Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-03
Row HngIana and Her punishment.

The effeotS OF the selnsh, grinding ana
fauatical policy which the shrewdness
and jugglery of New England politicians
have for SO many long years inflicted
upon tie nation, are nov reacting upon
Yankee States themselves. We hear
constantly Of mills and factories closing
for want of remunerative prices for their
goods. others running on half time, and
general depression taking the place OF
the prosperity which has been so long
enjoyed by tina. section Of the country,
through the bounty and protection Of the
government High protective duties,
which excluded foreign fabrics, and ena-
bled American manufacturers to realize
heavy profits, which, combined with the
sterility of her soil, turned the attention
of New England in that direction, and
made her permanently the manufacturing
section Of America. Under this system
she thrived and prospered. Manufac-
turing establishments Of every descrip-
ton rose as if by magic, and the busy
hum of industry was heard on every
side. Her fabrics filled the world. She
competed in price and quality of goods
with Old England in the markets OF the
world. Gold poured into her Golfers,
and the signs of substantial opulencc
were everywhere visible. But the pecu-
liar idiosyncrases of the Yankee, which
prompt him to force his peculiar views
upon every one, would not permit him
to be restrained within appropriate
limits, and he concluded that interfer-
ence with the institutions of the
South would be good investment.
He first appropriated money and or
ganized societies to build underground
railroads to steal away negroes, which
he had years before sold to Southern
masters. This plan, though attended
with large degree OF success, was OBJ
viously too slow to accomplish the over
throw of the institution of slavery, for
the reason that the number which could
be stolen even by the large amount of
expenditure made, did not keep pace
with the natural increase of that class OF
population. Then came change of
tactics, and the programme was to or
aanize the whole North for q crusade
against slavery. This was successfully
accomplished, and in 1860 the abolition
party seized the reins of government,
and the destruction of slavery if those
States remained in the Union became
simply question Of time. The South
ern States, alarmed and exasperated,
raised the standard Of revolt. The Gov
ernment, urged on by New England,
made war on gigantic scale; the South
was crushed and impoverished.
Now it must be borne in mind that the
Southern States were to New England
the goose which laid the golden eggs.
Stuffed up with conceit, the Yankee
thought that he would perform smart
trick and cut the goose open and get the
egg before it was laid The thing was
done, and now the Yankee groans in the
anguish of his soul at his folly. The
goose is dead and there are no more
golden eggs.
But the thing does not end here. By
her cruelty and fanaticism-by her arro-
CANT aud heartless treatment OF those who
poured untold treasures into her lap-by
the monstrons burden of taxation which
her policy has saddled npon the country
| New England has made enemies who
will only be reconciled with her i'm
poverishment, as she has impoverished
them A few years more will see the Dem
ocratic party in power Then away with
protective tariffs, which fatten the rich
at the expense of the poor; away with
government bounties; taxation of lands
of which the people were swindled by
sboddy contracts, and then farewell tc
Yankee-land with all its greatness. The
grass will grow in the streets of her man.
ufacturing cities, and all true men will
rejoice. Louisville Courier. -