The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-11-18

elgB GA would have taken ihe enemy
IN deaiI, with ,he Potomac dividing
hi. forces
GRrHIc PIcrtnr oF a Sorru-
ERN ENrIRr The London Daily
Mars draws Ills picture or the char
acter of the South, and the probable
consequences which would follow iis
achievement Of independence
As far as England IS concerned.
ae may Judge from lie past. Many
people Say, in excuse for their t,e 81
mind about The war, that they dctest
|ihe Americans. Very well andwba,
doe, this mean2 Il means an assoei
alton Of IDEAS made Up of troubles
about search Of slaycrs 1T sea-, and
brag about the Monroe doctrine, and
threats Of Canada. and ISLANDERS about
our cruisers in the Gulf, and outrage
on San Juan, and the bullying Of Tie
General ilarneys, and the sharp prac-
iiee Of cabinets at Washington, aud
aggressions upon our seamen in port,
Iaud universal rudcnc,s 10 our repre-
scuiativcs ia tho States, and to our
government through American repre-
seniati>es in England. All this, with
impressions Of flibustering, threats
about Cuba, an unreprcssed clandes-
tine slave trade, lynch law, marauding
in Kansas, brag about liberty togeth-
CT will tar and feathers, cowhiding,
slave markets, human stock breeding,
aid all tie rest Of it--tleso impress
ions combine to make up the senti-
ment expressed by the avowal 4 de-
4 test the Americans. But for every
element Of this impression confederate
society is answerable. Il was tie
South reigning at Washington, the
South importing negroes, the South
c0veting Cuba and Canada, the South
seFding Walker and Lopez into the
territory Of q. ally 70 stir up insurrec-
ton, tho South sending Gen. Iarney
10 San Juan, The South lynching cler-
gymcn, and burning alive travellers
suspected Of disapproying slavery
the South as universal aggrcssor bgl-
4 y, braggart, traitor, mischiefmakcr
anl thorough bore-that society was
getting 70 detest more and more every
year What follows if this same Sou h,
inflated with pride and revenge, could
actually recover her dominion
"The Dred Scott decision would be
actively enforced, and the whole ter.
ritory fthe Union made slave sell. -
The popular vote would be overrulcd,
Or praciially precluded, as hitherto
in the South and rights of education.
Of free speech, and q free press would
lie extinguished. Labor being dis.
credited by the extension Of slavery,
the pauperism and degradation Of tic
free workers Of the North would cor.
rupt society 10 lis core. The con.
cubinage Of the South would spread
beyond the present dividing line, and
the morals Of the whole nation would
be in danger Of Becoming like those o
tie slave states, which are grossel
I than can be conceived Of in any othel
part Of Chrisiendom. Every otheI
nation would be perpetually on th,
verge Of war; or engaged in IT, We
cause the slave power cannot abstain
fIom aggression, nor maintain il 10
siiion by the arts Of peace. w,
should see q retrograde period arrive
more disastrous to civilization tLai
tie advent Of the first Napoleon
We should see a buccaneering na'ioI
turning the progress Of political liLer
y into a mockery destroying the free
dom of tie seas, ana the security d
territory, and The prosperity Of labor
We should see The natural laws 81 IN
das:ry and trade tampered with, civ
ilization turned back, a caniing ra
ganism set UP IN the name of Ciristi
aaity, and the old world infested Will
lhe pilacies u The new, IN every 8
pariment q politics Of business, q ter
riiorial possession, and Of intelleclaa
and moral intercourse. II Tie con
telerats could prevail, and reinaall
ihe spirit ana policy 81 tie South 5
Washington, i would U the creates
calamity ihat Ia. beialIen thg worl,
for centuries Bat i viii not bc
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