The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-09-04
Fnrthar Disintegration.

The New Orleans Crescent SO nearly represents our
feelings and views on the great question now agating
our country, we cannot refrain from transferring the
following article to our columns:
It says Mr. Breckenridge predicted, few weeks ago,
in speech he made in the United States senate, that
if the war lasted twelve months longer there would be
three Confederacies in the place of the old Union, in
stead Of two If it lasted for two years there would
be four
Evidently he had no reference to division among the
States of the south There never was a people more
homogeneous or better assimlated, and there is no
danger that win not get along together in peace and
harmony His idea no doubt that the northwest,
purely agricultural region, and having no identity OF
interest with the cast would set up for itself and thus
escape the high tariffs and taxes and monopolies in
which our former New England brethren delight. The
next disruption would take place on the Pacific Cali
fornia and Oregon would establish government for
themselves Thus then, four Conedcraces would oc-
cupy the place Of the old Unon-the great SOUTH the
gigantic northwest the Pacific States and territories
and the east.
Mr. Breckenridge spoke of it evii-as if he
would regret to see such result But, why not? The
continent of Europe is dotted over with different
tons, Win contiguous IL - oIii
now and then that there is any trouble between them.
Certainly they getalong better andmore tremendously
together than the north and the south did during the
existence of the Union.
The area occupied by the Union so large that
the interests of different sections necessarily
RANT and it impossible to reconcile them, to the
satisfaction of ALL Thus, the manufacturing States of
the northeast wanted protection and the SOUTH for the
sake of the Union, yielded it, although millions
Of dollars out Of our pockets every year They
wanted monopoly Of the coast navigation, and the
south consented to that. They wanted bounties and
argesscs of all sorts of the federal treasury, and
generally contrived to get them. Not content with
all these privileges and advantages they boldly assumed
that the south should not carry certain species Of its
property into the territories that had fought for and
paid for and organised great party to prevent it
They robbed indirectly by stealing slave prop
crty and then sought to it all by trying to rob
us of our share of the territories These things show
that our interests different, our ideas of govern
mcnt different and that the quarrel which has been
going on so long between US had to come to a head
sooner or later and the sooner the better The south
submitted to expressions and wrongs Of various sorts
| free people on earth would have done.
For the sake of peace and quiet and for selpreser
vation, we dissolved Union which promised to be
more and more oppressive and hateful to every year
If the northwest choose, did to break off from
the Union, why not? 1t may not have the same causes
Of complaint as the south had but it may secedc from
the Union if choose, without being obliged to give
any reasons for it whatever, But the probability is that
there will soon be reasons enough The New England
yankees, under color of law, will commence plumber
ing them aud weighing them down with tariffs and ii
rect taxes until government, instead Of being blcs
sing to them, will be burden. Nor is the nortIwcs
as able to stand these eXactons the south wher
she acknowledged membership in the Union. So, also
California and Oregon may find it to their account t
separate from the yankees, and work out their owl
salvation in their own way. Brigham Young, in the
territory Of Utah. has already declared the indepcnd
ence Of the mormons
So far from sharing Mr. Brcckinridgcs distress about
further dissolution of the Union, we rather think il
would be a good thing. Communities aud States then
having common interests would league together nncv
confedcracies instead Of all remaining together III one
Union with clashng interests and perpetual bicker
ings When it is manifest that there is cheating going
around the board it is better for all honest players
to pocket their stakes and withdraw from the game