Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-29
From the Columbus (Ga.) Corner Stone


The question is frequently asked, "wh 1t will
be the effect when the south gU-s out OF the
Union 2"
a very little reflection will enable every man
to answer this question 1or himself What
does any man in Georgia know of the action
or The general government which is beneficial
to him Ii does not protect either his person
Or his property. Ii man knocks him down.
he goes TO his state courts and not 10 the led
eraI courts tor redress if he owes him money,
he sues III the state aud not in the federal
courts. If he wan law passed tor his ben
Cit, CT lbs protection, lie goes 10 his own leg
lSiature and not to congress. SO tar then as
protection to persons OF property Is concerned,
he looks entirely to his own state and nowhere
else. Every law that has ever been passed by
the congress OF the United States might be re
pealed to-day without in any manner affecting
lnJurlousIy either rhy rights or the interests OF
the people OF Georgia. Ii this were d jne of
course Georgia would, for all practical pu1,us-
es, be out OF the Union, and every thing would
go on just as ii does now, with TWO exec ptiuns
to which we shall refer presently.
We hear those meu who are so much Geyot-
ed to the Union say great deal about It's
blessings. We should like TO hear sume of
them sum up the actual blessings they uerive
from it, They say we have prospered-so
have the people OF Cnba, OF England, and OF
France. The sun never sh0ne upou Il more
prosperous people than our fathers III their CO.
lonial state, under the Brush government
The truth is that all people prosper, not by the
aid OF government, but i'll spite OF it and this
Is emncnty true OF the southern states. 1t
rrqnilesa very bad government to keep PEG
PIE rom prospecting.
There are but two things in which The action
OF the federal government is felt in Georgia
One OF them is convenience which the state
government could supply just assweIl, and III
dlvlduals better; the other is burden, and a
very heavy one, Of winch She would be- re-
lleved. We aliuIe to the post offices and the
tariff. 1t, therefore, Georgia were relieved en-
urely from all connection with the other
states, she might suffer temporary in3onven-
fence for matt facilities, but TINS would be- light
and OF but short duration; The railroads and
express companies wOull, to very large eX
tent, supply them at once. 70 counterba ance
Tins, only light and temporary Inconvenience
she would at once be relieved OF il tax of many
millions OF dollars, which, by the operation OF
the tariff, she pays annually to the govern
ment, and which bids tair not only TO increase,
but to exist for all time to come.
80 far as we are concerned, the first result
to us will be the flowing upon us OF all the
money which we pay 10 the government, and
all that We pay to the northern manufacturers
on account OF the tariff The price of cotton
VIII rise, and all that we have 10 buy will be
cheaper. The world will come in conpe ition
Tor tlc purchase OF our cotton, and i'll tie sa.e
of their goods To us.
What Will be tho effect upon the north 1t
viii be fora time terrific ultimately il will
have upon them wholesome and sautary in.
fluencc. The North is now in an I'M
natural condition swollen and boaled
b. the millions OF dollars Of which they
have annually robbed us, by the operation
OF the tariff; they are tending rapidly to that
state OF corruption which prccedcs destruction
This great source if corruption cut OIL the
process OF puritiCatiOn will be terrible In less
than ninety days after the first southern state
goes out OF the UniOn the large cities and
towns OF the north will be sacked Greeley
VIII flee tile country, or hide himself and
Seward being absent viii not 20 home. Iii
they should have the tenerity to II ISL them
selves alnonst the people they have deuded
and misled, they viii tall victims to their fury
There Is NOT, to-day, amOnths provisions in
all New Ensland-tncir daily labor supplies
them bounlifuliy with their daily toud, but
when one state goes out, and opens her porls
10 the world, the trade OF the whole south
with them stops, and that stops their daily
bread
What is to become If those starving multi.
tudrs They must have bread, aud Ina it
there's They cannot and will not go ciSrw here
10 seek It, rhe supply that credit aud char.
| ty can command will soon be exhausted and
force and Violence will divide out what re.
maius. The provision dcpols viii b. attacked
aud robbed in open day, and those who have
bread will have To led itup; the banks will be
opened, and clothing will BE- free The author.
lies will attempt TO subdue the mob by force
but il will avail nothing with starving men
1t will be Il terrible ordeal to pass through
but it is the necessary result Of the
system OF robbery and corruption they
have nurturcd and cherished II would
OF necessity come sooner or later, under any
circumstances it is better ii shall come now.
wien, perhaps, there is soundnvss enough in
! the mass, TO make the fermentation a purify
ing ocess, than wait until it shall he one of
total rottenness and destruction.
The leaders have robbed us and given the
MASSES Just enough or the spells 10 make them
the instruments by which they have been able
to effect 1t, but when they can no longer rob
us, lhey can no longer pay, aud they viii be.
| come the victims of those who have been
| their tools.
What difference between us and them