The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-09-05

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states lhrty years qgo, with tins difference
that ne are Ear better oil II pom, Of cllmat,
and soil. About the commencement Of tie
last war those suites wefo suffering under
4 depicting cmigratlnu Of population, caus
I'd principally by The embarrassment Of at
exhausted soil. They were indeed rcgar
ded JY many to be worn out countries, uo
worth the labor necessary to resuscitait
them. That class OF men (Which /. olway,
large one) who preferred sticking 10 the
deslnIes Of the land Of their birth, luborel
under many disadvantages. They saw We,
r. clearly they could 40! afford Ia beato~
belt their labor 10 rcsu-cltatlon, and thel
successfully meet the competition whci
was rapidly sprln.Ins Up, IN the opening
and bringing into cultivation the rich land
Of the northwest. They saw clearly tia
d competition IN foreign markets, wiIb lhes'
new and inexhauslablc lands, could not GC
maintained except at the expense Of power
ty and depopualiou, They saw clearly
that nome market for their agriculture
products was the only hope on winch they
could rely, aud that this could ouly be pro
daced by such diversity Of pursuits as would
give them d consuming population engaged
protitably m other than agricultural puT-
suits, and these considerations led to the IN
PRODUCTION Of manufactures. And every one
al all conYcrsanl With the history OF our
country must be aware, that with the in.
PRODUCTION Of manufactures, aud cotton the
primo pal one, commenced a change which
had made a garden pot Of that y Whole coun-
Try. The old worn out fields have been
renewed and made to produce lout-iold to
what they did N their virgin state, the bar.
rem ridges and stony mountains have been
enriched aud pat INTO profitable cultivation
and the whole country may be said literal
~ to groan under the weight 81 the richest
products OF nature. Every Inhabtan, in a
land Of universal prosperity inhabited by
the happlest people to be found on the
globe. And VIC believe the same change
would produce the same results with US, ana
that It is liuie better than madness to en
teftain hope that We may become a more
people than ve now are without
many radical changes IN our habits, invest.
mcn,s Of capital and industrial pursuits.
Although cotton is one Of the creates,
staples in the world, uad mas hitherto yiol
ded greater profit to the labor bestowed
on It's culture than any known commodity,
It's production is only 10 It's Infancy. The
World seems oaIy roeoaiy 10 have d,soos
cred the immense profit winch can DO de
rived from It's culture on the best soils End
having now made the discovery, It Is not
unreasonable 10 suppose that prices will be
kept SO low, as TO bring It's profits on lev
ell with all other agricultural products
Many suppose that land congenia 10 the
cotton plant, vll not be found to keep pace
with the rapidly increasing consumption.
But We think the spread OF civilization will
open new countries to rs growth, aud that
over production and consequent low prices,
vii be the only causes to check is rapid adj
vance. In 1924 and - the crop Of the
[. States was 507 900 bales and we distinct.
" fecolIcct t!ut II vas then predicted that
an Increase Of consumption to double Tins
Quau'l'y could not be supplied without put.
uGg uyurIv, ii not aIl, OF our land 10 cotton
gIUAIng regions uto TcqulsHIon, and that
The consequences would he higher prices
than had ever been previously known, In
] -@l aud > the crop was Pol 600; in
! -ll aud ;, > 100000; and a similar "a.
ito Of advance for the next ten or fifteen
years viii only be prevented By prices rang
ng lower than they have even for the past
ear. Recent events have shown most
clearly that lhls is to be the course of things
ia future, for the slightest advance in the
price of cotton has invariably had tho ten
iency 10 shorten consumption, and II must
be evident that the exhausted lands OF South
Carolina cannot long hold a successful CON.
petition with the rich and virgin SOILS OF the
Western States IN the production OF cotton
OF any other agricultural article except
rice. Il then becomes Us to look about in
sober earnest to ascertain what changes
can be made to avert the evils which seem
to threaten US. To lemainas we are, pur
chasers of everything aud sellers Of nothing
but cotton aud rice, unless prices range
higher than the nature Of circumstances
will Justly allow us to expect, must lead 10
poverty and dependence, depletion of popu
lation and capital. And to those who are
no, Intentionally blind, we think it must be
apparent, that an agricultural laboror en-
gagged in tho growth Of cotton in South
Carolina viii not be able 10 hold a success.
fol competition with the same species OF
labor in the southwest, and certainly not
with the manufacturing operatives Of New
England or any other country. The one
is all hand work, while the aid Of machine
ry gives to each person in the other, Ou e.
quyaIeni to thirty hands. We think ii has
been shown in recent publication that
the manufacture Of Yarn, and all the coars
est cotton fabrics, may be successfully con-
Quoted IN South Carolina, not only to the
supplying Of all our domestic wants, but to
The exporting large quantities. And we
believe most sincerely that this branch OF
once fairly introduced would
be q nucleus which would bring around II
all other branches of manufactures necessa.
" to supply US with the common articles Of