The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-03-02

bowIeknives, Sharpe's rifles and bloodshed
III Africa, the parent country, where the
field is wider and the harvest ripeg But.
sir, turn in at home and look upon YOUR
self-cleanse first the Lazsr house of your
great Eastern cities before you begin the
work Of reform in Kentucky and Virginia !.
and when your work is finished at home.
II not partial to color, we would invite your
Ph''"n'hropic forts to Asia, where there
are 400 milli"ns more hrgradc,l than the
! A'"''" "f your own country. Why tx
81" men I" i;,nal'ral deeds which must lrs
'!'" '"'i' ii'"lr country and themselves 2
"hN press The S"uih"rn States to di>unor
Z wien obstruction will fall alike on both
! Nor'l: and South? If this Union il dis
| solved We must "tsntcessi,v be cnruIfcd IN
tn" ma"l>t'"m of-Europran politics and
Enr"rr"n wars. and go down forever as n
nation ar republic.
The South can in six weeks make IN nl-
lance with either England or Fraucc, com
nercial or political, offensive and defensive.
aud III either case it will he otter ruin to
New England and the manufacturing State
II with England your tariff system, which
has ever been oppressive to the South. will
be broken as rope Of sand and scattered
I" The winds, and you come at once in col
l'S'on with Your ancient competitor without
protection, and your manufactures must he
destroyed. And far worse would il lie for
you, for us. and the whole civilized world
i thai alliance should be made with France :.
Tor then the cotton. the sugar, and all the
products of the Southern States won|j be
landed at llavrc and purchased Mt mncl
higher rate, and Old England and New
England would see the handwriting OH The,
wall.
Think you. that most sagacious and willy
monarch of the French would not see the
way open to crush the commerce and manu-
factories Of England, an.l make her feel that
she is d' pendent upon her ancient enemy
possibly .ecl the tread Of tile iron heel Of
war! This opportunity offered to Louis
Nap'leon,. and we shonIl see 800 900
Frenrhmen quartcred at New Orleans and
at the Chesapeake, and the Snu,h would
command the Mississippi Valley. and whip
Ohio Indiana and Illinois into her South
ern confetleracy. At the mouth of In.
Ohio would he "A tolI-gate for the en,irc pro-
duets OF this wide and fertile country, while
our railroad bridges would he burned. and
the tracks Of every quarter snapped like n
spiders web bgsthe hurricane Of civil war
Aud while the strife between England and
France Is impending, for the MASTERY of
both sea and land, the armed mill; rs of
Europe would look on with breathI.ss an
$'ftv, while our once happy land, and peace
fnl land, but for the Aho!itionist and tn.
negro, would be the scene Of civil Wharf.-The
most deadly Of all wars-knifc to knife
tace to face, steel 10 steel, brother against
brother, father against SOD, mother against
child, and this fair land would bleed at
every pore. Better far, that the whole
African race should be annihilated, and all
the silly white race destroyed, and our Tn
10" AMI our liberties perpeiuated.
II tn" course that has been SO wicKedly
and wlliful'v pursusil bv he fanatics of the
N"''' 's r"r inm"d. the result will br as IF
''n'~ I"'r''av"'' IL. anl your wailing for
'''''' t'i'" country will come too late.
I''' '''''i poverty AMI hi>mav will STARE
H"" III ia" face a' every corner. Your
manni"'.ti"s will r.ase anil your starving
'l'"''>anIS will fly 70 more productive, and
less tanariral land for bread. But should
the S"nth be- unable to make an alliance
with either England or France, think you
she will tamelv submit TO Northern insult
and domination? No, never. She will
command the commerce of the Mississippi
river and It's tributaries, and should the
North, after years of bloodshed, lie success.
fu III the contest, Il will cost the North more
than the price OF all the negroes twice told
to possess the land and the life ofrvpry white
'"'h 'Hd' IdS SOuI. Inc south Tor
lhonsand miles holds the outlets of the
Father Of Waters, and will dive ,lam and
its swamps with the blood Of thousands.
both Sons ofth, soil and it's enemies. While
there is a lucifer ma oh to burn your bridges
'or stone or log to obstruct your commesGe
the vengeance Of the foe, at midnight will
be upon you. In turn you can do much
to dssoIate and destroy; bu, you SssSsnot
dam up the Mississippi nor dip il dry
Swamp nxes will be upon every bayou.
and even the alIigators will be your eue-
miles,. .ssa
- Pause, then, sir, abaslift HE veil Of the
future, wbichisjust before you. shd stay the
fanatiea' hand now life'l-to strike II you
do not, like Macbeth, your M sleep will
be murdered and the sleep Of thousands.
You shslF neserwash the sam u !.fstiSbd