The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-03-17

NOW, sir, rs | am disposed to >es this
question settled as soon as possible, and
am perfectly willing to have Il fnal and
conclusive settlement now, Instantly. and
after wha: the Senator from New York
has SAID, think It not unimpor,anl that
should a:tempt to kciRg the NGrlh and
South lace TO face. and see what resour.
ces each Of us might have in the cuutin
gency OF separate organizations. Ii we
never aSIu're another foot nf territory for
the South, look at her. Eight hundred
I'D htty thousand square miles; as large
rs Streat Britain, France, Austria, Prus
s'a, and Spa n. Is not that territory en-
ougn to make AN empire that shall rule |
The world! With the finest soil, the most |
.dehSh'fuI climate, whose productions |
none OF those great countries can produce. |
Ye have three thousandcmiles of conrinen !
tai shore line, and SO indented with hays !
and crowded with islands, that, when
iheir shore lines are added, we have
twelve Thousand niles Of snore line
through he heart Of our country runs
tue great Mississippi, the father of waters,
INTO whose bosom are poured thirty SIX
thousand miles of tributary streams and
Deyohd, we have the desert prairie wastes,
10 Protect US in our rear. Can Won hem
u SUCH territory as that You talk of
quitting up a wall Of fire around eigh,
hundred and fifty thousand square .nfes
90 situated How absurd.
But, sir, in this territory lies the great
ya'i,ev of the 81 ss;s,ippi, now the real
and soon to be ,he acknowledged se,t OF
lhe empire .: the world. The SWAY of
ieat Ya!isy Wl!I be rs great as ever the
Nue Knew IN the earlier ages OF MANKIND
Neown tue mos: of that valley. The
most available part Of it belongs to us =
and although those vino have settled
ABOVE Us are now opposed to us. another
generation will tell a different tale. They
are ours by all the laws of nature; slave
lSbor will go over every foot of this grea,
valley where it will be found profitable TO
Hse It, and those who do not use /, are
soon To be united with US bv such ties ;,s
VIII ma ke us one and inSeparahle. The
iron horse wi. soon be cIa,terng over the
sunny plains of the South to bear The
products OF its upper tributaries TO our
atlantic ports, AS it now clat,ers over the
ice-bound North. There is the qrea, Ms
slss pp, bond It union made hv natures
law. She will forever vinicaic her riGhr
10 the Union. On this fine territory we
have population four times as larre rs
that with which these colonies >epara,ed
from the mother country, and hundred.
Wght say thousand, fold AS strong.
gar population is now sixty per cent.
greater than that of the whole United
States when we entered into ihe second
war OF independence. 1t is twice rs large
as the whole population Of the United
States was ten years after the conclusion
OF iIat war, and our exports are three
Times as great rs those OF the wnol.
pm:ed States then. Upon our muster
rolls we have million OF men. In a de
'ehs''e war upon an emergency, every
org OF them would be available. At any
time, the South can raise, equip, and
maintain in the field. larger army than
any Power OF the earth cat send ayainst
bars an army of fsoldirrs--men brouyht
Up on horseback, with guns in Their
hands.
1t we take the North, even whom the |
TWO. large States of X .nSas an Minnesota |
shall te admitted, her territory will be !
one hundred thousand square miles shor,
of ours. do not speak of C.Iforni. and
oregon there Is no antagonism between
the South and those countries, and never |
Will he. The population Of the North is |
nifty per Cent greater than ours. I have
pothpg TO sav~in disparagement either Of
the soiT of the North, or the people OF the
North, who are brave, intelligent, ener.
geuc race, full Of intellect, but thew pro
hnce no great staple that the South docs
not produce bat We produce TWO or three
ard those are the very greatest, that she
can never produce. As TO her men. how. |
ever high they may be, they have never
proved themselves to be superior 20 those |
obtne >outh, either in the field or in the |
senate.
But, sir, the strength Of nation de
pends IN great measure upon its wealth !
and the wealth of a nation, like that of a |
map, u tq. be estimated bv its surplus pro
duction. You NAV 90 to your TRASHY |
census books all of which is perfect non
scense. ard they will tell you that il the
State Of Tennessee the whole number of |
house servants is not equal to one half
those M my own house, and III things !
rs that. Eou may ascertain what is made |
throughout the country from these censes
pooks bnt il is no matter how much is
made If 1t is all consumed. If n man is
worth millions OF dollars and consumes
his income. is lie rich' Is he competent
TO embark in any new enrerprise2 Can
he bu'Id ships or railroads? And coud
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