Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-02-23
Hon. WIN. c. Rives on the Southern
Confsderaay.

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Hen. W. C. RIvEs, of Virginia, has ro-
Gently written lcng letter in regard to The
di,unicn prsisets new being sgitated in the
South. Il concludes as follows:
"Vireinia must tura her attention more
and more to the diyersifcaiion Of her indus
try by the establishment Of manufactures,
both 10 relieve the surcharge Of her agricul-
;urs and TO give il, in lieu Of the glu'tsd
markets Of the world, the stimulus Of local
markets Of home, which will sinuss ar9uHd
their respective ceAtres smiling scene Of
renovated life and vsrdure. Hsw would
the system Of absolute free trade, patron.
lied BY the cotton States, accord with this
condition Of things in Virgins? With enc
Of her staples s-tsbaccs-msrs heavily bur.
dened with taxation BY foreign governments
than any knswn production of the earth,
and which, from the necessities Of THAR
systems Of revenue, will continue 10 be so
burdsnsd, and with rising manufacturing
establishments Of her own, could thsir be
an SCI Of more suicidal rsshness than for
Virginia to plaes herself in q situation il
which King Cstton,' by uadispu,sd prs-
/ ponderance in the councils Of Southern
Csnfsdcracy, would be enabled to throw
her ports wide opsn TO the free and indis-
criminais admission of the manufactures and
productions of foreign countries, without
any regard to her distinctive and vital inter-
ests?
81 slance at these things to show that, in
the Utopia of a Southern Confedsracy, We
should have no more harmony and concord
in some things, far less-ihau in the great
continental temple dedicated By our fathers
to American unity, peace and freedon.-
Let US be content with the noble structure
which they have bequeathed to us-dssiring
neither general Convention 70 beth il, nsr
sectional Convention to subvert il. II
evils arise from time TO time-and l have
no disposition 10 extauuats magnitude Of
+ those which have fallen OF us-lst US seek
a remedy Tor then, in the Uaion es il is
Il is the peculiar felicity Of fsdsrsiiys Re
public Ike ours, as have already remarked,
that It afords remedies, within the pale Of
the Constitution, for the defence Of the
public liberty, unknown TO any ether sys-
tenn Of government. /,
Let US make firm and faithful trial of
these, and they will no. fail US. LIE. Us not
upon the sudden appearance of squall, or
Because cnc OF two Of the crew haze nuii-
pied, desert sur gsad ship, the Constitution;
abandon cur comrades, s.d, in a panic, be-
take ourselves 10 the crazy raf. Of secss;.
si0r, which will coaduci.us, we knew nc,
whether, amid ths trackisss uncertainties
Of the ecszn, If not whelmed at once be-
meath its s;orzy pillows. The occasional
calls fer coelnsss, self-pOssession, firnness--
cordial ard fratsrnal concert among ths
/ friends Of the Constitution and the Union
every Uksre-a calm review Of the part-s
provident forecast 10 ths future. Asd il
these qualities shall be brough. TO be the
crisis, as hope and beliers they will be-,
We shall find in the sequel, as is often seen
in the overruIing ways Of Providence, that
good has bsen sducsd from evil, asd that
"fTom She nst:le danger has bssn plucked
| ths flower safeiy.'"