Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-10
The Future Of the North.

We have WATCHED With al interes; which must have
been shared With cur readers the Development which
lorg ,ra4 Of sc4rc,y-oeroeived has prepared
Of those changes OF poy, social aud public, which ere
close at hand and must hereafter obtain most OF the
woodworking States Of the former Uaioa. In the
front OF these stands The great Empire Sa.e its peo-
pc are fond Of STYLING L.. In New York, the CONNER
c. spirit the intense love OF money getting, the almost
fabulous progress Of her people in numbers and wealth
and tue rivalry and competition for OsteatlOus and
luxurious distinctions thus engendered in society devo
ted to the dollar and therefore ignorant and uniform
cd have expelled all care for the State, and exugushed
even the traces Of that Spartan simplicity which made
Us and alone can keep free people. Luxury aud the
love Of gain which procures it. have corrupted their
society to the co5e. Their public men are debased by
lony habits of lactous politics and low public morals
Government itself ia regarded with them mere
monev-cettuc machine, and their craftsmanship has be-
come eaiuf trade iusOmuch that the remark Is COM
mon. that politics make Southern man poor and a
Northern man rich; would it be easy, in review Of
the individual history Of officials connected with the Gov
eminent from is foundation, to point out many excep
tons TO its truth Nothern society, in ue approaches
that state Of degradation which makes political Despo
ism flourish wh=re the people require Government to
protect them in the enjoyment Of all the objects OF
sense-in personal security distinguished from free
f5,.-and think when it has effected this It has per
formed its whole Office. The dulles OF citizenship to
such a people are rksOme-the yiglaEt Of their
liberties Expresses tem-the refined and delicate rela
tons of State rights and State sovereignty uuin
,eHgble study-,he terror of popular license afghts
,bem-aud they would fly from the presence of such
evils to the embrace and refuge Of central DespOtc
authority What can be more significant of these changes
than the uudsgused uteanoes OF their leading presses
such as the New York Courier and Enquirer:
The war may soon pass avsy-we may have quick
and vital battle field aud the North prove its prowesS
as certainly it will but the truth of HatioRa! unity and
porsr that these events have given endures-combined
Condensed narrated IN army aud fdVy.
1t is the characteristic Q. the history OF our times
that gives 10 years the labor which was the 6uIthen 10
other times for age; and the sudden rushing into one
bounding artery OF al the lie blood OF the North-nag
noe create u.s. We shall ask the question: WAY all hiS
Hs q sss cjsrsoss intricate sHtaQismsnt o different
Do-srs % make tis aud 10 decree Judgment We can
aa ri noe 10 kFFACE the Old Colonial Geography. IL IS
,hs aBi red D0csrS Of States WITHIN NATION that has
BEEN ne source Of az trouble. Nor oiH ue RENoV
Al or SrArg POWER AND THE CREATION or NATIoNALi-
~ D. a task SO formidable II has been done even 10
the instance Of England and Scotland educated as foes
by centuries OF warfare.
Tde coud ct of jurisdiction the border is settled
and the nation OF England is virtually one-with one
/ arm Of defense-one word OF command for army and
nayy-oae dly-from the 0rkneys TO Lands End.
q THIS artificial difficulty Of State rights IS no. an '-
SG0iHrbs one L yield the greatest good OF one
power We are no strangers and strange TO each other
Massachusetts, and Ne~ York Vermont and Penrsylya
MIA need not Be- iHdividudss. They rooms IN the
same house and require the front door. Even com
merce is Wesrie3 With the conf Of decisions We need
not al these legislatures, all these SOUsrsigntiss. We
| are one and ought to move
I've need the guidance OF law making power
declaring principles and regulating by wise rules OF
broad scope The memorable sentence in the Federal
Constitution which secures the nvOlabty of contracts
Is type of the rule. For all minor legislation Districts
can easily be formed mayors court Is organized at
Albany The North never before knew its strength. II
already sees the end OF this appeal to IL has the
brain the arm the go and recognises the rule OF Our
Father Who art in Heaven This makes OF at once
a NArIOS; and only ask in the midst Of all the claDg
and clash Of war Point to that which ought 10 be the
great end Of this most wonderful Union OF all our
strength-OT unity Gs nation.
"The North never before knew its strength ~
Strength in the srche sure of ruin What wonder that
y from the conhgion Of such crime-crime against
Liberty, for which no lustration will sutce-fy with our
Household Gods TO build ourselves a city. How
remain What specific had we else agains; the nfsc-
tion-vhat prophy against The terrible diseaseS
"a thousand yeas usrve 70 form . State
IAN hour may lay Il in the dust and when
"cAn 81 shat red SpleneOr rsooVaie
szssan lH virtues back, and yanqGsh time aadia,.