, 1860-12-08
i Tributte,
now TT WILL AFFECT THE.
FREE STAIRS.

50. X0" 4T AFFACT I1E.
FREE STATES. :
In the telcgaphic report pf the letter Of
Hon. a. q. Stephens Of &c dorgia, Oh the
accession movement, publish ed in this pa
per yesterday, th1t gentleman is made to
say II feel confident anarchy will soon en-
j" aue at the North" The; opinion thus
atated Is based upon the beliaf that the la
boring classes,"4 AS southern orators and
writer's love to style ninety-ninc hundrcdths
of-our' Northern population, will, in the
event Of secession, he reduced to Il state
bordering upon starvation, and that hungry
mobs, clamorous for bread, will fill the
streets Of the cities and. villages Of The
North: This belief appears to be general
At the South, and that class; Of politicians
who clamor for secession from no other
motive than the securing Of further conces-
sions to Slavery, rely upon the danger ct
such state Of t,ings-a danger which they
take tor granted no Northern man doubts
-as certain in the end to force the North
to accept any terms Of compromise which
may be rendered. It is no uncommon
thing for o. ators ut these secession meet
ings to draw terrific pictures of the condi-
ton in which the North would be plunged
should the Cotton States withdraw from
the Union-pictures in which starving, rag
ged wretches, marching under banners in
scribed "BnEAp OR BLOOD" fill up the
foreground, while in the distance sacked
and burning stores and warehouses and the
guted houses Of the opulent are made to
light up the scene with lurid glow. It is
Impossible t6 convince the people of. the
secession States that any other result could
follow tl.eir withdrawal from the Union, and
this is precisely what Mr. Stephens means
IN the extract quoted above from his letter.
Anarchy, in his opinion, will inevitably fol-
low secession in the free States, and he is
not certain but that the same result will
ensue in The seeding States. Leaving 10
the people Of the latter States the task Of
solving MI. Stephens doubt; to their Own
satisfaction, We propose TO show tile error
into which the secessionists have fallen re-
specting tic effect Of secession in the free
States. -. -;
If ever there Was self-sustaining pco-
pie in the world, the population Of the free
States must be permitted to rank in that
category. There is not material element
requisite to that end which they do not pos
seas in the greatest abundance-nota moral
or intellectual quality in which they are de-
fcient The whole population Of the free
States are trained to habits of industry and
f1ugality. Here labor is reputable, and
idleness disgface. As consequence, tile
moral sentiments are active and well deycl-
oped, and most Of the vices .and the demor-
slizmg practices common to other civillza-
tions, are almost entirely unknown. The
education Of the masses is looked
after by the State: Ignorant mcn
sometimes come among us; but rare
II indeed is man found who COM
menced life in any one Of the free States
who does not enjoy the advantages at least
Of fair English education Then in ev-
ery one Of these States are to be found
high schools, colleges, universities, schools
Of Agriculture, Of Medicine, Of Law and
of Thcology-in word system Of edit
cation, the very existence Of which demon
strates the extraordinary activity and vigor
of intellect possessed by the people WHO
sustain it: Here is certainly a good four'::
dation upon which 10 erect durable su-
perstructuro Of govcrnmcnt-a society
which shall not only be sclf-sustaining, but
to whose advancement it would lle difficult
to assign q limit
What has been the result thus far? In
proportion to the population Of the FREE
states, no country under heaven can turn
out an equal amount Of skilled labor, 1t is
impossible to over -estimntc the importance
Of this fact. The management Of machine
~ and that facile manipulation requisite 10
successful pursuit Of manufacturing in
dustry, are not the growth Of 8 year or Of .
generation. They are the product Of cer-
turtles, Of multiplied generations in which
the knowledge and tho handicraff of the
.a1a.9 a,e aanseu ~ '.,. ~. s'a - "no 'as1, ,
" VS. unet'tane, Wv 4esu'A7 ~" ana
'' 9n 9n4alseu oD.s. ssaon -. @ aa IL - ~ 49,.
20 ,. ne s..u,. - - ~ 49,. ~ a ssn., ~ @ M ~,
vanccs the free States have made in
this grand industrial calling! How,
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nalsss+ts nA'e eH.n way 9e'os .a' :,
Pe.'ous 1ne p';''o.s. "'soo" aAe r t.'s
seleu'tno leseateu u ou p.op,o' ~"
uA'e nnpel'.e1 anu 'ui'.uu.a''c .r', -A,i",
's1N' :" nusos p..s, ;uto tosu
Aess 40 tneA p,"ses nA,o wv 'app..~" ~
w'n oe'tei anu ~" rnau, ~" auq 4n'.
l''l1ans al'pne'1s1ons u n NV
: - 80 1nsoe ~ .'s.s uep.4 susA' -, - - r.
ca'utel n u" .nese tesiee@ tno fee :
e'a'.9 ate LII III aa'nnce u a'ts potuoi ~
me "otlo linen loek = our manolae'u1e2
our accomu.anon a.l o' 'naentne's 1ot the EF""
oncson Of almost everything tnat IS worn
tor comfort or ornament, or lhal Is ased
1or proat or convenience. new Enslano
Is vocal win machinery. ne" ork' Ne"
jersey, Pennsylvania and cven the older
settled Western States are largely engaged
IN manufacturing pursuits. Were every
port Of the free States blockaded for tic
next eighteen months, our present mant;7