Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-11
Secession ExpiaiInE II. Own OrimcS-Im.

secession BNptating Its Own Orimes-lms
peDdlnE Ruin OF the South.
Up to the present time the Union forces
have not penetrated ten miles into any OF
the seeding States. With two or three ex
ceptons, none of them have been invaded,
ct the industry and prosperity of all, even
of those most remote from threatened dan.
ger, have been as thoroughly wrecked as If
blasted by the storm of war. Commerce in
all is at an end. The people everywhere are
subsstipg upon what little Of previous
accumulations are still left them. The
precious metals have long since disappeared
from among them-an unerring evidence of
impending want. People hoard gold when
tley see that they will have to compete with
others for those articles which sustain life,
the supply of which is inadequate for all
Already has this competition commenced by
the excessive prices paid for every thing that
goes into consumption.
Articles which, before the war, were
abundant almost as the air we breathe, are
hardly TO be had at any price. Even the
great property of the South-slsves-are al
most wholly unstable; aud measured by the
price they bring, very nearly worthless. A
property counted worth $4,000, 900 a year
ago, is not to day worth $1,000 900 in the
Southern markets. The tie that holds it
being force, not law, is easily severed. The
slightest disturbance disconnects the slave
from his master. This disturbance has already
set thousands free, and threatens, no matter
what policy is adopted by either belligerent,
the destruction of the institution, as a sys-
TEN of slavery worth maintaining can never
be re established in the path of our armies
But worse than all, the labor, not only of the
slave, but of all other kinds, has ceased to
produce anything that can supply the most
pressing wants. Capital is equally barren of
any useful return.
Such a state of things can not exist with
out consequences still more sppalliug-the
domestic teuds and hate engendered by
wide spread disaster and distress, reterablt
to no cause but the ambition or base purposes
OF a few reckless leaders, who in the short
space of year. have changed the whole as
pect of Southern society, and as Mr.. Stephens
the Vice. President of the Confederates, SO
elCquently predicted, have converted the
Southern people into devils, intent only upon
! cutting each others throats. Terror in somt
| quarters may give an appearance of unity o
| sentiment, by the silence it imposes But tn,
| nature of the masses can not be changed il
| an hour.
Men can not be loyal to the flag of thei
country, the Government, and a common
nationality for century, and instantly ex
change such sentiments for those of invet
crate hostility and hate. Toward Govern
ment from which they have received nothing
but good, the people must continue to cher
ish stlec ction, and wherever they are consciou
of strength, as in East Tennessee, Western
Virginia and Kentucky, they rise upon ant
destroy their betrayers. Whatever, conse
quenuy, may be the result of the war, tn
South will be left divided into two great par
ties or factions, cherishing the most implacs
bic hatred TO each other--a condition of soc
ETY. the most terrible that can be conceived
NeW York Times.