Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South

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r(tn !1 s M. CLA , OF KI:~TUCKY, I P. BL II>, Jr., Il E JAM IN I:r E D I~ I C I~ , 0~' NOU1'1l CAROLINA, .AND TO TOE X ~-. 'L..\ YEIIOLDIXG \\'IIITE F TilE SOUTIT, GENERALLY WIIETIIER AT HOllE OR AUIWAD ' T II I ~ \'t D ~l K I 8 M 0 S T C 0 R D I A L L Y D g D I 0 A T E D BY TUEIR SINCERE FRIEND AND FELLO'\V- ITI~K~\. , 'l'IJE Al TllOR. E:-ITEHEO according to , \ cl or CongTCM;, iu the ycnr 185!), by A. B . BURDICK, IntbeC'Iclk'sOtll r l . ce 0 116 Ihstrlct Court of tb (Tnit ~<l ~ tates, for tlJe Routhern Di:-.!1 ict of Xcw York. G EO. H cs ' ELL & Co., Printl'rll I"> 1~ I~ }1 A C~ I J • IF my countrymen, p:t1liculnrly my count rymcn of tht•. outh, s till mo,·e part irul.uly tho-: of them who a.re noiHsbvcholders, RluLl l JH!rn~e this work, th ey will learn tltat IHl ll:trrow nntl ptrtial doctrint•s of pol:tical or f'ocial economy, n pt·t•ju<l : l'c~ of early l'ducation, lt:t\'1.! lntluccd me to write it. Jf, in nny p~t r t of it, l h:t\ c actually <lcOt•ctetl from tltc lone of tnte JHltriotism and nationality, J am unable to pcrcci\'c th • fault . "\\ hat I lt:l\ ,. comm:ttt·d to pnpcr is but n fair r flex of the ltont•st. and lung-s •ttlcd convic tion-. of my hl'art. Jn wri!ing this book illtas heen no part of my )Htrpo.-e to ca..,t nnrn " itL·tl " JIJlr"ltriullt llJll• ll l'hn l'holdcr~, or to di,Jllay any !'pccial fr' •ndl:ne.:;s or ~.\ mpallt} for tl11• ll! acJ.:..,. con~idcrc<l my. ubj d more p:1rticularly with r eft•n•rH't' to its •cor1nm!c ll'Jlt't'"' a.., rPgartl:! the \lh:tc.·-not with rcfen·ncc, except inn Yery . li;.;ht dcg,·ee,lo j(q humani tarian or n•Jigi11u~ n"'pcct~. To the latter Ride o f th ctucstinn, 'orthcrn writ •rs Ita\ l' alrc:uly clotH' f11 1l :u11l tiua•Jy justice. The rcnius of till' !\orth ltas :tl:o;o mo!'t aldy and cloqu •ntly di:-<'tr .... : L·tl the !:uhject in the form of noY ·lo.;, 1'\t·w Fnglancl \\ ivcs havl' writ tl'n thl' rno:-t popular nnti-. l:t\'I'I'Y l.tl'rature of the day. A~a:nst this r h:l\'C noth'n;; to :-:ty; it. is all \H•ll enoug-h for \\'O!IIell !I) gi\'e the fictions of . 1:\.\' •r.\ ; mrn ~ houltl g've the f.lcl"1. I tru t that my frh•tHls :uul fvllow-e:lizcn" of the .'outh will r(•:ttl this hook- nar, prnt~tl a-. any .. onthcrner though I :ttn, I •ntrcat, I be~ of them to do so. AtHl a. the wOI'k, cnrhidt·rL'd \dlh rcf •rcnce to ito; anlhor's nativit.v, is a. novelty- the .'outh hcing my b;rth-pl:trt• and my home, u.ntl my ancestry having resi<lctl there for mor than a. century-so I int1tt!Jt' the hop· that ib rcc •ption hy my fellow-,'onthron w:ll nho h ll0\'1'1; th :tt is to sny, th ·tt tlt~·v will receive it, n it is off<.:rctl, 111 a r •asonahl and f i •ntlly spirit, ancl that lhl'y w II n··ul it anti reflect upon it a. an hone'>! and hit hful entlc:wor to tr •:tt n Ruhjl'l·t of ya ... t import. ,., i' h•lUL rancor or prcjtulic<', hy one" ho naturally come<>" i'hin the pair of tlwi ·own "YillJlllth'• An irrcprc..,~ ihly :tcth <.· <ll'. ire to clo sotnethin~ to •: levatc the .·nuth to an h nnral I· :.:. 1 powrrf11l po"ition nmnng tlH' ( nlif!h1cncd quart erR of the gloht', lt ao; hPcn the !!t'l''l lt•·td' rl" p ri nc·iplc that Ita:; :u·t uatt•cl tllC in tlw p n• p•tr:rtion of the pr • ent volnnw; and n \' t 11 <'• ll· vith' c<l am 1 that the piau ',\I il'lt I have JHOJlO'l'd is the only t·c:dly p1 Ht't i ·a h i·· IJJJt' f r Rt'lticving tlre dcs;red cncl, th a t J c:Hrlc·!-:tly hope to cr it pro'H'Cllll'tl \\ ilh t·rH't'g'\' a11d u tl, Ulll :J th · J'lag of Fn•ctlont ~l.all "avl' lriur!I)Jhantl} alike over th e ' :tlll'y~ of \ l r~·n·a at.rl lhl· mound" of :\lb..:is-ippi. 11. 1. Ji. June 21, 1 ~9.