Obtain-and as Ohio has interest IN
the premises far the mouths of the Mississippi
are concerned than our patronage cOnfers, the Com
nercHL may well possess its soul in patience. If
the Ohio people can sell what want. cheaper
and better than obtain the articles elseS
where, we shall probably continue to purchase OF
them. If they cannot we shall undoubtedly take
advantage of any better market that presents itself
To this the Ohio people take no rightful eXcep-
tom and they will not attempt coercion unless they
wish US to remain in the Union for purposes of
outrage and spoation only. If they should be rash
and wicked enough to attempt the latter alterna-
tive we will be prepared to welcome them with
bloody hands to hospitable graves"
The Commercials reference to the sugar planters
is not worthy serious consideration. We have new
err asked the Ohio people to buy sugar, and do
now or hereafter We have more prompt and sol
vent customers for all the sugar can raise else
where. As for the tariff sugar we all know 1t
would have been taken off years ago but for the
fact that it was used as a cloak to conciliate the
submission of the South to numberless revenue ex-
tortons all of which enured to the benefit of the
North The less the Commercial says about graft
tude or ingratitud the better for it's side of the
question.-Ne,c Orleans Crescent (BeH-ECeretA