Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-30

INSTRUMENTATION ON SECESSION
"The following extract from a.1etser lately
written by Hon. James H. Hammond, Of South
Carolina, to a friend in New York, explains in
brlef terms The causes Of the whole sOuthen
movement;
You are right IN supposing that The exagger-
atoms Of the northern press-permlt me 70 say
It's Infamous ISLANDERS and lies onthe south
have greatly assisted in bringing about the
present state Of affairs. But the causes lie
deeper. The North has always sought to
shsre-aud to have the lions share-of our
productions, and seek it now.
"SlaverY Is not a sin. Readthe btble-With
your wi plain Interpretation, il you are a be-
lever in revelation-and you viii see mat
Moses and the, Israelftes, Christ and Paul. did
not 90 consider It. All this is fully set forth IN
a sermon by Rev. Mr.. Van Dyke, in Brooklyn,
on the 9th OF December last. Get that and
read Il. II slavery is an evil, 1t e an eyl for
as, and leave us TO graPple with IT, Hisa
mere question OF politics and econnmys We
fell fully able to manage it, If we are not aus
tnrbed by outsiders. We think il a blessing TO
white and black here. We don't thlak at
all whether It is an evil with you. That Is
none OF our business. Yon can deal with il as
YOU choose, but iustlet US alone with It. Any
body who can put two ideas together must
know that we are as much bound to It IS Ma
! zeppa to the wild horse. Come what may
there is no riddance.
ave dissolve the Union-and It is forever
dissolved, be sssured-to get clear Of Yankee
mediterranean and uritanicalbigotry-I say
this, being half q Yankee and a half a purl-
tan. We absolve you, by this, from all the
sin Of slavery, and take upon ourselves all
its supposed Sin and evil, openly before the
world and in The sight Of God. Let MS alone.
We shall make no war on you. Let US work
out our salvation IN oar own way. We agree
that you shalt do The same. And, let me tell
Won, that IL there is any attempt at war on the
part OF the North, we can sOundly thrash them
on any field OF battle, and not only that, we
can give them to Jean Jacques, and leave them
to manage that.
ave know our strength. Why, we expert
over two hundred millions Of produce, which
the world eagerly seeks and cannot do with
out. The North exports some sixty millions,
10 competition with the European producers.
The North, without our custom for rs manu-
features and our produce FOR its and
fts exchanges, is neither more nor less thanthe
poorest portion Of the civilized world. To
that it has come on an inidel and abstract
Iaea.n
Mr.. Hammond thus shows that we not only
have the right on our side, but the emaneipa-
ton Of the South from the bonds OF the Old
Uuien viii be as productive Of injury to the
North as Of benefit to Us. OF that the Nsrth
itself is now becoming convinced. Their dis
gust at the southern movement is by no means
lessened by the discovery.
It would be as well, too, for the Northern
and the border slave States to take notice OF
Mr.. Hammond's declaration that the Union IS
Gforever dissolved" That be speaks the SEN
timsnts Of South Carolina, aud Of every other
seeded state, there can be no doubt. Those
who imagine that any course whatever that
the border slave States might pursue won d
ever induce the Confederate States to return to
the old Union, are making a grave mistake.
The separation, like that Of the American col
onies from Great Britain, is perPetual.-AeW
OrleaHs Crescent.