New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-18
TIE oo,rnERcE Oh NORTH AND soUru

twenty Eve per cent ana if the produc, bad ncres ID
ony IL the same ratio it would now he S37J0)JlGJJ
Estimating it however. at only S} 2j) 100000, g1i
that OF the South at $J0oO000OO we should nave IS
the product Of tie North, $27j90Oo,0OO. or about
$50 per head ed tits We think is in excess Of
the ruth.
We ourselves belie7e that this view is in high
dearee urfayorable TO the North, and such we ,hok,
VIII he the opinion OF all our readers who reflect 70
what wonderful extent northern labor is aided by
machinery. and To how small extent that is the ease
with he South \ sieam.engine capable of doing the
work OF twenty slaves can be purchased for the prize
of single ore ana fed at less cost than the single
labOrer. Seom.engnes count y tens OF thousands
and be work performed by them is probably equal 70
the whole labor power Of the South. ~ the North,
hunaD sh0r is ever where ecOnomsed while AZ The
South It il eyeryWheIe wasted. The natural cOn,e.
queDce is thar capital accumuiter az the North VITA
vastly greater rapdty than at the South The papers
of the DAY lorm US that the taxable property of Penn
syyana is valued by The revenue board OF thAt State
at go millions, aud if % chs add that which is not
liable to taxation We SHALL obtain SUN liie les than
thousand millions than the value in $50 Of
all the occupied lard in the States have classified
asbelorgDg to the South Aided by all this mach merry,
the Guartty of northern production is immense wlen
compared with that of the South and of this could
scaIcely detre better evidence than is found ia tie
fact ,hat the merchandise carried on the t~O prn-
cpal canals OF this State aud Pennsylvania alone,
ceeds five millions OF tuns. or ten times the bulk Of
the crop produced in the ten cotton-groWng States
Ii at have with the exception OF sUgGr little else TO
give to he world IL exchange for all they need 70 pur
chase Itis we think, quye impossible to examine
these acs without feeling of surprise al the ea.i-e
insiguifc1rce Of the traie which tue North Owos to
the existence Of he UriOn.
In estimating the power and gau to iha northern
States resulting from its union with lhc south it is re-
CURED that the reader should remark that s '-iOe Of
tLerOwn vast prCductis constant course of bengex
CT pgod anolg themselves; whereas, it is OILY the
exc1areeabe sEJius of the South with which the PEG
pie outside of those States have any thing to do The
mtn of NeWYork derives 10 advant &c from the corn
that fed Ia Virginia to The slave that raised for
portatiop 10 Mississippi The raised in Alabama
appesIs abroad only in he form of cotton while thlE
OF Louisiana comes to tie North ony sugar or mo-
lassts. TIE Whole expOrtabe prOduc! of the South
cOusius Of cotton tobacco rice, naval stores sugar,
temp sOme grain. chiefly from Virginia and North
CaIoira. The value of the first six, as given by De
Bow for 1850, was as the reader has seen,
$l3S,OC0CC0 fifty three of which were for domestic
consumption and eighty five for export The cotton,
sugar and o,her commodities required for their own
consur pcD ore to be deducted aud this would leave
the northern consumption At about $50 0C000). The
mode in which these quantities divided would
to be as follows:
tPeti,d FROM .CgiheTn por' and paia for by imports
F}Ioitte n fouthrr roris sld pad Tor ~ imports
hipor,S IN noIiher' ports ard pals for from or .,.
90
From this, the reader will readily perceive that the
total amount OF this trade from which the North can
derive power or g'in is but ll6000OoO about
tourper cent. Ofits own productive power. The ques
ton 10 be settled s however not the total quantity but
bow much of II is due TO the Union and how much
would be lost by dissolution OF that Union So far as
the South exports and Imports directly the Norh h..
no nOre to gam from il than from the export of ne
eroes to Alabama Texas Next so far as regards the
eITOrt Of fifty nine millions TO foreign ports from
southern ones, il gains nothing by the Union because
northern ships enjoy in those por;s no advantage over
foreign ones and they have therefore nothing 20 lose
by secession Ii Boston ship will carry cotton as
cteapy as an T. slsh French one she will have il
TO carry and Lot else Again az regards the Iport Of
southern products from northern ports there wouil
seem To be little TO lose the reasons for this trade
would continue then TO be the same as now. We iio.
port largely Of aud other valuable commodities into
northern ports add can under ordinary circumstances
sIord TO take return ire ght so cheapy 10 oder
incucement to bring cotton and other southern pro-
ducts TO northern ports on their way to Europe so
far as regards navigation ard the profits OF rhe export
trade then there would seem to be nothing whatever
to be lost by separation.
HE amount OF southern products paid for BY or
through, the North wcud seem to be sb,u.
sll6UCO.oOO OF which the quantity required for con-
sumption at the Nor is $50 00o000 lis quite cer
tain that this Trade OF importation for home consume
ton would continue, because we should certainly b,
willing TO pay the highest prices aad the South would
not decline to sell because the Union bad been dis
solved rs regards the typOrtation Of good. 70 psy
for them, tie case would, however be somewhat
though We think not very widely, different
The South would then be IN the same Situation with
Canada with. However, this di advantage. that the
latter builds and sails ships, which the former does not
e1ceptioayery small extent Eyen now. Canada looks
anxiousy 70 market in the Union. She can send her
wheat TO England cuty free, either direct or through
oor ports and yet the price is always lower on the
north OF the line than it is on the south of IT, by the
whole amount OF duty She can have direct trade with
England duy free, and yet SIZE takes from US goois 10
tie extent OF FIVE millions OF dollars per sunun in pay
ment for her produce. With the South, the case is
much stronger. OF all the articles Of dnma. m. mn