Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-01-29
THE SOUTH PAYS THE PIPER.


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THE SOUTH PAYS THE PIPER.
: The Richmond Epaminer condenses from the
last report of the Register of the Treasury Of the
commerce and navigation of the United States fig
ures and facts which show that the commerce of
the country is mainly dependent upon the produc-
tons Of southern labor for its maintenance and &C
tivity. We use some of the facts thus condensed
below.
Daring the year ending June Both,
: 1852, the six New England States,
together with New York, New Jer-
80 sey and Pennsylvania, imported
goods &c, to the amount of slS2,5SS,'4'
a,nonnt Of l12519,e9S
Leaving an excess of imports over
sr,o,ts of s69,s70055;
or IN other words those nine States imported Siry-
nine lous egt hundred and seventy thousand and
fttv fre dollars more than they exported.
Daring the same period, the Southern
"a States, Maryland, Virginia, the Car
oIinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama
and Louisiana, exported goods, &c,
to the value of 1854, 593
ndimported goods, &c. to the value
Of S23 1905, $50
Leaving an excess Of exports over i'm
norris, Of s72,51o,9O3;
or in other words the South exporter seventy 1oo
million fire hundred and ten thousand nine hundred
and three dollars, more than it imported page 3o4)
Setting The eight Southern States against thenine
Northern ones, we find that the South is little
IL aIT Of fba Narfh
North was compelled, out of her own resources, to
meet her own liabilities, she would soon be insol-
vent.
But the contrast is yet more striking (says the
Examiner when we descend to the particular ar
ticles which make up the sum total of expectations
or the aggregate of these the of Sl7, 289 3S2,
consisted Of foreign goods &C. which had been i'm
ported and not consumed, but again exported In
the mass Of exports, also included the sum OF
s37. 437. 937 in specie The whole expectations from
tbe Unitel States amounted to S209,65 IS, 1865. De-
ducting the two items Of specie and foreign goods
withdrawn from warehouse for transportation, from
TIE entire amount, and there is left the sum of Sl54
93ll47 as the actual exports Of goods, wares and
merchandise of the growth, production and manu-
facture of the United States"
nished by the Slave States? (see pages AZ and 43
OF the document)
Cotton, raw, So',9oo,'oE
Tob.c,o unroanuactured l0,O3l, 2s3
Rice, Z,f'l,oZ9
Rro,vn gurar 24,057
Naval Stores consisting of tar, pitch, s.. .
rosin. Sc, furnished chiefly by North
Carolina 1,2O9,173
Sl01, 70l, 274
No one will dispute the Southern production Of
theabove mentioned articles Deducting this amount
from the total of actus exports, (Sl5495l, l3O and
there is left but S53 249 S63 from the grand total Of
Northern exports.
But the South must still have credit for avery
r large additional amount, which we Will sum up.
Cotton manufactures, (made of South
ern Cottonl 1852, ISL
Snuff an manufactured Tobacco, l,3l6,622
One third at least of the beef hides,
tallow, pork, bacon, horses, mules,
sheep and wool 2,lO7,8l3
One-half of the wheat, -four, corn and
corn rueal e269,4s
Tbsss articles amount TO sl9,36607O
Add this sum to the former, and we find the amount
which the South contributes to the
expectations of the country, to be
the enormous sum of SI2l, O67, 344
or one hundred and t,oeatyoas millions sirtyse
thousand three Hundred and torty.tour dollars. If
this sum he deducted from the whole actual expor-
tations we shall find that the North is entitled to
only the amount of $50, 863 SO3-or but little
than e,ftfL Of the whole sum. And to make out
even this share, the North must be allowed the
whole of many articles Of which she is entitled to
but part.
These figures afford very conclusive answer to
the question: which section supports the foreign
commerce OF the country? They show that we pay
for nearly the eimportation-that we thereby
discharge the indebtedness of the Government an
that the transportation of Southern products, and
the proceeds of Southern products, afford the chief
employment of the commercial marine, and COM
mercial classes Of the North.