, 1860-10-30
THE DISUNION HOWL.

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have outrun her receipts. As in the North
west in 1856, prosperity has stimulated ex-
travagancc, and instead Of trcasuring up
the proceeds Of her crops, they hnve been
spent, not in permanent and remuneratiTe
improvements, hut in riotous living. For
the last three years she has afforded the
principal market for the gimcrackery and
gewgawery Of the foreign workshops, for |
the tobaccos Of Cuba, the wines, brandies |
and silks Of France the pianos, haber-
dashery and Yankee notions Of the North.
She has always had slovenly, hand-to-
mouth way Of living. Log-cabins with dirt
OF puncheon floors; but plenty Of race-
horses and duelling pistols for the men,
zhowy jewely and tashy silks for the wo-
men, and wasteful, riotous way Of living |
for all-these are the characteristics Of |
Southern domestic economy. Such sav-
ings Us haye been made have been invested
IN niggers at enormous prices, and they are
commodities which have no available or
commercial value, because they are not
merchantable any where out Of the Slave
States. Cnlike the herds Of sheep, cattle
and horses of the North and West the
contents Of our immense granaries, the pro-
ducts Of our mines, smsll workshops and
great manufacturing establishments, they
are ruled out Of al but Southern markets;
aud even in these, az soon as the first note
: of disunioa is sounded, slave property will
become restivc, and in price take down.
ward shoot from which no whips will drive
it back. TO raise cotton to buy more mig
gers, and to buy more niggezs to raise more
cotton, has been the aim Of all Southern
men-saving enough ont Of the margins all
around to live in a semi-barbarous way at
home, and to make IN annual splurge in
some city or watering place at the North.
Such is the ordinary economy and ordl"
nary condition OF the Slave States, just as
soon as one gel, away from the border which
divides then, from the West and North. but
this year the South is unusually poor: She
has short crop Of cotton and little OF no
com; bnt she has enormous debts which
are pressing upon her banks, her merchants
and her planters. Her exports must be
light, and her imports Of food unusually
heavy. In many extensive districts famine
stsres her slaves In the face, and is pinch
ing the poor whites as they were never
pipched before The revulsion- the time
70, settlement and paymnt-has come.
The luxu1ies and cxtraragances Of the four
or sir past years must be stoned for, and
the penalty will be inst that which we of
the Northwest began to pay in 1857, and
which Is not NIL exacted yet
The politicians Of the South are not fools.
In ali their apparent madness there is an
admirable method With such state Of
their domestic matters, though their people
were ali prepared for the fatal step which IS
to take them oct Of the Onion, they would
not venture upon the trial now. They
have not the means to make good their pre-
tensions. 4 pcaccahle disunion is impossi..
bic. No administration could or would
permit defiance Of the laws to pass with
out an attempt to enforce them with all the
means at its command; and that attempt
would bring on collision How is the
south tc sustain the shock? Where are
the munitions Of war? Where is hernayy1
Where are her armies and her powder
mills? Where are her artisans to create
the material resources Of a single campaign
And, lastly. where arc guarantys Of csedi
with which, when money fails, successful
rebellion is to be carried on? =.
With a]l her Boosting, the South ia veal
and neree was more unprepared for dis
unioa thA1 she is to-day. We say nothing
oftte danger to arise from her slaye1'opu
1atiou-four negnoes to six white men-as
soou as blow is struck and the hand o
Federal power is Withdrawn That wouls
hefearful and uncomfortable; but we throw
Il out Of the count tand look 1t her as
made up Of white men alone. She VIII not
for any provvocahon that Lincoln will give
venture upon the rocks upon which he
Aro-eating helmsmen are urging her. fzu
dence and common sense forbid :Th
masses Of her people, like the people Of tn
North, have no appetite Tor civil strife
They have an interest in the pe.petuity Q
the government and the upholding Of th
Union iaea They want no war. Let n
s1onei il their cry; and as soon as the.
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