The Shasta courier., 1861-10-05
The secessionists of California.

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We do wish that those people in California
and elsewhere whose sympathies are so in
tense.y Southern that they denounce every
man as BLACK" Republican or Abolition
list. unless he will swear by the Davis gang,
and forswear his allegiance to his country,
would think calmly for q moment of the ef-
fects this revolution fostered by them, is like
ly to have upon the interests Of the section
cherished by them in derogation of all feel
ings of national pride and honor. We be-
lieve that if they could overcome their sense
less prejudices in this behalf, and learn that
the course that they are pursuing is fraught
with the direst ruin to all the interests of the
South; that its effects will be to impair, if
it does not totally demoralize society in that
quarter, that they would totally reverse their
action and conclude that the best, and in
deed the only way to exhibit their affection
for the South" and their zeal in her behalf
was to be found only in upholding the Union
as it is, and maintaining the supremacy of
the laws. The great interests of the South
are agricultural Her cott-n, rice, tobacco
and sugar, are the elements Of her wealth.
Without these there would be nothing worth
the having, produced by slave labor. These
articles will and can not be produced unless
it pays to produce them. If this war con-
tinues, and everybody knows that it will un
til the supremacy of the Federal Government
is completely and-absolutely established and
recognized in that quarter, the market for
the articles of cotton and tobacco will be de-
stroyed. In other words, those who use these
articles and have hitherto bought in the
South, will go elsewhere to buy, and will
have raised up the production of these arti-
cles elsewhere. Thus we see that Great Brit
ain, who has hitherto bought nearly the en-
tire cotton crop, has already turned her atten-
ton to the raising of this staple. ALI the cot
ton and tobacco lands in the world, are not
found in that portion of the United States ly-
ing South of Mason and Dixon's fine, by a
great deal. India, for instance, which con-
tains two millions of people, and an area ten
times as large as the Cotton States, could pro-
duce this commodity in the most profuse
abundance, and that too, of quality equal,
ifnot superior to that now raised in the South,
and sepoy labor is as cheap as sla0e labor
Great Britain has, in view of the fact that
this war, began by the South and madly per-
sisten in, has cut off the source to which she
has looked heretofore for her supply of cot.
ton, has turned her attention to its produc-
tion in India. This she has done by stimu
lating in all proper ways its cultivation, and
henceforward will not care fg for the
Southern planter or his crop. Not spindle
in Manchester will stop FIVE seconds if the
entire Cotton States were sunk in the bottom
of the sea. Mike peace to day and Southern
cotton would go into market confronting a
new rival The consequence would be that
tho Southern planter would have to put up
with less price than he has been in the hab
it of receiving. The injury from this source
to the South is already incalculable, and un-
less the Southern States lay down their arms
and quit fancying they are out Of the Union,
very soon, they will find that the production
of cotton is pro6tless business. As con.
sequence, the value of her negroes detorio-
rate, then her lands, in short, all that consti.
tutes her wealth. Now all this the rebellion
has done. We therefore say that he is the
true enemy of the South who applauds this
wicked and baseless revolt. We trust no
such man as being the true friend of that
misguided people.