The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-06-13


The progress and prospects of The North
ern and Southern sections Of this Union III
wolves some oflIie greatest and gravcsl ques-
tons of the acc. Each has form Of evil
cation peculiar to itself. and TO mndcrn times.
The c"nfc;rracy which has been formed bv
their Union has aSon!s!icd the world by us
success: bit the word. as well as the two
sections themselves, differ very widely as to
The causes of this success, and the agency OF
the lw" respective systems of society IN Pro-
ducing II.
THIS controversy has long been advancing
on tic cnU;l,rv. amd now, III consequence a!
recent events, it has hccnrtc general III
this part Of TIC country. however. we have
ha Gul one sdc; and as tho suh cct is ore
Of the first magnitude, have thought ii high
" impnrtar, that i. should be well examined.
In a Commercial! institution like this ii is rc-
cnliarIv proper that the causes of the wealth
and the sources Of the commerce Of The coun
try should be well u:l;lerstond.
When the Constitution of the L. States
was adopted. the population Of the two SEC
tinns Of the United States was nearly equal:
c1ch being not quite NV" millions OF ''''nc'' ~
la!ts' inc H"''lh Hlr!hn'i'S NOR" '''ah iii" I"
milton ol saves. irc tcrr'I"r! ''Eh "ccu'
pied by tho two was, perhaps, also near y C.
quail in extent and fertility. Their commcrca
was also abnu the same; the North export
'ng about s9'So0, ,34o III LIDO ana the Hn'i'h
59,2O00 500.& Even the property held by
ti,, i,yO sections WAS almost exactly tie
same IN amount beng aho"t 4oo'ooo mn
IONS III Va'ue c"cH' a"c"r"lh- ~ Il" ">StSs-
Inchl Tor Greet '"S'S III 49, io' '"'
ilfst quarter "i acciili!! "' '!ie l'tSG,'l \'o'
cr'i'il'"l, mp 1910, itic o"!'h LODE 'if r".
ut The -torth II c1!nmerc'; is al me en- o.
that licr"d l"c exports OF ilc onn':'Crn
States amounted to about thirty miil!hns al
d".Iars, winch was five mIi"n' more lhan
the N"rI@rn. Al THIS iiHr, IN l3lG, Sou!h
Carolina and New York were he w" great
est exporting States IN the tn;"u. S"'i'h
Carolina exporting more than Sl0,OOo,00o,
ah1 New "rk over @li''Oo'o"V.
Acc"r'i!". I" the asSeSs'n""i5 made ny
authority ct the Federal GNcr'i;nch' III
1919 '"f a.rrtl 'aHcs' Inc Va"'e "' properly
IN tie ""''ihcrn States had riS@n to sH'''-
31i.Go7, the White pnfH'al'oil bchig 'Hcil
according to al average "l the census "'
1910 and that "l 1870, about 2,7l9'793, or
a.I"": .3i2 r"r h.a'i. whilst iic properly "i
I'll" -N"r'hnTn States ah"Inicd /" @l'"iS.
f52.2ol, i"r 4,3%o'oJo i'ol'uIa'''"'' VI o''!
S2lo per hcHd- :.
L'tH n .'!an''!ac''iFeS &C '?"u''' a' '''S
An
pcr!"h, cXcc'cd ihc Inc .H"''l' III !'toF"'''''
I" the nn'n''Gr OF l"cir population III
1910, according % the returns OF TIE Var
>!lal> u! Tic United States, TIC tabrckS "t
w"o;, cotton. and !i"c". manufactured n the
Y priIiCrn States, amounted tn 4D."ll.2i4
yards. a! 52l l.06l ,525, whist the Soalh iah-
rlca'"h 3l,7 "G,l97 yards. estimated at Sl0.-
Tl.13A mas aiicr 'hr lapse I'll '''e '''sI
quarter at century. under our pfcSGh'
tnrn ol government, HE ""n'Ii ia" s'iFPa's'
I'd the North III CninHnFcc. III manufactures
aEd III tic accu:nn!aiH'n "l "ratth' III pro-
portion 10 tie number OF cNlz"nS "t ~" re-
SIc@livc sections.
S!ncr that Ne:Ind great cha:'9e mas "E'
| Cured. Tie hafbors OF Norfolk, "l Eirh-
nnnd. Of Charleston, and Havanna"' hA'c
been drsrrcd Tor those "i Pn:IaIel, h 4, Ne"
York. and i ,S,ni!; al New Orleans Is i'lh
Only Southern city that prclrnds To riva! us
Northern cnmPclIl"rs The gTass IS grow
Ing III the streets o. those cites OF the S"nih.
which originally m"n"pnIZcd onr c"Ion a
commerce, aAd maintained their ascrn an'
| cv IN the car V years of the Union. Manh-
fac,nrcs and the arts have ais g'ne t. take