Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-02-02

ants. Is not this the why your leading editors have
declared that the punishment of John Brown will strengthen
the ansavery cause? Such is The construction the people
South put this whole NATTER and hence the demon
R You Soa Rs 5e them unable and uDw np
resist you and the Senator from New York (Mr Seward)
a ao 5 that tho
the free and the savehodg States had ended by the for
meE winning the victory De and the rest Of you R
order Had the British Parliament believed that the colo
have occurred but Lord North others declared that
the ciamor America from few seditious agtators
s that they were ready to submit to the action
Of the Parliament they affirmed that there was no dan
solving with the mother country Our ancestors
wisely determined that the cannon of Great Britain were
less dangerous than her acts of Parliament
us look at this matter for few calmly At
this time the population of the South nearly thirteen
four million slaves. At the beginning of our Revolution
the population of the Colonies both free slave was less
than three Million The slavehoding States then far
than four times strong as We're the Colonies when
they dissolved the union with Great Britain.
is likely that after having been independent for eighty
years. people are less attached to their rights? But
many of your Abotonsts say that aveholdng has enfee
neither willing able to make defence. Edmund
Burke thought differently, and said that of all slave
holders We're ne most OF ther ana defend
not refer to the Of the Revolution when all the States
slavehoding but in the last with Great Britain
the Southern States sent out than the Northern
and has yet far have heard been pretended
that Harrison and Johnson Scott and Forsyth not
brave those who from the free States to the Canada
line, that Jackson and the under him in the South
west did not exhibit proper courage To the war with
Mexico though much the less popuous section the South
sent nearly twice many men as the North. leading
Black Republican editor that regiment from New
York would be able to conquer all the Southern States
regiment from the State of New York certainly conducted
itself well during the Mexican but has not think,
been affirmed that behaved better than the from
the savehodng States If therefore, think that of
your regiments is able to subdue the South, people will
probably differ with in opinion You say that fear of
the slaves will prevent any resistance to AS sudden
movement OF few negroes, stimulated by Abolition ennis
sarles, might destroy family or tWo there undoubtedly
apprehension felt Fifty persons, however, killed in this
country by vicious and unmanageabe horses to who
suffers from the act OF rebeous negro There is IN fact
about much apprehend general nsurrection
of the horses the slaves of the SOUTH when left to
themselves When, during the war OF 1872 the British
armies in the slavehodDg territory though they in
duced number of slaves to join them they found ad
vantage to result from it, and their Government paid for all
carried of the Though the Spartans
and Romans the Shareholders the world and
though too, they held in the most rigid servude of
their color and race aud therefore liable to rebel in
great force yet they strong enough TO overthrow all
their enemies In opinion the slaves positive ee
of strength they add the production
country while the white furnish soldiers enough
Every among accustomed to ride and to carry
weapons from his childhood.
There however, other important elements to be taken
into During the last fiscal year the exports
United States, exclusive of specie, s27S OOO of
this amount the free States furnished exclusively 00
the $e8 OOO and two sections Jointly
also OF this latter of 100000 slave
States probably furnished onehd but certainly onefourth
fourth amount exclusively furnished by them
makes total of $4,000 600 the value of their exports
foreign countries They also exported large amount to
the Tree States New England alone received about fifty
million dollars worth of southern productions and to the
OF the States DOUBTLESS The
exports the sayehodng States the free States and
foreign combined greatly have exceeded
$500 600 As the South sells this much Of
afford to buy like amount IT, therefore it constituted
separate Conederacy its imports would exceed $500 0OO
wa duty O. twenty per cent on this amount, which
would be lower rate than has generally been paid under
More than O000 900 of this could well be spared for
the dee of section and the support of larger armies
Government
strange to you that the South should in this way
large revenue as the whole Union has ever done
and this too with lower tariff you remember that
most OF the tariff taxes the South pays go fact the
shape of protection manufacturers who
TIL eaten with negro instructions and subjugaon DO
think that with these prospects before people, they
ale ready to submit uncondonaiy you They have the
strongest feelings contempt for the greedy
the canng and hypocrtca the mean enviouS, and mali
cious botonsts Little they may think of the free
he is in their Judgment respectable than
white man who comes down to his level; and with all the
world choose master FROM your negro worshpper
would be their last choice.
In making up cal ulatons look to the
other The population seventeen
or eighteen million. Though this is considerably more,
numerically than strength yet it much less relatively
than the population OF Great Britain in 1875 have
no doubt that people courageous, generally but
the best and bravest Of them ranks
and while they would defend their section, If attacked
doubt they would easily be induced to assa Many of
our Abolonss belong to the peace party" and have
little appetite for cold STEEL though they most efficient
in getting up popular clamors and formidable
baot-box. 1t also while every thing South
Europe under system Of free trade your Northeastern
Sta especially dependent the South for produc-
lions and relghts How many of your manufacturers and
mechanics would emigrate the south avoid pay
of tariff fit known that of the
stores New York could not be rented how much would
real property fall then? Deprived of Southern reights
W hat would tie the loss your shipping INTEREST,"
give you, in this calculation the benefit of the assumption
hat ali the free States would go with YOU In fact do
believe that the Northwest would connected with
New England still less that you could retain California
Oregon.
But you Senator's do not believe the South will resist
Look for moment at the of things there In those
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Of dsunonsts where there ten years ago By
1isunionists mean who would prefer see the Union
if the Constitution fairly administered but
have already deliberately come to the conclusion that
this impossible, and would willingly to-day Union
dissolved. In of the this constitutes de-
'ided majortes and in others where they the
further causes In my judgment the election of the
PRESIDENTIAL candidate OF the Black Republican party will
in the Contest of were such that no tonora
Die Southern could possibly belong to it, that
only extend their invitation to the Opposition
States What precise ntisavery platform they adopt
very important, they will make it SO as to
obtain he support of their moderate members, know
that the ultra will with them any how In fact
hey know that in the language the from New
York, (Mr SEwARD) circumstances determine possibi-
les, and that he and they willing at all times to do
al they can In power or out of IL to overthrow slavery
said however, that ought to wait for some overt
act and the Senator from New hampshire (r RALE the
other day declared that wrong nsoent
elected men to carry out TIER oieo That sena
wise and knows that when wishes to sub
Tue wild horse he treats the animal with the greatest kind
ness at hrst and commits OU act him until he ceI
md securely ed Suppose that your candidate known
be IN favor OF making treaty with Great Britain by which
The United States be eanDexed colonies that
country and he had been elected by the maturity votes
would the minority, who ght still wish to preserve their
be bound to wait until the treaty had been
actually ratified, and British armies had taken possession
The untry and begun to matreat the inhabans In the
present the Inauguration of your candidate makes
lm commander OF the army and navy One of his first
would be, doubtless, to station them advantageously while
1t the same time, he could carefully the South
oil the public arms lest the people should take them de-
he would fill the Southern States with postmasters
and other officials whose efforts would be directed to dvd
ng as much possible the people of the South and to
forming connections with the Doubtless