Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-05-03
Three Grand Mistakes.


1t is palpable, from all the evidence in
hand, that the leaders of the people OF
the South, in pushing their threatening
course over the brink of disunion, have
been laboring under terrible three-fold
delusion as to the effect at The North. In
the first place, they have calculated upon
Starvation. By some unaccountable
influence, no figure of speech has often
err fourished in secession harrangues than
bread riots" at the North. How on
earth "bread riots" were to rage through
population that holds the granary OF
North America and part of Europe, and
has less pauperism than any other equal
population on the globe, passes the stretch
of common credulity. But still, senators
like Brown of Mississippi, and Wigfall
of Texas an l intelligent gentlemen like
d" Vice President" Stephens, and Mr..
Boyce of South Carolina have dwell
upon this starvation bugbear as one Of
the first results of disunion. The com
mon orators aud editors of the South
have, in their imaginations, turned us in
to cannibals. But the truth Of the mat.
ter is, we have not only lived very COM
fortably, but have exported breadstuffs
to an extent never before approached in
the history of the nation. But, sec.
ondly, the secessionists most confidently
counted upon throwing us into fearful
state of
Dissension. Accepting such lurid vat
donations AS those of Caleb Gushing
about the necessity Of our capitalists
boarding their money-as is done in In
dia, and elsewhere in the East--in view
of guerrilla bands" rowing through oul
section of the separated Union, sensible
Southern men have actually supposed
that their withdrawal would plunge u!
into bloody anarchy. At least, they cal
culated upon such an intensity Of parti
san feuds that military operations agains
their assaults would be ehectually neu
tralized, even if anybody should have the
/ boldness to undertake them. But wha
do we see F.? A unanimity of sentiment
pulsatirg through the entire community
/ like the blood through the heart of man
No wonder leading secession organ
struck aghast by the first signs of this de
velopment, cries out that an inexplicablt
mania possesses the people Of the North
But, thirdly, the secessionists have bull
deliberate calculations upon our
Co,cardice. Only those who hav,
mingled among all classes of Southern
men can know the contemplate opinion
which is universally entertained Of Nor
thern courage. As we do not fight duelt
and do various other things which they
consider the criterion Of courage, they
set US down for towards at once, and de
spise us accordingly. They remember
that we have always backed down in po
litical controversies with the South, and
will of course tremble at the idea of ar
armed encounter. Perhaps we shall at
ter the dread riots" and guerrilla bands
in the rural districts, but not before. No
this delusion is greater than the others
and more woful to those who cherish it.
1t does not become US to boast on thi:
point--they can do that better elsewhere
but when it can be pointed out where
and when the free states ever failed in the
least element Of true bravery, on land oil
sea, in peace or war, then we shall be
lieve that those who are represented by &
Baltimore mob can match those who are
represented by the Massachusetts 9Th
regiment-but not until then.-Boston
Journal