The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-13
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Why, asks = s~ecessionist, cannot the
Free States consent 10 ut the South secedN,
so that the two sections may grow mp
side by side, as two prosperous, hsppy
and friendly governments, bound togcth-
er + rsycr ia a Craterual alianoeH a very.
pretty question, my dear sir, bus one
which involves an impossibili,y Don
supply are asking why that cannot be
which is impossible. Ia The first place,
t,,r is a possibility that the Free States
would be willing 20 be pcaeeahlc; their
past history shows that; but ,he
very essence or i5c Slave Confederacy is
aggression and conquest Owing 10 the
violent and universal prejudice enter
tanned by The whole eisiiized world
against the very basis, and "chicf-corner-
stone" Of the Southern ~ConfeJerAcy, 7 q,
African slavery, that government x es-
tablished would necessarily be a strong
military government. Il would be war
like from instinct ia order TO protect
itself from foreign encroachment. And
not only So, but such a Confcdcracy must
p]erfOrce have the principle Of conquest
engrafted in IFS system, as the chief fea-
ture Of its policy. Slavery, 10 live, must
be aggressive, il must have new territory.
Its scheme is 10 build up a splendid land
aris,ocracy, who shall hold all political
power. Look at our history. Although
the vast region South Of the Ohio is COM
parstivcly a wilderness, and millions Of
acres Of the richest land in the world
arc overgrown with unbruken forests and
cane-brakcs, showing an amount Of land
generations ahead of the real wants Of
the planters, the cry of the Southern poll
tieians has been land , land! Texas was
acquired long before it was needed, and
then the cry was Cuba and Central Anne
RIGA. Slavery thus showed itself to be
no longer a local institution, but a con
sOlidated political interest, claiming the
right under the Constitution to rule the
nation. II became the most clsmorous,
aggressive and insatiate power ever
known in the nation, and threatened TO
destroy the government, Whenever its
demands were not promptly accedcd TO.
The exhaustive system Of labor employ
ed in the cotton States renders necessa-
nv o continual enlargement &C its terrific
ry ; as one State is worked TO death, its
waste fields mas; be devoted 70 breeding
negroes, and repose, aud thoplanter must
move 10 new territory. Now it is well
known that there is a large aud fertile
tract Of land in Southern Indiana and
Illinois, which would yield tobacco, and
il is sold Cotton, luxuriantly; Southern
commerce would also be greatly benefit
teddy the possession Of various points
along the Ohio %riveri and il would be
folly TO expect that the cupidity and ann
bitian of slavery would long keep its
hands or those golden prizes. Would
the South tolerate the refusal Of the North
70 surrender fugitive slagesin that event.
Would she submit to The continual Md
nappings which wonld occur? We are
sure not. Yet these would be but a few
Of The proyocations 10 war continually
given to a government whose original
and essential policy we have shown TO be
aggressive. Who then can ask for a
pcaceable separation which will surely
inauguratc N everlasting war: Why
plead for a peace whose existence is i'm
possible? We CANNOT HAVE a PEACH
WHOSE nA>ls Is Nor 7UE UStrY cF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. NArIoSALIu ovr
ASD UNpIyIpEr TrnNIsHEs rHE ONLY HorT
or pEAcE.