Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-10-21

Co1ToN IS KNe.-And cotton is quite - much
the prodoct of the North rs of the South. 1t is
great national power, reared up by the coIjont IN
dustry and capital Of the North; the South would
have to divert of herlabor from agrcul-
tural pursuits In order to produce the ordinary ne
cessaries and comforts of life. She would then have
no cotton to SELL and cotton would to be king
Those who consume cotton, those who manufacture
it, those who carry it to market, those who supply
the implements of industry to cultivate -who furish
the cothing for the negroes and comforts and lux
ures for their owners, are much the producers OF
cotton as the soil, the mules, and negroes of the
South.
The North and South share alike the merit and
dement, of cotton growing. The North brought the
negroes from Africa, and the South bought them;
and now the North sustains slavery by consuming
slave products and furnishing shareholders with
and facilities to render their business profit
able
Europe needs our cotton, and must have it.. 1t
has therefore Justly been called King But she equal
y needs the wheat and corn, and beer and bacon of
the Northwest All agricultural products are de-
fcient in Europe and hence the sulplus OF America
is element of power-a means of preserving peace,
ell as a source Of wealth.
The free labor of theNorth and the slave labor of
the South have become equally indispensable to
Chrstendom. Should Eng and lose India, or become
crippled in her power there the products of Ameri-
can agricultural labor will become still more neces-
sary to Europe.
With the capital commerce, and manufacturing
skill of the Northeast the agricultural labor OF the
slave labor of the South acting in harmony and uni
son, and America is the most powerful nation on
EARTH But divide these sections-let each set up for
itself-each carry on Independently all industrial
pursuits-and we should become as contemplate as
China or Janpan; for we should produce no surplus
to sustain foreign trade or intercourse.
Commerce has destroyed both sectional and ma
tional independence. 1t is fast making civilized
mankind a common brotherhood, and rendering war
among Christian nations almost an impossibility.
What binds Christendom together should surely
bind our Union together; for here the dependence
of the parts is more intimate Dsunion would de-
stroy that happy division of labor which now in.
creases the wealth and productveness of each Sec
tion Weapprehend no such event, but think it well
to remind our people Of the evils of dsunoE and the
advantages Of union in order to foster and nculcate
better feelings between opposing sections, and to
beget proper respect and admiration for our insti-
tutions. Any serious change or disturbance in them
would be attended with balefu consequences, not
only to US, but to all Chrstendom; for trade has,
in great measures made all mutually dependent.
The consequences Of the abolition of Southern
slavery, of Northern commerce, or Of Western ag-
rculture, would be disastrous to one section OF
the Union another, ard be felt more severely in
Europe than at home. The South is attending,
possibly, to little too CONNER ce and manufactures.
But no people can do double work. She must cease
to be distinguished for her mighty agriculture if she
diverts much of labor and capital to other pursuits
and agriculture is her natural and proper pursuits.
The North may neglect agriculture too much;
but, by attention to it, she would forfeit her
mercantile wealth and enterprise, and her CONNER
cisl glory.
In the North west the fertile and exhaustless soil
Of her praries invites to agriculture; and it would
be folly in her to quit the healthy and Independent
life of the farmer, for the close and confined air of
the factory or the workshop.
Each section is following its appropriate and nat
ural pursuits, carrying them with profit and
cess, increasing thereby the dependence of the differ
ent portions of country, and Strengthening the
bonds of union-IHe States