Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-06

/ inst or unconstitutional 5lel actlen las ever
tsen strictly defensive. We only asked the
S5r-ib ssto let as alone 80 to allow as 10 r.
main In he Union on terms Of equality Yet,
l fhaf ,oor boop was denisd Us. Hoping le ind
/ rssrs and tranquility we welded and yielded-
rnaae compronise after ompromise-c0nces-
son after concession; but the more we gave,
the moro they demand; and at last they have
! elected President who, amid the jars OF rsvo-
4 Iution and The crash of falling empire, re-
mains materially fKed in TIE determination
- rob "a of the territories-to repeal the fugi-
i've slave law and to remodel the Supreme
rsourt Can you blame tbs seeding States for
,-itbSrs wing from such a GoFernmeatp Cow
ernment was formed foT the protection % its
subjects. Has the Federal Government
afforded protection 10 the South ? Does it pro-
fsct rs IN those things in which we most need
nrotsclion? Instead Of protecting, does not the
Goyerpnent with Mr.. Lincoln at It's head,
come into power with tue svoWed object Of
robbirg Us Of our rights and cur property
| Has rot then the Federal Government failed
ia its mission? These questions are not diff
cult 70 answer. Then ought we net 70 dissolve
connection with such Government?
Men saw that The South should wait-that
he North is now disposed to give Us our
rights. Well, suppose for the sake Of argu-
msnt that the decided position OF the South
I causes the North 10 give us new guarantees,
]
| Marvland, Delaware and Missouri soon be-
/ oons free States if we remain IN the Union ?
! VIII not the emigrsRt aid societies pour
I thousands Of freesoilers into the territoTiesP
I In a few ycsrs the West viii be settled and
/ become free States. The North then viii
! change the Constitution. and thea we will Be
/ too weak 10 resist their encroscbments, and
Z we will fali an easy victim 10 aboiilionisn.
/ We can hold no PaTley with--we can place
] e. HHnfn A.
retirss because it sees the South too powerful
! to be overcome. But we see no change In the
4 threatening front Of Blask-Repubiicanism.
] Nature has created men wi different wants
/ and dispositions, and Of course they need diff
fertHt laws and institutions. Climate and
sell must greatly modify the wants Of men.
| The sane code cannot successfully be applied
1 TO the whole world. The climate, soil and
/ productions Of the North and South are differ
| snt. and as a natural consequences they need
| different laws. Men are now, perhaps uncOn-
seiously, but carrying out the laws o. nature
I the will expressed by Heaven at creations
dawn. Tie time was when the Union was
| beneficial to the South; but times have changed
since then, and now it Is a curse instead OF a
blessing. The people feel It; and the present
| rsvolu ion is the consequence. Ia these times,
"preenznt with the fate Ct empires,D the
southern citizen saould weigh calmly the ma
terial benefits or injuries which will accrue to
the South on the disruption sf the Government.
A glance at the geography and climate Of the
United States viii convince even the most pref
udiced mind that the Federal Government has
been administered partially and uniustly New
Ep-land has a cold, bleak climate and bar
ren, rocky soil; she has few mineral or agri-
cultural resources, yet she is one Of the most
hourishing communities In the world. The
South has warm, genial climate; fertile
soil; the finest mines and Forests in North
America, and every part Of her wide domain
is tTsvsrsed bT Bavigssle rivers; yet she is far
behind New England in wealth and population
Some artificial cause must have produced this
result. There could be no such cause but the
Federal Government Since the formation OF
the government the South has paid at least
tgFo-tbirds OF the public revenue, and only
one-third Of that revenue has been expended
for the benefit OF the South. There is not q
law on the statute books Of The government
that benefits the South alone; but those books
are full Of laws which net only benefit the
North alone, bat are actually injurious to the
Sou.h Under a southern administration the
immense territory Of Louisiana was acquired;
vet the North got fourth-hfths Of It. Southern
Vaior won California and Northern Mexico,
but the North got three-forths Of i. The
shipping and manufacturing interests Of the
North have been fostered and protected az the
expense Of the South. Lines of ships have
been established by the government, which
turned the commerce OF foreign nations 10
northern cities, and thus the growth Of the
cities Of the South was retarded. Oh the
Jraion is q glorious thing-foT the K0rih When
the Union is dissolved, We will make such laws
as are suited to cur peculiar wants and insti-
tutions; our trade and commerce viii build up
our own cities, instead Of the cities Of the
North; our capital will be concentrated in
southern ports; oar sbips viii be largely in
creased; our manufactures will receive an IN
heard OF impulse; and our forests and mines
viii become valuable. The cotton States bow
employ about two thousand northern ships, !
manned By thirty thousand sailors. Very soon
the South would own that number Of ships, |
and would give employment as sailors to thou
sands Of her sons.
Nature has given 70 the South every ele- |
msnt Of greatness, and it depends upon her
self alone whsther Ihe takes q proud position
among the nations Of the earth. Many timid
men and traitors who secretly svmpsthiZe vi d
the North, tell us that the poDsrfHl Worth would
seen oyerrun us, and that our slaves would
rebel. Let US, for a moment, look at the miii-
tary resources Of the cgo peoples. Natural
y, the northerhsr is as brave az the south
erner, but the influences which have been
brought 10 bear upon his character have great
ly modified bis military spirit Courage ls, 20
a great degree, the creature OF educs ion. I44e
blood Of Cortez and pizarro runs through the
ve.ns Of the present Mexican. In the South
men are taught 70 look upon courage as the
brightest virtue Of the human soul. Mothae
teach their sons to resent wrong and insult ct
every hazard, shd TO sacrifice their lives rather
tban to allow the stigma Of eowardice 10 ress
upon their name. The consequence is thatwc
have the most chivairic people on earth The
souiberntr is accustomed to arms and outdoor
exercise from bis boyhood and thus is early
fitted for a soldiers life. The late Mexican
war proved the correctness Of these opinions.
IL the North 2 fana,icsl priesthood exercise a
mighty influence on the character OF the peO-
pie. While courage Is esteemed there, It Is not
cultivated as il is in the South.
Gold will heal The northerner's wounded
honor, but the sou.herner finds no such heal
ing qualities IN il; it would csnksF and rslkle
10 bis wounded name, and leave bin a moral
l lepsr Stunned by all honorable men. CON-
paratvelY few OF the northerners are acsus-
{ toned to the use Of arms and a large proper
tion are unsccustomsd 10 outdoor life, and
therefore they are ill-prepared to endure the
faiiguss OF q campaign.
The South would Be uhitsd in the event Of
civil war and every southeTner would feel that
bis eountry's cause was Just, and that hone,
kindred, life and country were at stake. Half
the North feels that the South is right, and all
would feel that they were carrying on a war
OF aggression. Our territory eoveres a mil
lion square miles and is protected bv mountain
chains and broad, deep rivers. We have a
I million fighting men-more than Napoleon er-
er bad at ons time. "But,o ssys the timid
unionist, athe negroes would rise and give Us
] trouble" Aboliionists have attempted at
l least twenty times to stir up rebellion among
( our slaves, but they have never succeeded,
/ even vixen the whites anticipated no danger,
3 10 extending plot over our country. Poor,
{ ignorant, degraded, eoWaTdly, unarmed beings,
/ accustomed to love and fear their masters, and
I continually fearing betrayal, what could they
do Nothing. To fear a seryile insurrection
ONLY exhibits the grossest coBardice and ig-
norancs Instead Of being cause Of annoy
anee and weakness cur slaves would be a
I source Of strength. The worst negroes would
| Be put to work co the fortifcations, and The
Z balance Wosld iiu the soil and provide the ar
I nv With provisions. aButD continues the
/ Union man, ithe North is better armed than
I the South" Granted, but the South has
enough arms to equip half million Of men (;
! and Il necessary We could oquip a million men
I in two months. "Bnt," says the Unionist
/ abolition England would unite with the North
and crush the South /" o Nothing Is more ab-
surd. England never yet made war FOR an
' idea, and never will. She is the most practi-
! cal patton in the world she invariably con-
suits her own interests and By such course
I she has made herself tue hrst power Of the age
Z Her statesmen will never abandon that policy
/ 10 take up another that would level Der pride,
and wealth, and liberty There ia no nation
that has a deeper interest in America than
England. IN ages past the agricultural ns-
Z tions were little more than dependencies %
the commercial and manufacturing nations.
( The power Of a people was generally meas
ured 0T the number Of its looms and ner-
chants bat since fhe great improvements in
machinery, the tables have tarned, and now
the commercial and manufacturing nations are
dependent on the agricultural.
4 century ago the sword was omnipoleni
but since the days Of Napoleon, peaceful com
merce has snatched from wars red hand, the
sceptre Of the world. Cotton is king sf the
commercial world and its royalty is reeog-
nized by every inbabitant Of Christendom.
Lord John Russsl said 10 the British psria-
ment, that f'it would be better for war, pestil-
ence aud famine 70 sweep the realm, than for
/ one cotton crop TO be cut of. Five millions
Of EBglishmen are dependent on the cotton oi
TIE South for their daily bread. Cut Of this
supply, and England Ia plunged iEtO anarchy.
lie cry Of ebread or blood" would rssoend
through every street Of Europe, and jar and
Iostls every throne and capital.
The London TINES, speaking Of the present
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