The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-06-05

90 no 1aftncr, ana ii we nuu Dul dii iioheoV
faith in the fortunes Of our institution, we
might fairly hope that it is not to be condemn
ed to any latitude, but that it is catholic as
humanity in its character and is capable OF cN'
tension to the utmost limits Of the lnlabltable
globe. Yet, however this may be, it IS ut least
certain that the foreign slave trade Will give
us population that it will give MS powers OF
extension to vacant territory F.; that 1T VIII
draw foreign enterprise to its embrace, Foreign
capital to its support, and that it will furnish
the commodity with which to snbsidize the
cmissarics of the north--to whip the north
from every field Of competition
Another great want of the south is Of labor
That is necessary both to material progress and
the value of vested interests 1t is necessary
to material progress, for without it, there Isl
no hope of a more varied culture. Upon an
area of S56,000 square miles with laboringI
population of only $500, 900, it were idle to-
expect Il competition with crowded countries
in the realms Of art With the liberty OF
elccting the very richest spots upon such vast
extent ofvacant territory adapted to products
the most profitable, it is idle to expect that
labor will forego these great advantages and
take to whipping labor elsewhere from those
pursuits to which, by the misfortunes of its
condition, it is condemned The arts are val
liable and it is desirable that they shall be cu-
tivatcd, and it may be reprehensible in men
that they do not forego their interests and
cultivate them. But there is this irsupcrahlc
difficulty in their profitable cultivation The
arts will pay no more for labor here thau they
are forced TO pay for labor elsewhere But
cotton will, and does, pay more for labor here
than the arts will pay for labor any where, and
cotton buys up all the labor, and the man who
undertakes the arts must take his labor, not at
art, but ut cotton prices, and then commence
4 the work Of competition, and except under pc.
culiar circumstances, there is not the rcmotcSt
hope of his success. Such is .hc condition,
and such must be the condition, until there
shall be sufficient labor at the south TO satiatc
the craving nav of cotton When this shall
happen the excess will fall to competition with
the world in other lines of business. The
price Of labor elsewhere will be the price Of
labor here, and with abundant labor here in
such condition, there will be no need Of past
prondium speeches in encouragement Of art
That, when it offers profit, will attract abun-
dant capital, and with abundant labor, there
fore, enterprise will take new lines Of action,
and there is the firm assurance that the south
will take range Of varied culture uhSurpass-
ed by any other country Of the world. The
foreign slave trade will give us that abundant
labor. 1t is asserted that the negro Is unfit
ted for the arts, but without tie slightest
ground for the assertion. Intelligence is me-
ccSsary TO the construction Of tie machine
and to its regulation also but labor only is
necessary to its operation and the negro, in
his common absence from reflection iSpcIhapS
the best manupalatist in the world.
So also is labor necessary 10 the value Of
vested interests. In respect TO such interests
the south has been singul0rly unfortunate. At
the north men step 10 opuleuce The foreign
population poured upon that section has giyrn
progress to every line Of business, and value
to every article Of property Lands bought
one year are worth twice as much the next,
and ihc people there, as values such around
them, have the comforts of wealth, and the
further satisfaction of being regarded as the
most cnterpriSng and judciouS people in cXis-
tencc. Not SO with us. Here there has been
no wave Of foreign power to raise the value Of
our vested interests On the contrary the
wave Of labor is continually gliding from Us
and, though our labor has been productive
our products abundant, there are many Of Us
/ III the Oldcf ScclOnS VINO WOuld tall 10 sell eS'
tates today for as much as was paid for them
in market fifty years ago.
This state Of facts would be altered by the
foreign slave trade. That would give popnla-
ton, and population alone would necessarily
adv ancc the value Of vested interests. For
between population and the price, Of real in.
terests, at least, there is al intimate and ne
lccSsary connection. In thc southern states,
where there are but u persons TO the square
mile the average value is about So to the
acre In nor thern states where there are l00
to the square mile the average value j, about
$50 to the acre. In England, where there are
333 to the square mile, the value is about
ISl70 per acre. In towns where there are
1000 to the square mile, the average value is
about $500 and in cities where there are so,
O60 to the square mile the average value is not
far from $25 900 to the acre. And 50 it is
that an increase in population gives nccessa.
Try increase in the value of real property, and
50 is it, also, that an increase Of competitors
will give a necessary increase in the value of
every other matter that becomes the subject
Of common want
;f tho f,roirn ovo tro1o uhiIp II will