The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-06-30

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right 10 romplsin Of lhis. Il 10 eur ewnl
fsull. and very high price hare We paid
Tor il.
I.rs MS look u he matter In 4 plain
pfschral light. The people u The Soulh-
ern States are The producers oi raw ma
lerisl shich. in ils manufactured stale.
may be said. without exaegerzlion. 10
rioihe she principal porsion a. chfivnn-
dom. That raw material 10 peculiarly
our own-peculiaIiy so in moIe senses
Than one. What do We do with ilf Let
us see. We plant il. cultivate il. pick il.
gin II. send il 10 our commercial marls.
! where almost all of il Is shipped 10 points
from 5000 10 5000 miles OF. wrought in
70 sarious descriptions Of fabrics. from
snperfine lawns 10 The coarse cloths re-
quired for negloes, and then great par-
! lion OF il is sent back aud sold 10 Us in
| ils manufactured state, with the accumu-
Ialed costs Of commissions. storage. freight
and insurance. both icays, as well ss The
!! largo profits OF The manufacturer superad-
ded Manchester has grosn great on
llle fabrication of cotton. Massachusetts
owes large portion Of her wealth. and
prosperity 10 the same source. The
manufacturing towns Of The NorIh flourish
in aflluence. and are con inually inereas-
ing ia all lhe essentials Of greatness, fIom
lhe profits derived from the manufacture
OF our Southern staple.
/ Now, il such a result attends lhe lsbors
of individuals. thousands OF miles fIom
.he coiion lields-whai magnificent returns
would crown the efforts Of those IN. and
sdiacen, 10. The fields themselves. IL skill
fully. energelicalIy and liberAlIy directed
IL lhe manufacture Of collon has made
Lowell prosperous city of thirty thou
sand inhabitants. what ougIiinol The sam'
manufacture accomplish for us here In .h'
hear. OF cotton growing regions. III cot
|. ton manufacturing has made klancllesie
: mighty city, with her hundreds Of thou
sands Of population. what should il No
do for Southern towns and villages, aroun
which, and within arms length, as il were
: the snowy staple natures in cshaustes
profusioni
We hardly need answer these iniorro
gaiories. for the simple reason that ever
:. intelligent mind will al once suggest Il
: ply. The thing is palpable, but our pea
pie will not heed il. II is plain. but the
!, will not see il. And, strange To say. al
!, = though they pay dearly for the delusio'
: they, in too many instances, seem TO pr
fer Incidence and dependence 10 mdusll
! and independence, notwithstanding evel
J advantage is on their side. In posilo
e labor. and tho growth Of the staple. The
: have fully twenty per cent the start ov
= New England or British manufacturer
BY employing these advantages the
could build up their own sections as,onis
: ingly-place il on the very pinnacle
nc sound aud stable wealth and prosperity.
= render the South commercially indepen
=. ent in all respects, and with that CONNIE
cial independence would come, as an in
% vilable consequence. strength and
(, power which would prevent encroac
~ men,s upon our rights, and enable us
"e ~ compel respect 10 those rights, by 4
- ~ strong arm, il Necessary.
a. The South can never expec, 10 prosr
mo- al home, be respected abroad, and
,J able 10 exact complete recognition
Ia her rights, until she fa6ricdtes, as well
~ produces. Production is very impt
:; iant element in the growth Of nation, |
nj manufacturing has shown itself to
a. equally so. Without The manufactur
=. ~ the raw material would be worthless. !.
.s ..s then, the Southern people follow the d
We tales of true policy, divide their labor. a
'an ~ produce and manufacture al the same iii
"a -reaping themselves the profits incid'
10 the two pursuits. lie, them build
~ themselves, instead Of Massachusetts /; 1
,rv Legislature Of which State, a few da
=. a. since, came very near passing an act n
= - lifying the Fugitive Slave law. Th
IL can do this in twelve months, If III
= choose, and in eighteen, can sell Goa
cotton cloths in Boston cheaper, and
better quality. Than the Lowell factor
, can furnish.
- The man who will build and put
en-, successful operation cotton factory
mia five thousand spindles, would do m
yeJ good 10 the South, and contribute m
mr. largely TO her independence and recnri
and pecuniarily anu politically, than woul
n.s dozen Nashville Conventions. ten III
.,h sand blood and thunder" resolutions,
ne;. half million South Carolina ordinances
ook -
orti- A TARIFF FAcT.-The.exiensive
ihat works at Boonton, N. j., are 10 be |
Bit at'rSherifT = sale, as we learn from
in Newark Daily Advertiser Of the ID j
ges They were commrsnced soon after