Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-01-07
Correspondence Of the Savannah Republican.

even you 40 not puDilSn IT,
One consequence of modern facilities in travelling
Is the advantage of trying how ways Of thinking
i'ke those OF dressing, appear thousand miles from
nome. Ii we find ourselves behind the rest Of the
world, we are likely to brush up and return some
Whist changed by travel. But if we find that we are
up fully with the age that live in, we see home
again with greater satisfaction, al the thought that
when we dier from others, we are right and they are
wrong.
Being mere listener in the Senate Of Georgia some
three years since, heard Judge D., Of C,
speak TO the following effect.
"Mr Prcsdent-I was in New York the last sum-
mcr; and as passed up and down Broadway, OBJ
serving the equpages that rolled by, and the ndica-
tons OF wealth and leisure on every side, the enquiry
rose in my mind, how could be that three hundred
thousand people existed there doing but little, pro-
duclng nothing, and yet enjoying the Injuries that the
rest of the world are aiming at Z After some specu-
latons that threw little light on what had puzzled
me, went through the commercial part of the city;
there saw wharf covered with bales of cotton. /
went to another and there, again. were piles of cot.
ton; third, I found rice and tobacco. passed
on, and still found cotton, rice, and cotton again
cotton every where. And said 10 myself-the won.
der is explancd-ihese people live on exchanges. Is
the exchange of our products that enrich them y
Our great staples feed them, clothe them and fill their
pockets!'
The Judge enlarged with some enthusiasm on this
view of things. admired his zeal for Southern in
terests and his warmth in maintaining the rights that
seemed founded on Southern productions He was
listened to with deep attention, and most of his hear
efs. probably. went home with conviction that this
matter has yet TO be Sc, right that il is misunderstood
in the Middle and Northern States, and that the
South s entitled 10 redress for wonton disregard
where Difference and gratitude are due her. 1t
taniy Is not dsageeabie 10 the pride Of a Southern
man. to think that great benefits conferred by The
South, even i they receive no acknowledgment.
The Speech made lasting impression on my mind.
| once gave nm account of it TO friend of mire
planter, who frequently visits the North in the sum
mer He smiled, and said what shall not repeat
but i led me to state the case repeatedly since very
much in the language of Judge D., to such &c.
qualntances as have made in travelling that might
hear the remarks which it wo I'D elicit
shall give you those Of Boston man, who lately
came 10 the Astor House, while was in New York.
New YORK sHbsIss'ng on the products Of the
too of course! If that be true, it would be well TO
inquire what sustained us ten years ago when the
crop of cotton was about one half what il now is =!
what we Ived upon twenty years ago, when the crop
was scarcely fourth land how we lived fifty years
ago, when the price of cotton was less in value than
the crop Of green peas? In 1871 there were not one
thousand bales Of cotton exported from all the United
states. Yet, at the close of the last ury, New
Y ork was an important place IN relation to the rest
of the Union, probably much as now, if we make
due allowance for the effect Of new canals in her own
State. here were great fortunes, too, here in those
days. Inc cqulpaees were even more splendid than
now. Probahly there is no establishment now in N
York equal in maEnifcence to several that existed
here a, that time. They belonged, too to people who
had never troubled themselves about rice or tobacco
or the indigo that was once raised in South Carolina
But there was great trade here in on produced
in India and manufactured there, yielding, perhaps
greater profit than any such business now. A great
change has taken place since, tn cotton being now
produced IN our Southern States an! chiefly manG-
featured ut the North. 1t is a curious fact that this
change has been brought about ty inventions, for
which the south is principally indebted to Others
First came the cotton gln, the invention ola Nor
thern man; Without this. as you well know, it would
be impossible 10 pron,re the present crop for market
Then came the nv.niinn Of the power loom and other
improvements IN uiach:nery which reduced the cost
of manufacture 80 ow that manuel labor, cheap as il
- IN inda was completely out 10 re, and are ena-
bled TO send back 10 that region and other quarters
Of the world, millions of yards of cloth made from
Sou hcrn cotton, and thus extend the cultivation oft
at is supposed by some tha, the improvements in
machinery which have led to this are due almost en-
trclv to English invention. If you investigate this
subject You sill fin that since the attention Of our
Northern States was turned to manufactures full
share Of these inventions has been produced by them;
some Of the most important Of them almost stimuli
ianeously with those in England. The result of them
all is, that cotton cloth is made md sold for
slderably less than it cost twenty-five years ago
merely to weave it. Ta'e, for instance, the cotton
shceting or he drilling used for trowsars; il used to
cost ID cents per yard for the weaving alone, it Is
sold freely at or cents, leaving, that price a
moderate profit over all COST both for the material
and manufacture.
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tho Wor, h, ,slar in nroJnon ,hosn onnos q
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