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Show Appendix. our Southern friends than that which is hero inculcated- the oppression of the lavC'hOl11ing St:-ttcs for the benefit of the free ones. Few errors nrc of 111ore unive rsal acceptation than is the l.Jelicf throughout all the country south of l\lason and Dixon's lin e, that the prosperity of the North is due to its connection with the South, and that a continuance of that connection is to the fomwr n matter of absolute necessity if it \YOuld avoid r eturning to the "original powrty and wea loH'SS" that must inevitably r es ult from a dissolution of the Union. To Northern men, such an cve11t, as we arc told, would be fatal, because it would be followed by an increase of taxation, n. diminished dcmnud for labor, and diminished power to command the capital of the South, a ccompanied by in creased difficulty in finding freight for their ships, or raw materials for consumption in their fa ctories and mill s. To them, therefore, the U nion is, according to universal outhcrn authority, "of inestimable worth;" wher eas a dissolution of the Union would, to the South, be fraught with blessings. Once separated from the North says our pamphlet, "IJor tal!lc would revive and ~ro w , like a fi eld of you11~ corn, when the longcxpcrrrd HIJOworH dosrend after a withering dmught. Tho , 'outh now loses tho use of soi!IO I:JO or 1·10 rnillions a year of hor capital, an1l also pays to tho FedNal Govcrrunont at least 2() 111illions of taxes, :!:1 of whirh aro !;pont beyond her horclcrs. Tlus great l:' treanr of taxati on conti nually hc an~ the wealth of tho Routh far away on its 1\'avrs, and :-1111n ll ind eed is the portion whi r.h ever re turn ~; in rofroH hing clouds to n•pl t•nish its sonrres. Tum it haclt torts uatural dra nnt• l, and the :::lo utl~ will bo rcli<'\'(•d of ti ftoen 111 iII ions of taxes- to bo lr ft w hero th t'Y ea n ho nr QISt w 1sely oxJIL' ll<lod, in tho hands of tiJC payers; and the other clovon 111illiuns will furn~ ~ h salariPs to lrcr peo ple and c n ro ura ~c nr o nt to lwr labor. He:-1 toro to her tho uso of the 1:10 or 110 lllilllnns a year of her produrc for tho forr ign trade, and all her port :-1 will t hron r. with husi ness. Norfolk, and Charleston, and Savannah, so long pui nted at l>y the N!>rlh as a pr<•Of of tho prrlendccl evils of ::'lavrry, will he crowded with shippiu: r. and their warchou!>es crammed with nrcrrhanclise. Tho use and co1n1uantl of tlri ~ larl!c rapital would cut c<:nals; it would !lui ld roads ar11l tunnel IIIOHntains, and rlrivL• tin• iron horse through tho renrotost vall ey~; , till' tho desert should blo:som li kc II Ill rO::<C. 1 " F our yrars ha,·c now elapsed since the publication of this pamphlet, and with each and eYery day of tho c years, these ideas ha YC obtained stronger }l(JlCt on the SouliH'rn mind, until at length we find th em now r epeated from cYcry quarter of the la vcholding Sta tcs. J n a 11, the con tin uan ce of tho U nion is n ow regarded as the one great necessity of the N orth- as the condition of its e xisten ce as a thriving and prosperous community. All that Northern people desire, as we arc told by the Charleston Mercury, is "power and gain," and to secure these they must cling to the nion as the sh eet-anch or of all thei r h opes. \Vith the South, on the contrary, the great n ecessity is dissolution, and if the Union is to be maintain ed it can be so only on condition that Southern men shall be the masters of its policy, lJoth external and internal. TheN orth may wince, but it 1m~t submit. l~ Ycn now, on account of the N cbraska Dill, " They t hreatcn II ~ . " says tho .JifrrrtL1'lj, " with a J!roat Nnrt hcrn party, and a general war upon tho ~o uth . If they wore not rn cro huclo; tcn; in politics- with on ly thiH pec uliarity, that every 11ran ofl'en; hirnsclf, in;; toad of so11ro other cornrnodity for sale- wo shoul1l ;; urrni so that tlroy rni ~ hl do what they threa ten, and tlut~· /Jriug Ollt tftr rml triumph t!{tlw South, by makiutr a dis8olution of t!LIJ Uuion 'llf'cr~·stll'!f • "But they will do no such thin!!. "They will hlustor and utter a world of swelling Rclf-gluri_fication, and Ollll by knocking themselves down tr> tho hi l!ht'st hidd er. To l.re suru., rf ~hey could 111ako the l>ost hargain l>y tlos troyiug tl1c South, they would set nl!out rt wtthout delay. llut they cannot. 1'1Lcy live upon us, and tiLe SoutiL a.ffo,..ds Appendix. tltrm t!lr do11hlr j!rnti.firo tinn n.f nt~ n(~jrr,t fnr ,11111 rrtl, nut! rt.firltl .for 7 ,1111u[l' t', Jlow far thc•y llliiY hi' lllll VOrl to r.:trry tlr<' lr llldq.plallllll al !Iris linro it is illiJIO:-!~I· I 11 o 1 u • • o11t wo nrrty II I ' .H JJro lIl L')' wr' II r~w 1 orI 'J·U st at tire poi nt whero, thu·y di sco.v . er thaut mtirlyo , can 111al e llotlllllg llrure Olll of 11, a11d may l o~ o." Y "ThC' rea l triumph of the 'outh" wouill, as we arc here tole], he found in the adoption by the North of ::.uch a course of policy as would make" a dissolution of the Union necessary." There fort', the 8outh may d<•mancl what it plrases, and the North must yieM all that is dt• rnandc<l, 0 11 pt·nalty of separation. "It is sufficient reason ," says the Columbia Times, "for dcma iuling the passage of the Nebraska Bill, that it excites the h o:; til ity of abolitionists :nul free soilcrs." That it docs so is regarded as c,·iclcnct' that the meas ure "is right and proper, and thcrefon• to uc supported." Let the North fume and fret, it dare not dissolrc that 11 ion to wltich it is indl'bt t• cl for all its "power and gain." \Vc make another c1uotation from the Chnrlcstou ;1 :unphlct, as follows: "'J'ho fall. of \~al!l'",'' as. wo aro assured, "would ht• )J(.'avy and instantanrous woro tho ~~~~ 1 011 tl1 ssnlvt•d, for: that C\'('111 \\'O itld, a:-1 \\"() ll i\ \'t' shown , 11ot only thr ow lWPIIIY lllllllon;; of tlollars o( now ta XI'S upon th 1• Non II hut would witluJ1aw 110 lllillious of' ra pila( which 110\V Cll iploj S hor Jailor. '/'his J o~s would fall driPII\• if not entirely, IIJHliJ wagt•s. 'l'lrc 1\'ol'lh l' l'll ra pitali::<t \\'cnrld 1101 ~ 11h11riL 10 a cll•ri·t~ast• of pro~it, hut would HO IId a p;trt of' his rapita l In rho Ho111h, whNo profits wpro JrigiH•r tllrtrl ho lracl ry duc·c•li. \~il~('S al honre to a po iul wlri!'lr would Joavc hin1 ucarly a~ IIIIlCh clc;1r l!a1n 011 h1s llrdustry as hcforo. llo wottld in this way csf'apo 1110 wlwlo l!urclou of tho 110w taxu.i, and throw it upo11 lahur." North ern politicians repeat this doctrine, assuring their fcllow-('it i7.t' IIS that l'a fety and prosperity arc indissolubly conn ected with the maiut !•nancc of the U nion. That it may be maintain cl, ' lavery must be tolrratrcl in all the territory open to settl ement and organ i7.ation. If this be n ot done', the South, us we arc assured, will sceccle. Some of thesr politicians, "for the sake of cnnr1or," admit tha t, but a. few years s ince, thry did tlcsirc to presen e a por tion of the common tC'rrilory exempt from Sla\'ery; but , as they ass m e their Sou th crn friends, they u re now 111ost prn i tent, nnd glad I y ndrnit the error of th eir former com , c. "Thank God, we failed!" ,,·ns t he pious exclam ation of one of these gentlem en recently before the S<'nate, waiting confirmation in the h on orable oflice of Chargt; d'.'V/ttirc>s to Portugal. Anxious to earn his oflice, he gladly procln.imetl his pcnitenc·C'. lh cl we succccclcc.l, as he told his co m1trymen, the Routh would ha n: sc' t'Pd t• (l from the Union. uch was the cry in 10:20; such was it in 18:30; stH·h was it in 18:)0. S uch iL n ow is, and snch it will be when the South shall dt'llt(lllft the repeal of all the laws whi <'h prcYent the introduction of sl;n·cs, as s ll t'!r, into the }'rC'c, tatc!'i, and those other laws hy which the Afrieau sian• trade is prohibited, and all con ce rned in it a rc declared pirates. The prll \'(•rh tells us that, " Little by little the binl builds its nest." Those wh11 ''ill study the co urse of proceed ing, from the days of .Tell'erson nnd 1\I acli::.on to the present time , will scarcely fail to sec that the n est ltas been h11ilt "little by little" uutil it has arrived almost at the point of completi on - that it now needs little more tlum to be fini shed by the passage of a urief law declaring that sl aves may bC' JJil1'c!UtsC'd any ?c!tcrc and e~trrierl ere1'!J11'hr•l·e -and that, "to this complexion we Jllttst tome at last," if, as South·: rn and Northrrn politi cians now unite to as ~ ure us, a. continuan ce of the U11ion is tu the people of the North a matter of .tbsolutc n cccs:;ity. :w~ |