The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-07-27
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;nr iron lave ~ a;"0r''T !'r"2 - . ;TH.''er
abjn aytant ec.GG c:ti'H";'s f2I2"i@.: %'.t,VV;'
1balos somc ;;n@;..i and aa@2 &:i !::-!, cE"A 2.
O,GOO bales. ~ the iiGHhah" :ece::;5 NJ ~,
bije during the cnrn:nC so.s':l. tbs Si#:,H'2''
IarreIy increased production OYER t:l2t o ilS
year ard 10 sa;I;o c-;an ever that Of ali: prcyou%
wear, is founded, as far as We can comprehend
the matter, mainIy GToa ;ro considerations. It"
wit: first, upon the uniformly admitted ic: othe
present very promising condition ofthc crcp, and
secondly, upon supposed LARGELY Increased
quantity of lands put in clifton. On the first, we
remark that we conceive It too sUGa, altogether
to base any celebrations as to the probable Weld
1--WE should hear in mind thai there arc number
less casualties TO which it is liable, heioreslt !G
secured 10 the pian:er--oEccs$:ve drought, ex
cessive rains, or early irGs;s The lice, the cater
pillar, or the army worm, Or sc::ic ether dcstTac
tive, may ccrle in 70 blight the prospect. A
about this time last year, the then crop was pc
culiarly promising, and even Up 10 November
estimates of the crop of South Alabama made by
those deemed good judges, exceeded The actual
results bv some 90 to 10000 bales. To the best
of our recolectons 500 900 ha!es, rs tic proba-
BILE receipts Of Mobile was the lowest estimate
while others went as high as IG0,000 Gaes.-
Thesefacts show how littc reliance is to be
placed on any calculation based On any favor
able appearance of a crop at an carly date.
On the second point, VIC think there is much
oferror. 1t seems generally TO be assumed, as
taken for granted, that the quantity Of lands put
in Cotton is constantly Oh the increase, but VIC
think difcrentiy-(wc speak OF that section
which finds market at NIobi'e)
1t will be recollcc!cd that from 81 to'37, ard
even to 49, AID 40. the accession of slavelabor
was constan: and proli&ious in amount. Every
public road Witnessed drove after drove, and
scarcely public place through the length and
breadth of tie State was 20 be foaHd which was
not a an;ing mart for the sale OF slaves. But
how has it been for The last Two years! No'hn,:
of the kind hardly to be seen any where. Soac
few have been brought in by settlers tn-5a-suTe
and few here and there on sale, but the Euin-
bers are so small compared with the previous
years, that it scarcely deserves to he Eamcd-
. On the other hand negroes have been taken oui
ofthe State by scores aEd BY hundreds. MIs
sissppi and Louisiana and Texas have received
them each in grelt numbers. Ghe EunHer Ia
ken out clandestinely tcr for the avoidance o!
debt, or other CAUSES, might 10: OF itself be cor
sidered small item, particularly as presented
to the vivid recollection of many all Alabama re-
sident. From view OF these facts, we are our
selves, fully satisfied that the aggregate Of ef-
fective slave labor of that portion Of country ira
ding to Mobile, has not only no: increased within
the last two years, but the contrary llas rarh-
er diminished than otherwise But whatever
may be the fact in this particular, there is another
consideration having an important bearing on Tic
amount of cotton to be produced The pcopIc.of
Alabama haze become notorious, even to a by
aoord, for buying ercry thing BAT Cation. Not
only the fine goods of Euroue and the endless
varieties OF Northern manufactures. but the hor-
and mules, the Nour, the porh, the b@con, and
the corn Of the neighboring aud distant States
have found an ample market in South Alabama.
But we believe a great change has come "overl
the spirit of their Dream The low price cfcot-
ton, the deranged condition of the currency, the
universal embarrassment and depression rerva-
ding every branch and professionally these COM
bine in urging ECONOMY, r2trenChmcnt and re-
form" And in no way can these principles he
so effectualy carried out, and their sau'ary et-
fects be so plainly seen and felt by the planters,
as by their directing increased efforts 10 The PRO-
duction within themselves, Of all nccdiul sup
plies. In Alabama, planters should never lack
for corn or wheat, or bacon, or horses, or mules:
these should always be furnished from the plan
tation if the owner would be independents
These notions we have reason to believe are Ia !
king deep root every where, and being practical |
ly carried out, their bearing on the production Of
Cotton cannot be incoasiderahle. While the
motto has been snake all the Cotton you can!'
the motto mo'c is, snake plenty and some to f.,
s ,are ofevery thing but cotton and then make |
w rat cotton you can!' This is radical and
m st important change, and argues well for the
future.
But while the planter thus enlarges his corn
fields and his wheat fields, sc. his cotton fields
will be necessarily curtailed. Without addi-
tional laborers, without a corresponding acces-
sion Of force this must be the case. We have
stated our beliefthat in the aggregate no such
accession has been made within the last two
years, and that therefore as regards the growing
crop we have no good reason to expect aSlarger
product than the preceding, only as the season
shall prove more favorable one.
We are not unaware that in these views we
run in conflict with the generally received opin-
ions, but honestly believing in their correctness
we put them forth. Nor have we much faith in
the belief that orr crop will be greatly increased
for wears to come. The tide Of emigration is not
an but out. The best lands are in the occupancy
ofindependent planters. These increase their
possessions and enlarge their crops, not so much
by opening new lan,2i3 as by purchasing out
.smaler planters around them. These latter then
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