Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-02-01

mus continue. VIXEN We reject TIA, 1sas IL
bui comparatively Little land suitable 10 the
grovth Of cotton YET 10 be brougti into eUiiva,
lion, and ihai the demand Cor eogon is iacreas-
ing greatly every year, we SEE, Al once, that this
crest staple u The southern States must hereafter
command high prices Cotton goods are the
cheapest and most suitable ciAhing e. The Ia
boring population Of al countries and on that
account, must becom. an object Of general de-
maHd. Al present only small portion Of man
kind use cotton as an article Of clothing, bot
when il comes, a. il must, into general use in all
countries, it will then command a very fine price.
Ia 1900 there was very liuIs cotton raised in
/ the United States, and now The crop ranges from
/ 200 900 to 2,7O0,000 bales per annum and
still the consumption is increasing faster than
the production. Toe markets Of India, Of China,
aud in fact Of all Asia, have been thrown open
{ by the acquisition Of California, 10 the cotton
goods Of the United States, thus increasing the
demand immeasuraby. since there are enough
people in China alone to consume al the cotton
now grown in the southern States. California
aud Oregon will become, to considerable Ell.
tent, consumers Of our cotton goods giving Us in
exchange their gold and other predictions
Again, repeat never was the condition Of the
southern people more prosperous than at this
time, and il we act with prudence and wise
foresight, and not he led by restless aud ambi-
tious aspiran's, who will sacrifice our interests TO
promote their own selfish purposes, it will be
III with US and our children. DO these men
who desire disunlcn, hope by bringing on civil
war, the end OF which no man can see, to i'm
prove the condition of the southern STAKEHOLDER
d. they expect thereby to enhance the value OF
slave property Will disunon, or civil war,
which is The same thing, establish slavery in
California ! II the people of California desire
slavery, they can establish il, und if they do
not, no action Of southern conlederacy il one
could be formed, could force j, upon them, con.
trary 10 their wishes.
Ii will thus be seen, that so lar as California
is concerned, nothing is to be gained by dsun>
ion. viii disunion enable Us 10 reclaim our ia.
gitive saves any better than we can under the
present efficient fugitive slave lawl In a word
will disunon remedy any evil or redress any
grievance ! II The object be to protec, our,
selves from future agsressions this can be done
without going out OF the Union. Let it I've un,
derstood that the whole South, as one man, is
determined 10 resist any aggression upon our
rights, "even to tie disruption Of every tie which
binds Us to the Union" and then our rights will
be secure. The position taken by the Georgia
Convention, and which is similar to that taken
by the Mississippi O;tober Convention, is the
platform upon which the whole south can Il should
unite. Who are responsible for those divisions
which eIs. in the South, and which are 10 be
so much deprecated BY all true southern men
and which do so much injury to the cause Of the
South Not the Union men, for they occupy
the ground taken by the South from the com.
mencement Of this unhappy sectional strife
Those who are in favor Of ext enc measures at
this time who wish to resis, the laws which
have already been passed, not those which are
threatened, are responsible for any divisions
which exist in the South at this time. What DO
those men expect to gain by resistance !
DO they think very small fraction OF the
Southern people have right TO rule end gov
ern their Southern brethren and force them 10
adop, measures viii their julgmen, condemns
Vain folly! die dtIusionl Ii is the height Of lol!,
to think Of one or two states peaceahIy seeding
( from this union on account Of the measures tina
have been passed. There may be secession bu
those who are engaged in it will, to their sorrow
find it everything else but peaceable. ! am no
prepared to say il all the southern states were Il
secede from the Union that il would not be peace
able. In TINT event perhaps the ncIthefu state
would be unable to carry on war against them
but the case would be very different should on
or two states make such an attempt contrary 4
the wishes, and against the faithful warning O
their sister states Of the south. So lar from hav
ing the aid Of the other southern states they woul
not even have their sympathy; because the
would bring upon themselves their own misior
tunes by adopting rash and foolish measures.
1t is really astonishing to find any democrat
in favor OF dissolution of the Union. We hav
succeeded in the establishment OF all the iaycri,
measures, for which we contended so earnest
in 1874, The Independent Treasury is Rrml
established and is working admirably. The "a
i'll of ls46 is realizing the expectations of il
warmes, friends, causing an increase o! revenue
and at the same time atiardirg as much proteC
ton to our manufactures as they need. This
shown by the fact that the number Of bales
cotton consumed in the U, S. per annum, ha
greatly increasedsrnce the passage ofthat act an
by the further fact, that the value OF cotton good
xno,,aJ (.nr, tho n 9 wos al mn uOn mora