Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-10-17
A Nertherner,s Defence of ,ha -

man long and intimately connected with "a gentle
and external commerce OF the United States 'IheFna
the request of several prominent merchants mas at
city, reviewed the speech of Mr. Speaker u d that
lately delivered from the steps of the banks,
Exchange. chants
The review is an ab!s written paper and ~.
JOIN few extracts Et@aE referring TO sta Sub,
made by Mr., Banks. IS At the people Of he Tnenl
States IN the year leSe II? give TO the world az lb
portion of the industT5~ sduct of the human 'ner
forty-fUe hundred Of , Of dollars" Mr. race
giles proceeds: mug
If the North produ%s1 EEhole fortv.f7a b.,
millions, and the Sea- a nothing wbatevoano
keep the black race il seton, it would not fnoV
that the South should - excluded from all no olo%
patton in he government, Sor if, as some cona raC'
black race be nothing but burthen on the com,s
nifty which contains il the freemen of the N"uG
should be thankful 10 the South for bearing tho W.
of the burthen, and thus leaving them unfelterad
accumulate that forty-fve hundred Millions annnr .
But uphappily for Mr.. Banks and his adm;s:y
auditors, it is not true that the nation annuaIIr
duces the forty five huE7od millions-f look At To-
own analysis. Fifteen aHGdTed millions saws bo S
produced by manufacturing and mechanical in1rs.ss
sixteen hundred by agriculture. This makes tbi.!
| ty. one-and the resiG9t, fourteen hundred Mile
where does it come fron 2 Let the commnoIod b
oric and statistics Of Mr.. Banks answer Tho Sne
that are whitened with the flags of the CONNIE 90
New York, each sign2;.s'sg the name the choracto,
the af1uence, the bus;7e-~, the influence of ito o
chant princes, contr:hH>a % this great product :,
forty five hundred miliioas, fourteen hundred miIIo
as the share Of commerce"
Now, gentlemen, what do the seas thus rhetoreann
whtened, in fact, produce That is to say. wb,
article of commercial value They produce goSi
many Goldfish, many mackerel, and here and there
whale, the total value whereof, when caught h
relied and landed in the United States hardly eyrp
thirty millions annually if it amounts to that r..
portion of these products exported in the year 2s
! lbs tbop h.
Mr.. Banks imaginary fourteen hundred millions 60,
sst wholly Of the very products of agricultural man
ufacturing and mechanical industry which comma
had placed on the seas, but which had been nrpy
ously computed and embraced in the first two liens
| of fifteen and sixteen hundred millions. And tbn
we behold the Speaker, in his very first plunge no
the of figures, going astray 10 the tune of thrta
hundred and ninety-six millions. If this be ",bl
music of the Union l." which Mr. Banks describes tba
Northern Ploughboy as whistng, his political nsalm
ody. to say the least. is capable of Improvement.
But again: The speaker asserts that of the f,l60d
millions produced by agriculture, the fifteen Shave
States contribute but As per cent How this asspr
ton is proved does not appear but if it be true
does not show the slave States 10 fail short of Their
just proportion, for they have less than forty per
cent. of the white population. Why, then, should
Their agriculture &c required 10 produce even forty
five per cent?
But the truth of the statement must be more tba,
doubtful The very sun of the South, so unfavorabe
to white labor as TO make black population neces.
sary, is peculiarly favorable to agricultural deye
opement. lime is wanting to compute the COmpar
ative product of cereas-but if focks and herd,
: form part of nations wealth. and mankind has
held them t. be things of value since the DAYS q.
Abraham, then the South in this important element
very far exceeds the North. The census shows nine
millions of cattle standing south Of the Potomac be.
longing to six millions of white men, and only eight
millions north OF 1t belonging to fourteen millions Of
whites; and what statesman entitled for an instant
to the eplthet does not perceive the rapid increase
the cotton crop? 1t may be true, as the speaker
ventures to assel that the men of the South abau,
don agriculture in quest of office, but the ofcia sta
tistcai tables do not show it
But again, Mr.. Banks was addressing and affect.
ing to Instruct body of merchandise commercial
community from the steps of their own Exchange
why on such an occasion and with such audience
did he omit 10 state the respective proportions which
the agriculture of the South and of the North conr
buted to the commerce that whitened the seas Did
be not know that of the 1900 m lions produced BY
agriculture at least 1900 millions are consumed On
the spot and never reach the sea at all For how
much of&he hundreds of millions estimated as the
value of the hay, and cattle, and poultry and milk
and eggs which help to swell the aggregate, is ca.
red at all in the vessels of the merchant princes
How much of the three hundred millions OF In,
dian corn goes to sea
) And above all does not Mr.. Banks know, and d
not the New York merchants know, that of every Il.
million OF Southern cotton at least 80 90 to sea,
IA out of every 90 millions of Southern tobacco 2?
While of the total product of Northern agriculture
estimated hy Mr.. Banks at $50 millions, less than y
millions exported either to foreign countries
coastwise'
Does he not see, and do not all of Us, wbehg
merchant, banker, land owner, or mechanic, see an.
feel that the agriculture of the South thus dsparag
furnishes the very foundation of our commercial pros
perity And can this great trading, navigating city
De induced, by any pomPous and idle parade of ina
gnary thousands of Millions TO dissolve heir frater
nal and national connection with the whole m4gnh
cent domain spread out south of the Potomac-ths
very Indies OF the American republic and aid Mr.
Banks and his associates in excluding that grand d.
VISION of The Union from all partc patton in the hon
ors and emoluments of the government z
A CUBAN LOVE INCIDENTAL Havana corre8for
dent relates the following piece of gossip, which,
says, has been the chief topic of conversation TO-
some days among his lady acquaintance:
One OF our weathiest Creole planters is a widow
er, named A He has residing with him a mar
ried son, whose christian name begins with the r'
ter M. There also in the wdower's family an
English lady, of rIeproachabe character, who tlle
the position of housekeepel.
The widower, ii appears, had become smitten wit
the charms Of this lady, and made her an otter
marriage, which of course not refused The sou
NJ. obtaining a glimpse Of his fathers intention %
marry his housekeeper, proposed to the lady 10 MAKE
IA visit to one of his fathers estates for week o.
TWO, which offer was gladly accepted, and arrange
ments made for their departure subsequent day
The son M. then silly proceeded to procure the re-
qusite passport for the lady housekeeper to leave Tx
island and the appointed morning for the preten-
ed trip to the country, accompanied by NJ, IN u:
voante, the housekeeper found herself, much to be-
surprise, driven to the wharf. Here NJ, leaving D
carriage, politely handed the lady ont, gave her 10;
passport AMI said " Madam, your passage is pa.
10 England in that packet" pointing to the Ens..
steamer he lady objected to 90 on board, reteffios