Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-26

tionabIe. Its commerce Is 10 the whole country
what that Of Holland once was TO the Wersd--Tiz:
liutng on tie trade Of other people Us manufactures
occupy the same position, awaiting only the time
when the other sections VIII do their own work.
When that moment arrives, Massachusetts,, which
now occupies the proudest rank IN the Union. viii
fall back upon her resources, and still claim 70
be an agricultural State since her crop IS
granite GHder loiHter crop is ics This period the
North supinely permits few interruptions p0liti-
clans, clerical agitatOrs and reprobate persons to
hasten, by the NEST wanton attacks upon the institH
tons Of their best customers. They are forcing
the Northern slave States to assume TO the South
the same position that New England be 20 the
South on the formation Of the Union. TEsy are
holding out to them the. bright prize Of becoming
the manufacturers, importers and carriers for the
South, as the North has been. They offer theN his
brilliant pre8iaun 20 cut ber conHccii0R 9th he NORTH
IL order TO ENJOY EtoSs branches 81 industry in realiOn
TO nie Sodh aekicA haze conferred such loedih and
prosperity upon Hslo England and the Middle Slases
England became rich by the colonies-repelied
them. Her wealth fell on New England; she has
become rich, and in her turn repsls the South in
favor of the Northern slave States. These latter
The prize failing to them, and may become eager to
grasp Il before hs North shall hare atOaeeaed 10 Us
ddn9er.p s
It lie apparent from the facts stated, that if the
separation between the North and the South had
been peaceable and amicable, it would have been
exceedingly difficult for the South to establish and
cOIuAeICi8l anu lHU6pc0uSnCcs
The ties Of trade that Connected the two sections
were so numerous and so strong, and the habit IN
the South Of RELYING on the North for commercial
and financial facilities was so Confirmed, that the
obstacles to complete independence would have been
next to fnseparable, These obstacles were removed
however when Mr.. Lincoln determined 20 resort to
the military power of the Government in order to
prevent the separation. War has dissolved all of
the commercial and financial as well as the political
ties, that bound the two sections together. The
longer the war shall continue, and the more blood
spilled the more embittsred viii become the people
on both sides, and the more impraeteable will be-
come any future reconstruction, either political or
commercial. The sentiment is already wide spread
and strong that the separation must be complete
and irresistible. 1t would be absurd now to think
Of ever again falling back into that channel of trade
which has been broken up by the wickedness and
madness of the counses which have inaugurated
the war. We shall be compelled to make hea w
sacrifices IN maintaining our Independence. We
must lose thousands Of our gallant men. and
expend millions of money. When we shall have
submitted to all this and won our indepen-
dence we should be guilty Of objectionable folly
If we failed to guard efectually against any
possibility Of becoming In future, dependent In any
sense upon those who have shown themselves to be
our worst enemies We can never forget that after
we have patiently and quietly submitted for years
to q condition Of dependence which has enriched
them. they have not heaitated to wage war, not
merely of Eubjugation, but of extermiHation, upon
US. The gulph thus created between us can never
be closed up or bfidged over. We must first tr1st
TO orr strong armB in rspelling the invasion, and
when cur independence is achieved, We must trust
to our own resources, cur own enterprise, and our
own capital for securing that commercial and dnsn-
eial prosperity which win be within reach. The
war viii necessarily impoYerish the North and
after the war, her people will lack the resources
fer recovering from its ruinous Goose quences. We
zoo, will have to make heavy sacrifices but we can
bear them without becoming impoverished. One
half of the amount We pay yearly to the North viii
carry US through the war. The suspension of all
trade with the North and with Europe may prove
to be inconvenient, but these inconvenenees win
only serve to stimulate our people to the develop
ment of their own resources and bring to light
wonderful capacity for selfsupport We may not
be able to sell our cotton, but it will become
the less valuable for keeping It will constitute a
prime basis of credit on which we can fight the war
through and at its close iquidate the debt ncurred
We are under no necessity Of going abroad to bor-
row money. Our cotton is money, and we
make it available az the bass of a currency, which
will be as sound as any bank issues. We may have
to subm to increased taxation but this Will be Ell
dered comparatively light by the wise issuance ola
hundred million Of treasury notes and viii be cheer
fully borne in view of the great stake involved IN
the war. We are fighting for our independence,
for our homes, for our property, for our freedom,
for everything dear. We can afford to make tenn
porsry sacrifices when all the advantages of future
independence, political, commercial and financial,
stand out before US in bold relief. We now know
that it has been upon Southern products that the
North has grown rich and powerful. With thu
lights of experience to guide the aths of legis
latsrs we will not fail to develope inexhsustible
resources, and 90 forward in a career of unpsral-
leled prosperity. We shall have our own navy, our
own commercial marine, our own seamen, our
own factories, our own manufactures, our own
bankers, and reap from our own products those
immense profits which the North has so long en-
joyed. No people ever had greater inducements to
put forth all their energies in the prosecution of
the pending war. No people fought for SO high
a stake. No people ever had such brilliant pres
poets after victory. Along with our political, COM
mercial and financial independence, we will have
all that can make a nation great, powerful and
happy. Very respectfully,
4 o. P. NICHOLSON.