Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-07-03
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THE CLIMATE, PRODUCTS AND

| The CLIMATE, PRODUCTS AND
HEALTH NORTH AND SOUTH.
In the June number of DeBow's Review
Dr. E, H. Barton, of New Orleans, has pub
lished very full and able paper upon this
subject. The following extract exposes some
popular fallacies:. *
"Instead of weakening US, as alleged, slave,
ry adds greatly to our military strength as a
nation. All warlike countries have been
slave States. 1t furnishes the sinews by
which war is supported. While other ma
tions absolutely require from FIVE to eighty.
men to carry on industrial pursuits to main
tain one in the field, nearly our whole white
male population already trained to arms and
warlike pursuits in degree far exceeding
that of any other'people, is ready for defen-,
sive or offensive war; and neither. our breth-
rem north of US nor any other nation can fur
nish similar example of proud indepen-
dence.
sThe South is accused of weakness, indo-
lence aud effeminacy The strongest and
largest animals known to man have their ma
tivities, their homes in the South. No North
ern man has a physical strength or physical
endurance superior to the Kroomen on the
coast Of Africa, nor can bear greater bur.
den than the Mexican; and in relation to
our own country, I have before referred to
the physical perfection and intellectual su-
periority of the natives in the elevated parts
of these Southern States. The comparison
with any people will hold good if applied to
any portion of them. Indolence does not
belong to the Anglo Saxon race, however, it
may attach to others, and finds its refutation
in every page of our history and on every
acre of our territory. And the accusation
of efFeminacy is slander that finds its an
swcr in every field of our country's victories,
and on the deck of every naval battle, where
the proves of America has shed its blood
for the rights Of men.
"In nothing, then, need the South shrink
in comparison with the Northern portion of
this Union, Not only has it been built up
and enriched by the products of Southern
industry, but some of the principal nations
vf Tie world are dependenton Southern States
not only for their commercial but their social
existence and stability. Here, in fact, re-
sides the goose which lays the golden eggs
here is the fountain which originates the
wealth Of modern nations, and especially the
Northern part of this nation. Her merchants,
her manufacturers, her shipping, her seamen,
all derive employment and wealth from these
much slandered Southern States. A hurri,
cane, or late or early frost that destroys
the cotton crop of a considerable portion of
the South, is felt in all the markets of the
world to the EXTREMIST range Of civilization.
Drought or foods, which materially injure
the cereal crops, cause gaunt famine to stare
millions in the face, and become the harbin-
ger of frightful pestilence.
stNor are there any sound grounds for the
opinion that the South is not as susceptible
of dense population as the North. The
capacity to sustain large population de-
pends upon the produciiveness of the soil
for such articles which are necessary to sup
port human life, aud this has been shown by
the extensive prevalence of its capacity to
produce every specie Of the cerealia in such
eminent profusion; and the question might
be safely left here. But there is scarcely an
article that nourishes man which isnot more
easily and abundantly produced in the South
than in the North In the more Southern
portion, where two crops Of grain Gas before
said) can be produced everyyear on the same
soil, and garden vegetables and fruits in the
utmost abundance, they do not always exist
of the same quality in the South as at the
North, merely because we are not compelled
to exercise the same care in their cultivation
for livelihood, because the larger and more
important staples are more profitable, andwe
have not to depend for sustenance or COM
fort on the minor productions, as those in less
favored regions.
"In the South we are comparatively free
from sectarian disagreements, no bigotry, no
ridiculous humbugs about woman's rights,
false philanthropy or pseudo-religion each
attends to his own business, and is contented
under the blessing kind providence show
cred upon us in such exhaustless profusion.
eff, then, we compare thesoil and produc-
ton, agricultural and mineral, the climate
and salubrity, the scenery, the comforts and
refnements of life which give it charm,
the intellectual and moral qualities which
give elevation in the scale of civilization,
those which produce its wealth and those
which assure its independence, We have no
reason to complain"
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