New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-05
mas l souwa ANN r1a1r UNION.

ii Il frequently subject III grave complaint W
he peonle Of he Northern States, that the South
/ il not loyal TO the National Union. Scarcely aay
nasses shat va tao not hcar tho allegiance q w.
\ sauth called III question By some orator O. orsaa
] Of The great anti-sayery party Of the Nefsi
/ fba accusation il usually accompanied Win !, =
thraat that fho South under M circumstances. w.
~ s1n,red "a seeds rom sbe Union bns VIII 20
,,,st Il ne attempt be- made. BIZ the prompt and
s $50, resistance Of tho Federal authority
" s,s,a ~ easy ID show how ide are Al. such
.xss.ss Y1e Whose arny of tho United States,
49,, 4 would consent to such service, could
~ keen il subsection the smallest State Of the
1 I1aicp. II INV stats should choose to resist the
execution IL the Federal laws within her jurisdic
ion. tie entire military force Of the Union would
:he ncwerless to prevent it. Our army is but
corporals guard, III comparison with the military
establishments Of the other great Powers Of the
world.
ut Ii Is not true that the South is sloyal to the
Union. ii she were, she would long ago have
burst the bonds which attach her to the Coincide
racy. Nothing but her exceeding great love for
the Union has prevented the Southern States from
resurning years since, their sovereignty as indie
pendent political communities.
For many years the South has furnshed from
Lei own resources, tho material wealth cf the
country. Threefourtha Of the value 81 onr exports
are the growth Of her soil With less than half the
sn nearly all that austains our export and import
trade with the transatlantic world. With . soil
and climate peculiarly adapted to her produc.
tons, and with system Of labor not only unsur-
passed, but unapproachablc BY any other system
Of labor in the world she is enabled to exhibit tie
remarkable result Of sustaining and keeping alive
almost the entire foreign trade Of the country,
while her population numbers scarcely onethird
Of that of the States Of the North.
In return for this, what is the treatment that the
South receives? The Federal Government, which
lives Indirectly, only from the profits of Southern
labor, is the very instrument with which she is
plundered and oppressed. By the aid Of high
tariffs and fishing bonnties, and navigation laws,
and other appliances, the North reaps nearly all
the financial benefits of Union which is kept in
operation BY the profits Of Southern industry. Can
Tie South be- justly charged with dsloyalty to the
Union. when she submits, almost without com
plant, to this grievous oppression?
Besides this, individual Injustice makes up for
whatever may be wanting ID the operation Of the
Federal laws. Organized societies, it is well
known, are daily engaged in the nefarions en-
ployment Of stealing Southern slaves. With
blind and perverse fanaticism, the North encoar-
ages the destruction Of that very species Of South
ern property which, by the fruits Of its labor gives
vitality and prosperity to the Onion IN all Of it,
diHarent sections.
It is love OF the Union, and nothing but love Of
the Union, which has kept the South patient SO
long, under 80 great an accumulation OF injustice
and wrong No one win say that It ID for lack Of
proper spirit that the South submits to the ex-
actions Of the Federal Government. No one doubts
that, in respect Of material prosperity and power,
her condition would be infinitely better out Of the
Union than in it. Yet, for all this, the South cngs
to The Union and will continue to cling to IT until
forbearance has ceased TO be virtue, and her own
honor shall require her to assert her unquestionabe
right Of secession.
But the Union must be such Union as was con-
tempated BY the revolutionary patriots who framed
the Federal Constitution. 1t must not be Union
Of injustice, and fraud, and oppression. 1t must
dispense its blessings equally to all sections. Il
must be . Union that win compel the observance
Of the compact in It's letter and in its spirit Such
a Union, recognizing the equality, and enforcing
the rights, Of all portions Of our common country
will be sustained by the cheerful allegiance Of the
| Southern people, without respect Of party divi
1 sions