Nebraska advertiser., 1860-12-20
f.2s4.9 go $50 2.51a. $50

1,2S4,970 ,l4S.S20 2.5l3,S90
Here are four cotton States, with an
aggregate population only equal to that
of Ohio alone, and of this number half
are negro slaves. These slaves are coun-
ted as wealth, and since they perform as
much labor as the same number of whites
ii is fair to. count them as such. Suppose
these States out of the Union, what is
the value of that p7operty? The protec-
ton of the national government being
withdrawn from the outer boundary,
where is the safety Of that properly2 1t
is said there is a Gordon of slave States
in the rear, this is true. But since there
is no protective law of the United States,
and since these States, IN the Union, can
make no foreign alliance, there can be no
protection against fugitive slaves. But
what of the coast? These States have,
and can have, no navy, The whole coast
will be preyed upon, for the United States
will not interfere. To say that slave pro-
perry there will fall one-third, is to I'M
derrate the effect. The first commercial
effect will be the loss of one hundred and
fifty millions of dollars in slave property,
and this is inevitable. Nothing can pre-
vent il, ~ o
9. Lei US look a little at their finances,
banks, etc., etc. Two years since, the
banks of Georgia, South Carolina, and
Alabama presented this result:
SIS Specie and Bank Notes 8 $500, 900
Circulation and Deposits 100000
Their immediate Liabilities were JfUe
10 one, and their condition now is much
worse. The banks are on the point of
suspension, and the whole Southern ooon-
try 10 a comn,ercial crisis, If this politi-
cal insanity is not soon cured there must
soon be universal suspension. In the
midst of this, however, their State patri-
otism- rises SO high, that they propose to
raise volunteers, arm the militia, and set
themselves IN state of defense. There
IS nothing so costly as military armament.
The first effect is war loans, then heavy
axe To supply their financial wants,
they propose (the only thing they cando)
take. on consumption, that Is, to drain the
p%eople's none on what they eat and
wear. This is the exhaustive process by
which a people are destroyed, both onthe
outside and the inside. Not a cen can
be raised from foreign commerce, for that
is all in the hands Of The United States
Government Let us see how much they
must pax. to do an this. The State taxes
Of these four States are now as follows
viz:
; Alabama SOU, wv
- South Carolina eOO,V0o
81 georgia 1.1i S90'SyS
aei Ftottoa 81 4OVsOOo
-m- Total 81 z.Ise : 81 S~l,9oO,OOO
-a This is a moderate tax. Now let US
look at the demands of the new state Of
9 things. A new postal arrangement musl
be made and paid for. The United
States Will withdraw all post Offices, Of
elcourse. The Union will not agree to
supply post Offices 10 people out of the
Union. The cost Of carrying the mails
by the United States inthese four States
is $4,000 per annnm. In a small pO-
pularion and extended territory. It cannoI
be done nearly so eheaply. The Posi-
Office establishment VIII cost 81 600, GOO
per annum. But this ssmall. compared
with the Military Department. Suppos-
ing secession TO be peaceable at first, yet
there Will be constant dangers on every
side, snd 5000 men win be the least