What Knfiand Tbinkxof ibe Block*
o o i S o u n o i
[from th„! Ltuism P. st Ministerial Organ) Jan. 12*
The danger which is to be apprehended
*rise« nn so nn.ch from South Carolina
(which if left to herself cannot in tbe slight
oet deprec disarrange tbe balance of power
Ston the North American continent), but in
the creation of ttiree separata confederacies
*^firet, of Southern Stutes secondly of Mid
land and Western States and thirdly, of
rth«rn States—each of which will have
different and antagonistic interests. At
resent the notion seems to prevail that if
outh Carolina should be supported by
Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, and
Other slave St ites, the North may be driven
Into some compromise by means of Virginia
a kind of (rmeral arbitrator. We do not
think that the free States will purchase peace
aiiso the most detenUl'lo truflio which ever
humanity—compulsory labor and
Ban stealingV We believe that tbe British
4fiioTermnent would refrain from treating
*-ith such missionaries until the new Presi
dent has bud an opportunity of explaining
and acting upon bis poliey, and of showing1
|o the world whether or not the free States
#f tbe North are willing, for the stike of pre
ierving a worthless, unsubstantial Union, to
five indefinite extension to the curse of
•lavery. A maritime war, which wonld de
ftroy the cotton trade, and paralyse ooe
great staple of the industry of this'country
Would be equally unpopular In England and
the United States. The evil, if possible, i«
to be avoided but it is hardly to be expected
that, in tbe face of revolutionary force, tbe
fTirth will recede from its just rights, or
that the Sooth will, in the moment of suo
surrender thoce advantages which Mr.
