The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-25

Can lsosoke the south 70 witia~ thess srs~nasa.p
aud patronaSrs Have not thr ofroaents I'd the demo
cratic g.rts dons -o1ders already IN that direction
Witness stGc cIiqpiiDg 81 mechanical idaast1y
merchants establishing agencies in New York Inlsai~
pha snd iflnao4e tor the ase~ed purf~e Of retaining
the S0atacfn trade which they wouA Ac
LOST hs retaining sole establishments ia New ksg
land Consider the shoe interest larger amount than
cotton predictions plains and fApsiy suffering
year hs BY Tee transfer Of sts southern customers
10 New York. Ncw Jersey. and fsnnss lyaia And still
and gloomy is the future OUTSIDE Of agEi-
culture aud commerce the great If fopIe
quire oE their ensienert roston, iron leather, and
cul "a which, iron and leather and fhese to
very iImiaet extent have here Hesr Is IL with those
mio iassdy and necessarily denoanncd Nv New
hnghsnd republicans They in reality agricaltn
TAI people, their snds s assd extensive, and their
sa.sEin ppriAIioa setter fitted for that employ
than fpr MECHANICS aud manufacturing hence those
branches haxe been freely and cLserfully Yielded 10
We hare tc heat and most extensive water poser and
lor f8g tisnc il considered that New EngaE had
almost exclusive hydraulic force bat now with the
mproscprnf IN machinery and tine vaEiea application g
steam ths ower for procliing machinery is at every
lal hed "a the land Hook then tine ERsssern
STATES and cazc the immense and extensive deposits e
minerals only 10 he wrought 20 create and sessful
competition 20 car mechanics and manufacturers.
Virginia, Kensueky. Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas,
and Missouri have each poss Of cl and iron and
many Of them abo0nd in copper lead zinc, SALT gyTsnn
granite and marble and even down TO Georgia and North
Crrolina extensive deposits Of coal iron limestone and
marble abound.
Open these now dormant mines and centre aronna
them the mechanical skill and genius which the patron
age Of ten millions OF people call together and then
shall realize 10 its fullest extent the suicidal policy od
northern fnatcisnL fCheers ALREADY the genius Of
mechanism is busy in that land their ls0 cotton faco
Ties 9s Woolen factories 26s iron mills 3,474 Touring
aud gist mills, 5Ss mills, and l20 tannsFies
daily demonstrating the sefsuppins ability Of that
tign Of the country.
Consider our position ia another aspect. Can New
England safely rely upon agriculture profitable en-
ployments
let our minds range the praries Of the West
with its favorable climate and soil of unsurpassed feI
ity Let realize its greatness in its present youth
fnlness aud freshness Sec the long prcesios of healthy
hardy and energetic young o. New EnglanG
ally departing from the hills and valleys anil the loved
oil hoIncsfrads OF their fathers unite their means
their strength and their influence in expanding and in
ecasng the productions and greatness Of that highly
EirogeI section There the fertility II the land is such
that the value Of each annual crop goes into the pockets
OF the farmers while with the most careful mode Of
cultivation required and unless thirty per cent Of each
crop bc returned TO the SOIL it refuses To make
nerative return
Let us now for moment examine the farm products of
the South and compare them with When raise
fifty million doAFs worth of live stock they raise two
hundred and ifry-four millions in value when clip
and half million pounds Of wool they have twelve
million pounds when gather ia million and
sevcnyonr Thousand bnsles OF wheat they gather up
twenty egh millions Of bushels when gather eeren
million bushels OF they store away the enormous
quantity Of three hundred and fifty millions Of bushels
hay must 60 back to the soil and in hemp. fax and
the light grains they altogether exceed rs And here
stop bat they go gathering ia the most valuable
productions oi their fertile sill two hundred and forty
million pounds Of sugar thirteen million gallons
Of mplasses tKa huadEed and sixteen million pounds OF
rice one hundred and cghty-five nsn pounds Of to-
acco and in the year 1853 three millions and five hum
5rea thousand bas of cotton Of thc cash value OF cne
hnnred and twenty millions of dollars And vet, ASIDE
from their spcnid dpmsin under cultivation they
have uRmproyed and untonched lands times the
OF All New England and thirty times larger
than the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
We have hocs and herds beautiful valleys and magnin-
scenery have deep and cara1ious harbors, inn
Iese waterfalls, and the hum Of machinery and in
da,try resounds eveiy hand health strength, taste,
and cultivation abound but without profitable employ
ment, the mildew viii settle upon us, and the energy
and power Of New England will withcr and perish for
ever Renewed applause
n zne was once the mistress of the world. Power,
wealth, AMI refinement her boast but the prompt
iDs Of prudence dTsgirded and her greatness and
her glory peTishcd Now the wFstched and cFinging
IazGon stain The sweet scenery Of the once powerful
Italy AMI the multitude OF homeless beggars lie
down ia rags and wgetchelness, where stood the
II eloquencc and the plnmed warriors, deying the
power of the world Let profit by their history
loud cheering
that oontly designed for higher purpose than
q mere for conten1ing factions provid nee has
dealt kindly and literally with each section each has
It's objects % Affection each its prized interests II
tie IA ins 0t yorktown II appeal TO the martial
q eds OF sark and Putnam, they remind of the
daring and bravery Of sumlter and Marion. III take
pride n the famed valor Of Perry the Lake, they are
not unmnafu Of the Of Decatur at TriPoli or
81 McDonough at PlattsbGrg Bay ii refer 20 the
eloqence oi Webster. tles present the recoTis
of the fame Of Calhoun and Of Clay. IL we present
the New England 9th the bloody helds Of Mexico,
they can proudly answer that the Palmetto Besiment
shared the pesils and glory Of thoc II call
10 mind tile elder Adams Iuying Lis countrymen 70 the
conflict they show the maniy form II Patrick Henry
unaHed AMID the stormy ciy OF rreasaI II point
thcn to the graves departed warriors and states
men they can iuyitc the tobs oi Washington, of
Jefferson and II Jackson Loud and long continued
applause.
We have an common Interest ia the fame of our ma
ton and advantage in the progress and src-
Cess of each section II country. Acw Englsnd has
tie waterfalls the factories and mechanic shops which
the other sections DO not possess The great West must
stand unmatched in the production Of wheat corn hf
wool pork and H. rses while cotton, sugar, ice. and
t1oco must forever remain the Pecuiar productions ot
the sJut Each requires from the other, and the pros
raon cf tie great interests ~ either sectou Injuries All
Mutnd kindness begets mutual fendship, mutual tr'de
and nterourse strengthens the hands II each or, and
the general success and happiness q the people gives r
m nllel,cy ami greatness to our common land CHEERS
10 promote these great objects and intcests has ever
been tie aim aud effort q the democratic party, yet
strange as il may appear, tbough they have rulphantly
tilel old feieralism and an is false and reasonae
acts and theories AMI have driven nodern whiggeIy
with is long catalogue Of unsound doctrines from the
psal arena-t4ough they nave silencga All the cain
oru1s advocates for tie former doctAcs, p-incTieS
cTvsS and raiiorsns Il those Formidable pariies
vet they have az ls been Ovr0wered not only IN View
Hampshire bot throughout New England, solely bstise
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