The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-08-10
REVOLUTION.

change, for the most part connected with vio-
lence, says one-but how speedy mist the change
be, and with what degree Of violence must it be
to distinguished it from the ordinary
which are constantly occurring9 There
is no such thing as remaining at fixed point, all
the laws, moral and physical, forbid it. What we
ordinarily call Revolution is but the demonstr.
ton of accumulated changes, that haze previous
ly taken place, and which forces itself into view
from epoch to epoch. The American revolution
OF !! 10. was but the elimination OF q quarter OF
IL ceIturys previous thought and CESSATION SO
with the French revolution, and with the English
under Cromwell and it is true to-day with the
present aspect of affairs with the States FOR
twenty years the Northern mind has been work
ing in channels antagonistic to the South,-1or
twenty years the Southern mind aware OF this on
set has worked and pondered over the means OF
self security; both sections have arrived at the
elimination. In the North it commenced with
John Quincy Adams struggle for the right OF Pc
tition. The South were alarmed at the use made
of this ri ht. Since then Southerners have seen
it pervade the Church. interviewer with the ele-
mintary lessons of childhood, mingled in their
poetry and other literature. placed upon their
statute books, and maintained upon the bench; al
last, in one concentrated movement, capture and
possess itself of the Federal Government. Whilst
these mutations were yet in progress in the North
This was separation, or secession -rebelllon-
call it what you will,-and time and time ana
again. their leading men have told the Norm th;lt
this would be tie dire necessity forced upon them
1t has come-the necessity and the rcmedy-lt Is
not the work Of the past six months but the i'm
puritics of twenty years apparent health, exhibit
ing itself ia sores and Scabs upon the bOdy poll
tic Nature is righting herself ting her own
cure; and this very war is but n part and contln-
uaton of that revolution. The ambitions, hopes,
e Il, ,Nfhf -, in
evitable fate. We have grown great, multiplied
in numbers and plead our empire over vast
country, and from the womb OF cause-moral and
physical--hds sprung ttr0 ndti0naiitteS. One Of
them already recognized in the family OF nations
as the United States.' will remain when these
cruel wars are ended its dominion in no way af-
fected except as it is circumscrbed for he time
being, to fewer states and less territory The
other will burst into recognised life before the
world. as the Confederate States of America"
full Of hope, vigorous and self sustaining. 1t is
not so now, but will be shortly. The war being
waged upon it by the North will force manhood
upon it. Blockaded by and landed, necessity
will cause it to become independent of the North
and West in all that it has heretofore been de-
pendent upon them for. The soil is more pro-
ductive Of grains. and the savannahs broader.
where herds of cattle may feed upon the grasses
in perennial harvest. There too arc the native
stores Of iron, lead coal and copper. Water
power for machinery, and forests of ship timber.
They have the best of mechanics among them,
and with encouragement can have more. The
cotton and tobacco fields have already give place
to luxuriant fields of grain and the rest will soon
follow. Let every statesman in the South pray
the continuance Of the blockade: it is the perfect
ing of your nation 1t will advance You more in
two years than twenty years would under other
and apparently favorable auspices. In 1880 we
quite as dependent on Great Britain for our
manufactured articles and commerce, as the South
npyp is ha Youth
ces, see the results? AS an illustration of this
fact we have seen letter from Charleston, S. c.,
Of date of 9th of June last from which we make
the following extract
In one sense the blockade is doing the South
a vast deal of good. Thrown now upon their
own resources. the southern people are turning
their attention to the production of nearly every
indispensable article for which they have hitherto
depended on the North and Europe. The oppOr-
tunities for manufacturing are now so promising
and offer such handsome returns, that hundreds
are going into the new branches. The South
must have cotton goods, farming tools machine
ry earthenware implements OF warfare, carpet
ing, and thousand other things, and If they can
not be had from the usual sources, of course they
mnst be made at home. Even such un-southern
branches of business as book publishing and sheet
music publishing. have been warmed into life and
activity. One house here is getting out several
new books and a map; and music seller on King
Dixie" and other popular melodies of the day.
The music man says his stock of Dixie ran out
He sent to New Orleans and Memphis for sup
ply, but found his brother tradesmen in the same
predicament. $50 You see says he, Il am
obliged to publish it myself, and will have out
handsome edition next week, and am preparing
to 90 into tie publishing business largely" This
is but an instances; but it shows that necessity is
driving the southern people to the production of
the essentials of life themselves. They begin in
small way, it is true; but so did the llarpers,
the Chickering's, Ames Singer, and The other
manufacturing princes of The North.
The same impetus is given to the production of
those artie les Of food. which have hitherto come
largely from the North. | think the South can
claim agricultural independence in everything,
unless it is the 'ice CROP a few days ago the
stock OF northern butter aud ckcese in the city
began to diminish, and prices went up Sudden
ly We. had an avalanche Of good butter and cheese
from Tennessee and the people are rejoicing in
| improved flavor and lower prices. New flour is
already in the stores for sale. From all accounts
there is an enormous grain crop in the South this
year, and ut the same time the full amount OF cot
ton has been planted"
| There ia nothing necessarily in this revolution Diet
rimentnl to the cause OF civil liberty. The people
Of each section have seen and felt the advantages
of mild government, and Of that scope aud play
given to the white man, Ivy the administration OF
public affairs. when entirely under his own con-
troll, developing as it always does the highest
qualities of his energies and genius. Such adj
vuntages will not Intentionally be resigned. We are
necessarily, always mindful Of the fact that pow
or is being constantly stolen from the many and
usurped by the few. The greatest danger TO these
civil rights exists in the present strugglc-they
arc now passing through the fiery ordeal. Party
strife and the frenzy of the moment are already
seized upon by the more cunning and designing.
and if not jealousy watched. will be used to seri-
ously impair the Inherent rights of the man and
citizen. Ignoring the sovereignty Of the people,
as they exist in States, suspending the privilege
Of the writ of habeas corpus; supplanting the