[Little Rock] Old-Line Democrat, February 2, 1860
Since the 1st of January the great house of Stewart & co., of New York—as we learn from the papers of that city—have discharged FIFTY of their employees in consequence of the reduction of their Southern trade. The same holds good in other cities, and the north will soon appreciate fully the magnitude of the peril with which her commercial and manufacturing interests are treated.
Unfortunately, many innocent people must suffer for the misdeeds of the Republicans, but when [illegible] pinches them they must attribute it to the [illegible] of the northern conservatives who have allowed the constitutional rights of the South to be assailed and her peace disturbed without resistance. Let them hold their own people responsible for what they suffer.