Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-12
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COY ,Sss Ne su,ns Of The cd fsss sA,ss never suer
ted to the simply mean TO say that the emgrs
ton from abroad was sufficient supply the place OF
those Northerners Who did while there was no such re-
placement Of the settlers who went from an old slave
State 70 q new one.
To estimate the wealth derived by the North from this
source let US 20 into calculation ss best We may.
At the SCUM an abe.bodied mau is held to re-
presept an industrial capital Of 81 500: for a. Is the
sum for which bis services for lie will sell 10 mrket
there Therefore 10 the case supposed We o-hod In tie
person Of every ableboded negro man. that has been
taken from Virginia aud Carried to Mississippi, simple
transfer Of industrial capital from one pocket 70 another
Of the South.
grant, is worth at least much 10 the North - that
Of the supposed negro TO the South, viz: Fl 900 But
ths 81 b00 instead OF being taken from one iree stae
and added TO another, Is Q posi I've addition 70 the
wealth of the NORTH &c has bsen taken from abroad
brought here and emp,ied into the lap OF the nee
states.
There Is still another difference between the sectors
which should be taken into the account for IL heghttns
The contrast Toe bour Of the Vrgina slaves Ia lost
TO the South during the urney to the Mississippi Not
20 with the emigrantto Minnesota BE pays with foreign
mon, Y the Northera ship for bringing him over Thus
adding Northern veal b. but the money as well Is ne
industrial skill and other property which be brings from
abroad direct contributions and positive addons 70
which we have been thoughesey ascrbiug to the supe
yor energies thrift and pros perty of the New England
population
The industrial capital represented on the average BY
every man. woman and child that comes from Europe TO
settle in the free States and Territories Of the North,
may at moderate calculation, be taken at $3.50 each
Here then has been for the st thirty years au annual
accession from abroad 70 the wealth oil the North, OF
not less than $3.50 000 while the South had no such
foreign source of supply yet STILL the surplus which the
South ally gave TO the commerce OF the country,
and sent abroad represented larger figures than these
What was |. gave San Francisco ar Gall ornia their
great er with aud prosperity What wss t that gave
your n, bourne her-S Why surely not the indouiabe
energy Of her former Inhabitants but the presence, the
lbor kill aad industry of those Inhabitants whom the
go Of those countries attracted there have we not
mad in our cheap lds tic Soils and fine climate OF the
.preat Wes-mnes attractive as those OF Oalforn'
and Australia Let the 200 900 or 300 900 emigrsnts
that annually come over answer The public i,uds have
had Just much do with the rapid growth, the great
wealth and prosperity the free States, as the goid
mines Of those countries had to do With heis this
em Rr tion 10 now be stopped. The war will stop IT,
and the effects viii be stopped.
This war with It's axe and its burdens will usurp the
very foundation Of the Northern wealth and prosperity
not only by putting cad TO emigration bui In oher
vays The Northeruers are a trading people. Uader
che C,nstution the North ,yed preference In the
mrket, Of the South. preference amounting
|, 20 a MONOPOLY monopoly with twelve millions OF
consumer for the supply OF all they wants commero
isl boon which few nations loss without great srntr
ing With thai the draw backs OF the war the morrill,
~th its audi will Offer few Inducements 10 the emgranis
from Europe.
Toe North owes no little Of is apparent sflercs also
70 the capital which foreign houses have brought from
abroad aud established there for the purpose OF
Az soon as Il becomes cersin-aud soon IL must TO ALL
that free trade with the s1uh gone forsverthas the
merchants otNeW York aud ston. instead Of having
10 the ma kes OF ID S,uh preference over the IL
chants OF France Engl and and the Continent will meet
them there la all probability under whitening dscminn-
tions-as soor, say, as Northerners realize THAR the
rsgu capital among them, will take wings aud hy away
/, will either seek employ ment Ia the South abroad
certainly bu. little of will remain With the Yankees
The Northern Congress basimposed direct tax upon
in people of $50 600 900 Our Congress hiss taxed Us
Tor $40 600 000 10 pay principal and interest % our
deb! We at the South cbeerfully pnd wiiagy submit
70 this tax and every cent OF IL will be promptly pad
But marx my word the Northern peorl, will be slow
20 nut their hands into their pockets for this rail split
ter" a. Abe Lincoln 10 called. Nevertheless he may
ole, ptrhon Of this tax cut OF them. but 90 u
will To ONLY portion, and that will come With SUCH
writings grins and proteata'ious mat NJ "'l nevr
attempt 10 aise the wind again by any such process
Bu,, when the pncbing time-the pay day-doss
coma will not the same which ioddced bis peo-
Die o proclam bisher law" and 10 derounce certain
proysous Of the constitution as "a covepsnt vi hell
induce them to repudia,c this debt, prDcpa aad inter
-t,
purpossts not but TIL X So
Their f.ih was pledged TO stand by the Constitution
vet the moment they felt the Constitution operating as
a rrstraiat upon them they violated it. Will they be
more fatt fol to their promise 10 payf VIII they not
ar4r the money Is borrowed and SPENT be more likely
q turn upon q lenders and say, this debt was created
oy Dc ful authority at best IL was created IN the
name Of tho Uuit Ssates when there was no longer
any such government was created TO support war
which the Constitution does not rcDgnise-sl this was
l. IL ek.la aRatar ~
Won't pay" This debt, principal and Interest, these
Northern will rep Idate altogether, for already ths
var 10 beginning be unpopular with the masses Ea'
Ii-tnents 20 slowly In the North. The people are
hanging OK Il Ia worthy Of remark, that almost every
prisoner We have taken from them professes himself TO
have been deceived he was entrspped into this war,
aud II he Is permitted TO reach home az No, he will
for one keep clear Of any more such serapes such Is
their langusg,.
Blu, alter The public lands and the enormous influx Of
foreigners upon us bad destroyed .he checks and oaan
c,s OF the Government the cry ofthe repressibe con.
acn was raised In tho North. Ether, said their leading
but decetfu statesmen, must overrun and overturn
the institutions Of the South and root out slavery or the
south will impose upon US its negroes.
Uoon this the Northern or Stree States as they are
called combined eeding US in numbers Estates and
Of PEOPLE, they drew geographical line, and Tor.
milly divided the country INTO sections-Nor'n anu
south. :.
This act lawfully determined, placed according to the
forms OF the cons tuition, the whole federal machinery
Executive, Legislative and Judicial In the hands OF
faction formed Of fanatics and banded together for the
purpose of making war upon our rights, our property
and our lberties
The end and sim Of that Constitution was 10 est,b'
lab Justice ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defence promote the general welfare and secure
the blessings Of liberty to ourselves and our posterty
TIE Federal machinery having fallen into such hsrd'
ard the Constitution having thus wrought out failure
NV poble nv gallant my native Sate speaking through
her people In Convention assembled, resolved to assert
that precious right; which, though nalenable, aud for
maly admitted 10 be- BY all the STATS, ytt to pre-
vent cav che had by express declaration as have al
ready shown reserved to herself when she hrst ned
the Federal Union And that right was the right to with
draw from it.
And row. what has the President Of this party and the
leader of this scon done President Lincoln has, by
his own mere dctum and that Of bis heutenants sus-
pended the writ Of habeas corpus.
He has murzled the press aud abridged the freedom
Of speech.
he has wi boat authority OF hw and AGAR the Con-