The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-01-14

: an able leader, the substance OF which we Gun
: dense for the benefit of our readers. In est
!, mating the relative dependence OF the two sec
lions, north and south, it says that, it must no
be forgotten that the south ought to have i'm
!, measurably the advantage. Dependent, really
upon the north for nothing whatever except ;
\ few articles of domestic manufacture, produ
cling from the bosom of our own soil at leas
three-fourths of the exports of the IT, States t.
, foreign countries, and blessed with system 0
q; labor superior to any yet known to the expert
ence of man, the remarkable fact is still pain
8 fully conspicuous that, not only politically ane
f commercially, but in many other respects, thu
/ south occupies secondary and subsidiary pc
+ silon This ought not to be so, and must no
continue TO be So if the south intends to secure
that commanding position in the confederacy te
, which her resources and capacities SO abund
antly entite her. 1t is time that the people o
; the south i and we will add the people of Louis
lana especially, should devote less of their en-
ergies to politics, and more to the interests OIL
the State, and southern institutions. We may
talk as much as we please, and puny stump
orators may dcclam until they become hoarse,
about compelling the northto grant us our equal
rights under the constitution, but we could do
SO with far more confidence and determination
if our capacities for material advancement were
fully exercised, and our advantages appreci-
ated as they should be; but this cannot be done
unless there is radical change in our whole
policy. Instead ofmakng the north our factor
and agent for both our export and import trade,
we must carry on business ourselves. Instead
Of enr1chiny the northern factor, we must sus-
tain and enrich the southern factor. Instead
of paying an annual tribute Of millions to the
manufacturers and mechanics of neythern CT
ties, we must retain it among ourselves and en-
courage southern manufactures and foster
southern mechanics. At least one third, if not
more, of tire whole revenue Of the Z. States,
derived from duties on imports, is collected in
the city Of New York. The greater portion Of
the agricultural productions of all those south
ern States lying east of the Mississippi valley,
together with those of California, are carried to
New York first and thence transported to other
lands. In short, we not only. pay the north to
export our surplus products, but to import all
articles of foreign manufacture that we need;
and, in addition, we make scarcely any articles
of American manufacture amoag ourselves, but
again look to the north for our supplies. Under
such a system as this, continued through long
series of years, we are at no loss to discover the
secret of the rapid and immense growth of the
northern cities. They have been built up by
the tribute money of the south. They have
grown and waxcd fat and saucy on our wealth,
and then with unbIushing insolence, they as
csibe their advancement TO ''free'' society, and
taunt the south with slavery, as being the sole
cause Of her comparative poverty. No more
favorable time exists than the present, for the
south to commence the remedy. In every
southern Atlantic State, we now have railroads
reaching to the fertile plains and navigabe riv-
ers of the west. These railroads, useful as they
are, will not have accomplished their full mis-
sion until they are made feeders to a great
southern import as we'll as export trade And
why not? The south has as fnepharbors as
any IN the northern States; it has a better eli
mate; it has sol equally as fertile. 1t has
many advantages over the north Our streams
are not blocked up with ice in the winter sea-
son, nor our railroads witt, snow. What then
but necessary energy and public spirit is re-
quired to enable US TO cut loose from the vas
salage which now binds US hand and foot to
northern factors stock jobbers, manufacturers
and mechanics, do our own importing, build
our own ships and steamers, and establish our
commercial independence? There is not sol |
ltary instance in ancient or modern history,
where people became powerful, great and
or independent, by means ofagricul- |
ture alone. 1t has ever required the aid of the |
arts, the mechanics and the manufacturers to
achieve and sustain the independence of peo-
pie and conduce to its greatness, and the south
cannot possibly prove an exception to the law
that governs nations. The south has it in her
power to reverse completely the position of the
two sections of the Union. Instead of being
dependency Of the north, she may make the
north dependency of our own Our cotton.
our sugar, our tobacco, our corn our pork, our
railroads, our manufactures, our workshops.
and our institution Of. slavery, are the instru-
meats with which we may effect this result
Let this be once be attained, and we will have
d guarantee of our constitutional rights "south-
ern rights" and ''statesrights,' worth all the
platforms" that subtle politicians and forensic
stump orators could possibly devise from now
till doomsday. ~
NEW KANSAS BILL.-The following is the
bill introduced in the senate by Mr.. Wilson.
amendatory of an act passed May 30th, 1854,
entitled "An act to organise the territories of
Nebraska and Kansas
Be 1t enacted by the senate and house of re-
representatives. of the United States of kherica
IN congress assembled. That the one hundred
and ttty-hrst chapter of the alleged, Laws of