Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-09
THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE THE UNION.

10 the Editor of the Whig
have been reading with deep interest and warm ap-
prova your rec spirited and patriotic editorials tue
uty of the Sout in the present alarming condition
the country and whilst Southern man. wish to see
YOUR suggestions practically adopted by every savehold
ing Staeas Union man, | am equally anxious TO
carried out tie views YOU so ably and vigorously
maintaining For feel fully convinced after long and
anxously watching the history and tendency of public
events that it is the only by which the Union
be saved the only plan whereby speedy dissolution Of
the Government be prevented. It's evident to eve
ry intelligent mind that the Anti-Sayery sentiment Of
the North must change aud radically changeo the North
ern and Southern people cease to live together unit
ed and friendly people The question then with every
Union.loving man is how can this change be effected
What measures ought be taken to stay this tide Of
Northern anacism that is sweeping ruhessly over
our most sacred Constitutional rights: | firmly believe
there is but way to check the mad sirit OF Abo-
tonism and save the Unionand that to appeal to the
material interests Of the North in plain Engsh touch
the pockets of our Yankee brethren. We have long
and earnestly appealed to their patriotism, justice and
sense of constitutional obligation-but to purpose
The more we have cntreated the deeper their hostility
and more aggressive their acts Finding them unatect-
ed by reason argument considerations of National in.
terest our only alternative is to play upon the money
chord-tO demonstrate the value in dollars and cents OF
the South they love so much to denounce and def.me
Non-interco,vse is the remedy and the only remedy.
Only suspend our commercial intercourse with the North
and complete reNOlulOn would take place
Let the cotton and sugar. and rice and tobacco, and
hemp and wheat crops of 1860 be sent to Europe and
it would make paupers and beggar of half Of freedom
shrieking New England Let Southern merchants 20 to
Baltimore Alexandria Richmond and Norfolk instead OF
Boston, New York and Philadelphia and it would bank
rupt those 'princey merchants who daily abuse that
South upon whose patronage they have grown nso-
lenty fat Let us cease 20 North for teachers for
families and professors for Coleges-let take no
more papers magazines books that in any way pander
TO this anti-smyery sentimcnt-let pass our
summers in the North-enriching with patronage an
abusive and nsolen enemy-n short, let throw Oft,
in every possible way our dependence upon Yankeedom
and encourage Southern interests do this and it would
bring the Northern TO Their senses showing them
irhat and rbcre their interests
Adopt such policy of uon-intercourse, and it would
make the best OF patriots of those rantng fanatics whose
bread and butter depends upon the orders" from the
youth We have been talking long enough we should
now act Actions can effect what the finest reasoning,
the submest eoquence and the tenderes appeals have
failed to do Show the North that without the Union
they would be bankrupted and ruiued-hat every mate
rial interest would be destroyed-and they will place
higher estimate upon value and make gelter effort
for its preservation II this shall fail arouse
the Northern mind true of duty and patriotism,
there i, then no hope the country but the two
tons unable to live together in anity aud peace must
prepire for that dissolution whose final issues no man
can foresee. SOUTH.