The Hillsborough recorder., 1860-02-22
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J" rich manufacturers still richer. Sensible |
and sagscious, wasn'tit? With mountains full
Of iron and coal, did the astute politicians of
Virginia and some other States ever think Of
enriching their States by working them
Not in the least. They were intent upon
crippling the iron interests of Pennsylvania
Their business was /" free trade and sailors
rights" though they had no sailors with or
without rights, and the only trade they
had was trade with the hated monopolists
they were perpetually denouncing. They.
and those who acted with them, carried on
a cheap warfare Of words about principles,
the chief effect Of said principles being to
keep their States and people as poor as pos
sible. and those whom they opposed splen-
didly opuent. The fayorte themes of dis
cussion with the politicians referred to were
State rights. the tariff, and the right Of Sc
cession. At the same time their people were
sending millions to The North annually to
buy shoes, clothing, the products Of mills
and iron foundries.
The product of the iron works alone Of
the United States is worth fifty million Of
dollars per annum, and these works are chief
| ly in the -slavehoding States. Sc, sral
AuhlHtin GlatNo douuHu iu iAHh dih Sudts
and could sustain iron works upon large
scale as we'll as the Northern States. Some
Of them are commencing the good work, Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee taking the
lead. They are as nothing. however. when
compared TO the iron works Of the Northern
States.
The New England shoe trade amounts to
about twenty five million dollars per annum,
and this heavy sum comes principally from
the South. Yet the South has the hides, aud
could make her own shoes easily enough,
sending thrift. wealth, self-relance and IN
dependence throughout her borders. The
politicians, however, ignoring these practi.
cal truths and facts, and many more like
them. have had their eyes fixed upon the
rights Of the South in the Territories -
into which she would not, because she could
not, 60 if there were forty Territories await
ing her, for the reason that she has abundant
and more profitable employment for every
negro upon her own soil at home. Now, at
the first alarm Of danger. the injurious and
disastrous effects and tendency Of this polit-
lcal philosophy are most apparent. The
popular mind sees clearly that il must be
discarded. Necessity requires it. and the
great Wing system Of home industry, self.
protection, thorough self-reliance. becomes at
once the only salvation for the South. Thus.
through the bitter school of experience has
she been led to embrace Whig principles in
fact. if not 10 name, as cardinal necessities
in the day Of trial. The Wings told the peo.
pie the truth. truths that were unpaatable
at the time. and the people rejected them,
as has been the case many time and Oft III
the history Of the world; but those truths
have at last vindicated themselves and their
promulgators, and the former. and all Of the
latter that are left. stand to-day upon high
and impregnable ground. The people every.
where throughout the South are clamoring
for the immediate organization Of the great
Wing system Of home industry and practical
industrial independence.
The subject naturally suggests some in
teresting reflections upon the nature OF par.
ties. and the party struggle. of this country,
which for the present We leave with our
readers.