Smyrna times., 1860-12-20
The Breakers Ahead,

Every man, lnqusitive of the future. and
anxious for the welfare of humanity. mnst no
peerIng eagerly in these days through the
WlS's that he over our national course. We
see breakers through the darkness and hear
the roar OF the storm, and wonder anxiouslv
whe'her we are to pass safely through as we
nave SO often done before, or what preat dis.
aS'eF may imPend over US. What is to be the
Issue every one continually asks. At length
American politics have taken on themselves
dignity equal TO that of the questions which
conVulss the Old World. We no Iopoer con.
tend over petty matters Of finance or party
success; but the question is, the continuance
or disruption OF Government, the formation
OF new Power among the nations Of the
"orid' and the grand and formidable results
winch may follow such vast changes.
Buck OF all the anxiety and manic of,bo
northern States, lies a vague conviction, sell
oom expressed, but growing daily stronger.
that this collision is much deeper than il an.
pears on The surface; that it is what the noli.
cal Cassandras have SO often foretold-tbo
maj and inevitable clash.ng OF two iDcomoat..
bic systems of society.
we shall hope much from the intended mon.
suFes OF Cancellation. But in the unhannv case
that they should net succeed, it becomes ms 10
look at all the possible eventualitles before
this nation. O0iO'e
IL Is scarcely probable that, under anv cir
cumstances, any States will secede from, tbis
Union, besides the six Cotton Statss-n,meIv
North and South Carolina, Georgia. Florids
Mississippi and Alabama.
We may assume, then, that these six States
with say 100000 white inhabitants and
2,2OO,OOO slaves, would form the new Sontb.
ern Contedercy. Having violently seeded
Ihey could not, of course, claim any share in
the Territories of the United States, and aust
De confined strictly within their own borders
lneIr hrst great ohJect-ior which all this
struggle mas been mads-would be the i'm.
potestlon OF cheap labor by the Slave-trade.-I
In armed shlPs or last sailing vessels adapted
70 run INTO the numerous bays that indent the
coast, negroes in great numbers would he in.
troduced from Africa. Nothing eould who'll
prevent this. All the fleets of Eurons onJ
America could not cut off entirely such nroG.
taole trade-even though each SLAYER were
treated by the laws of nations as a pirsta-
Inc cotton and rice fields OF the Caroiinas the
uhcuitlVated bottoms of Alabama and Missis. |
SiPP'' the uplands Of Georgia, and the vast
cotlon helds OF Texas-even though she be. |
longad to another COnfcderacy-would swarm
win DarOar0us, ignorant Africans, COSTING liz. |
tie' ano therefore soon made away with by ex.
IRENE labor, as they have been in Cuba.
MORE strict avs and more bloody treatment
must OF necessity be resorted to with such /,
vast ana dangerous population. Whatever of
P4Liarchal system had hitherto prevailed
III the kindly homes of those States, would of
necessity be dropped in the needs of srrict
and merchess despotisIn. Then would anneor
IN our Southern States, before the worid y.
Dar04rc Commonwealth, supported bv armed
power, and based Oh millions of abiect Slaves
For the first wears wealth will flow INTO il. for
all sound English authorities lead us 10 belicvo
that the demand for cotton in Europe would
increase equally with any possible increase of
supply, and that the price might not at all fall
IN the proportion of the increase of quantity
Like all arlstocratic Republics, the leaders
would be quarrelng among themselves. and
ambitious demagogues would use the ncreas.
ngly ignorant masses us they do now, for mis-.
erable personal ambition. Civil contentious
anarchy, outbreaks Of men and revolution. and
all the accompanimeBts of despotic States in
tropical climates would burst forth. And then
would arse, p rlentous over the Southern sky.
he spectre so long dreeded-sIaVe insurree
ion Not such revoIts as might appear now
n wide seperate localities, Of Ella YES long nc.
;us omed to uhjeclion-outbreaks easily uut
!own, and having pitted against Them the
Whole power o our great natlon-but III ehty