Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-01-23
Frbmth Richmond Dispatch Of The 10Th inst
Gould the North Slbdue tho aSOnth-

Could the North Snbdue lllf tsons El+s
We alluded yesterday to the remarks
Of Mr.. HIcKaAk, in the yet uaorgaplzed
House Of Representative, with regard 20
the steps which. the North would take
should the South think proper 70 With
draw from The Union. We indicated the
certainly that the non slayetelda States
could not hold together, and tie impossi,
bility therefore Of their precipItatlng their
whole. weight upon slayeholdihg portions
Of the Ulion. We now go farther and
say, that.the North could not salbdae Us.
although ii slfouldali hold together.
Those who remember the Mexican war.
remember likewise the difficulty Of rails
ing men IN New England, and the resdiss
ness with which they offered themselves
in the Southwest. Nhife Massachusetts
was raising single regiment. Tennessee,
III we recollect correctly, offered the gov
eminent between thirty and brtly. NOW,
we do NOT remember Whit the population
Of Tennessee, is, but we feel assured
that it is not. larger than thatof Massa-
chusetts !; j. at any rate, it is not % much
larger US. to Justify any such result as
that indicated. There must pc a. special
reason for 50 greatEa difference, and i Is
to be found III the difference. between the
SYSTEMS Of labor established in the two
countries. In Massachusetts ALL that
portion OF the population which 3eonsti-
5tute its bone and sinews-all that Ror-
Lien, Id other words, WHICH would be
called on to. serve in the ranks. JIM the
event. Of war--support tilemselye by their
own labor. TO leave his farm or4his
work shop, would be to ruin the soldiers
affairs. He is, therefore, naturally
enough, very 10th 10 make the sacrifices,
Hence the difficulty of raising volunteers
in New England. Il is'not that the peo-
pie are not as brave as elsewhere, bnt
they do not leave their homes for militia
~ service without great reluctance, be-
cause they know that to dose IA TO expose
themselves 10 ruin. In4Tennesse, on the
contrary, the work is aone BY slaves. M !.
The population. are either owners OF
slaves, or non Shareholders who cannot
so easily be injured BY abandoning their
homes. This is the case throughout the
South. In the Southwest, moreover, ar
dent spirits, always ripe for any enter
prise, abound above all other countries
in the world. Nothing could suit these
men better than a war, and a great many
Of them are DESTROYS of having, tlo matter
with whom. In the South,no volunteer,
whatever Northern people may foolishlg.
imagine, ever feels any apprehensloI of
leaving his. family With bis seryantsf-77
He knows that no commauity-on earth is
SO safe, or SO little liable 10 be injuredfbY
any. species Of outbreak as the Southern
community. Hence, in the event Of war,
the South would, Of herself, be able to
raise much larger army than The North,
and to maintain it too, much more easily
than, the North. i
b For, as we took occasion Id explain
yesterday, the North is absolutely dnd
utterly dependent. upon the Seath. To
the South she sells niae-tenths Of every
thing she produces. Take away her
Southern market and she Is nothing II
The entire amount of all she raises and
exports is. less than eighty millions Of
dollars. The rest Of her, exports, Ia
mounting to nearly two hundred millions
Of dollars, she introduces from the South.
How is she to, make up the difference
when the South shall have been entirely
cut of from her ? To separate her from
the South would be to reduce her to In
slant, universal and :irremediable bank
ruptcy. Far from maintaining armies to
fight the South. she would be unable to
keep her population .frem absolute starya-
ton. 9sFarpfrom sending men ato eight
other people, she would find civil war
Of the most ferocious eharacters--a civil
war stimulated BY absolute want raging
in her own bosom and tearing at8her very
yitaIs,. Far from having TO- 60 abroad
for asfght, she would find everybody
fighting at home. If it be supposed that
this condition of affairs would but pre-
.cipitate the Iarger force upon our Dor.
ders, we answer, that armies must be pr.
ganized before they can march, and
without money, and without credit. how
could she organize an army? For II il
absolutely certain that, having no Longer
any dependence upon5 thegreat ekports'oi
the South, she could not command a dpl.
lar upon any exchange ID, Europe.
With the South, the case would be Jfal
different, The South, by virtue of3liel
staples, could command her own terms
lin the money markets Of Europe. lie
lgreat staple Of cotton makes her mistress
Iofthe world more especially i makes
Iher mistresst Of England. It was tha
lstapie that built up Liverpool and Glas,
gov. It was that staple that enabled
\ England to subsidise al Europe agaihls
1 NApoLEoE, and to come out victoriousEir
1.-THE struggle. It is that staple that sup
tports the British government. Take /
Iaway tomorrow, and the throne! of Vic
1ToRIA Is not worth the wood out of Whisel
Eit is made. England has been for ,
whole generation devising means to- OBJ
Hlain ii on the best terms. Let the Soutl
fsay to her, that she shall have It free 10
leost, or at a mere nominal duty upor
English fabrics as the price-let he
throw her ports wide open to England
land isithere any sum which she Wpuk
lrefuse II, Tell her she. shall have. thii
i great Southern market. which our tariff
EhaYe secured to Northern MUM actnfe