The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-09-27
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana,


. fortune. if they are suffered 10 stay in III,
; Union with confederates who are, indeed
, not willing to sacrifice their own principles
and interests to slavery. but BY the radiatin:
, influence of their own growth and energy
: will. q. least, draw the Southern States. al
SO, upon the road of progressive develop
> ment.
But we are told that the people of ths
: slave States are . warlike race, And that they
} will gain, by force. what we are unwilling
Epeaceablv to concede. W&r! What q
charm there is in that word fur a people o
! colones and generals! Well. since that old
German monk invented tha. magnificent
black powder which blew the strongholds
lof foudalism into the air. war iAlls more and
more under the head OF mathematical sci
euces Ion Qaixote, who, undoubtedly.
would have been a hero in the seventh Gen.
tury. would certainly be the most e,rcgious
fool in the nin<teenth. have nothing to
say about the bravery of the Southern peo-
pie. for aught l care they may be braver
than they pretend to be; but invite them
candidly to open their eyes like sensible
men.
l will not compare the resources Of the
South, in men and money, to those of tn e
North. although statistical statements would
demonstrate the overwhelming superiority
OF the latter. We can afford TO be liberal.
aud for argument sake, admit tha, the South
will equal the North in numbers; and if
they insist upon it, excel US in martial spir-
it. But it requires very little knowledge Of
military matters to understand that. aside
i. from numbers, equipment. courage and dis
cipline. the strength of an army consists in
its ability to concentrate its forces, at all
times. upon the decisive point. Providence
is on the side Of the big batta'ions. said Ma
poIeon- That maana not thai ~inta.xr p.i
always be with the most numerous army,
but with that which is always able to ap
pear in strength where the decisive blow is
to be struck. An army that is always scat.
tered over a large surface is. properly speak
ing no army at all. Even by much less nu-
merous. but concentrated enemy. it will be
beaten in detail. division after division it is
defeated before having lost man. This is
plain.
The South thinks OF going to war for the
benefit and protection of slavery. Bat sla
very is not merely an abs,rac. principles;
slavery consists materially in the individual
slaves in 50 and so many millions OF hu
m IN chattlcs scattered over SO and SO many
thousands of square miles. In order to
holders be protected in the possession Of
their slaves. 1 s
say, therefore. that slavery cannot be
protected in general, without being protec-
ted in detail. But how can Isu protect it in
detail? BY guarding fifteen hundred miles
Of northern frontier, and two thousand miles
of seacoast. against an eneny who is per-
fectly free in his movements, and aided by
an extensive railroad system always able to
concentrate his forces wherever he pleases?
| Is it impossible; the dullsst understanding
sees it. 1t may be said that it will not be
necessary: indeed. for the free States it
would not; they may, in order to concentrate
their forces, expose their territory: for the
damage done by an invasion is easily repair
ed. The retresting invader cannot carry
the liberties Of the invaded country away
with him. Cheers Not 50 with slavery.
! A Northern An,i-SIavery army. or even a
small flying corps invading slaveholding
State would perhaps not systematically lib
crate slaves, but a. all events it would hardly
sqaander much time and health IN catching
the runaway. The probability. therefore,
in that wherever Northern army appears
the slaves disappear. aud slavery with them
at least for the time being. Invade .
free State, and the restoration Of liberty,
after the attack is repuised. requires only
the presence OF freemen. But the restora.
ton of slavery wilt require capital; that
capital consisted principally in the slaves;
the slaves have run away, and with theu
the capital necessary for the restoration OF
slavery.
The slave States. therefore. cannot ex.
pose their territory without leaving unpro-
tected the institution. for the protection. o
which the war was undertaken. They have
to cover thousands and thousands Of vul
nerable points, for every plantation is an
open wound, every negro cabin a sore
Every border or seaboard slave State will
need her own soldiers. and more to,, fol
her own protection; aud where will BE- the
. material for the concentrated army? Scat
tered over thousands Of miles withous tn.
possibility of concentration.
} Besides. the slave States harbor a dan
gerous enemy within their own boundaries
and that is slavery itself. Imagine they
: are at war with an Anti Slavery people
whom they have exssperased by their ow.
. hostility. What will be the effect oon tn,
slaves? The question is not whether tn,
North will instigate a slave rebellion. for
> suppose they will not; the question is
whether they can prevent it. and thinl
:hey cannot But the mere anticipation o
negro insurrection land the heated im.y
: ination Of the STAKEHOLDER viii discove
SYMPTOMS of . r-beiious spirit in every tri
4 de. will psralyze the whole Soash. D,
! you remember ths effsct Of John Brown
9 attempt. The severest blow he struck .
the slave power Was not ,ha: he dis,urbe,
: town snd killed several citizens. but tha
: he revealed the weakness of the who'll
a south. Let Governor Wise. OF Virgins
|. carry out his threatened invasion of tn
i free States. not With %. bat with 2.3J
8 followers ~ his heels-xhat will be the re
: sulss As long rs they behave themselve
. We shall let them alone; but as soon IS the
= create any disturbance they will be pu, int
. the station house; and the next day we sha
: read in the newspapers of sons Norsher
city. among the reports Of the police cour
# Hesry A. Wise and others. for disorderl
. conduct, fined t5- Laughter aud applause
i or. il le hiss made IN attempt on any man
& life, or against our inssi,utioas. he will no
x~1 n Norsn>rr Inrv ororI .,<,,.s,