Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-12
The Northern and southern ConfederacIes

Election.
The Northern and Southern Confederacies
We asked in our former article on this subject.
ought the Yankee and Southern States to be sepa-
rated forever We say that the only hope peace the
only hope of prosperity, the only hope of exemption
from the crushing weight of legislative robbery,
stimulated by a vIndictve sectional majority, is to
holdforever the right Of government in our own
hands.
\ new In cur prosperity viii soon begin. This
war was begun by the fanatics Of the North they
had the control Of naorities in all of the Northern
States, with one exception; they were ruthless vim
dctive, and despised what they were pleased to call
the ignorant brutal and besoted South When told by
portion of their own commercial and maaufactur-
classes that their wealth depended on alavegrOwnng
produce, they hOoted at the idea and said that it
the semi tropical climate that made sugar, rice
cotton, tobacco and other articles and that emanci
pated slaves would accomplish more on hire for the
benefit of the North, than in their present condition
They have brought on the war by drawing the sword
upon the people asking for security for their rights
The commercial and manufacturing classes Join
ed them, and desPising our claim to The
right of selEgovernment, determined to re-
gard the States as counties, and to govern
them IN such manner as they might deem most con-
dueve to their own interests, and reckless of the
interests of the South. 1t was mainly the New Eng
land Ststes, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania,
which have brought on this war; that seek to con-
troll the labor Of the Southern States to regulate
its pursuits Of industry and hold the Southern PEG
PIE as cOlOnists. When LINCOLN expressed the opin-
ion that the conflicts between the North and the
South were irrepressible he contemplated the sen
aration Of the States as impossible When Sr-.rp
was told the prosecution of his Abolition schemes
would separate the North and the South he asked,
with sneer, Who's afraid?" Why they regay/
ed it as impossible, they solved by referee, -
their numbers, their power theig Weslta, &c to
Interest to hold the South. md their
The shoes exported SoGsh frov
amounted to Sl2,0OG509 S5 Boston IN 1892
extensive shoe factories b -ce the war begun,
more shan enc Of the Sa1' We been established IN
hand = BOW enrare3 = -,hern cities, and New Eng
Sc ,-;ctirn i abo0r Ike the highway robber when
80 :. f,rious to escape his grasp. Pennsylva
-. Co,,,h IS tiger at the prospect of seeing
IanufaCtuTe her own iron-ware or I'M
- s she may choose hence the spirit of the
way rOb0er pervades tina. State The mill
JWners OF the entire North zru 1urlors at the
prospect Of the manufacture Of cotton goods
at the South, or tire importation OF them
from other countries a. she may desire. They
behold the North blockaded By the south and cot
Ton excluded from her limits They see a prospect
Of the closing Of their mills. They know that
Great Britain viii break the blockade Of Southern
ports as soon as the cotton crop is ready. They
know that five millions of British people Will be.
CONE ,,paupers, and the British Government lose
one-thIrd of lis whole revenue, amounting to $3.50,
OO0.O0O They know that the stOppage of the cot
ton crop for one year would bankrupt for the tyne
the British Government. The mill owners know
they cannot get single bale unless there is sur
plus over foreign demand, and by paying profit
to European purchasers. The Northern States see
plainly thst cottons, woollens hardware shoes, and
other articles, under the operation of the strc test
revenue duties, must and VII be manufactured il
the South and that they will 10 longer have it il
their power, by the imposition Of exorbitaut IIro
tectiTe duties, 10 compel us 10 purchase from them
They know that the development OF Southern mines
and minerals mEst necessarily result from the sep
araton. This is what produces the determination
now manifested IN the pages OF 50 many Northern
journals TO hold the Southern Ststes as counties or
conquered provinces. The spirit OF the robber is
manifested in the character and conduct of many OF
their leading statesmen. CA2ERoY obtained s
seat in the Cabinet from LINCOLN witt
difficulty. in consequence of the charges of fraud
which had been made sgainst him. The charge o.
fraud in regard to the discharge Of his duties a
Secretary Of War has been made by the editor o.
the Cincinnati Commercial in a recent letter to nj
paper from Washington. Similar charges have beer
made against Mr.. CHASE. The New York Tribln
stated few years ago, that there was on pilfern!
or official peculstiOn going on in which Mr. SEv-ART
was not likely TO have q hand. Similar charge
have been made against NELlEs, Secretary Of the
Navy, Gov. CURTIN, Of Pennsylvania, aud Gov
DENN1soN, of Ohio. An Ohio volunteer IN Virgin,
writes home that be would rather shoot DENNTs0l
than jar. DAVIS for his frauds upon the soldiers
Is it probable that, when such deadly charges arc
80 boldly made by Black Republican journals, there
should be no foundation for them? 1t Toult
seem that they have no idea of government eIcep
as engine for the purpose Of enabling themselves
or one section of the community, TO rob others. [
is evident that the leading purpose with the master
spirits Of this war to consolidate the government
TO hold the States as Counties so TO make the cen
trail government the most efficient possible machine
for the purpose of controlling the resources of The
South for the benefit of the Northern States. TIL,
action of the leaders of this concern is rapidly
breaking down every sound principle Of public
justice and private morals in the North. And the
people Of the Southern States have safety bat il
perpetual separation from greedy dominant sni
hostile majority.
Northern (&r. KETTELL) wrote g treatise
for the purpose of showing 10 the Northern people
the folly Of interfering with the institutions o.
their customers in the South and for the preserva
ton of the Union Of the States In that treatise he
stated that S462, 100000 worth of produce was
sent annually from the Southern to the Northern
States lie further stated as follows:
a portion Of every artisans work is paid for by
Southern means. Every -carnlan draws pay, more
less from that sc zion. The agents who sell
ufactures the merchants who sell imported goods,
the ships that carry them Inc builders Of the ships
the lumOermen who furnish the material, and all
those VINO supply means of supp re 10 them dnu
lhelr iamiIes; Tie brokers, tine dealers in South
sFn produce the exchange dealers, the bankers,