The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-11-01
Northern VS.. Southern Secession.

NOrLn6fu VS.. SOULuSTu -SCC0So1VAAs
In the course Of an interview that we
had with JEFF. Davis in January, 1862 the
subject of the terms of peace was gintros
duced. Mr. Davis. asked us what was the
chief objection of the North to the recog-
milton of Southern independence, We an
swered that the North knew perfectly
well, as unquestionably he did, that If she
should Law down her arms and consent to
a division of the Union into two Confed-.
eracies, she herself would very soon be
dissolved-that State after State, States
singly and combinedly, would seeede, anu
the whole North. be split up into petty
powers Or no powers, all of them contemp-
tible in the eyes of mankind, and not one.
of them willing or able to contribute, to
the payment of the national debt. Mr..
Davis replied, with, his CHARACTERISTIC
calmness, that this was certainly true,
but that the same thing would happen,
and probably happen all the sooner, if
the North should continue to prosecute
the war.
We thought at the time that Mr.. Da.
Wis was greatly mistaken, and told him.
so. We still trust that we were correct
in our estimate of the character of his
opinion, but just now we can indulge no
over confidence that we were; The North
continued to prosecute the war, and the
South, after the bravest and most 'desper..
ate resistance known in wars annals, was
conquered. But now come the North'ss
trials. Now we are to seethe test Of her
internal strength. IF, out Of the dreadful
war between the North and the South,
Northern civil war arises, If Northern
armies march against each other, ver-r
geance before them and blood and DEATH
and desert behind, many Northern States
will very soon weary and sickent OF the
horrid work, and will, probably adopt se-;
cession as the quickestsaud lsurest RENE,
dy, fully relying upon the mighty troubz
I les and perils of the Federal Government
as, a perfect security against coercion,
Most likely the Northwestern States will
90 off first, repudiating, Of course theilr. theilr.
proportion of public debt, and thus piling,
higher the monstrous financial burden
npon the shoulders of the remaining States.
These will have neither the will nor the
ability to bear up under the crushing
weight, and so others will secede, and
then others, till the whole North shall be
divided up into such poor little non debt
paying, feeble, mock natiohalties as a
| citizen of one of the Mexican States, ore
of the,South American republics, or 'ones
of the petty, miserable German princi-
palities might look upon with contempt
and seorn. J eff. Davis declaration to us
as to the consequences Of the war tosthes
North, if prosecuted, ,awill be amply vindi-
Gated, and whatever resontments, if any,
he cherishes against the North, will be
abundantly satisfied. Wetell the North-.
ern fanatics, as lover of our whole coun9
try we solemnly tensthem, that, unless
madness has seized upon their hearts and
brains, they will not insist on pushing the
dissensions between the President and9
Congress to the fighting point. They
may rest assured that. if the fight comcs,,
| it will be, to them, such onecas they
have no account of, either in history Or
tradition. They will find it an 7infnitelys
different thing from the war Of the ress
bellion, dreadful as. that was throughout
all its annals. They will find themselves,
a divided people, divided almost equally,
divided and mutually hostile, whilst the
whole population of the South will be q,
unit, able to strike for their friends TO
stand atar from the flash, the crack and
the roar Of war, as may seem best to-
them. The thick cloud now enveioping'
the South maybe partially lifted; but
night and storm, surcharged with bloody
rain, will close over the North. We'says
to the people Of the North that a very,
large proportion of them have acted and
are acting most unwisely, most niadly>
Theirs is "the very error of the moon."s
They seem incapable of profting either
by. the South's experience OF their own.
They initiate and follow the Sonthein ther
most unhappy acts She ever committed
The. South, in 1861, undertook to break
up and destroy thesFederal Constitutions
liShe rebelled against it She set Eat!
naught its provisions, and attempted to
maintain her attitude ofahostility-to to it by
force of arms. She failed. AS graciously
as she could, she recognized the result
She bowed to the arbitrament of war
and has been using whatever power and
influence she possesses in support Of the;
Constitution she stroye SO 6ercely, and
desperately to subyert and annihilate.----,
But 10! the Radical party of the North,
claiming to be an overwhelming majority
of that great section, are now violating
aud denying the Constitution even as the
South violated and defed it. No sooner
does the South give mp rebellion, than
the Northern fanatics inaugdrate It, It
is as true that there is Northern rebel
lion now. as that there was a Southern
rebellion five years ago. Rebellion has
simply changed its locality But just as
i5 failed in one section,i it will inevitably
fail in the other. 1t can have no other
future than futurelikeits pasta future.
Of hlood-and humil 10 tinn. q nd rniservass.-,