, 1860-01-09
Tie Future Of tho North and s an1la--
A Picture Tlyidjy tFAxyn, AAd kccll
by the aid OF Gas Light.

To correspondent Of the Wilmington. q.
c. XSafd, VIC are indebted for hearty lau.l,
US no doubt all our readers will be alter girtn:,
tic following imaginative description Of ,l,e fu-
turc Of the Worth and South perusal. We
rejoice that Fayetteville has been lighted with
rms. but whether tlIst article il manufactured
from coal Or the brains Of the citizens, the VIII
Ter docs not intern us. However, VIC will not
keep the reader longer from teast 60 r1cll
Hear what he says:
"Lel The pcople Of the North, led on by these
impious fanatics, dissolve this glorious Union II
1hcy will, and then stand alone. bankrupt and
d.frncisst. Their osl'crity will be gone; the
mighty din OF their rma1nlactorIes viii no longer
be heard; tho busy hum Of industry will oe
h,,shed: steam will censc 10 blow lis trumpet in
their land and on th=ir waters. and the white
wings Of their commerce will be folded forever
The but would 1uttcr iu thelr chambers. ind up
aud down tI.cir stairways the luatGsoinc todd
would lean. .TlIe fox would rrowl in their inar-
ket placcs; and the owls pcrclled upon the tot
tcrjng stceples Of their churches, would boot
over the scone Of their dcsolation. Lat them
dissolve the Union, aud will, the great moral
and physical resources the South possesses,
she can and will maintain herself: With her
..st exports size cati bling the commerce ol
tile world kuectius at 1Ier portals, and imtlor
ing her patronage With the Sceptre vi hlns
Cotton she CHI dictate to both did and New
Enslanl the terms o. intercourse, and oemano
Stauding upon tue nrm hasis oi scparate
AMI independent sovereignty, the repose and
,crnlunence of her reculiur institutions would
be secured. There would tl,eu be no violation
oE tie Constitution, under tue uluIs. ol which
she could find no safety and protection.
Let them d'ssolys the oalon' ana tue sonlll
would lr free and uuresuuiued to carve out her
destiny; and by the consccraftd bones OF our
ancestors, whose blood runs in our veins, We
| will leare them, and, nnencumbered by their
| foul and leprous association, we will fliuuuei
On i'll the path Of our prcdcstined 1narcii, anu
| tic "corridors Of tiuie." %ll rcsound WIN
The echoes sf our victorious footsteps, and the
pages Of history will :srow forever with thu 10
ripi.s splcndors Of our impsrisl.ablc deeds. Re.
]ra,cd from Northern monopoly and CONNER
cial. vassaiusc. the South could supply hersest
from ;trou1 with ali she needs A'on:5, het
coast the necessities Of her traGcs would erect
rrcat cities. to stand ns the scntinets Of COIN
mcrce. vnicl,ip: tie winged carriers Of her
riches in their light across the waters. From
her ports gigantic steamers will glide Onward ii
/ their fuu,nin. paths. frci.!ted tor fur distant
]unds, aud as they dash OH, sending tht
| smoke Of their fnrnaces urto Heaven, let then
resemble calumets Of peace which natlon
friendship. Ifthe Union be dissolved. our great
ness viii not stop here. Without The Tear Q
having our territory taken from US as hereto
! fore. mud made fire. States Of after beln. 1e
nu;rcd by our blood and treasure. NE will 70 o1
in obedience to tie impulses OF our destiny
md touching with the magic wund of - our rfo e:
t.srcss tie dry bones Of the Spanish Repubtic
Of this continent. they shall spring up into lift
u,,d Under the influence our institutions BE- Il
!. longer hlots and stigmus Gu The map Of nation
and Of tune.
Nor need our path be bloody, or eur Polic
up,ichtcous or unjust; but pouring the tide I
; our people and principles into the land o.
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