The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-06-30
NORTHERN COMMERCE AND SOUTHERN AGRI-
CULTURE.

The rapid increase of wealth and population at the
North, her territory dotted with magnificent cities,
and the sails of her commerce whitening every sea,
excite at once wonder and admiration Her indus
trial achievements stand out in bold relief before the
face of the world, and challenge and command uni
versal attention and applause.
But we are people, and the South has been as
busy as energetic, and as successful the North.
Diffusion and expansion have been the policy of the
South concentration that Of the North. The de-
scendants of a little over million of southerners,
scattered at the time Of the revolution along mar
row belt on the Atlantic, now occupy and possess a
territory ten times large, and far fertile,
than that in the actual possession and ownership Of
their revolutionary ancestry. From this territory
they have expelled or removed the savage, fclled
vast forests, enclosed the lands, built hundreds of
thousands of dwelling houses and barns; and after
effecting all this, whilst contendng with a malarious
climate, they already producing the most vaua-
BILE agricultural surplus ever reared by an equal
population. Neither the wealth of the South, nor
her energy enterprise and industry excite sufficient
observation; but when her history and her achieve
mens are subjected to close examination, she will
be found to compare favorably with the North.
The North excels in commerce and manufactures !;
the South in agriculture The ocean is the field where
the mdomitable enterprise and daring of the north
erner most displays ITSELF the silent forests of the
West the scene of southern adventure.
Land is, in the long rum far the most valuable of
enough for distant posterity however rapidly her
population may multiply. The North has more of
the goods of life for present enjoyment; the South
most for future use Each has made the best uses
of her SOIL climate, advantages of location and pc
cular labor. 1t is too much the fashion of the day
for the people of the section to decry those of
the other We are Of the race, speak the same
language and read the same books In general our
moral political and religious sentiments concur.
The isms it is true, have peculiar set of opinions
on most subjects, human and divine; but they do
not represent the prevailing sentiments and opinions
of any section. They rule and control for the pres
ent the backrepublican party; but all black repub-
icans are not socialists and abolitionists. tempo
rary sectional feud has thrown many men of sound
heads and sound hearts into the ranks of the i'm
moral and crazy isms. Recent elections show that
their deluded victims fast returning to reason
morality, and democracy. All black republicans arc
not socialists like Greeley; higher-law like
Seward agrarians like Gerrit Smith infdels like
Garrison, Phillips and Parker The moral deformity
which distinguishes the political doctrines of the
leaders will eventually drive all the discreet and
sober minded from their standard.
As well the of this paper as the position
which il occupies make it incumbent us to foster
and encourage good feeling between the North and
South 1t is "labor Of love- in which We shall often
engage.