The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-05

has she assumed this sad pre- emnence IN rash prccip
tancyf Why has she rushed, without conference and
without support, into all the dangers and mlsohess OF
revolution unprepared for and which never tern
nate In good to anybody Who does feel that this
ened the hands Of every friend Of the South who cngs
TO our Union the only ark Of strength and Of sey for
them and for usf Within the Union all evils may be
remeded and grievances redressed but without the pale
Of common fold Of safety-wthout the reach OF the
chaste and cheering radiance that falls from our cluster
ing stars Of glory there Is no room for hethere Is no
nor vexatious meddling, with her most private and
precious interests under which she now writhes and
frets that will not be continued with the most absolute
immunity, and with increased and most vrulent bitter
ness And In addition TO all that every imagination viii
at once conre up the uncounted horrors Of every other
kind which the strong and the wicked Of the earth
ever ready TO bring the unprotected and the weak
] have just said that this extraordinary revolution,
which, rs seems to u.s. has been inconsidcratey
tered upon by sister State, can bring good to
any one. But must beg TO amend that saying, by
throwing ont the suggestion THAI perhaps the oontem-
pation Of the false position in which they obliged
see that South Carolina has placed herself with all Of its
attendant train Of may prove sufficient
ruin s .' '''' '~'''' '"'"' 'N'''''' '''' A-A
Ny brethren do not believe that there is going to
any ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF this powerful, this gl0rf0u;
country Of ours-gorious in all the memories Of the
the future.
The very thought Of IL seems TO diYase an odor o
treason around Not that would lend the least
ton to any teaching that would 60 revive tho eee
institution OF Godnot that Iwoud agree any whole
sale pronunciation OF that immortal philosopher John
Locke, from whose writings, from treasure house Of
wisdom the founders Of our republic drew all their
inns OF government But because Ibeeve that, linked
and bound together as are, the thing s impro-
priety. As we'll might we hope TO tear asunder the
several parts that go make up that marvellous ma
chine the human body and then expect that each part
or any one Of all the parts should continue to work
usefulness and comfort B not only impossible but 1t
Is entirely unnecessary, IL possible say
that i is unnecessary and undesirable because there
are no evils experienced which cannot be far better
corrected within the Union than out Of it, There are no
burdens of that would not be increased
hundred fold by separation; and there unnumbered
blessings which 1t secures TO u.s. quiet and useen per-
haps but yet for the loss Of which nothing this earth
could compensate And time shall operate
with its soothing Influences and Southern friends
shall recover little from the frenzy Of excitement into
which schemng politicians have thrown them they
too intelligent by far not to perceive and understand all
this.
The present excited condition OF the public mind
Mt the South is to be attributed to two The
FIRST is the mistake Of supposng that the insane
ngs Of certain fanaca preachers OF aboltionism, In
which the gibbersh Of faseho0d ia dressed up in the
language Of Holy Writ-the smart sayings of others,
and denunciatons are clothed, and mixed with
coarse anecdotes and vulgar ribadry fair expostions
Of the feelings 0 Northern people for their country
Of the South. need not say TO you how entirely I'M
founded is any superstition Ike that surely need not
prove to you how slight how very slight is the
the narrow sphere OF their own immediate followers
But yet the press In giving publicity to these umbes Of
mendacity and maignity have produced the most wide
spreading mschiefs to our country And So too, the
INSCRIPTIONS leaders of political parties have too often
given utterance TO the cant Of abotonsm In order to
their temporary and selsh ends and thus the
whole body of voters, who for far different purposes
have been associated with these demagogues, set
down as all Of them together having abolition aims
and objects. Nothing be more false than that,
and yet nothing has contributed more TO ALLEVIATE one
section Of country from the other and TO break
der the ties OF love and mutual interest which ought
bind inseparably together No, my friends, will
allow TO be said that the great body Of the intel
gent voters Of the North have any sort Of hostility
hatred for the South the least wish TO interfere with
their peculiar institutions, and protest, in the name of
truth and Justice against their being associated and
founded with the few noisy and Maynard dsturbers of
mind
But the second cause of restless easness to our coun
rymen Of the South ia To be in the fruit Of that false
and pestilent teaching which would lead them believe
the Union Of the States is the why South Carolina
has not advanced in prosperity and power rapidly
New York. The logic as 1 found il, in paper
recently submitted for my reading amounts TO this
the constitution Of the United states was adopted
than that Iof New York Consequently If that consti
tuition had been adopted Charleston would have
grown and fourished as much as New York. Break up
union with the North, let Charleston her
tura commerce, importing directly from the whole world
such commodities as they produce and we need and what
mighty change would come over the prospects Of
Charleston. Our colonial and tributary commerce with
the North would cease and mighty free commerce with
the whole world would rise In its stead. Capital woul
flow into place where could be used with such advan
tage, the Rothschids and the Barngs would soon be
there and thus Charleston become the envy Of all the
earth" find IL difficult to persuade myself That any
capable Of writing the English language can, by any
possibility, believe his own teaching find II still moro
difficult TO conceive how such arrago bald nonsense
intelligent people friends Of South Carolina And
yet IL perfectly certain that persuasion Of the truth
OF this teaching, and the brilliant hopes which have thus
been awakened at the bottom OF all the turbulent
and suicidal proceedings In that gallant but misguided
can az any s now aad a. n wna' TIME the
favor Of New York and the injury SsP
any tell how tariff OF duties could by any pos
siblty be framed which would operate against Charles.
ton and would not at the time, operate against
New York; Can any man deny that the tariff as now
have IT, framed by South Carolina herself and voted
for unanimously by her representatives In Congress?
II by possibility be true that the most simple OF all
Ina and be plain and Written IN CAPITALS for tho reading
OF every man in the world besides that the only
why Charleston does not advance In commerce and popu
lation In proportion 10 New York, s because she
has market for her imported goods2 Let US
only refer 70 map OF the United States, and
when you trace the almost Incredible range Of
country spreading out In every direction with
its dense and increasing populaon-ts rich manu-
factories and countless products OF every knda Of
which poured into New York. and affords market in
return for the goods that sent to New York TO be
sold When you trace the marvellous network Of inter-
national Improvements and that long chain Of internal
seas almost wide expanee of water the Atlantic
itself, and all Of them aordng the most wonderful IA
cites for Interchange Of commodities any citizen
Of South Carolina fail TO that Charleston has not and
In the nature OF things have anything TO
pare with ir And consequently by no possibility
she ever become the great commercial emporium that
New York is and must continue to be- with perpe
tualy increasing acccssons Of prosperity and wealth
My friends, is sad and painful subject Of thought
that the understanding OF mankind should be so tred
with, and that under hallucination gross and pal
babe TO ali eyes but their own, they should rush TO
ruin and suppose that they are only led by the
purest Ares Of patriotism. But I must be denc.
Let me only repeat that as New Workers. we
have nothing 10 fear for ourselves We afford TO be
pnanmous and forbearing TO the last degree. The
check which the industry Of people has received viii
be temporary There has been sufficient for II in
pythng done by or operating directly upon our
selves and II ~ to be accounted for entirely by refe
renee TO that extreme and morbid senstveness which
financial confidence evinced to political disturb
Upon the first whisper Of alarm, from threatened
troubles government confidence hides himself IN tmd
dismay and when most wanted can nowhere be found
will conclude by entreatins you 10 cherish the all inn
portan truth with which have already sought 70 i'm
press you that not wanting TO ourselves and 70 our
Cod nothing from without by any hurt very
long Como what will what may 10 other States,
this city Of New York Of necessity continue 70 be
the centre OF capital and commerce TO this Western Con-
tnent. Blessed as we with most unrivailed geo.
graphical position commerce has here her broad
and deep channels and capital has flowed In upon the
Of commerce., and IL Is as impossible tn change
them the attempt would be TO check or change the