The North-Carolina standard., 1849-11-21
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NUMBER 7S5.


But 1t is probable that the supplies will be much
larger than this, have made very liberal est
mate Tor consumption, and a very moderate estimate
or production Within the last year numerous fac
torres been erected and put IN opefatio and are
II N course of completion, North and South; and the
STATE OF Georgia, from having been almost exclusive
~ agricultural, bids fair becoHe IN few years.
second only to Massachusetts in the consumption of
coIton In her factories. Georgia and the cotton pro-
dacing States have all the facilities for success I
competition with New England Thecosts of transL
Portaon are probably cent perpound to the dsads
vantage OF the latter in the raw article. The mills
OF the South, by water power, may be worked all the
year Eound and the costs of fuel and provisions are
less than in the rgdzclimate. of the North From
the great success of the Georgia mill, it may safely
be assumed that their profits support our conclusions
even allowing that the 1eulaIes1
is higher than i'm New England. This success Of
the Georgia mills is giving impulse to the whole
Sonth' which promises to become more formidableto
the NeF England factories than tire looms of Man
chester. As the mills in the South multiply the
home market of the Northern manufact cries is inva1
ded, the ultimate result of which must be to drive
them to the support of free trade with the world az
large. .-fT .,-- .st 20
The increasing demand for the raw material, how.
ever, is the feature of the most satisfactory complex
ION to theSSouth. The main dependence Of the cot@
ton trade Is upon the product of our Southern States
The demand henceorth will bee equal to their apIest
capacity OF production. The unparalleled increase Of
our population, the wants of our new territories on
the Pacific, the growing demand for cotton goods,
the world over. the surprising effects of steam navgA
alton in creating these increased demands insure the
great staple of the South good prices for the future.
The question of slavery, in this connection, be-
comes matter Of the first consequence. 1t is proved
that the African in other quarter of the world,
under no other system of government possess 1.-THE
OF the comforts and contentment of the slaves of our
Southern States. Colonization, if possible woUd
be of no advantage to them, however advantageous
to the white Emancipation without coloniza-
ton would be hazardous to both. The Hill CooIie
system of Great Britain, in the West Indes is great
taIinre The two races cannot exist together, on
terms of equality and the experience of two hun-
dred years has proved that the relation of master and
slave is the best, where the races must exist on
the same soil The white race would be unequal to
the task of raising cotton-the climate and the labor
In the sun is adapted to the black. In any relation,
they must continue the producers of the raw material,
and the constant demands of the factories will not
admit of any abolition experiments which might res
suit in casting out millions of white operatives to
starve. The system of slavery, then, it exists in
the South, has the interests of the and of Great
Britain committed TO its support, and the Southern
States, In the single article of cotton bales, have
rampant of protection firm as the buwarks of the
hero of New Orleans. With the introduction of
manufactures their dependence upon New England
and Manchester ceases and it is evident that the
South is fully aware of the advantages.
From all this, is manifest that the prosperity Of
the South is secured, and must advances that it is
identified with the existing system of slavery /; and
that the extent and necessities of the cotton trade se
cure 1t against any hazardous assault. With this
balance of trade, the South possesses an element con-
trolling the balance of power" -r