St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-07-04
SElEl1LD MlH ILANY.


Under the head Of "lBeware Of Bun
kum" the London Weekly Desptch has a
powerful article upon n1r present compli-
cations. After referring tc the difficulty
of obtaining c'rrect information from this
side Of the Atlantic, it says:
We must draw our conclusions of prob
abilities and results from data hotter ascer-
tanned. aud facts more widely gcneralised
Let us see how the stock taking of the
hriligerenss ''rh"ws up" For the New
England States. the prou,iest of their posi-
tnn and cOnscq,mnee--th denscst IN pop
ulation-ihc most civilized. commercial.
and energetic sections Of the Republic
the most impcrious. violent. and confidcn,
in this quarrrl. We literally do not know
where to turn for any evidence Of rcsour-
cas-. They cannot SO much ms feed them
selves. bat have to subsist on the dread
stuffs" of The Western States. They export
n"thing Of their own production, except
come coarse cottons tn the East, clocks.
wooden nntmcgs. and Yankee notions. .
What domestic manufacture and produce
they have are the creatures solely Of pro-
tcction and monopoly. They are the
siatutable paupcrs who receive outdoor re-
lief in the shape Of diffrrential duties from
ail the other Ssates Of the Union. They
are the mere creatures Of protection. cx-
change. aad finance. They live by buy
ing, selling, commissions and per cents.
stock juggling. and Wall street lodges
They have an execrahle climate, a ,acre
Russia. that makes labour in winter dill
cult. and continues winter for six month.
ont Of twelve; adding immensely to the
cost Of subsistence. and subtracting mate
rally from the facilities for production In
the fable Of the BELLY and its Members. I"
their part Is that of the head. They de-
visa. and contriye, exchange. buy and
sell, and keep the machine going. but
they are maintained solely BY taxing their
neighbours. Isolate thcm, and We know
not where they could turn, or how they
could live. Of their own. they send
scarcely anything out. They are an ab-
sorbing syphon that sucks everything to
them. The Slave States export 40 mil
lions worth Of cotton every year. besides
rice, sugar. coffee. and other valuable pro-
duce. The Western States export bread
stuifs, cheese aud pork in large quantity.
feed New England. aud to some extent
tupply the Slave States. but the North
eastern States are mere cxchangcrs Of the
produce Of others, and add no more to the
dispKable resources of the country than
an aactieneer. m usurer, lawyer or a
banker. In fact. they are nothing but
distributors Of the industry aud produce
Of other people.
These are ficts which lie at the bottom
of the whole Of this Secession. The mo.
naent tEat the Free-trade interest in Csn-
gress H.s weakened by the retirement Of
the Southern representatives, the Eastern
States hnssied through the Legislature
their new' Customs Bin, whereby they
presented to themselves. ut the expense
Of the West, and as they ara now trying
10 do. at che expense Of the South, taxes
and revenue in the shape Of protective and
difcrantial duties. 10 the extent Of from,
20 TO 56, and in some cases cent. per
cent. above what even the former oppres-
slyel t2riG imposed. Even In our own
kingdoms. which have been united under
one SoyeFeign. and by Heightened histo-
~ Of reeiprocased glory for hundreds Of
years, the three peoples are ~ distinctly
segregated BY their separate nxtionalities,
are as Jealous oftheir individual indepcn-
denee. are - '.sudden and quick Of quar-
rur upon the proEaoaiions of the most
Imaginary sligbt. as If their forced and
bs'bed anioss had taken place only yes
serdAy For 2 century the mass Of the
Ireland. m to this hour. talks. thinks and
feels repesl. Il has been only by the
NEST careful and tender respect fur the
most imaginsry State rights OF the people
of,the sizter kingdoms that Euglisb states
pea hare been eaablcd TO avert q accession
again and again. Nothing is more Ger
tain. thsn, that if the slightest inequality Of
adraRtagesiol trestn'elt. il the smsiles.
ass'imptinp pf superiority had Dictated
she pelirI Of imperial statesmen. neither
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