Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-01-27
The South and the North.

18th. Mr.. BunNrLL, u delegate from Vir-
ginia was one Of the speakers and we make
few extracts from his speech, which we
commend to Southern and Western inen--
Sir, The great secret Of Northern suprema-
cy and Southern decline, is in one single
/ political fact, and that is, there are more
/ people at the North than at the South. 1t
Is not, in fact, that they have superior en-
ergy; that they have better ports, or a more
fertile country. 1t is in the simple fact thar
they offer greater inducements 10 the human
race than the South has pretended TO hold
out; and the result is, the human race. be-
ing free TO go whercsoever the highest in
ducements are presented, go more general
iy to the North than to the South, and hence
the political power Of the North is greater
than that OF the South Population is pow
er. For every hundred thousand persons
You can carry into any section OF the couM-
try, You have representative i'll your halls
Of Congress, or you have an electoral vote
in your Electoral College. Ii one section
OF the country will give variety Of employ
ment to every variety OF human labor and
Of human enterprise; if it will spread its
sails for those who are capable and prefer
top pursue the pursuits OF commerce: if. be-
sides, it opens its fertile and boun6less acres
TO those who have nothing to rely upon but
the muscles Of energy God has given them:
if it opens the mind, if it opens the profess
sions Of letters and the arts and sciences TO
all; If 1t gives TO every man reward accord
ing to the proportion Of his ability, that sec:
tion of country under our free institutions.
will gain people, while those who do not
hold ont these inducements will lose thcm.-
[Applause.]
That make bold to say is condcnsing the
proposition as much as it can be condensed,
and that is, that, under a constitutional gov
ernment, population is power, and that the
only way to gain people is to offer them in
duccments. lfyou go South what do you
find? You find butt one pursuit; you find
the slave toiling, and the white man living
upon his labor, and, if you 60 to the man
who owns no slaves, you find him without
employment; and if he is old and remains
in the country where he was born, it is sim
ply because his attachment and patriotism
are 100 strong for his industry or because
he has been in that unhappy condition ofig-
norance that he does dot know there is
another or better country. If you want
to retain people you must educate thcm.--
The American requires that his children
shall be educated, and if you of the South
do moi give variety OF cmploymcnts 10 peo-
pie you cannot expect them 10 come or 10 re-
; main.
Sir, there has recently been published by
the government what is TO my mind the
most valuable documents of the historical
kind that has emanated from the govern
m,lt for a length Of time past-I mean the
report Of the superintendent of the census
OF the United States. In that report--in
that Book of Numbers" which tells so ma
ny stern and severe truths-I find that the
State OF Virginia has lost enough of energy,
intellect, and patriotism, which has been
sent Of to the West and Southwest IN
search Of employment, to have raised her to
i much higher position in political influence
ihan she now possesses. What is the rca-
son that popGIalon has left her? For no
reason on Gods earth but that it could do
better elsewhere.
The people Of this country speak the
same language; we are all governed by the
same laws: we enjoy the same common gov
ernment; we require 10 passport ogo from
State to State; and wherever the lnduccment
is highest, there will labor GO there will
numbers go, and political power will 90
with them. And that is the secret Of South
ern decline, as understand il; it is, that the
South has not given variety Of employ
meut OF diversity of pursuits. She has
MOTTO use common and hacl>ncyed en-
preston, which | have in vain tried to get
| round by periphrasis-developcd her own
resources. If she did develope her resour-
ces, this magnificent Chesapeake, which
, gricve to say is now but a fsh-pond for the
j rest of the Union, would be alive with COM
merce. Ii you go along the Chesapeake
you will find that it is a fish pond for the
I citizens Of New York and Philadelphia tc
p catch oysters in. (Laughter,) Then, il
d you go to that rich and beautiful country
which lies along its borders, you will fnt
that it is almost a wilderness.
{ If you go to the city of Williamsburg
:. where the capitol of Virginia once was, yor
find the deer. fyou go down to the city
Of Norlolkyou find deer and wild animals o
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