The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-02-14

New Hampshire, 8
Massachusetts,, 81
Rhode leland,
Connecticut 32
New York 27
New jersey II
Pennsylvania,
Delaware.
Maryland IL
Virsinia -
North Carolina 50
South Carolina II
Georgia Il
Florida. 66
Alabama.
Mississippi, 10
Louisiana, 33
Texas IL
40
Total. l3s
The table of harbors is incomplo.o Nn' HE
full table will only increase the nrmh"r ,f
those of the South, and show her still greater
relative superiority A line Of scrcooNt .k'rts
her, harhors indcnt her coast and macnfirent
rivers gives access to every portion Of her ter
ritory. The ocean highway is at her feet, and
ample rivers bear the products Of her soil and
industry to that maritime highway whore fleets
of merchantmen congregnte. With rnilroadS
and rivers traversing every portion OF her ter
rtory-with safe and ample harbors indentinr
her coasts, and with her shores washed by the
ocean, what does the South lack Of mere facil-
tiles for transportation? Nothing literally
nothing. II, then, she established an ndcpcnd-
ent and separate Government wonld she be
shut out from intercourse with the world by
reason of her geographical position? Her
thousands Of miles of sea-coast and rivers give
the answer She is throughout her whole cx-
tent by the act of God, in contact with the
commercial world All through her runs u
great commercial nerve.
The South, then, does not want people, or
territory or commercial facilities to establish
an independ mt Government, does she lack
material rpsonrces2
Let MS turn to the statistics of expectation,
and see which section furnishes them The
Secretary of the Treasury, in his late report,
sets down the expectation of domestic produce,
exclusive of specie, at $266,43S ,O5l OF this
amount, cotton, which is exclusively from the
South furnishes Sl2s, ,3S2.35l; tobacco gives
$l2 22l ,S43, and rice yields 81, 800, 233-both
of which, also, are exclusively southern; bread
stulfS and provisions are estimated at ST.
6SG.455: products of the forest. at $40. .6oi,-
1874; of manufactures, at $50. go 992: of the
S'l, ~ So,oou,iDi NOW luke Sl 20, ,oSZ, ID
for the value Of cotton and Sl2,22l, ,S43 for
tobacco, and 80 390233 for rice, which are
exclusively southern staples, and we have the
sum of Sl42,9 427. which the South con-
tributes to the expectation of the conntry in
three staple products, which, in the Unicn,
are only raised within her limits. Bnt her
contribution does not stop here OF the ST.
6S6455 furnished by breadstnffs and provis-
IONS she contributed. at least, $25 900 O00;
of the products of the forest, in tn" shape of
lumber. &c, she contributed about S5 900 900,
or one half of the expectation. These $3O,-
900 600 added to the $l42 1914, 427, which we
have already shown was furnished hv cotton.
tobacco, and rice. make up $I72 ,994,427 out
of the $266,43S, ,05l, to which the whole do
nestle expectation amounts. This would Ieave
S03, ,443 624 for the domestic expectation from
all the free States. But this is more than
they are entitled to. OF tho $50. go 992
contributed ny domestic manufactures at least
$4,000, 900 is the value of the raw material
now grown at the South. This leaves only
Ss3,443,G24 as the contribution of the free
States, against $l72,994, 427 as the contrbll.
ton OF the southern or slave States to the do
nestle expectation Of the country.
1t will thus be seen that the South furnishes
more than two thirds of the expectation Of
the Union, and this in spite of tn" oppressive
action of the Federal Government Although
for years she has bceen fighting for her life,
she has brought into being and sustained that
commerce which now whitens every ocean and
carries onr flag over every water What has
been the financial uction Of the Government
towards her? Heavy duties have been laid