Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-05
Thoughts for Ref,eetIne Pcople.

Thoughts for Rejecting People.
COTToN CoNFEDERAcY-TH EFFECT on
THE BORDER SLAVE SrATEs.-We find in the
Kanawha (Va.) republican the following vivid
sketch of the Consequences likely to rise
from the destruction of the Union and the
formation of a Cotton Gonfederacy:
But let US come little nearer home: let
US take practical, common sense view of
this matter How are We of the border to
be affected by such step? What will be the
result so far as We are concerned In the
hrst place, negro property-and it is about
this property that the whole difficulty has
grown up-will disappear, tor no one will
risk an investment so insecure. All the ne
groes that do not run off viii be taken South
| and sold at prices runousfy low. because of
the large number thus thrown into market
next, We do not raise cotton, and we will be
| OverpOwered by the cotton interest, for bear
in mind that our Southern Confederacy is to
| be founded on the idea that COTTON is King"
and all other interests are TO be made sub
servient to that. Again: We are as yet with
| out manufactures, aud our supplies must
| come from distance. We have no CONNER
/ cial connection with the eastern part of the
State for the want of internal improvements;
and our supplies will have to be purchased
in the cities of the Northern COnfederacy, or
wagoned over the mountains at ruinous
! cost to the consumers-say % cents pound
| fer sugar and double as much for coffee.
| The outlet for all we produce will be on the
border of the Northern COnfederacy, and
every bushel of corn. wheat, COAL potatoes,
beans, our hay, oats. coal oil, and. in a word,
our surplus products of every kind will either
| be left on cur hands or will be subjected to
the impOst duties imposed by this Northern
| Confederacy.
So far we have gone on the presumption
| that the Union would be dissolved peaceably
| but who dreams of any such thing 4? No one,
| except some such retired philosopher as
| Willougbby Newton, who has nursed this
Disunion scheme in his own disOrdered inn
! aginatiOn until he has become monomaniac
OF the subject, and sees in the future only
the fuIniIIGrIU OF his hUU,g, of llierninni=ra as
his diseased mind has painted 1t. The othor
DisuniOn leaders are of the same stamp. But
how long would it be, if we dissolved peace
ably before we would be involved in civil
war not thirty days. The first negro that
ran off--the first difficulty that occurred be-
tween individuals on opposite sides OF the
Ohio river, would be ma gnified into national
aggressons; then would come reclamatiOns |
aud encroachments from one side. and from
side the other, taunts, jeers, and thousand
things to stir up i'll feeling and hot blood, |
and Immediately the whole border would be |
involved in strife and civil war. Bloodshed |
and houSe-burning, rapine, famine, and mid |
night forages would be the order of the day |
all along the border, and only on the border. |
And when this occurred, who would do the |
lighting? The brave sons Of the soil: and |
who would pay the expenses7 The men who |
did the fighting. Who would run all the |
risks aud get none OF the profits? The men |
who bore the expenses. The citizens of every |
border county would be organized a |
standing army. loaded with taxes, and |
crushed by high prices--for they would have |
to buy all their supplies. And what will be |
our remuneration for all this? Read il in |
the iOrsaken, pillaged homes, and smiling |
farms untenanted; our hills and valley, now |
vocal with thrift, and industry, and joyous in
peace, dcpOpulated and waste.
Instead of cultivated fields, Lowing herds, |
bleating fiocks, and loaded vineyards, the |
wild beasts, and the forests, will assert and |
resume their say. Instead of the ring of |
the woodman's axe, the merry carol of the |
boy at his pillow, the hammer and saw of the |
artisan, and the mechanic, will be heard the |
crack of the deadly rifle, the tread of armed |
men, the rattle of the drum, the booming of |
cannon, the wall of the widow, and the cry of |
the orphan. And instead of the peac afu sleep
of the laboring man he will have to stand senti-
mel over his premises, lest his little all be des-
trOyed. and his house burned over his wife, |
and children. Read the history of civil war
in Kansas, and say whether you can look
W. will not s"fier alone; the other side will
suffer as much as we. Grant it. Does that
make our condition aly more desirable? Not
one whit; and this is but a tame picture of
what disunion would produce on our border.
And when this all comes, where will your
disurion leaders be ? Yancey, Rhett & Co.
fighting side by side with you? All, no.
They are too sharp for that. Mr.. Willough-
by Newton will wrop himself up snugly in his
philosophical retirement. Mir. Boyce will be
lecturing on Southern rights, and demon
strating the stability OF a government found
ed on cotton. Mr.. Toombs will be engaged
in proving the superiority of Southern civil
lization. Mr.. Keitt will be riding in his car
riage. Mr Rhett will be studying the fine
arts in Rome and teaching the Italians State
Rights Democracy. And Mr.. Yancey will be
in London or Paris, settling accounts with his
cotton brokers over sparkling champagne
All of them at safe and healthy distance
from the scene of turmoil and conflict which
they have involved us in. They will have
no fears for the contest. Though it cost us
the last cent in our purses, and the last drop
of blood in our veins, tIey know it viii be
given, and given freely, if they can only
manage to 'precipitate revolution" They
know that with the strong arms, stalwart
frames. and brave hearts OF the border, be-
tween them and a Northern Conlrderacy,
they have nothing to fear. They know that
there the hgnt VIII DeSlR, there the hight VIII
continue, and there the fight will end al
though thereby that border will be prostra-
ted in every interest that enhances prOspeTi-
ty, or aids the progress and happiness of
people.
We write these things with a solemn con-
viction of the dangers and difficulties into
which these disuniOn leaders would hurry us,
and we earnestly beg our readers TO ponder
them in all seriousness. Talk this matter
over with your neighbors. and ask yourselves
if you are ready tor such crisis: and in
view Of your responsibility to the Ruler of
Nations, for the preservation of the rich
He has bestowed on Us as a pee, ]
ple-of your responsibility to your posterity
for the part you may take in this matter-so
vote, in the approaching election, as 10 avert,
if possible, these dire culamities, to rebuke
those who would engulph us, and our COMMON
in this vortex of destruction, and
transmit uncurtailed to future ages, those
blessings which have been vouchsafed to US
as nation, by that benign Providence, which
lead the armies of our infant Republic
through the dark and trying days and bloody
scenes OF the revolution.