Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-12-22

~ 1870 -Et
he brings forward . series Il garblea statistics,
made sp frem the eeasus reports, and which few
Northern resders will take the sroabie % anaiyzc
before accepting.
He introduces what he calls "the b ,bci and
gallon" estimate Of the production and wealth Of
the South, with a foolish rhodon o,tadc. from
which we extract the following most sin snlar ex-
position Of political economy we have erer met
with:
An observant American. from whatever point
Of the compass he may hail, whe will take the
trouble TO pass through che Southern markets.
quirc where this article, that and the other came
from, win be utterly astoaisked at the variety and
quantity Of Northern agricultural productions
kept fer sac. Aud Mis- state OF things .s grow
ing worse and Worse every year. Exclusively ag-
r~icultural as the South 20 IN her industrial pur-
suits, she 10 barely able 20 ssppor< her sparse and
degenerate population. Her men md dsmestic
sninals. both dwarfed into shabby objects of com
miseration under the bsighing effects n slavery,
are constantly feeding spcn the multfaricns pro-
dacts Of Northern coil And II the whele truth
must be told. we may here add. tina, tbesc pro-
ducts, Ike all other articles Of merchandise pur-
chased at the North, arc generally bought on ere.
dit, and. in a great humber OF instances, by far
too many. never paid Eer-nat. as a general rule.
because the purchasers are dishsnestc or unwilling
to pay, but because they are impoverished andde-
pressed By the retrogrcssise and dsade,ing opera
tons Of slavery, that most Improbable and per-
nicious Institution under (which they live"
In this case the witness, like teo many Others.
who have goic upon the stani 10 suppnrs an un-
sound cavse, provestoe mach. He acknowledges
his aston isam ent at tho variety and qnastity Of
Northern agricultural productions sold at thcSoutb,
but which are never paid DOR, not because p urcha.
sers are dishonest, bat because slsey are i'm power
ishcd and depressed ' NY tho retroGrcssive and
deadening operations of tho institutions under
which they live" Now there IL not q merchant.
trader, farmer. manufacturer or ship owner. from
the capes Of aDelawar 70 ePsssamaqu oddy, but
knows that, asA class, tho nerchauts and traders
Of the South. are the safest and best Purchasers
th&t come from Q distance 70 buy in eur Eastern
markets. dtis patent, too to, every sensible man
in the community, that when the crisis came up
on as in 1851, ripping up sths bubbles < Eastern
and Northern expansion, 1t was tho trade of tho
South that saved Thousands upoa thousands of our
merchants from bankruptcy chen, and which first
set the wheels and hammers Of our manufactures
again in motion. The trade Of the great North
west was as rotten ~ punk at That time, and has
not yet entirely recovered . sound condition. But
the South for The last twenty years has aeyer fail
ed in its payments TO the Nos.h, and iastead Of
getting large smoants Of agricultural productions
and Of manufactures on o credit which is never
paid, there is not . Northern merchant or. produ.
Ger Of any kidd but would be glad to-day 10 sell
the South txice as much Of Nosthern prsducts rs
he now sshs.
Even Helper cannot but eoaTess the xpagnitude
Of the Southern consumption Of Eorthera produc-
tons. and yet he is foolish enough TO argue that
the North should destroy the South by On aggres-
sive and agrarian invasion II itssocinl institutions
The fst eject Of such a policy as Helper and his
sixty-eight black republican Congressional back
es omm would be 70 destroy the great
Southern market for Northern productions, which
he Acknowledges exists. Saoh q result would
throx back upon the Northern market tire sarplus
Of potatoes. Onions, apples, corn hay. butter and
cheese. which Northern farmers now sell IA the
South, and the innumerable fabrics of cotton,
linen, wooi, leather, metal. glass, clay. &c,
which 1t now takes from Northern workshops
Helper and his helpers may not be able to fore
see what ehOct such a closing Of the Southern
markets would have upon the North; bat there
is mot . banker, merchant, or any other man of
common sense, who dees not see that il would
effect values OF all kinds, and produce q greater f.
nuncial r~eyulsion here than hes over before been
experienced.
We do not believe that the North 10 a. Llind at
to permit such agrarian incendiaries a. Helper aud
his abolition associates to lead II intothe adoption
Of their aggressive policy against the Soa.h, and
are confident that the oOmmsn sense and patriot
such = catastrophe. But che agitation which
these tanstics In the North are getting mp is fast
driving the South iate the adoption Of oortaiu
principles Of political ecoaosay, which viii even.
sually destroy the Southern market fer Northern
productions. Already the idea Of indnssriai indie
PeRdenee % rife there. and efforts are being
begun to stimulate local efforts 10 production
and manufacture. Cotton mills ore on foot
forges and tonndriss set up, workshops u al
kinds opened. and u general public feeling is
being created 10 use or consume no one thin,
not grown On Southern soil. or manufactured
on aSoathern water privilege or by q Southern
steam engine. Direct trade with foreign eoun
tries 10 . thing easily accomplished by th
South, for we haze been able 70 concentrate
at the North only through tho ease, freepenc
and friendiiaes Of onr communications With IN
South eeg
For such IN economical policy the South is 0u
inently Independents Of the North. She need III
rely on us for the raw natsrials-such as eotiod
and wool timber and ores, hides and s~arths-ao
for the products which are now neeessaries ia civ
ilized life-snch as abe cereals. sugar, and tebae
co. She has them ali within herself, and shout,
she be driven INTO forcing nm economical polio,
like thai which separgtss. the contiguous nation
Of Europe from each Other, she viii find il ofca
:ier accomplishments than has sser befops bseI
found. On the day that che does this The Gortt
will become tFibstasy " the South, and it vii
puzzle Northern sconomistsA End wherewith 4
pay tor the 6oathern productions which We saas
ouy-sneh ~ sugar and tobacco, cotton and nava
storss. There ara nov paid for in Yankee No
tons. which can nsither b produced or substi
donssie political eeoasny - the Unis. woult
strike . severe blow = tts industrial progress
and the great effects woald be felt, not in Tn,
South, but ID the North {84tsm
IUpFeafd q ths accuracy Of the views suggestsd b,
the Hszl4eM - present tho f~ollowisg estimates o
the expsssS Y IL e=safsy during the last 6sca
year, saksn No. ststajNes ,assfuiiy prepared a
the .. 8. TssAnsyB srssspsnA apassssnay pub
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