The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-05-09
CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, MAY ., ls4e.

barren, ice-bOund hills Of New England can
be made, by a system of home industry and a
preference Of home labor, to give such evidences
OF thrift and comforts why, will not a similar
course of policy be followed by similar results
IN Georgia and Carolina! Many Southern
men seem to think that the great cotton inter.
est is the only one in the nation. The Cult
vator mentions the fact that the ice exported
from Massachusetts alone, is sufficient to pay
Tor all the cotton (25O,0OO bales,0 consumed in
the manufactures Of that State! The census
Of l84O shows that the hay crop Of that year
alone was worth nearly tcice as much as the
entire cotton crop Of the South! Let us then
not deceive ourselves upon this subject. We
OF the Atlantic States, cannot much longer
live b.. the exclusive culture. Of cotton. It is
out OF the question for us TO compete success
fully with the newly annexed State of Texas,
or even with the older States around the Gulf,
where the ve-y fertility of the soil will enable
the planter to produce the staple from one to
two cents cheaper than with US. Shall we then
make no effort to accommodate ourselves TO
our new circumstances? Will we quietly fold
our arms and permit our present population to
roam off IN quest Of richer lands? Are we to
follow the example Of Virginia and South Ca
rolina, and pursue a national and State policy
which will drive our people into other States!
These are questions which we propose to the
people because they are the source of all pow
err. With them must the reform be
ed Let them send men Of good practical COM
mon sense, instead of mere demagogues, to the
Legislature. Let that body be composed Of
men whose views are known to be liberalized
on these topics. Men of this class will, Of
course, pass such laws as will not only develop
the resources and industry Of the State, but
will enable US to understand definitely the ex-
tent and value Of our present production. We
alluded to this part Of the subject more parti-
cularly in our paper of Friday last, anJ there
fore need only commend the perusal Of the
subjoined article to every citizen of the South,
whatever may be his party views and feelings
This is a question which we would desire to
see brought to the test Of common sense, rather
than of party. 1t is one upon which the we'll
being of the people greatly depends-one which
it is within their power to settle, and which we
feel assured they will settle just so soon as
they can be induced to give it a calm and dis.
passionate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rep.
New England Lndusty-We have been ex.
ceedingly interested in a paper, which we find
in the National %Intelligencer Of 7th March. Il
is a synopsis of the statistics Of the condi.
ton and products of certain branches of indus.
try in Massachusetts, for the year ending April
l., l845." And what think you is the aggregate
of the products of the labor of the people o.
that State, in the items enumerated? No les.
than $ll4,47s 443-nearly twice as great as the
value of the whole cotton crop of the South
Look, for q moment, at the items in the table
that exceed a million Of dollars. They are:
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