Daily gazette and comet., 1860-12-29
The Southern Confederacy.


yond the scope Of our comprehension. We
have II from good authority that The plan
ters Of Louisiana have suffered direct loss
Of more than ten millions dollars in their
sugar crop since this secession agitation
commenced. Add to this the depreciation
in the price Of negroes, and their other
property merchants losses, mechanics
thrown out Of employment, families ruin
cd, aud the sum will Ibe almost fabulous.
The planter Who is q seeessionist must he
9 patriot indeed.
We have laid few naked facts befors
the people Of Louisiana, land we ehal
lsngs all secessiopists TO disprovs their sc-
cutsey,) the losses caused by the present
sgitstion, the ruin that must inevitably
succeed the severance Of this State from
the Union, the destruction 10 her sugar
planting interest, her disgrace In breaking
bonds with a prosperous confederation
and uniting with few bankrupt States,
tresehery aud infdelity TO her sister bor-
der slave States whose interests alone eve
In peril. the fsllsey that the interests OF
Louisiana and the cotton States are com
mon to each other, destruction Of the slave
interest, the dangers which are insepsrs
bls to opening the navigation Of the Mis-
sissippi TO foreign nation (Which the
West will be, II disunionists suceeed) on
the one hand new underground railroad
aud on the other, if Louisiana determines
70 command the navigation Of that river,
war with all its eslsmities must follow.
until the upper valley hiss free access TO the
Gulf
Now. let u. briefly survey The "Lons
Star" in its lonely career. Take for gfsn4
ted the secession movement completes it's
object severance Of Louisiana from the
Union, and delegates meet to form this
glorious eonfederscy - this eonfederscy
which IL 30 draw together all the other
htstss, slave aud free under its banner.
wbea deponent saith not - will the cotton
States guarantee 10 send their staple pro
duets by way Of Louisiana and guarantee
her market for her sugars, with pro
teetive Tariff No, because the firs. is un-
reasonable, aud the second is an impossi-
bility. az all the slave States cannot even
now consume her annual yield. therefore
protection would be a dead letter. then
would the said States psy Louisiana a 10
nys upon every hogshesd Of sugar grown
This proposition would he ss upresson-
able ss the first, ss said States ere unable
to pay their own debts in the Union,
therefore how will they stand alone
Thus on the very Threshold, important
difficulties will arise aud Louisiana must
begin on her own account, as q separate
and independent nation. The sugar plan
ters will he unable TO obtain adequate 70.
munerstiou. and consequently some four
teen hundred plantations will become de-
stroyed for sugar production, few ~
which will he cultivated In cotton, the
balance will dispose Of their negroes. thu
is II they can find msrke. for them and
then retire to oblivion.
A few years roll by, internal discord in
creases, military chief grssps the reins
government, or war is declared under
some slight pretext, and Louisiana once
more becomes dependency. Foreign
powers know as well az Louisisnisns the
chart Of the valley Of the Mississippi and
the entrance 10 that river "a we'll as them
selves. Louisiana IL worth fighting for
by the fret powers in the world. Let .
European nation once more obtain the BE-
lice, aud . Sebsstopol will forthwith raise
lie cannon crested head.
General Jackson fully appreciated the
advantages an enemy would obtain by
seisidg the entrance Of the Mississippi and
the Queen city Of the South.
There is science in government immu-
table NJ the lave Of nature, but conflicting
interests prevent one set Of men from fol
lowing its course, another set obtains pow
er through wealth and family position,
whiipt third sghts his way TO the sens-
torisl chair by dipt Of impudeuce; but the
modest, learned philosopher, pbilantro-
pist, and men Of genius are out-voted
when the roll is called. Thus tho govern
msnt Of = country is handed over to sd-
venturcus domagogues, and the national
council tables become a political chess
board, upon which the liberty Of nations
is played for a. the stake, and the people
are deprived Of their birth-rieht. Wash
iugton behold tho Slough Of Despond and
warned his countrymen TO avoid its perils.
John Adams, In 1855, said " II we can re-
move the turbulent Gsllics, our people.
according to tho exactest computations,
will In another can; urv become m orc mn