Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-11-03

THE NORTHERN REBELLION

H
alty,n in the Northern sense of the term
is objectionable
10 the course of an interview which
we had with JEFF. Davis in January, 1865,
the snbject OF the terms Of peace was in.
troduced. Mr.. Davis asked us what was
the chief objections of the North to the
recognition of Southern independence.
We answered that the North knew per
fectly well. as uDaaestiDnably he did, that,
if she should lay down her arms and con-
sent to a division Of the Union into two
Confederacies, she herself would be very
soon dissolved-tllat State after State,
States singly and States combined, would
secede, and the whole North be split up
into petty powers or no powers, all OF
them contemplate 10 the eyes Of man
kind, and not one Of them willing or able
to contribute to the payment OF the ma
tional debt. Mr.. Davis replied. with his
characteristic %calnlness, that his was
certainly true, but the same thing would
happen, and probably happen all the
soouer, if the North should continue to
prosecute tie war.
We thought at the t me that Mr.. Davis
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 con-
tinued to prosecute the war, and the
South, after the bravest and most des
psrate resistance known in wars annals,
was conquered. But pow come the
North's trials. Now we are to see the
test OF our internal strength. If. out Of
The dreadful war between the North and
he South, a Northern civil war arises, if
Northern armies march against each 9th
Ell, vengeance before them and death aud
desolation behind, many Northern States
Will very soon weary and sicken of the
horrid work, and will probably adopt Sc
cesslon as the surest and quickest RENE
dy, fully relying upon the N ghty troubles
and perl!s Of the federal government as
a perfect security against coercion. Most
likely the northwestern States will go off
first, repudiating, of course, their 0
ton OF the public debt, and thus pillng
higher The monstrous financial burden up.
on the shoulders of the remaining States.
These will have neither the will nor the
ability TO bear up under the CRUSHING
weight, and 50 others will secede. and
then others, till the whole Norti. shall be
divided up into sneh poor little non-debt-
paying. feeble mock Municipalities as a cit
izen OF one of the Mexican States. or OF
one OF the South American Republics. or
one Of the petty, miserable German
principailtles, might look upon with con
tempt and scorn JEFF. Davis's declars
ton TO us as 10 the consequences of the
war to the North, if prosecuted, will be
amply indicated, and whatever resent.
ments, If any, he cl,erishes against the
North will be %abundamly satisfied.
We will tell the Northern fanatic,-as
a lover Of our whole country. We solemn
ty tell them-shat unless madness has
seized upon their whole hearts and brains
they will not insist upon pushing the dis.
between the President and Con.
gress to the fighting point. They may
rest assured that If the fight comes. i
will be to them such a one as they have
account of either in history or tradit-
ion. They will find it an infinitely differ
ent thing from the war of the rebellion.
dreadful as that was throughout all liza
annals. They will find themselves a di
vided people-divided almost equally.
divided and mutually hostile-whiist the
Whole popu'ation of the South will be a
unit, adj to strike for their friends or to
stand afar from the flash, the crack and
the 0 a of war, as may seem best to
them. The thick cloud now e~nyelopipg
the South may be partially lifted bnt
night and storm, sureharged with bloody
rain, will close over the North.
We say to the people of the Nortl,
that a very large proportion of them have
acted 0 nhwlsesy, most madly Theirs is
the very error oil the moon" They seem
incapable of proiting either by the Son,b,s
experience or their own. They initiate
and follow the South in some Of the most
unhappy acts she we committed The
South, in 1861, undertook To break upI
and destroy the federal Constitution. She
rebeIied against il. She set at panght
It's provisions. and attempted to main
tam her attitude of hostility towards it
by force of arms. She failed As ora
as she could she recognized the
result. She bowed to the arhitrament OF