Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-08-22

good men have imagined. s'aie sd
wish | could induce my southern friends |
,opa,ise. while il yet not too late, ere they
strike blow which must recoi on themselves. |
They cannot he prosperous il we are prostrste. |
II is great mistake to suppose that the prospe.
peri,y Of the north iufic,s m injury upon them
The foundation Of the evil Of which they com.
plain will be found in the over production Of
single article. In 1924, cotton brought 81 cents
per pound This produced such an immense
profit, that men went in debt to buy slaves and
every southern man became cot,on-planter.
This increased the amount from 176, 600 600
pounds in 1894, TO s63,00O,OOO pounds in ls45,
and reduced the price 10 6 cents per pound
We are told there is never surplus stock on
hand, as an argument against this fact. But
that in accounted for, in my mind, by the fact
that the necessities Of the co,ton.pantef com.
pei him TO push his cotton crop into the mar.
ket TO pay his debts already made in anticips.
ton oft. A little northern thrift, which teach
cs our manufacturers to live within their means,
would do them much service, and in tho end
cure many of the evils attributed to the tariff
of Isd2 asm ~ aa '+ N.i
Much strcsss laid upon the cotton crop Of
the south, and the whole Legislation Of this coun
try is to be regulated by il. do not wish to
detract from its value, hut will show how
small il is in comparison with the other agricul.
tural products Of the country. The entire cot.
ton crop ofthe last year was 036, ,0SS 600 pounds
which. AZ cents per pound, amounts to S6J,.
226, l60. My southern friends will perhaps
hardly credit the fact, that the value Of the hay
| crop, upon which our cattle and horses are fec
| is more than 100 pet cent. over this amount.
ing, at $40 ton, TO d0,O65, 600. The whole
value of the tobacco crop, At 5 cents, is $937J,.
100 the wheat crop alone, at 81 bushel, is
Sl06, SD, 600; the oats, at 30 cents, is worth
S4s,962 400; and the potato crop, SO lightly
estimated, is worth more than one.half the en-.
tire cotton crop, being, at 40 cents bushe.
S35, ,356, 500. Why should ali these important
products be lost sight Of in our commercial reg
ulatiop! {" ' ''"i "a '' ff+
II is said that letters have been received
here from my own State, approving Of this mea.
sure. Il canno, be possible. Although II may
pass here as political measure, not Senator,
as believe, would be willing to adopt It as his
own; and cannot therefore believe that any
business man, anxious for the welfare of the
country, can advise its passage. It may be
,rue that some individuals in that good State
are mad enough, or ignorant enough, or dis.
homes, enough, TO i1atter what they believe to
be the majority here, by crying hozannas to
mtn in power. lfsuch letters have been re-
cevcd. they must have been written by men
who have no interest in common with their
fellow. citizens; men who would barter princi
pie for Office, and see the whole State in ruin
if they could only balten upon the ofials Of the
government
We are told out of the house that this bill j:
10 become law by the casting vote of the Vice
President lam happy to say that have seer
no evidence Of such intention, nor will be
lieve that there is such design, until | am con
vinced by the evidence ofmy own senses. T.
all the inquiries that have been made of me,
have eaid that it cannot be that no native
Pe,nsylynnian hunorcd with the trus, snd con
fdence of his felow.ci,izens, could prove re
cream, to that trus:, and dishonor The State ,ha
gave him birth His honorable name, and the
connexion othis ancestry with her history. for
bid il. His own public acts and written sen,i
ments forbid il. IT. as has been sa;d this ones
ton is to be settled bv the css,ing vote uf IN,
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