New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-30
PROGRESS AND Iiprprx

Inc commonest thing In the world il Ia End .....
mistaken for effect and effect for cause. Va,
sisntly reminded OF this when the Soutser, i,,..,
seek to account for their sectional shor,eomi,,,
evidence OF this assertion. take the f,llov;,s g..
Tie Log's and Enquirer of Memphis, Tennessee:
we tempted briefly To- sho. the o.ha- A.. -,
North had efs"n rich and powerful in ,,e,ts- a. -.
than the South because she had aioptsl he sv.s
locating The FrQtts Of her LABOR in Ae sh.cs ~ a
and canals while the South had neglected 70 do So ",
wish could induce every one Of onr resdr. -, W
the matter in this light-to examine and sea r. -
WORKED is working and win continue % onar,,e 49,,
we niuse more vigorous earntstness into onr enis.~
to make Up the time we have lost, Tie two seeos, w.
sent lhe same results that two indiyifusls ,,lS
ore OF whom had kept bis annual o, a,
interest while the other had spent his yearly reven.e III
mere living or in the purchase OF de,,r,tioos h, :.
homestead which yielded nothing and increased hs a.
leDsos The ore would become Immensely rieaN u.
other would be fortunate ii he held as own;
Surprising the South has really the profits Of vS.A
the Tennessee print speaks how is it to nves, ,Asu /.
railroads unless there be the local industry aal scs,,,
to sustain those railroads And by what nus, a.,
LEGAL Industry be represented Why ia the per-.
of freemen, having the right TO travel BY raro. Al
net requiring slave-pass having, too, aa alril.s
interest in the work tho do. aud that work besl,.
varied according to al the requirements OF civ1x.,
Now, these things are wanting in the South aai ..x
be wanting so long as Slavery exists. Manufacsdu.
is the result of freedom the developments Of itesis
in every country being u tue direct ratio OF the Than
ton othe seris Of the soil aud their becoming ethsr,
pretors, artisans or artists. But long as the S,aa
has Slavery she will have an ignorant popaadon-I,
subjected to the most expensive Mind Of labOr-b, k.
bic to nterpecine wars, and fnd herself guilty Of is
paradoxes in cndesyoring to coniouni cause and C..
in accounting for her deficiencies
But hear our philosopher as he indicates cure q
the evil he deplOres
"Wbat, then. we may be asked, is the remedy f,,6s
humiliatng state of things Must we sink dlsa ia.
mere upIendage Of this Oyergrown and still acre,s,
Northern Wealth We answer--Ihe remedy. our sL
selrdti0n from this state of positive dependence 4
change he moH0g esent and dispo,sioa Of SoUTaInLi
Bon. Take ouo-tLrd Of the hands that now easss
in raising cotton, sugar Ne &c, and set them 10 blts
railronds and other kindred works Of l0tomsl in2V
meIt aud kop them al IT, until our southern land sr
lated with these ARTIFICIAL means of ntcrco
the North is. Diversity labor aud put its sutz
profits at compound interest the North has besh
ing Follow her example, in short. There arc hsain<
81 railroads needed ia the South which It viii take yz
aud yeors TO build the way We are going 90, whchcs
lt Iut into operation within the next i've years se sd
Only usc he labor have at command in the best va
promote our prosperity"
But bow is the labor TO be diversified with dsu /
Make the slave intelligent through the education 40
sary for good workman, aud be would no lonsws
main slave Thus do Southern writers argue u
see the inferiority of the South they percei.h "
tributary she is TO other parts of the Union sndS
world, and they declaini railroads and msnn1rs
as II those things could be extemporized. and sn
not the growth of freedom. The South has na ~ \
comparatively little in the arts Of cvilizatia 1
what she has she borrows. She has no superior ,iI
try or art What she enjoys she does not orgsa i
She buys the iron sbemports her engineers; shFs
Fulton to invent her steamboats, aud Whitney ham
ton-gin But she is prolific Of great men, Of csrs
Great men" flourish in a country in proportlohhaj
destitute condition. Hence the South gives aiiFf
riOdcal crop Of Unions ayiors and Senator's wAn
talk dramatically for the benefit of the gallerisn
home consumption. But her influence is waning "
cannot compete with the North. Her ripe schan
of the old stamp would be laughing stock to lsF
America. Her immense genius is found to rnuan
channel-potics-and that neither pure nor Pres's
In word, she is in the rear in civilization aidSs
wanting in logic. We advise The Eagle to STUDY ~
and effect for single year, and he will not rePSs
abovequOted maxims.