The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-19

equal 10 Christ himself OF what uss "a the
Union to our unhappy brethren Of tho South,
If they are continually kept In peril for their
property or their lives! We appreciate fully
the position they are placed in-we note their
stand point, and do not wonder at their demand
for guarantees when political lunatics and po-
liical rascals are endeavoring to rise on their
ruin and to hold them forever in fear and in
abject submission.
If politicians were alone to settle this ques-
ton, we should despair of satisfactory settle
meni; but there are the immutable laws of self.
interest and self preservation, which often d.
rect The policy Of nations, in spite Of bad
statemanship and corrupt Indifference The
commercial relations of the Northern and
Southern States, both intimately connected with
another series Of interests-those Of the West
are not so easily demolished as platform or
demagogue.
That our trade with the South has been
seriously affected, by the present state of things
both in and out Of Congress, cannot be denied,
Notwithstanding the doubts attempted to be
raised by the abolition presses In this city.
Exchange has felt their effect, and Southern
bills are now settled for in cash and RENTED
to the drawers without delay. The dormant
capital of the cotton growers, hitherto left in
New York to purchase supplies or Injuries, is
being Withdrawn. Their balances are getting
smaller and smaller in the hands of the Northern
bankers. If any more John Browns are to be
sent into Virginia the money of that State will
be required at home.
In the next place, it is a fact that an extern
sive manufacturer of carriages built for the
South has within q few days confessed that
orders he had received from customers there,
to the extent of one hundred and fifty, have
recently been countermanded. The shoemak-
ing interests ofMassachusetts are also seriously
embarrassed by sudden change in the
business. Every tenth person in that State
is shoemaker. In some counties--as in
Essex-thc whole population during the win
ter is engaged in this business. During
the summer the men and women have
other employments, and pursue them; but
ia winter every farm house becomes sMorial,
and the sound Of the hammer and the lapstone
is heard wherever live Yankee has habita-
ton. The work is given ont by contractors,
who furnish the leather and findings, and who
send the wares to market when they are COM
pleted. The Southern States are the principal
marts for these manufactures. The demand
has suddenly ceased, and there is loud wall
in Essex over the failing contractors, burst up
by this unexpected state of things. The South
will no longer buy Yankee shoes or brogans
for themselves or their slaves, if guns and pixies
are to be manufactured In Massachusetts, to<be
pointed at their breasts. The loss Of the South
ern trade will utterly PROSTATE this hitherto |
prosperous manufacture; aud the amount Of
the sales has been hundreds of thousands of
dollars per annum. Here among ourselves we
understand many Of the large clothing houses,
with large stocks ahead, are exceedingly dis
couraged by the sudden cessation of the usual
orders for the season, and in Philadelphia
nearly all the manufactures usually disposed
of at the South are at q stand still for similar
reasons. And we now lay down this PROPOSE
ton:
Whatever article of Northern manufacture
the South has hitherto consumed will be dis
pensed with if this conflict continues and
the republican leaders at Washington persist
n their support, advocacy or federation
of Helpers or Stewards doctrines The choice
of Sherman as Speaker will only be q
proof of their perseverance in those doctrines,
and if he is elected they will maintain them.
We therefore warn every man Of business In
the North who has commercial or financial re-
lations with the South, that unless ample JUS
tice is done the latter without delay, there will
be practical non-intercoursc in operation,
which will be felt in every department of bust
ness. Property will depreciate, rents fall,
clerks be discharged and laborers be dismissed.
Our shipyards will be deserted, and grass will
grow in the streets. These are but few Of
the calamities which must follow the aliena-
ton of the South. 1t cannot be disguised that
houses Of the largest credit are trembling and
lettering, because their ''wheel is broken at the
fountain" Now, what is the cause Of all this,
but the demoniacal conduct Of the abolition
lists of the North? Who are they Are they
men OF business, men Of trade, men of property,
or even men Of sense? No; they are distracted
preachers magazine writer's, long haired lee
lures, silly women and sillier men. They are
the scavengers of society-thc sweepers Of the
broad avenues Of national prosperity, raising
dust, that they may use their own brooms and
gain few pence OF little notoriety.
And for these and their fanatical nonsense
the Union is endangered, and a party has been
found willing to stand by them. We trust
that the impending crisis" will bring every
honest man to his feet, to resist the maehina.
tons Of these enemies Of the Union. We trust
in Heaven that the patriots of the country will
at once take sides against the black republican
John Brown faction which now threatens the
very existence of the government and the per
manence of the Union.
One thing Ia certain: our government was