Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-18

For the consideration of those who
are so persistent in their declarations
that in case of dissolution OF the u nior
the South will have the worst of the bar
gain-that she will he unable TO supper,
henclf, and that after having staid out
IN the cold few years, will beg ike a
spoiled child TO return to the family Ia
bic. to sppease its gnawing appetite, We
respectfully submit the following ex-
tract from the Cleveland PtaindeaIer. 1t
contains large amount OF truth aud
good sound common sense:
In case Of Northern
ard Southern Confederacy being estab-
lished, the free States composing the
former, and the slave States the latter,
which, il either, will not be self-sust tain
ing, and which will excel the other in
those elements essential 10 nations
prosperity. There can be no doubt but
that of beef and pork, corn and wheat,
the North produces sufficient for her
own consumption, and a surplus to send
abroad. But 1t is not uncommon to
rec and hear the assertion that the South
is not self-sus,aining in the matter Of
breadstutis and the ncccssaries Of life.
The statistics for the period ending in
the year 1850, show that the Southern
States produced in the year lS49 three
hundred million bushels Of Indian corn,
which would allow thirty bushels year
TO every man, woman and child in the
South, black and white. In addition to
other articles Of food, rice, potatoes and
sugar, she has also produced fifty million
bushels Of wheat. The returns for the
last ten years will undoubtedly show
large increase of all the productions that
constitute the principal food off nation.
Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Virginia, Can raise enough
to feed the whole South, while the labor
Of the Gulf States is concentrated to the
production Of those large elements of
commerce-sugar aud cotton.
Assuming then that each Confedera-
cy could feed its own population, what
would be their relative positions in refer
encc to surplus productions and articles
OF expectation The trading capital of
nation being its exports, 1t follows that
the interchange of the productions OF
foreign countries must depend upon its
exportatons.
What does the North exportl What
does the South export Which fur
nlshes the elements Of our commerce.
The statistics for the year ending June
3oth, 1860, show that our expectations,
exclusive OF specie, amounted to S3lG,-
22o,6lo OF this amount, there was fur
ni>hed Ivy the free States exclusively,
S2l4,322, $50 ; Of productions furnished
by both free and slave States $96, S26,-
300 OF the amount furnished by the
tree and slave States, one-thrd is the
production of slave labor. So that ont of
S3l6,220,6 l0 Of expectations of domestic
induslry,ncarly $3.50, 900, 900 are furnish
cd by the slave Statcs,and only S66 ,00O,-
Ooo by the Tree States. Our importations
tor tie same period amounted to s36l,-
791 200. Assuming the population and
wants OF the South to be one half of
those of the North, the apportionmcnt of
importatioIis would be as follows
10 the South ) 10 59y 066
10 tho North "a, las, 81
We can very well zee how South ern
Contederacv exporting s25O,OO0,OOO0
could import Sl2O, 599,066 but how a
Northern confcdcracy exporting only
100000, 900 coud import S24l, l9o, 80,
is a problem we are unable to solve.
One great advantage that southern
Coniedcracy would have over North
ern, consists il this, that while the soil
AMI climate of the North is adapted
only TO the production OF brcad<tnfi's,
that Of the South is adapted not only to
the production Of the nccessaries OF life
sufficient for home consumption, but also
to tue production Of $500, 100000 in the
single article of cotton alone, which Is
equal to SO much gold and las the
,corH Tor It's market.
While the North furnishes but little OF
"ul national wealth as exhibited by the
exports, how is her industry employed,
and IN what consists her wealth In
her mauulaetuies.
Bat IN the event Of \ rthern and
Southern Conietefacy, The South will
have no necessity H. protect domestic m
duslry, and hence tie interests of her
people will be that oi free trade. What
then would become of the manufacture
inc Interests o. the North, the chief
soaice of her wealth Tie i'ac FL con-
ted@racy would have its gold, the South
,rn rs cotton, the Northern its manu-
faeiones. The word wants the gold,
the world wants he cotton, but where
could a mar6ot he found Tor the manu-
iactures Let free trade be established
by Southern Contcdcracv. ana caoltal
aud J. Dor IN the North would at ooce
feel The blow, while in the South they
would be benelijtrl
A Good Suggestion.
In view o. the state o, the country