New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-06-15
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Under the foregoing caption, the Washington
Union, Of the 9Th nst contains an editorial article
which would not have been ont Of place in the most
yirulent Freesoil organ Of the North. Indeed, we
looked twice in order to be certain that were not
reading some Boston paper instead Of the official
journal Of MI. Buchanan's administration.
In many respects the article is singular one We
shall make synopsis Of the first part, with running
commentary, and quote the conclusion. Starting
out with the postulate that we are conformity fulfill
ing the most magnificent destiny that ever fell to
the lot Of nations the Union says that our great
mission is to feed 70 clothe TO employ to furnish
comfortable homes and subsistence to the surplus
and starving population Of Christendom, etc. we
have no objection to this in phianthropc point OF
view. On the contrary, we rather IKE tne loea. |
But We dissent from the conclusions Of the Union
We think our great mission is, trst to take care
Of our own people, to feed, clothe and employ them
educate them morally, intellectually ana religlousy'
to foster our own arts and sciences deVeope our own
country, encourage home Improvement ana 40 all
things else necessary to promote our own welfare,
greatness and prosperity, When these oplects are
accomplished we can afford to be generous, just ana
%
The twaddle about the surplus ana starving popu-
lationn of Europe, worn out. There are lew coun
tries in Europe where the people are not as well OH as
the lower classes in the densey populated states
of the North. There is now precious little difference
in the condition OF the laborlng man Oh new \ orh
and the laborng man OF London-the factory girl OF
Lowell and the factory girl o. manchester Do'h
classes are alike over-worked and nnderfed-under
n,,l rfoctr And hrffn IN
the Western States and Territories have atforded,
there is no telling inc amount 81 Wretcneahess 'e
Atlantic would nave Witnessed ere tnis Desiues' ~
is in poor taste-not AZ oil complimentary ~ EURO
peans, or TO our own sense OF pe coh-
tinualy Boosting OF our ana pohthg ous
the inmities Of our across the water our
body polite is afflicted with sores enough 70 make us
deeply ashamed. Let US neal our OWL diseases pe'ore
we exalt ourselves above otners
But we are dgressihg Alter s'a'ihg tnae 'he aou'n
furnishes mucn 1000 ana raw material Yves ene
South raises more corn tnan the fNorth') ioI 'ne
North and Europe, and that were her agricultural
surplus substracted from the markets OF tne worla
instantaneous and universal famine would prevail
throughout Christendom, the Union says Du'
Southern agriculture ls Dependent On Nortnerh COM
merce and manufactures = ana thaS 10 pecolne d
commercial and mannacturing people, 'ne oonll'
must cease to be an agricultural one"
4 Very oraculariy SET ioftn' buI the proposl'ion
lacks two elements 70 render !. Vaiuaoie.fu'h anu
applicability southern agriculture is mol
| on 8 Northern commerce and manufactures. ihe
! very reverse is the case Noienefh eolnneiee anu
manufactures ( gre dependent upon ooutnern asrl-
culture and there no escape from 'iae
We're there no Northern market 1or our surplus pro
ducts, we would not suhef even SERIOUS temporary
inconvenience. europe Woula TAKE al olr co'.oh'
tobacco, sugar. rice ana breadstons' pay us iar
for the same ana IN return iurnsn US oirectly WIN
all the articles either OF prime necessity OF luxury
that we might require also at 1air prices for our
part, we are OF tne ueclded OPINION maj sucl ohahse
in the course OF trade wonld DC hieny advantageous
TO the South IN every conceivaoie
Having now exposed the aaey OF part Oh the prop
osltion OF the onon' we VIII now 1urh W .he o1iei'
VIZ the positive assumption tlat 1he SCUM ue.
I pendent on Northern commerce ana manufactures
Now, OF what 10 Northern lnahuactutes anu conl'
merce mainly constituted! Without soutnefn cottoh
there would pc no Northern manufactures worm
i speaking OF. Without southern expofts-tonacco
cotton and rice-the importing trade OF the NORM
4 would inevitably fall OF onehalt IN Twelve montns
and proportonate decrease Wonu necessarily W eA
perienced IN every ramiiicaeon OF traae. ru' 'hes'
two certainties IN ,uAtapos'oh' ana 'ne oioua'es
MIND can reaahy W. WINCH VI 'iie seo'ions u VA
5 United states is realiy inaepenaeh'
= The assertion OF the washington Union 'nas
. become commercial ana manufacturing peopie W
South must cease 10 De oi'e,
as untenable as the previous assertions liere Is
solvent reason why commerce. manu'actores alp ~
rlcultnre should not hourish equay alhe III VIC