The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-07-21
spEcuLArIoNs ON THE FUTURE.

sPECULATIoNs ON THE FUTuRE.
The New York metropolitan kecord' OF Juno
18th, has wonderfully reasonable af''cie iof
Yankee paper
at renuires no prophetic vision, says the "Me-
tranol;tan 40 foresee the result of the present
yar Tbat il will terminate in the complete in
Seno,dence Of the Southern Confederacy, there
can he we think, no doubt in the mind of any
rational man." 1t goes on then to declare that the
Administration having utterly failed to subjugate
the South, and the South having maintained itself
calamity and successfully against an overwhel-
ming invasion from the North, repeated again and
again, it now depends upon the people whether
they shall continue to sustain the war policy, and,
by so doing, establish a permanent despotlsm that
shall sweep away the last vestge of popular iber-
ty from the Northern States. Believing that they
are not prepared for such result, it presents few
serious reflections In regard to the future prospects
of the Northern portion of the old Union.
l. A convention Of the Northern States must
be held to take into consideration the new condi-
ton in which they are placed, and to devise
means for their reorganization reconsideration
under new constitution. Each State will have
the power to ratify reject the constitution pro-
posed and adopted by the Convention.
IL The vast debt which has been accumulated
BY the present war will, as a matter Of imperative
necessary, be repgdiated Such policy is one Of
the inevitable consequences Of the lamentable con-
dition in which the North finds itself after its
Abolition crusade. The debt of the North may
now be estimated at two thousand five hundred
millions of dollars, and the interest this, at sew
en- per cent, would be about one hundred and
eighty millions, which Is larger than the national
debt of England
III. The delegates to the convention to insist
upon the inviolability Of State Rights, the sove
rcignty of the States the liberty Of the press, the
freedom ofspeech, ha5eas corpus, &c.
" Admitting the existence of two Confedera-
cies within the limits of the old Union, the Gov
ernment established under the new Constitution
will have to deal with the question of boundaries,
customs, river navigation, and the general rela-
tions that may spring up between the two Con-
fcderacies; free trade to be- declared between the
two republics, to render border custom
houscs unnecessary; the navigation of the Mississ
ippi free'to the Gulf of Mexico.
V. AS the friendly relations between the two
COnfederaces are essential to the welfare and fu
ture prosperity of both it should be the policy of
the Northern, we trust it will be of the South
ern, to discourage and frown down every attempt
to create hostile or bitter feelings between their
respective Governments and people. =
VI. AbolitlOnlsm must be abolished if we would
preserve friendly relations with the South with
the view to offensive and defensive alliance Of
the two great republics of America against the in
tri8ues and machinatiopS of foreign powers.
VII. 1t is possible that the memories of wrongs
and outrages committed during a ruthless invasion
ofthc South may render such an alliance work
Of difficulty for many years, but the statesmen Of
the South will, We believe, be the first to perceive
the necessity for, and the benefits derivabe from,
such relationship between the two republics.
VIII. One Of the most difficult questions to set
Tie will be that of the territories, which, if not set
tied definitely and conclusively by convention
between the two coniederacies, may lead to endless
IT
may be that the old Missouri Compromise line
may be adopted, but whatever line may be adopted
as the limit of the Northern and Southern terrific
rics that line must be clearly and distinctly drawn.
" hacvcr disputes may arise about these terrific
ries, they certainly cannot Org nate in any fear
that either confedcracy will not have sufficient
land to meet the demands of their population for
two or three centuries to come.
At the CLOSE of the war a new question will
come up for the consideration of that portion that
still remains of the old Union. This is no less
question than the future position Of the border
slave States If, the principle of universal
suffrage is to prevail with regard to the election OF
their choice between the North and the South,
then that question must be left to their own de-
cision by general election in those States, and
with regard to the result we believe that if left
entirely untraleled by governmental or bayonet
interference, they will decide by large majorities
of their populations to go with the Southern Con
foderacy
This is all right (says the Richmond Enquirer,
with the exception of part of Article " The
Northern Federation can declare free trade for it.
SELF and prohibit custom houses for itself, and
can make the navigation Of the Mississippi free
within lis own borders All those matters will be
dealt with by us for ourselves, and with reference
to our own interests and policy We have always
offered the free navigation Of the Mississippi, but
this does by no means imply the absence of Gus
toan duties upon merchandise landed in our ports
for sale there.
There is no harm, however, in having these con-
sderations presented to the Yankee mind, to re-
fleet on at its leisure.
Gov, Lubbock has called out 10000 men to de-
tend Texas
One hundred and fifty Federal desertcrs from
New Orleans have been picked up on the Texas
coast
Bg-Rumors are usually composed of a mixture
/ oil truth and talsehood and there always mingles
IN the medley suficiency of truth to obtain
credit for the falsehood
young lady said to her beau, after five wears
4 courtship, "Chares, l am going out of town to-
\ morrow 'Where?" 81 don't know "Wben
\ are you coming back?" Never" What are YOU
xYoiae forI'' 81 am GOING TO look after