The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-05-09
From the Columbia Telegraph.
yssN0N.INTERCOURSE.


sNON.INrERCOURS eIa Ns.
Mr.. Editor-Let us suppose the people Of the
non .slaveholding States, OF, a, majority ofibem
sufficiently large, should adopt system of Non
intercourse withahe North ;.and- should adhere
10 it in good fath--what would be the result
Lin ordersto trace the probable effect Of such
q step let us take for illustration the condition
of one only. Of the Free soil States. The
manufacture by Massachusetts, Of those articles,
the general description OF which are used at the
South, in the year 1910 amounted in value to
s about the sum Of S45,649, ,641-near two thlris
= OF which we may say, were consumed by her
owi, people and the people of the States within
"a her neighborhood-le about sixteen mill
ions to be sent abroad. .,...
a Although we have no correct data to show
@ how much OF. this sixteen millions came to the
q South. vet we think II can safely be said that
ne.halftbereof found q market in the slavehold.
n, ing States, We learn from Mr. Met Culloch that
in 1910 Massachusetts, imported considerably
more than SO per. cent, oyer the amount of her
. exports. She sent oi,t from her ports the value
of ten millions Of dollars, and brough ht back six.
teen millions-thus making more than 80 per
cent. on that portion ofFher trade. Now, if we
take ihisapercentum of gain as a bassis tor our
:. obsesvations, We find that for the eight millions
~ in wanuaenires which she sends annually to
4 the South. there is returned to her at least
t,celre n,i1asons Of dollars.-Suppose then, that
1.-The slaseholding States should cut off from
) them the trade of Massachusetts (: What
I, would Be The effect two fold-for al
though the manufactures TO the amount OF
it eight millions of dsliars might not he entirely
rfaIn a
&, -four millions of profit she would have made
=, out of the South would be retained among our.
selves audswond alsn be lost to her, unless she
were able to make it up in some other market.
This it is believed she could not do. Where
will she find that market? in Europe? Can
she overcome the disadvantages Of distance =?
of high duties !, OF, the unsuitabeness of the
manufactures intended for the South and not for
II Europe, and then compete there pro6tably with
che superior skill lof England, France and Ger.
many, with the cheapnsss Of their labor and
u the better adaptation of their fabrics 10 the
. markets supplied? For the last thirty years
she has requireds a high tariff to enable her to
u compete with them in our own markets.
,, II is evident therefore, that sooner or later,
she would. be. driven out, Of those markets. to
the extent at least oflhe eight millions value oi
manufactures that were made for the Southern
trade. Besides the. loss of the four millions OF
profits which she snakes out ot us now every
wear, she must also in the end loose the trade
for the particular description OF manufactures
which are made for and consumed BY the South
perhaps to tbe whole extent Of the eight
millions Of dollars. In which event, instead Of
the four millions Of profits, there would result
TO Massachusetts the annual loss Of tacelre mil.
lions of dollars. And in any event, if the slave.
holding States suppliedthe manufactures them.
selves, they wonld d.save 10 The Soulh the tretre
millions of dollars annually which now goes
to swell the pride and the insolence Of Massa.
! chusests. t- ~
But suppose, to overcome all the disadvanta-
sas of the loss of, the custom of the South,
Massachusetts, resorts to change Of mschinery
TO suit The new trade; 10 the requirement Of
greater skill; and above allthe cheapening of
labor to the extent necessary. What then =
About one hundred thousand, near one seventh,
Of her whole white population are employed
in trades and, manufactures Now when you
cut off thetrade of the manufacturer you reduce
his profits. and with the reduction OF his profits
his ability To- pay wages. In this case there
must also be a further reduction, and that not
small one, 10 enable him TO compete successful.
" with the, pauper lobor Of Europe. What
then will become Of the support Of the hundred
thousand trades-peopl Of Massachusetts Let
these lordlings Of the loom and lapstcne learn
a timely lesson from the rioters OF Rirming
cam, Of Paris and ofPittsburg. The issue will
then be changed. Instead Of a question Of
philanthropy they will then enquire after their
dinners; 1t will become a question Of The
stomach, no longer pretended one OF the con.
science. ). These trades people will enquire the
cause, they will learn it. Jobnathan will no
longer be satisfied with the mawkish cant OF
the psepdo friend Of Cutie. He will demand
that his own wants be cared for, and the polit.
cal ai,oliiionist must seek new vocation, for
In their line ~ 0thello's occupations gone"
What has been said Of Massachusetts can be
applied 10 the other free soil State--at all events
to aiextent sufficient for the purposes OF this
arguments We will take further view OF the
subject IN another article.
..t ssSsg.l IA.
REAp THE NEwsPApERs.-John Fl. Prem
tice, in. his recent yaledctory on retiring from
a, p 1..ss.:oY .h,;. which he bad filed forty-