New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-02
sfArERY INSvIRGJHtA DEPENDENT
al III THE sspRICE or ToRACCO.n .$


N on THE .PRICE OF TOBACCO"
80 .,-- 80 ,s;rt +ho o,,ove vsrv
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.eHcs, 0oue.ein nehss Jouinai' as saen y A''Ass
its advent with unalloyed satisfaction put We are
constrained to say that it's course has disappointed us
not little II in now. and has heen for weeks, more
1ovot,,, :, ~. ror,ot 80 1,oo, PARTISAN tr;umnbs
IN virginia than it is to the interests OF tne secUon
whose name it hears-just as though the election OF
tbie mr. that cot Of far nar;cuIar Offices was
e ,,nrs .a .a If the safety and
~, ~ AZ. sars.;.,.ona r;rbts of tbe
g., 80, ..a..... = ! =, . sonssaarac,
o.. t,s,aa ~ s,nrass;oy In the sontb of tho 9th
4 a. ,.r,, ~ o,o 900 y
~. &c tho nrosrer;tr of 10
II Ill, ,,s;oas a. ,,bch tohooco nov,
LA "a ~ rrn,ohilit;es that q will attain still
.stas nc p;cbmona raner nroceeds 10 st.,e
thst !. NJ a,5od = tba snh;act 4. m.inIv e., 40
~ nv;t;n attention n the essential reation
rc, s,hssts hetwean saverv and tbe cn,tnre IF tho
j, nJa ftohacca, in this ftbotS state.n
Nov in what does that essential relation cons;st
:. -. .as,
~ y 'loush. q'estiohaoie wnetei eefea, ofops art
not too light and occasional for the employment OF
slaves. Wheat only requires to be seeded and gar
nered and as II is 6 now reaned nv machinery. nav
!, - ,....S, - ~. =, ssSr-o'l..
V ss,J Men .no .aooi - ny NV
men, But, IN regard TO the Virginia staple the South
remarks;
The case ia different with tobacco. OF all crops.
this 10 the one which demands the most incessant
cara Z and tha heaviest wnrlr From The ORIGINAL
clearing Of the new grounds to the final business
If nriznq i II 10 nne steady uninteruittent and az
banstinr ,sangbt mon mans strongest and stontest
enarg;as II e n,nnerlv nrodnet If The tronics !.
and 81 ncb a. rottnn itself demands for its success
ri cntnra the coa,se and heayv labor Of the negro
And iEa co,fon tohacco can 10 nrodnced only Inv
siaues at laas n nv nnant;tv. =
'4. w., ~ toN'' ,,.<'A' 41A9
w AhoW notnlhg auols we cui'ie u 'oDa0oo, anu
wish we were entirely innocent OF it's use but II our
Richmond contemporary be correct it requires harder
49, III. 40 tho,, y 400. cotton or MOO,
.aoo, " piouuoe eooAeoo 1n'n ~ uo's
Neither were we aware tnaS tooacco was properly
product of the tropics" Kentucky, Missouri and
Virginia grow most Of tie good tobacco of the United
oe e +oue state, are located in the .tron;cs
-. s,,t N ,,bica, ednc,t;on was wo-
IN. ~. IL M, 90 q NOV Il 10 MT aer.
-. H. o,.;oot =. /. - i Wow In continuation
~ co,th o,sasuas
M - = s,..o., ,ot ,a;n,r e.sont;., in tho
growth Of corn and wheat, which may be raised as
we'll if not better, by the industry of white men, it
follows that the demand LOT negroes IN
sne eu.va.on ~ ou'.1m any nt for tho
necessity IF emnov;nr negro labor IN the production
Of tobacco. The jarmer whose crop consists in corrs
wheat oats potatoes, ETC., Will not be able 70 resist
Ine emptaIlon u piiuss ~, ts
snnny If rrh;te ahor which viii serve his nurpose
quite as we'll On the other hand, the planter must
either keep his negroes or else abandon the produc-
ton Q, ne VII NC ssty aps W
nrices.
Tobacco, then, is the support of slavery in Vir-
gnIa creates IN the state demand Tor negro laDor
s.eohs tae ~, y, ,,iI nnt asn
slaves out of mere love for the institution. They wifi
sell their negroes and employ free labor when the
value OF slaves gets SO high as II soon may tnae tney
auu ~ ~ snI nv " tha f tohorco
Like cott,n its Growth ia limited TO particular re-
gon and special sort of labor; and that labor will
ne IN demand Whlie topacco y u aemana' oo .he
And al nav he the duration Of slavery in virginia.
Tn the foregoing paragraphs the essential re.
iaton y between tobacco and the continuance of
slavery in the Old Dominion ia Enthusiastically set
forth It is admitted that the demand for negroes in
the extreme South would soon exhaust Virginia of
slaves "but for the necessity of EMPLOYING negro
labor in the DrOluctiOn of tobacco :" and that the
planter must either retain his slaves or cease cultya
ting tobacco, which he will not be very apt to do
while tobacco continues at profitable prices" 1t is
then stated that tobacco is the support Of slavery in
virginia. that it checks the rapidity of Southern
slave emigration, by creating home demand for ne
gro labor; that pro- slavery men will not keep slaves
out Of mere regard for the institution; and finally
that The price of tobacco will determine the vitality
strength, and may be, the duration of slavery in Vir
ginia.n
So the /" price of tobacco is the head and front
bottom and top of the manner in which the question
of slavery in Virginia is to be determined! Well,
that is business way of arriving at conclusion and
as this is business age in which nothing can be
safely estimated except under business rules, we see
nothing to object to in it. On the contrary, we
rather admire the candor and rankness of our cotem
porary, no matter how much we may question the
solvency of both premise and corollary.
We are inclined to think Virginia may be made tt
continue a slave State for long time to come withou
regard to the culture or high or low price of tobacco
According to the last census there were AIS 900 slave
in that State The lowest estimated value of thos
slaves was s237 500 900. Now suppose other slav
States should under stringent penalties prohibit tn
introduction of Virginia negroes into their respectiy
;,r;,d;ot;ons, worId v;rgi,;a ohonao, tho c,,tur