The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-03
Secession or submfssicn Empire or VAS
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the brink Of ruin, she can, by one stride, /
reach either the realm of glory or of perdi-
ton. Emphatically is 1t true, in her case
There is tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the food, leads on 10 iortune'
Omitted, all the voyage OF theiriI
Ia bound In shallows. aud In nlseries'
On such q full sea are we now ahoa'.
And We mus, take the current when 1t serves,
Or lose our ventures
We have dwelt with iteration upon the
ruin which would oyertake Virginia II, os
remaining in an Abolition Confederacy, she
should stampede her slaves ana exile '"ef
masters-,hat peerless class Of citizens VINO
have been so long her pride and her support
We have depicted the depopulation and The
Oscillation that would be brought upon Tide
water and Piedmont Virginia by the loss OF
the blacks and their owners we have point ted
ont the onerous, crushing taxation that would
fall upon the inhabitants remaining IN the
State. after this mournful hegra and we
have described, imperfec.ly, but with truth'
the crash of prosperity and the heavy harvest
of bankruptcy that would ensue upon the
tiislocstion and expulsion OF the slave insti-
tuition of Virginia.
To unite with the Southern Confederacy IL
TO obviate all these evils--to avert all THESE
Calamities 1t is to do much more ~ ~, 1T
once holding on to all we have, TO embark
upon a new career of prosperity. 1t Is 10
emerge from the commercial dependence upon
the North which we have so long vigorously
submitted to, and become ourselves the ieau-
ing commercial and manufacturing power
upou the continent; while, at the same tiihe'
continuing to be the largest agricultural po"
What the nature and extent OF our present
vassalage to the North is, we snail let
Northern writer describe, even the notorious
HELPER himself:
"Reader, would you understand how ableetly
.laveholders themselves are enslaved 10 me pro-
ducts OF Northern industry II you wonla nN
your mind virginia gensleman-a. nrecd h
wiihal, Processes to be a Christian! This book'
be it remembered, was highly exto.sd ard warm arm
ing submissionists in our Virginia councils, have
been for several months, and are s!i, IN close,
CONFIDENTIAL conference Observe the routln" oil
his daily life see him rise In the morning from
Northern bed, and elethe himsei IN Northern AZ
parel see him walk across the Moor on AoF, q,
ern carpet, and perform his ablutons GU, Of ora q
Northern ewer and basin. See him uncover hox
Northern brush: see bin rejecting his physiogno-
my in Northern mirror. aud arranging NJ, s na
with the indictments Of Northern quaeks, anu
pertaining his handkerchief with A9rtne NY, 90
iogne; see him referring to the time In Norm
ern watch, and glancing at the news in North
ern gazette See him ard his family sitting IN
NSherp Cooks books aa See al the table
saying grace over q Northern plate, eating with
utensils See him charmed with the melody Of
Northern piano, or musing over the PAGES o, =
Northern novel. See him riding to his helEhpoi
in Northern carriage, or furrowing his lands
with Northern p!ow See him Lighting ms ms b ei
sss WIN Win ssh See him viii
ern pen and ink, writing letters On an
sspas ssn sna
with Northern stamp. Perhaps our Virgins
gentleman is merchant; II So see MN az; d. h in
the miserable traffic Of Northern gimcracks and
haberdashery; see him when You will, where you
will, he is ever surrounded with the industries
products of those whom. in the strange inoonsis-
tency Of his heart, he exeerass rs enemies, ye
huence, are all for the North aud not ior ,ns
south. As we see our ruinens system , Of com.
Rentleman-a branch Of one of the Ji,s ismin =
of course so we may see it exempiinsa IN a. al
and bresdth of the saveholding States,all euy
ing and selling, and wearing and using Northerl
n-pe in Northern habiliments. Our hats. ou
caps, our cravats, our coats, our vests, our pants
our gloves, our boots, our shoes. eur under gar
ments-all come from the North whence, too
southern ladies procure All their sonnets pune 1i
ribbons and ruffies cuff, capes md collars; w
should not run to New York, Boston, Phlladei
String or a bedstead, fish hook, or a hand saw
a toeth- pick or acot.on -gin
The satire is severe enough, and the more bit
ing because substantially true. 1t is in ilsel
no shame to Virginia, however, that she buy
abroad what she can obtain cheaper than sh
could herself produce; and it is proof c
the immense productiveness of her slave la
bor that it enables her to purchase the Whoi
of this ca dialogue of HELPER, together VII
all other like luxuries and necessarles OF III
with the proceeds of that labor. What othe
country on earth could afford this exharsVh
system of expenditure but the South BIT
4ha ,opn+ry opnuloyiuO her system OF SiaS
labor3 The fact that our country sun pro-
pers and grows wealthy in spite OF this emo
nous and incessant drain upon her
sources is one of the strongest proofs OF II
superiority of slave labor as a system OF pr
ductiye industry. Such system OF eXpel
diture would bankrupt all Yankee land
six months; and it would bankrupt Vi
ginia also in six months, after she lost
slave system. What would become OF VI
GINA, if, by adhering to the North, she shou
stampede her slaves, and should continue
purchase from that sec ton Helpers long ca
alogue of "gimcracks and haberdashery p
Without her negroes she would be Wltho
revenue, without resources, and the shreV
Yankee would soon refuse to trust her for T.
tooth-picks and shoe strings, fish hooks a
hand SAWS, frills, ribbons and ruffies, whic
in barter for the products of her slave labor,
sion. We can imagine no condition more abJe'
more debased, than would be that of Tlrgin
with her slave system uprooted and expeiie
with her Shareholders eXiled, with her gre
fountains of wealth and independence brok
up and still bound with cords Of shame a
humiliation to a section exacting from h
every dollar Of her resources, and supply
her, as if she were savage of the fore.
with every article of utility and attire co
ceivable through the whole catalogue of SIN;
wares familiar TO HELPER and the peddlers
shoe strings, fish hooks, gmcracks and habe
dashery.
1t requires but single step to lift her fro
her present vassalage, and to snatch b
from the CLOVER deep" of perdition and i
fanny, at the brink of which she stands. :,
has but to repudiate her present bias ting !
litical association; to ally herself with
comely daughters of the South, anxious
welcome her to their embraces; and, strete
Ing forth her hand, to grasp the sceptre
commercial supremacy in half the MOI
American continent The Mediterranean
the Western Hemisphere washes her East'
shore. The fairest harbors, and safest ro
steads Of the Southern seaboard lie wit
her border, and the great direct lines OF
terror and continental trade pass over
tide ter cities. From Memphis, one of
largest depots of the cotton crop, to Liy
miles. From the same city TO Liverpt
through New York, the distance is 4,
with i've hundred miles Of costly r