Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South

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32 IP ..\.H.I ON~ BETWEEN TilE county, one will ui-.coYcr nnmcr~u" fu.rm-hon. R, one tlH' ahotl<' of inclm~triou an~ iutciiWl'lli fr •men, now m·cnptt'll I!Y ~lan.•s. or t~·ntuttlt•...;i4, d ·~·wrt •d and dil.tpi· dal •tl; Jt,.. will ub. c•n P liel,b, 011<: .. krttlt•, now unft·tH't'll, _ahandon •d and r<l\t•t·t·cl v.tth tho ... t• <'' il hnrlllngt'l'l"',_fox-t:ul :ll.ttl br<~0111l"' •dg': ltL' ." 1l~ f'l' • tlll' mo~~ gro\\ing on tht• mnltlering wall· of ntU'L' thrtfty \ tll.agt'"', antl will f11Hl ou' only ma:-tcr gra"Jl" thl' \\ hoi• dolllain,' tJ.tat. on.et·. furtw.,hcd ltaJl.l!Y hontL'S for a. dozen \\lute famtli ·~. lnd t•t•d, n. <'oil lit ry 111 tt~. lllf:UH'_.Y, 1vhe~·' hlly yt•an; ~~g?. sc[lrre a furp l tr e had hel'n f·ll•tl by tltL' u.xt• of th • p~nll.('L:r, IS 1 lr •at!Y e:lulntmg the painful sign of b •tulity uutl d.cc.;ay, nppu.rcut m Ytrgnua ami tlle a.t·ult tta:>." Rolll on ha~ aid that ' nn ltoncl:\t confes ·ion i. good for the ou1 ,, I nntl if til' utla.., h trn ', as w ' lwv n <loul>t iL iR, we think 1fr. c. l:t) i. ntitl d t a qui ·t onscien on nc . cor' nt lent. In the ~xtnwt <ItH t d nhov h gi ,. '. u :1 grnplti · d ~cri ption of th ruinot: op rations and iniluenc •.' of Hlns ry in tlt ~ 'onthwest; and we n· n uali\ of "arolina, nud n. trav ·ller tlu·on 1rh \ ... irginia, ar r ~ady to Leur tc.._limony to the fH11 .s of ]tis r marks wlton h r f""~ tT <l t tho .. ~·tate ~s exnmp1.;; f onility an<l d cay. '\Vith C],nnl propri ·ty, how Yer, l1 migl1t have , topp ·cl ncar r home for n. , uuj 'Ct of ompnri on. Either of tlt ' • 'tate: Lord •rintr upon \.ln.l.Hnna, or, ind c<1, nny oth~r , ltn· 'tat ~, would l1us an:w r d l1i., purpos qnil' ns we1l a Virctinis nd th \ tro1inn.·. \Vl1 •r ·v ·r ~lav ry xist.· there l1 mny fino parallel· to tlto d :tru ·tion tlw-L is :w · •ping with , ueh d ~a<1ly inflncn ·c \'Cr hi' own uuf rlunnt ~·tat . • As for- xmnpl of vigorom~, indn ·trion' nntl thrifty conununitic. they an L fHlm1 nnywh r b yond tho pn.:- ·lt:ul w of .·lav ry-nowbcro I" '· N' ·w York nnd fas. a ·lm · tts, which, by natnr nrc conic ·~ llly far inferior t V1r<rinia nnd the ,ar linns, hnv l>y tlt" 111 r lib ral und e11uit· ablu policy wlJi h tl1 y ltn.v pnr:ncd, in :ub.tituti11g lilJ rty for , lavery, nttain 'a n. u gr of Ill in nee iUHl pro~p rity altog ,tit •r uu known in tlu! b]n, Htnl .'. .Awitlst n11 th l1y}> rbol' and ujol ry of slav -uri ving politician: wh~ ns "o lw.v already ,'' n, nrc " Lh book.·, tho art., th acadcmicH, that show ntnin and govern all th outh," w n.r rcjoic (l to co tlltlt Mt·. 'lay Mr. Omn "r n, and n. £ \Y other , hav h:ul tl1c bolun ~ nutl hon ty to t p forward and pro laim the trnth. All ·u ·h frank uclmi- 1011 nr to b haiJ ·d a~ go d m u for the outh. otl1ing goocl cnu C'Oru from any att mpt to con n.l tho uncon alnul ovid nee of pov rty nn<.l d olati n v ryw h ro trailing in tho '\Vake of ·la cry. Let th lruth be told on all oc asion. , of tho orth as w 11 a of the outh, nncl th I> op1c will Hoon b gin to <li, cover the grogionsno s f their rron~, to drn.w ju ·t mnpnri:on:, to inquiro into can:c and effect, and to adopt tho more utile m a urcs, 1nnnner nu<.l cu ·totn of their wi er cont mporarics. In ' illfully traducing and <1 rying everything orth of ~Iu. on untl Dixon'. line, and iu xc 8"iv •ly uwgnifying tho importance of e\"'ery· thing ~'outh of it th oligarchy hav , in tl1 y of n1l liberal anti in~ FUEE AND Tllll~ 'LAVE 'TATES. 33 t ]Jirrcnt Ill 11 n]y 1nn<.l nn xltil>ition of tlt ir un ommon foll; nn<l di 1tonc-.,ty. F r n long tim , it i~ trn0 tit ·y ha' f'llcc cd ·din d c~i'r­iug th' p "Op1c, in l" I •ping tlt )1u hnrn LlL·tl in t lt • 111nrky slougl1. of porerty nud i rnorauc \' nnd in in. tilling int tlwir unt nlor ~ d 1nind" pa.;;­:-. iuns and pr ~ ud ic '. •:--. ]>I' :sly a1cn1at ·cl I o :-.lr 'llgtlt ·n and prot ct t lt 1u·cur~ ~d iustilution of .-Iav ry; but, thankH to h a n, tllt•ir inglorious n·ign i fa~":~L drawing to a clc.· ); \rith irre:-.i:-.tihh lH·illiancy, nnd in spit nf tit interdi 'L of tyrnut., ligltL frmn tlte pur fountain of h.no\\ h~l g< i-; !lOW .·tr tuning 0\'l'l' lh d:lrk pla' S of Oll l' land UllO r ]oll~-lll:trk our '' onls-tlt r will ns IHl frOin [) •l:twar' fl.tl<l from T •xn · and frolll nll tl10 int •rm ·diaL Htaf '4 n. huzza for Fr' <lom and fL r Ecpwl Jti crht:4, that will utt rly confmmtl tit } fri nds or d ·~potism ' t nt d ilnllC'l tit\ nutlwrity of mmrp •rl4, and earry ·onst 'ruation to th lt •nrt or l'\ 1') ·lavery-propagandist. T undec ' L\'O th p oplo or tl10 ~oullt to hring tlt('J11 to a ldl<l\\ h·dg ' of tho infl' rior and di sreputable po~ition \\ lti<:lt t!J o ' <'ll!Jj a ... n coJJI­ponent pnrt of the l'lliOJ11 and lO gi\'" Jli'Oillill 'll('' anu popu}arit} to tho. plan· whi<'lt, if adopt ·cl will •l!'\!ll us to an C<JU:tlil), ~o e i:tll), morally int llcctll:tlly, indu.trially politi<"all) and linnu·ialh "itlt tit I rno:-.t flonrbhin cr and r ·fin ·tl nation in tit " >rld and, if po ... sild ·, to placo n in th' vnn of ev ·n 1lwt is tlto ol>j ·eL of tbi~ worl\, •t-'l~n ('­hold rs, citll r frmn ignornn cor from n. willful <lispo.'ition to propagntu error, cout nd tl1at tlt' Houth lw 11othing to 1> asluun d of tlmt sin' ·ry hn. proved n. l>l s. ing to her, and tltat her sup rior·ity ver tho North in nn nrrricultural point of vi •w, mnk : nrncnd · for all her t:'hort cmning~ in other r :p ·t:-~. n tlt otlt r hand \\'P ront ncl that many ) l\:tr:-. of continual Llu ·lting nn<l H.,. r ]> nanr' "oulcl not :uflic, to caned or annul th ·l1mn an<l di:grac thaL ju"tly attach H t< th ~outlt in cou ._qn n e of .·lav ·ry-Lho dir .t vil llt:tt •' ·r h 1'·11 tlt Janel that tl1e outh b nr~ noU1ing lik ·v n a re~p ' ·tabk approxi111ntion to thl• rorllt in navigation, co1mn rc or U1tll1ul'adu ro~ and tltat, contrary tu tit opinion ni rUtin d by uin ty-nino hmHlr tltltH of h r p opl l'-lt I jlj far behin<l tho frc 1 t n.t s in the nly thing of wlti ·h , h haH v 'r dnreu t bon 't--nrrri<:nltur . \V :ubmit tl1 qu :-.tion tn tit' nrbi­trution f figure!:!, wl1i ·h it i ~ :aid uu noL li . \Yith r ganl to the bn:h •1-m a ur pro<lu t. of th ·oil, of which w haY alrc~u1y tak n an in v ntory, w huv s n that tlwr i. n. balance ntrain-.L t 1t .... ouih in fuvor of the orLh f seven teen ?nillion four h undrcd aml tlr nt y-l/1 r c thou ancl one l1undrc£l andfifty-two bush ls and n. difl' renco in llte vuluo of tho am also iu favot· of the orth of forty-four million saen hun­dred and eighty-two thousand si.v lz umlred u nd thirty- ix dollars. IL is certainly a. n1o t nov 1 kind of agricultural sup •riority ihut th 'outh claims on that cor~ 1 Our attention La.ll now be uirert <.1 to tho twelve prin ipnl pounll- 2*