Litchfield enquirer., 1832-08-23
THE CONTRAS ST..


'. THE CONTRAST.
Extract of Speech O the Hon. Mr.. Ballard,
Member Of Congress from Louisiana, on the
Tariff, June IS, 1889.
TN the section of the country where Ire.
side, and in some places in the vicinity, par
ticularly on the alluval soils Of the Mississip.
pi, the cotton planter makes on an a, eragc,
from five to six bales, Of four hundred pounds
to the hand-planters will understand what
mean by hand-not every negro on the estate,
but able-bodied slaves. 4 pat 1t dozen at an
Average Of 5000 lbs. Of clean cotton to the hand,
lat 10 cents per ID. amounting to $2OO,) be-
sides the corn which is raised and consumed
on the estate. In some parts Of the district
it may be less, and in some parts certainly
great deal more. have often known as ma
ny as ten bales to the hand raised on mana
plantations in my district and the amount
have stated above Is certainly rather below
than above the truth. am assured by gen.
tlcmen from North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Georgia, that their Average crop does not
erceed three bales to the hand, Of 500 lbs. ma
king 900 lbs. OF that know nothing, and
it | err ia this statement, beg gentlemen to
set me right. | desire to assure gentlemen
that do not make these comparisons in an
inyidious spirit; but merely to exhibit the
difference of production in the two sections Of
the country. The latitude is nearly the same {:
our expenses the same: we depend upon
common market, and live under the same
system of laws; and yet how different the re-
wards OF industry! 1t is notorious that zoe are
rosperous-groping rich. The planters are
every year adding to their stock of slaves,
extending their plantations, by opening or
clearing land, or by purchases. The price Of
land IS rising rapidly 10 that cotton district.
i! ask gentlemen to account for this. Can II
be that the same system Of laws under which
De are so prosperous. is the sole cause Of the
depression of the same interest 10 other parts
OF our common country?
IL we are oppressed and ground down by
'axallon' we have the singular good fortune
never to have discovered it-never to have
ielt t-and people are very apt to feel ,clat af-
Jects their pockets. Sir, when philosophy
tells you that the human body sustains con
stantly weight of more than thirty thousand
pounds of atmospheric pressure, the mind is
at first startled at the proposition. But. bv
simple and beautiful experiment. she de.
monstrates its truth. / should be thankful to
gentlemen for similar demonstration phen
tney assert, that the schole planting interest of
me south IS crushed under the intolerabie bur-
thens Of taration.
with these facts before Us, while it is
SHOWN that in certain portions Of the south.
west at least, we make so much more to the
mana, than they do in South Carolina and
georgia, permit me to ask Whether the difference
Of soil and cultivation ought not to come in for
a share Of the blame ofthe depressed condition
81 the agriculture Of those states Whether IL
Is attributable altogether TO the protective sys-
tenn The production, it would seem, is in
the proportion Of 1000 to 900. Without look
,ng oeycnd sh's single fact, is it extraordinary,
ssot tonHe ace are prosperous, the business there
should DC hardly ,oortk 4asrsuing i? Not only
IS That interest in fi0sifishing condition 10
our country; but the cotton planters are in a
more ro~rsshing condition-iess embarrassed
sha" the sugar planters"
The Presidents Courer.o,;o,,s The Alley.
""u '.. Sazette of the 9Th inst. contains an ac-
ga ~ very extraordinary conversation,
1I" u W nave been held by the President Of the
~ ~" S.a'es' at tavern, in Virginia. while
on MS way to Tennessee. He thought that
time and that place proper, it would seem, il
tnis account is To be believed. to undertake
!ne ueience Of his Bank Bill Veto, and to ca
Emulate Emulate 'nose who had supported the Bill in
Co"sress' against his wishes. Both the SEN
; Hme"ts and the language ascrbed 10 the Pres
-" .. ~ '''s occasion, are such, not only as
w. W.. Puonc man could utter who felt a COM
h,, u.s'ee OF regard for his own character,
. Gr",, ' ss also, as could not have escaped
corn;s"S private person, who Processes TO re-
ansh".;, ~ ms intercourse with Others, the
ns.' "y OF truth and the restraints Of ordi-
;n".y.tn "Tu manners. 1t would be altogether
S ,a,a. That the President Of the United
o"srss. should have been guilty Of such an
alonse . .. upon propriety, il this case stood
Rn, ,,n Spon the authority of a single witness.
Cd Unfortunately there are other well attest
clams,; anees OF his INDUCING in passionate de-
,h" as. against individuals which render
The Use" statement the more probable. On
Conrs"s 'on now referred to, members al
Ssns,a ss. and particularly, members of the
ed "h;.. 90 u usual with him, were distinguish
to Say sS.s OF his calumny. He Is reported
mn do"ls sa,d. among other things that ne had
;~vs",:'.." would be discovered. il sufficient
nr".a;n Were made, that many Of the
hr;L.S r advocates Of the Bank Bin were
tn, ~ 'Ur their support; and particularly
." 80 ...e bank had recently loaned Mr.. Web.
'SseG Vu thousand dollars and had acca,,e..i