Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1862-12-24 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SOUTH. Since March, 1861, when the slave Anderson made his murderous attack upon an overbearing and cruel master, and fled to the Canadas for English protection, slavery has been made a pretext by the North for aggressive warfare on the Northern States of America, though they have no more sympathy with the negro race than the slaveholder has ; neither had they any desire to liberate those unfortunate bondsmen until political animosity caused the passing of the Emancipation Act. Certainly slavery was not patronised in the Northern States of America, the nature of tho country rendering direct labour more serviceable. On the other hand, the Southern States could not be profitably worked by free labour, though slavery is undoubtedly a curse,—a curse pronounced by Noah on the descendants of Ham ;—a curse which, we sincerely pray, the Almighty may revoke in His own good time. " They shall be the servants of servants until the end  of time." The Lord works not by miracles in these days, but by natural means, which we term second causes. Most surely the vengeance of Heaven is falling by the tyranny I of the North upon the "unjust stewards" holding possession of the sugar and cotton-growing districts in the Southern States, for their cruelty and oppression of the 1 I African race. From that period (March, 1851,) political I events daily increased the strife between North and South, until the Battle of Bull's Run, which so strengthened the hop s of the Southerners that continued hostilities have been kept up to this day, and are likely to be current torough the winter by the descent of the Northerner, carrying death and destruction throughout the fertile lands of the South. Doubtless the Confederate Army would move northward next Spring, but we trust by that time both sides will be wearied of war, and glad to establish separate governments. The main object of the Confederate leaders is (as everyone knows) secession. And with that view Messrs. Mason and Slidell were sent to Europe last December, when their capture and detention on board a Federal schooner caused a sensation which threatened warfare between England and America, and, it is said, accelerated the death of the Prince Consort. Fears were naturally entertained for the safety of New Brunswick; the Army and Navy were replenished in the Canadas, as that colony was certain to be attacked in case of war, and those subjects of Britain not to be depended upon—the timber and mineral resources of that country being so extremely rich. In their desire for cotton, the English Government were suspected of acting an underhand part with the South, and certainly their moral support has been openly given with the wisdom which Lord Palmerston has exercised &wing the last half century in the English Cabinet. Besides, the Canadians (with the Dutch phlegm which they must have imbibed from their neighbours in the earlier days of the settlement) refuse to organise a cops for the d.ifence of their country, and quietly rem irk "that if the English want soldiers, they must Lind them and maintain them." They go on sowing and gathering, reaping and planting, with the regularity of peaceful times. Indeed, the whole length of territory from St. Lawrence extending north of Daeotah, in. eluding British Columbia to Vancouver's Island, would have been overrun by these marauding Federalists had the English Government acknowledged the South as a separate State. The North could not be assisted, as our chief trade out a the Atlantic is with the South ; and the United Continent of North America, exclusive of the British possessions, would be too formidable against other nations' and contain too many elements of contention for the internal peace of the realm. Were England to yield to the dealt° of France, in mediation, or in any way to step this devastating war, the Canadas or those States formerly belonging to the French would revert to their original owners. All overgrown States must naturally fall to pieces. Greece was once master of the world, but in a short course of time crumbled. The Greeks are now very sensibly striving to rally by looking for example to Italy, a country which may do well under its present ruler, providing the Italians are not ambitious of extending their territory. To return to the chief article of trade with Southern I America we are happy to see that most superior cotton I is now grown in Jamaica—an island which has been suffered to lapse into a beautiful wilderness situ e the patting of the Slave Emancipation Act in the Ifitiala Oarliament. Articles produced ty free labour in the Strebt lodises could tait compete with thoev of thi: Wave