The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-09-03
Labor sayi"g Machine.
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,ff . theory. m is lecnllar sty,e, to The tffe''
Iiu, the South il opposed to labnr saving M
chiu.rv because " SAVING labor deprecia'ts III
sla,e'' Ii il mistaken, both IN the fact aud the
reason. Ii is ny II fact that the south hasa
An,imlhy to IaIior saw ny machinery nor Is
rrue hat steam as the save aud ingenuity u
The driver reduces the value "f The black
iabnr uf the slave States.
Wi h the preset price of negr"es. ina
which will enable one iab"rer I" do Inc w"fk
# five ar six wnnid reader him. just in tia
.r,portio,, more prulactise to Is owner. AID
alb, saving maci, r,ery that Is nrpllcab'e ="
In. works in our c.,ttnm tn cl,,e tr'dS. or i"
any otbpr departments If Southern Industry
il a. readily, nay. en,husiaSiic3l y, adopted III
any or all the Southern States a. ut the N"r't.
VIVA, a revolution in onr industry The lnve =,
io, and GENERAL al ,ptiun ut that labor sav'n.'
machine, the cu'inn gin. has wrought IN The
south. The American knuws az well as the
s,n,ther, PLANTER him: eli. Does he uul reed.
,.t .lai The WHISPER If the success of such IA
@aventiun pr,l4c d such an excitement IN The
neislh nh ,nd If Whitney, workshop that II
Aas SEIZED by the planter And actihliy nitro
4 .ced upon The. plantations before lie could ei,
er a cnvea, ~ get ",t acap'rnt THIS great
intention leman ingenuity has wrought ont
in,p "a c4pdftim If a~'mJkab>"lnle perfection.
improved l,iaaghs. clltiva,"rs. co't"n scra-
neYs. pickess. aud machinery far spinning 'be
aw material nn the plantation %;pa'ent vacuum
pans. %fnruacpS. cuue- carriages, aud dpfca'i1g
agencies indeed every means that either the
skill If The North OF The South has provided
t.. 4: - --. 4 H.. l,,u-,r I,,,l. mad
brain. are generally adulied. aud now in The
f,ii tide 1t successful operation throughout the
Sonth. go. ....
Nor ia other Glasses of machinery is the
South Indifferent The fact is. The desire ii
abnr-Saving machinery. at the South. is often
taken advantage #. by he @itinerunt Northern
vendors ,f worthless patent righ's, fortunes
having in ,nnre eases than one been made by
the sac If The privilege If manufacturing even
a r,alep, churn. of a washer. We are too
G. e~dalonS-m~,pad of being opposed tn labor
saving machinery too apt to consider a thing
valuable, when it has the ,mprimatur n
Northern approval. to avoid The hands "d
>harpfrs tina, the North periodically pours
upon US.
What Southern city has not its numerous
depot: Of machinery? We hal almost laid
what p|anta'in has not adj 'r'ed the steam
'ngine to grind. and cut. aud plane. and gin
instead If relying np,n The old system Of using
mule ard regr" power?
We beg to assure the American that the
self &C olating cnmuarisons bet ween Northern
aud Southern progress nnly show an i~neycuSa
he ignorance Of the real condition Of The
South. Our new communities will c"m'nre
favorablv in all that goes to make ~, ,nb'.e
prosperity with the most favored region of the
North. We are craving rich as a great circle
Of State. Our hanks have continued solvent
amidst a crisis that Frustrated the North: ON
merchants maintained 'heir credit when those
# the North tren.b'ed nr went down before
the storm. We are growing our own bread
stufs. raisi g onr own stock. manufacturing
% good degree "nr own cnarser fabrics. ant
ut the same lime increasing nnr bread h i"
land in cultivation. while our population aud
our wealth are enlargiug in a most satisfactory
manner.
TIL statements TO the contrary are made tt
manufacture an argument against slavery a.
II social institution. nr tn drive the South int
some false %nnsition TO til. avan' age If ,ht
political ga'nhe rs. whn world stake their sal
va.i"n tn score III. < ccess f their sc',pn;p:
II will not d. tn take the ce,ih't an If he
Sn"'h 'an nor Eve years since a. it, s'n:a.
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