The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-03-20
BL00aSDTRG, WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 20, 1861
Southern Poverty.

The little 6uger of Northern man is
worth more than the whole body OF mas
ter with whip in hand, aud head on his
shoulders. which he seems 10 use Tor little
else thar 10 hang his hat upon. These
threats OF the South To secede are like the
meeting OF paupers in an alms-house, and
resolving TO quit the institution If The conn
~ does moi feed them better The South
sucks the Northern bosom and we fill il
with milk We work and they reap the
fruii OF our toll. We invented the means o {
their prosperity. Whitney made the cot
ton gin that has done 80 much for the South.
and he died poor man, as they cheated
him out oil ihe reward OF his toll. Chivalry!
ehivalry IN. Ward Beeeher.
To whichthe Albany Argus replies -
The idea that the South is poor is induIged
ia with great gusso by The clergymen of the
Bescher stamp, by friends of labor of The
Greeley stamp: and by members of Wo-
mems Rights Conventions. They howl at
the poverty OF The South; they exuli in the
wealth of the North; and they assume 10
have settled the argument By the contrast; !;
for Who, imbued with the creed of Nor
monism ard Materialism, 10 which the
Beechers and Greeleys minister, doubt the
right of the richer and more prosperous to
subordinate the poorer and less powerful
And yet never was fallacy greater than
that which asserts that the South is poor,
ror islsehood more easily set at rest than
those statistics upon which the contrast is
based.
Whs,her Whi,ney's gin was an invention
OF any inseniiveness or not, or whether The
Norihern manufacturers who make them
sfor the work is done Nor,h) have invaded
his rights, is a question not necessary 10
discuss, for it is only a collateral one. II,
however, as to the question of relative pro-
duciiveness of the TWO sections, Ne take the
testimony of the Anti-Slavery school, and
define The wealth of each TO be is surplus
OF production beyond the cost of labor, the
South must be The richer OF the two. What
is the gravamen of this charge against sla-
veryl ls il not that out of the four millions
OF slaves, an amount of productive labor is
exacted which is in most inconsiderable
degree repaid by the food and clothing and
shelter given in return? No community
thai for scores of years exacts from a large
class of laborers immense work at little pay,
can fail TO be rich; and wa realize the ex-
tent of the profits oil the South, when we
measure the exports OF that section with
those of the Nortn.
II is in vain TO say that the hay crop of
the North is equal TO The cotton crop OF the
South! The South has hay crop too,
which, though il does not enter into the
statistical tables, is wealth. Their cat
tie Craze nearly all the year on pastures
which the winters do not blast. Kentucky
and Tennessee send cattle to the North
and ihe droves of Texas viii! soon be ample
enough TO supply The whole Union Our
hay crop al the North is offset and rendered
almost nothing by orr winter. Our mines
Of coal keep as warm during the same sea-
soma, at the cost OF many millions OF dol
lars bul is this wealth. and is Southern
sunshine poverty?
The South is ROT poor or dependent. It's
people are agricultural, and have the mo-
nopolts of much OF the productions ESSENTIAL
10 the world They concentrate their ener
gies upon these articles; they leave to Us
vast fields Of production in agriculture and
manufactures, and the monopoly o. com
merce. A home market of twelve millions
of prosperous agricultural people offers io
the North the most profitable part of Its
customers. OF the results of negro labor
by the operation of commerce, it is calcu
lated two thirds go to the North.
There is mutual dependence in such &
relation mutual profit. But no man, yer
Fed in the analysis OF political economy, viii
venture to assert that The North is not a.
cerendeni as The South and if the ar,ifi
ciaI system of restrictive tariffs is adhere,
10. much more so.