Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-18
ssSfarXing the Souih.o

of the nor hern people believe that the South will
soon be starved into subjection by cutting off the
| supplies of provisions from the northern markets
Young Wide, swakes and old fogies have worked
themselves thoroughly into this belief that they
will actually sneer at any man of intellig ence who
| undertakes to tell them better. The Republican
editors have made these benighted people think
| that the South raises comparatively nothing but
| cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco; whereas, the
| truth is that she produced more breadstuf and
provisions, according to her population, than Ell
| ther the North or the West
! We have not the census of 1860. but that of
1850 shows that in $40 the grain productions of
| tho county. including clover seed and fax seed.
were as follows in value -
South. $jOI 3So,ti2
| West---- ------- 173.I a 236
North --- .l32.o24
The value of the grain productions Of the Snuth
for that year was nealry one Kindred and t,eenty-
four millions greater than of tha We>t. and over
one hundred and ts0enty fos millions greater than
the North The South had nine millions to feed
and the North and West combined had twelve
millions. So the South raised IN value about
| $50 per head of its population while the North,
raised only $l5 per head and tho West $50 per
| head.
The value of slaughtered animals In the whole
! u. S. as follows:
est..-.--..-.--.--..-- 0473 7s6
| North oq,OlO,4C
| Showing that in meat provisions the South was
almost as rich as the North and West combined.
The total productions of the SOIL inclu'ling cotton
and slaughtered animals. were in value as fol-
| lows:
| West 2s6,O91 ,02o
| North 295, ,568.6 500
| Showing that the South nearly hsTee hss
| drcd millions richer than the West and than
taoo huRdred millions richer than the North
| And it must be remembered that The South has
only twelve millions of population to provide FOR,
while the North and West have twenty millions
| The Boston Post says that The city Of Boston
IN, rom ne. al At
| flour to the value of $2,500 900, of r to he
vape of 81 200 00O and rice to the value of $500,
coo The Post estimates that New Eng id buys
| annually Of the South to the amount of $50
600 O00 And yet sharp Yankee brothers
are seriously proposing to starve out the South
by cutting off supplies 1t is very CIV d mt that
somebody is fool. If the provisions raised by
| the South are SIS per head OF her population
| more than are raised by the North how long
| will it take the North to starve out the South
That is nice little sum for MIR Lincolns cahi
net 10 solve. We must not TO: GET that the South
produces annually 100000 bales Of cotton.
| W hich is always worth in the European MAJ hct
$500 900 600 in solid cash. We of the Ncr*h
have heretofore used 0G0 ,00) bales of the cotton
! Of the South. But suppose she should hereafter
take it into her head to inerlict the sale Of sin
ole bale of cotton to the NJ rth. and should put
hands in the field only to raise the 3oOtl,U0u
bales required for the European market, devo
ting the res. of her labor grsin productions OF
her soil no can fail to see that then the longer
the war should be protracted the worse 1T would
be for us? Instead of starving cut them. we
should starve out ourselves. Even if we conl
effectually maintain ten years blockade of tue
South, she would be AL the time developing her
own internal resources, establishing nanuacto-
ries of all articles she has heretofore bought OF us,
there ren iering berset independent of us IN all
time TO come. and would actually come cut OF the
blockade richer than she Went in, while We
should come ont poor indeed-not only drained
OF our means, and crippled i'll our commerce.
but our great manu- factoring capital would be Ell
! - hrrE M
would crush both our public and priv ale credit.
| 1t will be easy, know, fer fanatics and maj
men TO sneer at all this-as easy as for d"gs to
bark at men in the streetS-bUt 1t is nevertheless
a truth which shall terribly realize, the way
we are going on, when it will be everlasGngly to-
late for repentance and good either to save
| the Union ourselves. The question for patri
OTIS and statesmen TO try and solvein this crisis
is not, 1hnt do IN the lcQJ OF 1cOTrtng ana
nmrderi"g the South but achatsAaH zee do best 10
serre our country, and ourselEts Men who rave
that they will give their Laf doitar to punish the
South. speak more illegally than they realize
Passion and revenge a:G not going to punish our
enemies, so much sfill punish ourselves. War
will never save the s.non, nor bring back the ii
naucal and commercial prosperity which Is slip
ping fro,n our grasp. Our children, who will uo
be blinded by passion, as ~e are. on this SUBJECT
will blush fos Us. and curse our memory that IN
oen mad !onr threw away the inheritance
of the Union and the happiness of genera
tionS.
n u. IL
of the United States Navy, died at his residence
in Anne Arundel county, Md, the 18th ult
a The deceased officer of the American Ma
Wy for over half century, and served his coun
, try and defended its flag faithfully Throughout
that long period of tin e. The unhappy condl
ton of the country deeply affected him, and pro
t bably fastened his death. The follow ing lette
to the President rendering his resignation. show!
the views he entertained of the national trouble
and the measures resorted to by the Government
to uphold its authority:
GRESHAM. SOUTH RIVER, A. A. Co.. Md,
. May !, 1861. :
: To His Erceleney. abraham Lincoln. Presiden
. of the United States Sir: | hereby most res
/ pectfuly tender you my resignation of the ottic
of Captain in the United States Navy.
For more than half century it has been the
pride of my life to hold Office under the Govern
ment of the United States. For tsoepty fire years
n have been engaged in active service, and have
$ never seen ny flag dishonored or the American
arms disgraced by defeat. 1t was the hope of m
, old age t!.at might die had lived. an office
= in the navy of free Government. This hop
: has keen taken from
IN adopting the policy of coercion. you bav
= tenied O millions of Fl eemen the rights of tn
= Constitution. In its stead you have placed tn
i | mission in the name of an armed force. AS on
d of the oldest soldiers in America, l protest.
the name of acknowledgements this 'war agalns
n brethren" I" ! cannot fight against the Constltr
l. :ion while pretending to fight for It. You will
: therefore, oblige me by accepting my reslgnf
= ton.
d Most respectfully, ISAAC MAYO,
Captain United States Navy.
, CAPT. F. T. BRYAN
% It was understood during the session of tn
Legislature here last winter. that if the service