Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-02-07
pAYETTRVILLE TBNN: rHURSDlY, FEBRUARY 7, 1861

TO her safety and her independence
For in the language Of Randolph h
will be a bastard aon who will sta|
the bosom of the mother that bor'
him, in the day Of her tIial. zap
plause.
II the Union shall be dissolved, as
now believe 1t will be, an event whicl
no man on earth more deeply deplore
than /, where shall Tennessee go
Will she stay with the North or s.
with the South? for one say 10
her 90 With the South forever. zap
plause.)
Bound to the South by identity
of Institutions; bound TO the Soutl
by soil and productions; bound tt
the South by reciprocal interests
bound TO the South by the lines Of hel
latitude; bound to the South by The
eternal laws of nature and Of God
bouud to the South by the great nv
ers that pour their floods into the
Gulf of Mexico, and give her M
easy transit to the consumers oil her
products through the world; let bel
/ feel tha, her union is with The South
.rn States; il there must be sepa'
ration of the p resent Uniou. isl natural
and inseparable, and the unallerahlt
icoudition Of her present and futuIe
safety, prosperity, aud Independence
In the meantime / must be allow
ed to avert to another matter deep
Ily to be regretted, That is, thai
auy Southern man should De found
Ito depounee the Shareholders of the
South, as they are sometimes de-
Inouneed as afistocrats and ohgarcas
thereby tending to bring them and
their property into odiam, auc to en-,
gender "a spirit Of antagonism and
hostility of feeling between the slave
holders and non. Shareholders. 8
this not the policy Of the Helper
Book? | ,aainiain that the non-
| lslsveholders OF Tennessee and OF the
whole continent have the deepest
and most vital interest n the
OF slavery. Because,
all the great branches OF the ma
.ional industry are 20! oaly bas-
ed upon the institution, hat the
elevation Of the wages Of the white
,aboriog masses eminently d1pehd
upon lis existence. -Four millions OF
slaves worth three thonsaHc iour
hundred milions Of dollars are en-
gagged ia the cultivation OF Soulh
ern stapIe>; Of Which cotton alone
amounted lasi year TO four NIL
lions two hundred thousand bales, :
This cotton enters into the CON-
merce, .he navigation, the manuiac-
tures. the merchaudize, aud the rnl'
ment Of the whole population oI The
United States. Let this vast amount
Of slave-labor. which annually uaiIes
with the earth, tn snnsliue md the
rain. in the productions of sugar, rice
cottnp aud tobteco be Withdrawn by
I
the aboltion Of slavery; and 1t wouit
destroy the growth CT those great
Southern staples and confiscate th'
capital employed intheir cultivation
because they cannot be successful.
qromn By white tabor on the one hand
or free Maek labor on the other. =
Man ike every other animated be
ing is subject to the powerful an
manifest lnAus nees which are ez
erled 90 bis health and physical NJ
turs by natural causes and eIlmat'
3 iacts. ~ ..F
|, This is attqsted by his history
all climates and degrees on the sleo
. Ii is a fixed fact in physics, hI-tor
and experience that the products
!, tro pieal, St mi.'ropical, and OF tf
b lower degrees of the temperate la'
!. ttudes, cannot be successfully grow
r by The European or white race.
!. The white man is the ehild and n
q tive of the elevated regions oil II
;. earth. Though bis expansive sku
r. larger frs me, more perfect organlz
II ton. more stimulating and active 81
n position, superior intellect. aud q
" bier powers Of invention. it him
i. some degree TO suffer, to do, to me g
'. md abide in all the climates on {
in globe, yet lofiier regions aud high
d degrees OF the temperate latitud'
is Eare tie natural tbeaiIe OF his ex
TO tence, on which be is capable.
$. putting forth bis greatest pbysi'
b power and exertiens. And iude
in il is now historic fact, that he !
ne never displayed active yigor q
o, multirlisd:his race at its normal
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