Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-02-21
WRONGS AND REMEDIES OF THE SOUTH-N0R-
THERN NCLLIFlCATION-CAN TIE UNION BE
FRE-ERNEpy

TuERN NCLLIF4JAIlJN-CAN TIE JNlpN De
PRESERYEDy
T. would b. l-eyrmp.u5us in the last degree to set
up any pre.eusiol 20 originality IN the treatment OF
theme Which eugosses the thoughts %! every intelligent
mind But, knowing that these occasional papers can
give no trouble 20 any unless voluntarily incurred, and
hoping they may possibly lead those who mayread them,
% more thorough investigation aud soInder cOncIn-
sions coatnue tine task have undertaken OF exposing
the injuries aud examining the deicuces oil the south
There are occasions when the old maxim may be reyers-
ed and when t is better be rcproachcd for speech,
than taxed for seuccbcttcr 70 give gtoundiess alarm
than omit = timely warning.
The cry of danger avn aware, may be so often re-
heated that the warnings OF Inspired Prophecy may
come 10 be e regarded as the idle croakng' oil the
raven Nevertheless, that our country and her nSuu-
tons greatly mpeu,ed, i fact, and one TOO SOL
cmn TO pass Undecided. True IL may be said, the same
alarm has been sounded for years nevertheless, danger
erist, and has been advancing with ccaseless strides,
I'LL now "his form of Giant mould Is in our mds-at-
tested by deeds Of blood The rt blow has been struck
aimed by traitorous conspiracy at the vitls OF our
ancient Commonweal;h-and felt in every fibre by the
States of the South whose ruin 1t was equally designed
10 ACCOMPLISH The blood-stauCd actors, stern justice
has consigned deaths OF iniamy the prime movers yet
uuharmed-"nqy profit By their example,
Let US pause a moment ponder on the condition to
which a land blessed by Heaven with every precious
gilt" has been brought by the wickedness Of man. How
comes IL pass that civilized peope-inhabtng con
tiguOus StltcS-haying the same origin, language ana
region-fted well by diversity OF pursuits and pro-
ducts as by position for amcable sud profitable inter-
course-whose sres plghted comrades in arms against
a common oppreSsor, bcqueathed to them bright exam
pies of every virtue and the blessings Of Liberty Union
and Peace-how comes it that such people, who thus
triply banded together,
"Have sprung at once to giant size, IN arts
And arms towering above their sluggish elders"
should now-forgetful of their solemn covenants
nOw-n the full glow Of prosperity, aud bidding iair
to outgrow in wealth, numbers and dominion, all the
nations Of the globe-be found inspired by implacable
hate the hand and revenge on the Otner, ready
to sunder all the ties which bind them and "et slip the
dogs Of war? How comes it. above all that the aggres
should be found in States chief gamers by the Fede
raj Uuon States whose plains, comparatively sterile
have been made smile with painted cottages and mar
BILE mansions with busy workshops and thriving villages
and magnificent cities; aud whose thrifty laborerS and
artizans have been fed and clothed and enriched mainly
through means of gainiu traffic with the ters OF
kiudlier SOIL against whom they wage unprovoked hos
tlites? Whence comes this Who they have brought
these caames upon themselves their brethren and their
country? The traitors manifest as the treason.
When the future historian shall record the troubles and
dissensOns of day, which have at length resulted in
the invasion Of Virginia and the murder OF her sons be-
meath her own roof-nOt her fair name will he rest
the stigma nor will he Law the guilt chiefly the inlet
tered bandit who assaied her domichc will point to
the leaders of that dark faction which, to great extent
weld the political power Of the North.
Let not be said this IS the outpouring of Southern
wrath aud prejudice We may appeal to the thousands
and tens of thousands of their brethren-amougs
them their most eminent AID honored statesmen, who por
ay their principles and motives in colors as black the
name they bear or the cause they spouse
But why cali for proofs. "By their own tongues are
they coniemnedg' The sentiments they avow revolt
ting to honor justice and humauity-"full Of nsurrec
ton treason aud murder'-and such tie fruits by
,-tieh re kg0g ttsla.
Under the purest Of religious systems whatsoever con-
ceiveth sinful wish or purpose hath already committed
that sin in his heart In the code Of morals all men of
sound mind are accountable for the obvious probable
consequences of their acts Not the insugAtors or
aders only OF robbery and assassination but the meters
and approyers areiH their hsdrroooeTs and as'SsSlns
What was IT, but the subtle and esutca dogmas Of the
mock Republicans their "Irrepressble ConHict aud
"Hghsr Law" which perverted the judgments and cor