Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-30
Pick your Man and Fight Ii Out.

The opening article OF DeBOw's Review for
January Is communicated paper entitled
.'DiSunion within the Union +" and the plan
lhe writer T, cnmmends tor bringing the ahO-
| litonists 10 their senses possesses decidedly
peculiar characteristics. Tie suggests that
| each Southern State sci, CT Northern State
| a. its adversary proper, and being thus pit
ted against particular opponent, to c"m-
mence Notwithstanding with nothing
harsh. nothing necessarily offensive To- The
North or any State in the Worthwhile no
| measure of doubtful cOnstituiinnulity that
might by possibility bring us in collision with
| the federal authorities What the writer
| considers nothing harsh in method of pro-
| cecding. but u mild aud moral suasonish way
| Of putting the screws 10 Northern States. is
for each Southern State to charge a heavy
| license on all goods from the State which she
! has selected as her peculiar gamr. punish by
/ fine and impTisonm' mt al her own cit Gems
who associate with tbosa Of the inimical com
| mOnWealih, 10 permit the sale of no home
! produce TO them on any conditions, nor the
/ purchase of anything from them.
| Thus would the great general conflict of
the two sections be subdividrd into series
| OF single combats between particular States,
wagcd IN he moderate and Rather concIliato-
~ manner above describl d. The Union would
| still exist and nothing would be done against
| il, but the States would fight ii out among
| themselves and without any joint alliance in
| operating. but as independent nations. The
| T, lations of each State with ali Others, save
| the one il had selected as it, opponent. would
! be as friendly and intercourse a. free ever
/ with them. Thus. frurteen-fiitrenths of the
| Southern market would always be open To
! the North. and greater proportion of The
| Northrrn mai kct TO fnurteen-tiIcenths Of The
| South, and so any disastrous commercial con-
| sequences would he prevented. But there Is
/ a difficulty Tor which The writer does not pro
| vid and this is that there are more Northern
/ States than Southern, aud after each one OF
the latter has picked his Toe, there will still
remain two or three OF the enemy, and no one
to take them in hand. This would lie bad
for them. for they might .'spile for fight
before they could get one.
II this is Ia b. The plan of operations, we
speak for Rhode Bland TO the TO- OF Lou
isiaua. aud recommend that this State send
cartel at once, or some other Southern COM
monwealth may pick up the soft snap" in
advance. IL we are successful ia tanning our
..mann quickly. then we will be al leisure Ia
offer one of the unmatched Northern States
the entertainment of IA "turn up with us.
! Thus would the North be brou ght 90 IL SEN
srs in detail without any combined sectional
movrm~nt or any ''Drasure OF doubtful con-
sIituIonality.r This j. a tiae plan and very
grlvelv advocated, but some how or another
ediIor DSbow "oeS hot see 'ue pea"'y "i ~
aud thinks proper to append note to the
article signifyiDg that be cannot admire II,
| aud that he preferred .disunion out o the
| Union" 10 ''disunion within the Union.' 1t
| is Il very ingenious plan, very: aud If lts mild
| provisions should breed difficulty individual
| States would have To CT up al mics aud ma
| vies on their own accounts, and Arkansas
would have TO ask prints on OF tile 'n'"rme-
| disie States North and S'ruIh to march her
| lrgions through their territory that she IN ght
| AIT ok Vermont. and the leg .ons If Georgia
would be swarming through thousand mile
/ mar, h to invade vi, "nsia, an AlAham navy
would be securing the {" pick np w
| York ships. Virginia squadron would hr
bu,nbarding Do>ton, aud ni,ag iher il would
be- the most nidgniuoent game of cross purpo-
ses ever played. Stale Rights doctrine is
very good. but Shoull n"i be carried to ex-
/ trvmcs this Way. o. Crescent.