The Nevada Democrat., 1861-09-07
What Comes AMER the New Comred-
erncY.

"A "VVA has lutely Deeu puDhaneu, enk-
tied "The Uprising Of Great People,
written by Count AgenOr de Gasparin,
French philosopher, reviewing the institn-
tion Of slavery and the present crisis ia
American politics. The writer has resided
some time in the United States, and evinces
thorough appreciation Of the advantages
OF a Union Of all the States, and shows bow
fatal an independent Southern republic
must be TO the slaveholding interest We
quote from bis book, page ls9, on this
subject:
But admit that they succeed In preventing
an immediate explosion, the mere fact OF u
total secession, and of the formation Of two
Confederacies, almost equal, Tin appearance
at least,) will permit no one TO count on the
prolonged preservation OF peace. What
repulsion, what grievances will be found
in all relations, in ali questions Ard
from grievance to war, from war TO negro
instructions, what viii be the distance, J.
ask The South will then be an immense
powder magazine, TO which the first spark
will set fire. Aud the South will not lose
its habits of arrogance, it will be quarrel.
some as always. Has Il not already an.
nOunced in its journals that on the fret
enc enlargement given TO its fugitive slaves.
II will draw the sword Now, such en-.
couragement will not be wanting. The
South does not know at the present time
how much the North, OF which il comA
plains, contributes to prevent the escapes
which II fears. The Federal Government
is at hand TO oppose them. In some measure
at least. When the preventive obstacle shall
have disappeared, The South will zee with
what rapidity its slavery will glide away
on every point Of frontier 1t will zee III
happy negroes ready TO brave a thousand
perils rather than remain under It's law.
Alas it will see many other proofs Of their
devotion 10 servitude. do not like 10
hiring bloody images, at which | shudder,
too often before the eyes Of the reader il
must be said, Notwithstanding, while 1t il
yet time, that the general Confederacy of
the South, intoxicated with its projects, TO.
solved to increase its possessions, forced 10
demand from the African slave trade the
means Of re-peOpling its States, depOpula.
ted by escape, aud to install slavery into
new territories will draw upon il, not only
the wrath Of the United States, but the in
dignatiOn Of the entire world. And what
misery, what ruin will ensue from the 1rst
conflict
like better TO fix my thoughts on the
third ypothesis-that of return TO the
now broken Union. Taught by experience,
seeing how little weight il has 10 the world
since its separation from the United States,
poor, weak, divided, comprehending the
impossbilty of realizing its true plans
without exposing itself to calamties, losing
it's resources, one after another even 10
the cultivation Of cotton, which also de.
mands credit and security, incapable OF
preventing the fight Of It's slaves, and not
daring TO brave that power OF public opin-
lon which will interdict the African trade.
the Southern Confederacy, exhausted and
dismayed, will perhaps one Gay prefer re-
turning to the bosom Of the Union, 70
plunging into the extremity OF misfor-
tune. In this case, again, the question Of
Acknowledgement will have made vast strides.
The United States will have taken a deci-
ded position in the absence Of the South,
which its return cannot destroy convic-
tions will be fixed, the final impulse will
have been given, and to this impulse, tbe
South. come to repentance, will know thai
nothing is left it but TO submit.