Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-12-13
Jour New Yorl Correspondence. !.


DEAR SIX: Your noble and manly stand in defence
OF the Constitution and the Union entities you to
the gratitude of every lover Of his country-every
lover of his race. Even those who are now red hot
Tor secession If their efforts to destroy the country
are successful, will, amid the horrors of that dark
hour, look back upon your position with regret
that they had not needed your wise and moderate
counsels; and if the Almighty should in his mercy
stay this torrent of ruin, if the present efforts of
the deStructives are thwarted those who are now
their dnpes WILL when reason succeeds to passion,
rise up and bless you for your agency in checking
their headlong race to perdition tr,.
have been Democrat of the National school.
During the last campaign was supporter Of Mr..
Breckenridge, and deeply regret that he was not
elected, as he would have been had he been the
only candidate of the Democratic party The sue
cess of the Republicans is not due to the popularity
oil their platform, but the division in the ranks of
their opponents
1t is folly to say that the people Of the North
hostile To the South to any of their institutions
There are fanatics North, and are there misguid
ed and wicked men every where. Such is human
nature.
But majority, very large majority, of the peo-
pie love the South brethren belonging to one
great famiy-constituen parts with themselves of
one OF the greatest nations in the world-bound,
less disrupted to be the greatest nation the face
Of the globe, and were the question now put to the
people Of the North of meddlng with the institution
Of slavery in the South or even of supporting the
Republican platform, the question would be negatiyed
two to one. And were a Democratic candidate, of
respectable character and conservative antecedents
now put in nomination, were he Northern man
Southern man, the North would give him very
large majority vote Should the present difficulties
be reconciled and the South remain in the Union,
it is the intention of all the influential Union men
North to rally in one grand Union party, and here
after the Republicans will have no power. Indeed
its own success must be its ruin if LEFT alone,
and from it henccforth the South has nothing to
fear
Let us consider what the South has to gain by
disunion
South Carolina, and especially Charleston thinks
that she is to accomplish great things for herself by
breaking up the nation. Ii is supposed that the
capital Of the Southern Confederacy would be loca
ted in that State, and that she would be sort OF
dictator to the entire South. In this think she
will be mistaken She will find that the South has
not broken away from the restraints of the Union
to be subservient to little section; and think
that the South will lind her troublesome to their
Confederacy she has ever been to the nation at
| large
But, say the people of Charleston, 1--WE will open
our port to free trade, and thus secure large i'm
| porting business" This is a vain dcusion. The
people Of the North will permit their principal
seaport to be injured by any such action this Ii
the tariff of the Southern States any Of them,
acting as a separate nation, is reduced the North
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enough to meet the emergency, even to the abolish
ing Of all imposts; the North being quite as compe-
tent to sustain their government by direct taxation
the South.
There are certain physical advantages Of harbor
climate, &c, and certain immutable laws of trade
which have prevailed for the last century in favor of
New York. and which will still continue to prevail
| notwithstanding all that South Carolina do
But we will tax goods coming from the North and
admit the productions, say they, of other nations
free, when imported direct
;. All this may seem very pretty in theory, but no
forcing system operating upon trade will long be
endured by patient people. An independent
people claim the right obtain their necesSaries and
luxuries wherever they do so to best advantage
and the people of the South will never submit to
heavy taxation, and severe inconvenience, to build
up Charleston or any other locality. What, then,
has the South to gain oy secession? The rendition
of their fugitive slaves. The question has already
been asked in the South, chow many fugitives do
| we recover from Canada and Mexico? And how
many will we recover when the Constitution being
abrogated, the Northern States become to us Cana
da and Mexicoy' They want their rights in the ter
ritories Well, how much of-the territories think
| you will State acquire which goes out of the
Union without the consent of her sister States p
Perhaps there exists in the minds OF some, lurking
idea, that by secession re-Opcning OF the slave
trade may be accomplished This is mistake
England and France together with the Northern
States. will take measures to prevent the carrying
of that trade and the North will then be relieved
from present difficulty in suppressing that trade,
viz: interest within the nation favorable to It,
word now to as the tariff question. That the
present tariff is barely sufficient to support the ex.
penseS of the government is evident, for the fact
that within the last three years the government has
been obliged to borrow large sum of money, and
that now the treasury is almost empty. That. the
articles taxed not exactly the right ones is per-
haps true, but after the 4th of March next, there
will be in Congress large majority who will be in
favor of a tariff only, and | am persuaded
that such also are Mr. Lincolns views. There will
then he difficulty in modifying the tariff as to
make it perfectly acceptable TO the South.
There is more money spent for the South than is
raised from the South. The Navy, very costly
establishment, is certainly Of more importance to
the South which has extended sea coast and large
interest in commerce, than it is to the West and
Northwest which have neither coast or direct
trade, and yet have population larger than the
South, and who pay their tax in the shape Of an
enhanced price of the imported articles which they
consume. Then there the forts and light houses
to be erected and kept up There is the diplomatic
corps, certainly of more Importance to the South
than to the interior States 1t is evident that to
the benefit received the South takes back more than
its proportion according to payment.
How does the South expect to support its govern.
ment By direct taxation. Has the cost been count.
ed? There must be fleet to protect her commerce
upon the seas, and make her flag respected abroad
There must be diplomatic corps. There are innu
merabe expenses enough to consume the entire pro-
duction of SouthCarolina every year before any.
thing like respectable appearance will be present
| ed The South-South-Caroli especially, are
prompt to resent injuries they should therefore have
some little show of strength. Are the planters o
the South prepared to give up large portion Of
their annual production to pay for the luxury of Sc
cesson? Six months practical working of the ACT
would bring recoil which would exterminate al
the leaders in this unwise project And the people
would gladly rush back into the arms of the great
nation of which they now form an honorable const
tuent part
/ | have considered this subject as in condition Of