, 1864-12-01
Chicago Uribn1lc>
THURSDAY DECEMBER. 1. 1864.
A DIVIDED SOUTH.

Btruight out Coppcrhcads and TcaE-knee
Union Thomascs ut The North have been q,
customcd TO tel us all along that We ncvt
can conquer the 6onth because of their unal
Unity, This same declaration has been alf
The burden Of Southern boast and the flu.
flourish to every blast Of their trumpcts. Tt
Southern heart was fired. Its blood was W
BY the white heat OF their tropical passion
they were welded into one arm and one haa!
10 Strike Tor their altars, smoking win th
sacritlcial tributes wEtng from the unpa'e
hbor Of men and women. The chi'alry
the South wcne meyer to lower the bannc,
which Havne and Calhoun casayed TO raise
The women of the South were ready
In sulm,t to the surgical operation
vhich taou1d transform them into An1azons,
and IN cyincc their passion for slaughter.
t1,r1ed skulls into drinking cups and bones In
tn fnecr rings the children Of the South .wero
IN he led to the altar, and like Hannibal, take
4he oath Of everlasting hatred to the Yam
kces: even sambo and Cutfec among the COT
ion bolls and rice swamps, shared the uniyer-
sal fc1yor md were ready to devote anew
their backs to the lash and their legs to the
lander 1pc,cjcs Of Tue blood hound. The
Drcccdcnts of history were ignored and The
world at larce unaccu5tomed to such unanim-
ity, the old powers which had learned to their
sorrow, TINT there was always IN anti-War
marty whatever might be the charac-
1cr of 1le war;, stood by in blank
amazement and witnessed this
model. example Of unanimity. But the
4rou,,lc vas they could not see below the sur.
face. Tie absolute and intlexible grasp TINT
WAS holding together these elements was
conrca}cd, jeff Davis and his co-adiutors
held the rcins with firm grasp, and rs they
nullcd thc strings the lppets moved We
81 tle North were somewhat amazed, for We
started out at the fall ofSumter as unanimous
AZ tbcy. but ,,cfore the year was ont found
t,,at We were losing tcnacity, aud TINT pa..
t;cles were crumbling of here and there.
There wss. no abso1utis.n to hold us together,
hut the people following the guidance Of the
,ishts Of seltgove1nment corrected the er-
ror so clnphatically at the late election that
tlc,e is little danger Of any trouble in future.
II is nov the turn Of the South to expe-
,irncc dissolution Of unanimity, and the 'fls-
s,,rc will widen until the fabric is disinte-
,,ratcd for this reason. The North has not
Glt the war, except In the customary loss Of |
life and financial appreciation. Tho South |
Las 10 bear these necessary evils in addition |
TO ,le presence Of armies and shocks Of bat
lies upon her own soil, with the immense !
7l,ysical loss attendant thercupon, which
must soop convert their country into howl
IN, desert. ard antcdatc their very existence
lark TO Tie time, at least, when their chiyal-
rio ancestors boncl. women from the crowded
canita!s Of Europe with tobacco. The sIrns
of annroarDine dissolution. apart from the
manifest and objective results ofour inyasfons:,
orc na,paD,e 10 the most casual observer, aud
t,,c e>t1octs ne print elsewhere from the
r.h., 1,r,ss clearly indIrate them.
Wit. +,,c I,n,rn Congress has nrouresscd
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IN sufFcnuet1ne t9e ''gnts aao noertaes ol
la0f eonsut1ents lnto .ae o'nas VI tne MIL
1afs power iae WHOLESALE conscf'paoa
WHICH LAWS aaa u1s congress are oete11nineo
10 carry oat ano WHICH 'nes 1nus1 cat. ous 50
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vor NJ tic Aanus Of the people or the press.