The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-03

safety OF the SOUTH What then l say frankly,
that, in my Judgment, disunion is the only remedy
left TO against the dangers which menace our
very existence. And why should not adopt ir
Is the North nearer TO than Great Britain was be-
fore the Revolution! Are the soottattoas, coafssca-
tons or property, 5Nrosions Of our soil, insults
against or dignity, fnrodds upon oar peace, ddn-
gers 10 oar domestic tranquility, less nom from the
No,1h, thai they 1o.se eighty years ago from Great
DTtt0iay The South has been robbed, through the
Union Of five hundred millions of dollars. What
calculus can count the ages 1t would have taken 10
rob her OF 80 much, al the standard Of penny
tax on tea Great Britain claimed unlimited au-
thority over And does not the North claim II
alsoy Has she not told us that the powers of the
government 10 be construed by her msjorities;
aud that If resist her decisions she Twill whip
us into subsection, Great Britain subsidized
| the savage Indians In mercess war upon us.
| A.d hare not the North ii,stigdted oar sdces 10
beam houses poison orr 1elis and murder otU
people? British statesmen mourned over the cru
elites of their Indian allies. Northern leaders
boast the inhuman atrocities Of their seduced and
maddened negro instruments. We had Chatham
J and Pitt, and Burke and Fox, in the British coun-
| ellis, when We broke the bands which united US
with Great Britain. For Chatham, the republican
North would give us Lincoln; for Pitt, Doolittle;
for Fox, Durkee; and for Burke, Wilson. Burke,
lis said could talk so learnedly to shoemaker
upon his craft that he would hold him 10 be master
OF il; Wilson, born and trained shoemaker, as
pres 10 talk like Burke on government. II we
would not let the great men OF the mother country
settle destines then, will allow the vulgar
| to settle them now
| What prote ction does the Union give TO slavery
| Tell me a statute which guards il in the South
Tell statute which protects il in the Terrific
ries! Tell me the flag OF the republic, under
| MIR. Lincoln will protect II on the high seas? Can
! we recover our negroes at the North! Northern
| statute books briste with prohibitions and penal
! ties agans. their recovery. Does the Union pro.
| tect us agans, their abduction We have lost
| more slaves by the theft of the abotonists in
| year under the auspices of this GLORIOUS Union
| than the British army carried away from ns all
| through the war. Does the Union protect us from
hostile nvaderss Virginia still smokes with blood
] she'd in the invasion Of her soil. What domestic
| security does the Union giveg Texas tells you in
her burning villages, the ashes OF her sinouldering
| dwellings and the graves OF her butcbered chill
\ dren. All the Southwest is telling you in poisoned
| wells, and midnight fires and foul conspraces
| hatched by republican followers.
! Does the Union secure our dignity? Why, Spain
may insult our very coasts, and the freesoil North
will stay back blow through lear that we may
acquire Cuba. Great Britain" has exercised the
| right Of search, for which we fought her in lsl2
and yet the republicans forced the administration
! 10 submit 10 II. This Union, now, can neither
| avenge an insult nor redress wrong against for
| egn nation. What protection then does the Union
give MS II has been said that II saves from the
invasion of the North and the conquest OF insti
| tutions. Shame upon the Southern man who sOnld
trust our honor out OF our own keeping Shame
upon the Southern man who would trust soil
and our rights 10 aught other than Southern cour-
age and Southern patriotism
The Union, il has been said, gives freedom.
Freedom is awerd Of many meanings and IL often
takes its color from the reflex Of the interests OF the
man who uses il. In Sparta, il did not mean that
the helots were not tn be put 10 death if they grew
too numerous or troublesome.
The character Qf the government has nor 20 De
settled lreU as The question ri sldrelU. III one
state cannot secede from the Union then The States
are not sovereign, and the government is consoll-
dated. We should seek the union of all the slave
states, but the sovereignty Of each State should be
al l1..t 9;yt. n 2sata
dress Der wrongs and protect her honor. because
she cannot get others TO join her, she puts aside
her sovereignty and virtually admits the con-
soida:ion of the Union. single State can
break mp the Union al any time. Coerce her.
and she Is province. Subjugate q state, and
what becomes Of the Uniony How she be
forced TO elect Senators and Representatives 70
Congress? With one OF the original thirteen
States captured and subjugated by federal
army, what would become OF the constitution!
Would not the Union then be a despotism, ami.
mated by majority, and backed by armies,
How long would il be before some demagogue
would be lifted into royal state by triumphal
faction. or the purple he sold by venal cohorts
Whenever sword shall CLEAN behind the con-
siitutinn against any state in his rnnfederacy. the
vital lie which binds The Union together viii b.
severed. and The government consolidated. The
rights ot the sovereign States are bound together
III q shesf. ard not one can be broken without
breaking the whole. liza state cannot Sc EIDE from
the Union, then our coniedcracy is no improve
ment upon the governments ~ The past. II il be
So then human rights were still kept at the mercy
ui mere majGrties. ard our fathers made human
freedom The mcre toy ~ hrut. force II this he 40.
they fought ihe Revolution ~ cohe the Brodaci Of
violence VITA the mere caprice. Of majority. But
those great old men were not the vulgar copyists
Of the bloody aud blurdcring workmen in politics
for three thousand years past. they established
constitutional freedom, not The license of MAORI
ties or the dcspo,i-m OF brute force.
Put It has been asked. If any State secede at
her pleasure, What guarantee i there the Unionl
answer none. none whatever. except common in
terest. good faith. and public opinion. And there
should be none but th@-e. When these will not
avail the Union Is accuTsed. and only slaye or a
tyraB' should cling Ia II.
Ibai,ve 9th he republican party N po,rer.
nat there can ~ neither peace nor tranquility ia
he Union. II j. organized iansilcsm led by or.
gained venall.y. lis shameful seculatiaps false
hoods, usurpanons. in'rieues and corrupuons have
di~eraced the records 81 every State which IL has
controlled. lts members have been expelled from
Congress tor bribery i've Governors have been &C.
cus.d 81 indng: it, legislatures have been con.
victsd 81 embezzlemen'; it, Judges have soli the
law for prize, and it. leaders have psisted their
yenaliiy by the limits within which they confne
T.. Can the South look To these clustering records
ard bear the domination II such party, I's
leader says he would ain speak on southern soil.
but his presence itself would invoke personal vio.
lepce 4 party efers 70 v1de rs. ne chosen l,ad,7'
~ irlfch cannot appear IN q Southern State. for
f.Gr ~ personal punishment: the trusted men of
which cannot utter word Southern soii be.
ca,sc that word would be insurrecton; and the
leading presses Of which are excluded from almost
half the States Of the Union because they are
incendiary documents. And the South i 10 sub
init 10 the dominion of such men, shame upon
such COUNSEL The South l. herself an empire
Through her resources, she covers all the oceans
with commerce. starts enterprise in almost forgot.
ten lands. and has won diadem. which no power
earth can tear from her brow. Mist and cloud
snd storm may surround her, but she can live
through all. Her case T. like 10 an English vessel
which was lately surprised by circling typhoon
III the Eastern seas II j. said. that while she was
surrounded by the tempest. a little area Of abso
lutte calm lay in the very centre Of her course.
The storm mist was rushing all around her; frag
ments, and wreck, and pieces of weed from
less happily placed sea-craii. raised by the whir
wind. were cast upon her deck yet 30 long a. she
kept within the circle not breath II wind touch.
| Cd her and not wave heaved under her. She
neglected no precaution, but she waited. and when
the crisis came. following the known rules Of sea
msnshp. she ran out Of the storm. and was the
sole survivor in those seas OF that days general