The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-24
cotton Factorle. In mississippi

MIR. ID. o. Williams, Of Kinds, has addressed let
ter 70 the vicksburg Sentinel upon !hts subject,
"only question Of time as TO the general iniroduc-
tion Of manufactures 10 Mississippi he has doubt
but the individual Is now living TO see Mississippi
Lowells and nseys keep out of the market oil other
goods of the sdme description; nor Ia the time dis
tant when baggng made from cotton will as efec-
tualy take the place Of Kentucky and Missouri hemp
bagRing, o. the writer himself has seen the Kentucky
baggng drive entirely from the market the Inverness
and Dundee, the only kinds OF bagging uaed twenty
FIVE or thirty years ago Slave labor will be found
cheaper md better adapted TO manufacturing pnr-
poses than free labor. When capital and labor are
properly divided, the Sonth will become the most
prosperous section of the Union.-N. Y. Sun.
Its gratifying to find the people of the South thus
waking up to their true interests Their destiiuton
Of enlightened enterprise, combined with the enerva-
ting influence of slavery, has not only kent them
poor but stripped them Of almost ali Of The disiin
gnishing trails Of the American character. They
appear like dwarfs by the aide of the giants Of the
North Their agricultural districts present hut little
of the vigo or freshness Of those Of other portions Of
the Union. Their over-tasked soil Ia becoming rnp-
idly exhausted Slave labor Yields but n beggarly
return. The proprietors Of thousands of acres and
hundreds Of slaves, find themselves cmmped and
embarrassed. Untaught IN the school of practical
industry, and In the habit Of leaning upon their
agents and overseers for direction and advice, they
are compelled TO follow on In the beaten track Of
their ancestors from the mere want OF that se-rey-
ing elasticity Of character which constitutes the
Leading PECULIARLY Of the people Of tho North. Their
cities and lowns1-except at few favorable points
on their great rlvers--are diney monuments Of the
general mtecillty Of their people. They present but
few signs Of vigorous life, and none Of that all-con
quering energy no often seen al the North, which
bids defiance TO difficulties which levels mountains,
fills up vallles, and gathers wealth from the barren
rock and the fathomless ocean. SO striking Is this
contrast that the people Of the two sections Of the
Union appear 10 have descended from different races.
But this contrast Ia the result Of inherent differ
ences of character, bur Of habits and assocaiiaut
Slavery Is at the root Of the matter; and II In
tionnble whether the South can ever reach y ines
ted position to which portion of her " lie exa'
prizing citizens aspire, until that bar lore enter
sncei Is d'iven from her borderr, e Of her exist
We cannot however. hut rsi,
made to reach this desIvsd o. ,Jce at every efor
ing difficulty. Theae EN- d In spite of the oppos
can character, and for its are worthy the Amerl
ne alsye States ,untry. The continued decay Z
~ ira eneyvpT might furnish startling exhibition
hut II wovs .ing and ruinous influence of slavery
victims sd neither promote the happiness OF III
N (ss ofthe system, the national glory or wealth
IL swe have no doubt would be the easel IL is BE-
wed that the South can engage In. manufacture
prohtaby, the experiment should be made. TIL
North has nothtSg to fear from H.; and we belicy
ahat the result woud be- not merely the amslIoratio
Of the condition OF the slave population, but, ut
mately, the entire exirpation Of the institution 1
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