The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-13
OUR NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE.


NRw ORLEANS, Feb. rs, 1851.
Ne Severance Of the Cnioa-No Prospects of Conpromise
TAe Peace Propositions--Souhe,7, Opinion Of Them
The Complications Arisng out Of the Slavery Quesion
Permancacy of the Southern Confeleracy-7he Only
Remedy ia the Cose de-, dc.
Since last wrote TO you have been into the country
among the planters, and have good deal or the
state of feeling among the wealthy and what generally
the conservative classes in this State The results Of my
intercourse with them confirm more and more in my
conviction that the Union between the Northern and
Southern States will be re-estabshed There are
few any exceptions among them even the sugar plant
ers affirming the necessity of severance Of the political
between the two social systems, and readily
soCsenng to sacrifice the advantage they possessed in
protective duty sugar. for what they deem the social
security Of themselves now and their children b.rearer
The proceedings of the Peace Conference at Washing
ton are contemplated by all with feeling Of the most
perfect indifference Propositions Ike those of Critten
den and Guthrie, which PROPOSE to run the Mis-
souri line to the Pacific, and to divide the
existiDg territory between Northern and Southern
society, are looked upon as fundamentally
Thew recognise an antagonism between the two sys-
Of society and amount merely effort reduce
that antagossm to passive state did the Missouri
Compromise forty years ago. Although they might
coed for time and peace temporarily to the
country the hostile feeling )ud break out in some
SoTm Of activity at future day. II they adopted
parts Of the federal constitution they merely perpeuate
IN seeds Of conflict by grating upon that instrument
recognition OF this social antagonism, the existence Of
which contemplated by the fathers Of the
public. n.ts..
Such course would be merely returning to the state
Of doubt to is future which has hung the social
system of the slave States for half century past Re-
ma have for two generations contemplated with feel
ing OF doubt akin TO alarm the complications and ,nc
which the slavery question destined to produce In the
ITuion M itn afo .fa
all looked forward TO its coming with dread. |. has
The frs steps have been taken, the first sacri
new state Of political independence and social
pevmanepce and security, feeling has arisen In.
and it's Sope Of safe dsveiopesns
and return TO the former state Of political union with the
fast growing North, and the state Of doubt in which
Southern society was involved. AL will fight hrst for
the new independence, and young aud old every
whore arming in anticipation Of the coming conflict
Thero Is not village town or city that has not its
squad company or regiment drilling TO the use Of
and military evolutions.
The estabishm ant Of the Southern confcderacy has
thus become an accomplished thing and Statesmen
should now begin to contemplate the necessity Of
creating friendly and reciprocal feeling between the
b impossible unle carried 10 the point OF conquest;
and conquest, it were possible would defeat Its
che public property and establishment Of per-
feet reciprocity in trade such as existed before,
Nomen. Of these questions the North has
much p,ssa.r lose Lincoln or x gain The s
the inauguration OF tariff system and its at
tendant barriers 70 between the North aud the
South This will be the FIRST impetus 10 the flow Of North
ern capital and skilled labor Southwark. But there is
greater stimulus to the southwark movement, OF
features than tariff The Patent laws form the
keystone Of the arch of Northern industry and the
Foundation Of nary all the existing manufacturing esta
blishments These fall with the inauguration Of the
oonfederacy and here all improvements in machine
~ and patented Of be adopted
without paying tribute the Inventors Planning machines
and reapcrs India rabber goods and Colts pistols with
all their brother patented processes free I, the
Southern artisan and manufacturer We need not enlarge
upon the effect OF this upon the and trade
Il the South.
reciprocity treaty between the two confederacies,
recognizing the old patents that have boon issued the
only remedy for these evils to Northern industry The
South viii resist the effort to establish the old British
prncple OF taxation without and war will
1orever preclude reciprocity.