Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1861-02-15
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PeeuniaEy ReslIlts Of q soulaern Gonlsaefa


! Reeuniars Resnlts OF q soulacrn COMO efa..
lion. !!a4 !a4
Eve1 great measure has Its profit aid l1sssii
aocouLI lts advantage .,.s us Self us its !disba
EvdGtag#s. Ihe Il nief.o.,u esisgaies, I'M tkrosg
ing oifthc yoke, lost many flrave lnctt ilillny
hard-eifneu dollars, much ,9iluable PROPERTY,
and eight long years of V hat mil ght inaTe
proved mOst Prosperous tlmys but they e:,tdih>
Ell tlleI priceless jewel Of lib4rty-ticy 1,iatit~
ed thehtIselycs Oh tile staunca platform Of iin-
dependence, wlIercon has b!.en erected our
splen III fabric OF greatness Sind power
Ii :Ie Union must lie 8Ssol cd-if This
GLORIOUS fabric must bG IevedIeA to the dust,
c6ntraAy to the wishes OF tic South, and in
spite ~ her last twenty years effort to Save it,
then it!beconIes er SONS to b4nish as far us pos
sible ah use.e,s regrets, aIsl to turn their
eyes Away IRON the goGmy aspects OF thcs sub.
Ject td the contemplation of the bright iea-
tules which even tiIis pic uI4 prcScnfst
Niasnfccnt as Was tins %ttterln@ structure
OF UiI;pn, lis cost to tic Soalh was ON Il scale
cOmnlhhsur:lte with lis .splhndor Wcssllall
not stop ut this time 10 prUse tl;ltits cost to
the S4tlth, through the I$lr.ff, duru9 he
last tGh Years, has bcen equivalent TO twD-
thirdaiut all tie revenues collected. ;litsiumt-
ing tolam average OF nearly sixty millions
per altpum tur the tariff i4lcvied exclusives
~ upQ,I the foreign cUmmeEce OF the cGuntry.
and he South furnishes lwi.tlirds Ut jbc ex-
ports mllcll support this foreign commerce 3,
;ltho,!sh numbering but s,ne>thild OF the
population of the CniGm, size pays twU:tlIrds
of the federal revenue, or ttrty~ lit 10 for
ty millions OF dollars. whereas size is justly
charSeable with omly twenty million.
Now. the difference betSecn twenty and
tlGrySeight to forty millions OF dollars year
is a Very large SUN OF money, and, when
cOuntqd for periods Of ten years OF more, Il
luouiits, to All enormous capstal for the s'pUvr"
SoutIf.to lose and the '.ricA" North to gain
by tbe Union, TO make fhc muttcr worse,
not even oue-tEird ut the Spublic rcyeuuc is
exrcraicd within her IimIts; but the great
luIk IF it, though contributed by herself, is
disbufscd at the North. Rel,old in THIS SIN
glc t4ct, wIlicA has Lcen III operation on u
sr;,dtS,lly increasing scale ytor three quarters
vi u tsentury, The lcaI secl9 Of the gicat pre-
pondSrance Of. the North lin manufactures
shipt$ug and commercial spower. SO'nc of
tho ritbi1c lfietI u Nirgiis tSik IttS uk3ously
OF th4 irighuul tax ton Which will lie GU
titled upon the State by dissolution, in war
debts and extraordinary Mgr expenditures;
i'll &, I6,s nccn,,t. cn,f .n,,rnx;n,Io The
onor,yo,s dr.;,, ~ snu,hcrE cin,f,Im,J ,v,l,h
,yr,,I ,,ust conti,,rr tn on i6n nnIrrtlc Uuion
.,nL H. t.,.;H
irl2 Snutb cxnortca las. wear s25lU00,.
0oi, df nro,lncts 70 tSrc;",E cnnntr;cs, aud is
surprised to have sent ut lsasr SlU0 ,UuU,GUO
md,,9 to the. No,L. Ihe3c exnor.s or else
her tetums OF s35O, ,O0O 0tiU oI imports taken
enIeIwell calculated to ds.pcl uny fears of
nnbIsc Iuinkrnntcv which Evcn her most des~
pondent citizcis might entertain. \ duty us