The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-25

Per Eerk. as - Hprh ElFark Ellh.
he hraillllalnsss sRi nslahess e IhsiE aP-
pealanrs. lhal l Mas indneed 10 inqaiar
nhy Il wss. ltss his oPer4liEes appeared
80 much betlrr lhan lhr laboTers ! s2w
sissAhsls in he elly. His ans1er was.
thai hey are better paid. and. said he. \.
ihouga hey appear clean. msny n Ihrla
have On aaeE-dEesses. which hey lay aside
whsn they are done Gheir dsy's wuEk. and
exlsibil sui grezlrT neainess. The WORK.
be eonlinusd. about which hey are en-
Ployed. is not calculated unanimously 10 A.
Eeel health. o. impair physical ensEgy-
% yoa see they hare ample space between
The loams fal eKereisr. and there aEs stools
provided. on Which when Gasig1ed, they
can 81 down and rest.
Nv firm conviction i. that The labor
in IalsOa faelaEy, under the Improved
stale 81 machinery and building. is as
liltlr Prejudieial 10 health - sny other IN
door employment. Al which one can earn
. livelihood. There is nothing in tend
ins Icon. t0 harden lady's hand; and
in welI-Venlilalei and property heated
house, surh A. al the large establishments
Of recent erection have, there is nothing
% cause HE rouge upon The cheek 10 fade.
although lhe skin NAV become blearhed
by remaining So much in the shade.
Industry is social, and If il manifest IT,
self in some one pursuit. il will SOM seek
Olher objects 10 which 10 direct is eaeE-
gies. No man ean enter well regulated
manufacturing establishment without be-
ing struck with The order and method pre-
vailing l"ere; and is apt 10 leave higher
appreciation Of the blessings Of industry.
Let manufacturing be extensively under
taken. agriculture and mechanical arts
will soon catch the impulse neatness,
comfort and elegance will be seen al lie
honest al. and among the household.
Increased wealth will flow in upoa US,
public morals will be elevated, and know
ledge will be difiused in proportion as we
can induce the idle and prOiligale 10 la
bar.
The cultivation Of Cotton, al its pre-
sent depressed price, makes but poor re-
turn for the care, anxiety and moral re-.
spOnsitilily TO which the planter is ne
cessarily compelled 10 submit. II is real
ly time To pause and reflect; To inquire for
whom We have been growing the article.
and WHO has received the profits Of our
labor. The manufacturer Of cotton into
cloth. it is.supposed, keeping on, oil view
the heater fabrics, will add tn its value
upon an average fee hundred per cent.
All this profit has been realized from the
product Of slave labor, mainly by Eng.
land and sumo Of the Northern States Of
the umon. Il is easy To account, with
profits like these, for the immense fortune
manufacturers have amasscd, which tell
by hundreds Of thousands aud millions.
When large sums Of money are required
for any enterprise, they who have made
the profits from our great staple, are the
capitalists who ure moot usually applied
TOTO furnish the means. We have nnr
sI.Ses and our lands, but comparatively
little money. AS fast a, We realize, we
invest in The purchase Of more slaves, to
make. more Cotton. INSTEAD Of diveriing
a portion OF our capital to the manufacture
Of the raw material. This ceaseless round,
while i, adds but little to our weallh, in.
creases, our productive force. SO as to de.
preciate the price OF cotton, by the over
production Of the article. Illuminating
then as il may seem, we nurture and EN-.
p!oy our slaves for those who feel no
sympathy with Us. We receive about one
fifth Of the profits that might he made from
the great staple, while four-fiiihs are free
ly yielded up to The manufacturer abroad.
Thus You zee, that we are foregoing large
profits which result from slave labor, aud
allowing. Others. 10 realize them, who are
denouncing us with all bitterness, as slave
breeders and relentless task-masters.
Ii requires less than three cents TO
manufacture a pound of cotiun into the
fabrics most extensively used in this
country. The heavy Loetiis, for which
we have had to pay nine Ut ten cents
a yard by the piece. cannot cost the
manufacturer at The present prices. lar
from four cents yard, and shlrlings il is
believed do not rO,t as murh. With adj
yantages in our favor equivalent 10 boun-
ty of full forty per cent. we could not on
~ supply The demand OF the South, but
We could Compete with any other manu-
features IN the foreign market. The raw
material is now purchased al our own sea-
port by speculators. or for Eacloies. either
al the north or on The other side of the
Allanlic-it was not exported by us. But
if the change in the employment Of labor,
which wesare urging should take place,
then we should become our own expor-
tiers. and consequently importers. ur
Southern seaports would receive an i'm
pnlse-tten they would heroine import.
ing .cilies. This would be the natural
course Of trade. The idea Of importing
to any great extent, where instead of ex-
porting for ourselves. others to do it for
us, was delusive-it looked to forced and
unnatural state Of things, that would never
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