The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-01-26

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great numbers 81 Northern citizen.
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al New ORLEANS wiil be TO greater
Of les cucpt Tie history Ct lhe whole
sauh. Northern men have before
INSIDE il,eir homes a, tle South. bot
the poNef Of the slave oIigarehy has
been such that taeir residence was q
bul ilile ase Il tie caa.c 81 freedom
MANY 0l Them v ei5t there from an ac
lige sympathy with lha Institution.
many 81 ibem were willing 70 give up
their principles for Southern bride
wi,h a valuable gang Of slaves, and
those who sill clung to their early
teachings could nel disseminate them
without putting their property and
lives in Danger But the Norlhcrnrrs
who now 60 10 the South are iHyaria-
bly, tie friends Of freedom and Tie ty-
ranny which has heretofore crushed
all such is now beneath the heel Of
mightier power. Thus Northern
labor becomes safe and White labor
honorable, and under such a system
the South, which slavery has made a
wilderness, viii flourish like a garden.
Nor must we allow ourselves to
suppose tha; this Northern emigration
is wholly TO be relied upon to regcn-
crate the South. Those to whom
slavery has been synonymous with
wealth and power and who may con-
sequcntly be supposed 70 cling 10 il
to the last, form but a very small nj
nority Of the Southern people. The
great majority have already got their
eyes open 70 the fact that they have
no interest in common with the great
slave lords. And when these mer-
chants and mechanics and farmers
from the North introduce the new
system among them, giving them
work and wages and eleyating them
ii the social ranks, they will discover
their political importance and chances
FOR wealth in the new order Of things
and become IFS fast friends ana sup-
polters. II is in this view tl,at we
discover the admirable policy Of the
President in endeayJring 10 conciiate
the great masses Of the Southern peo-
pie instead Of the slaye-holding aris-
tocracy as certain politicians would
persuade him to do.
any arc inclined to allow them
selves 10 be influenced By the misery
and grief which this great change
will bring upon those who have before
held in their hands the wealth Of tie
South, they should be careful to take
view Of the whole matter. Let
them contrast tie condition Of Ihc
South under the old system with what
it viii be when its last vestige Is
swept away. lie; them remember
HAT II slavery was wealth and power
and happilics, to The few, il was pow
cry and degradation and wretchea-
ness to the many, and that by lis de-
struciion the former win become the
rule instead Of the exception. Nor
will this misery felt by the slavehold-
ers of to-day continue long. Il will
only cling TO them and serve as the
punishment Of their treason. Their
children will not grow up ia intimate
connection With slavery and conse-
quently viii not feel lie pain Of It's
removal. They wall be the heirs Of
the blessings Of the new system and
not of the disappointments and misery
Of their fathers. The private misfor-
tunes brought about by the change
will die mhh tie present generation.
Thus to the South the fruit of tie
great change viii be happiness with
as little alloy as i possible after any
social revolution. while IFS effects up
90 The whole Union cannot but be
glorious il the extreme.