Year: 1860

She Ia just entering upon new career along which
scattered wealth and honor and national usefulness Her
railroads approaching compleonwe hope to see her
canal accomplished with other regret than that ID
effected by foreign hands OF what avail will he these
avenues in case of dissolution of the Union VIII they
not seek in vain the trade snd travel Of unendy if not
hostile States? If she desires the continuance Of the
system of slavery she must perceive that il is safer in the
Union than out Of it. We should be blind to all the
licences around il we failed 10 observe that the disso
luton of the Union would be the signal for the reopenng
Of the African slave trade in the cotton States whose et
forts would be directed towards keeping Virginia as
frontier slave State and to depreciae the value of her
servants to the cost Of those imported. The inevitable
effect upon Virginia would be 10 destroy at blow
thirds Of her present slave property and she would
be forced to choose between the miserable alternatives
OF surendeTng her slaves to section Of sacrificing
them to another


All this is predicated upon a pelceable dissolution,
and Virginia IL to be cheated by the promise Of great
commercial advantages. Let those who delGdtd by
these promises turn TO the history Of the Confederation
when Virginia. in her sovereign capacity determined to
concentrate trade at few important ponts-when, as
Mr. Madison wrote to Mr.. Jefferson, struggle
made for the establishment OF Norfolk and Alex indra
but it became necessary add York, Tappahannock aud
Bermuda Hundred TIE laws of trade arc beyond the
control Of legislative enacmeDts the resolutions Of
commercial conventions and TO fret the
which set towards the great centre Of commerce. is
absurd as to quarrel with the blood for flowing the





dependence by industry energy and diversified occupa
ton. Every factory that is built every insurance
pany that is organized, every Of wealth and
employment that n developed Is worth ton of the
nc spun d,qnsitions the Territorial question With
in the Union see bright future for the city Of Norfolk
out of il see nothing but decay aud desolAton.


Our country has doubled and quAdrupled in size since
the formation Of our Union and the adoption Of Con-
siitulon. New interests, new aud mighty questions
have arisen and will arise, and it is idle 10 talk OF
finding the letter for emergencies which never
even imagined by ioreiathers, who sages but
not prophets It is Ouly for 10 coGstruc our Consii
tuition in the spirit Of its orgin-that fraternal spirit
without which it could not have been framed and can
not exist.


Il time for the conservative men of the country to
together and for the great TO show pow
er and prove that it is free from the foul distempers
which invest the eNtremiies. The auspicOus.
The politicians ashing themselves into fury but the
people calm, almost apathetc. Let US hope :ha,
they beginning to be disonchanted OF the spells Of
their deceivors, whose wrauglng brings fruits but
distraction ia the present and the promise Of dangers
in the future Filibustcrism aud Aboionism have
ceivcd sautry checks in the execution Of their chir
and the nation, instructed by these examples better
prepared TO inict the mldrr punishment expulsion
upon all other disturbcs of the peace.


The election of Bell and Everett would 60 far towards
disbandng the disorgauzers and aeAtoIs of the
try. IL would teach the apauts OF every section Il a
eEnvagAuce Of opinion action is the sure,t pas
port to profit or honor IL would al TO high
cr conception Of duty and dcsiny II il made
manifest that no man North or South East West,
could command the confidence OF the nation, who did
not hail aud defend the Union aS the temple aud
the fortress of our righs aud OF our liberties.


b j. BARBOUR