The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-08

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600 barrels of -four per nnnurn, aud Virginia Of at
least 1900, oOo--and more probably of over
/ 2. 600 600 barrels. Allowing the consumption to
be one barrel per head for every free nhabitant
which is large allowance even for cities in which
but little corn meal is used, the States of North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Touisiaro
even if they have not increased their home ,,roduc
ton OF wheat over that of 1850, would not now rc-
qure with their present population. over 3oo ooo
barrels additional less than can be furnished b ,ho
STATE OF Virginia alone In addition to ,l,is tho
immense amount Of corn that is raised in ha South
ern seaboard States, VARYING from 10 COO oOo
oushes In Maryland, the lowest yield, to 35 ooO,-
ooo bushels grown in observation-disclosures abundant
supply for the slave population besides furnishing
I"fge excess TO he converted into pork and beef,
aud IN case of necessity to provide for Louisiana
and Florida, which are the only two slave States
which do not produce sufficient corn TO satisfy
their own wants. Kentucky and Tennessee, be-
sides this, produced in 1850, no. eco 600 bushels
Of corn, since when the production of this staple
has doubtless been largely increased. They fur
nish large surplus, after providing for their
stock, which might be, and a considerable Dor
1t will thus be seen that, unless both MARYLAND
ana Virginia are entirely placed under military
possession, and all communication with the Con-
iederate States utterly cut off, there is at least no
necessity for any one Of these States beino in tba
slightest degree dependent upon the West for
flour and meal and, unless the States of Terncs-
see and Kentucky, which in 1850 raised + 900 oe9
SWINE against 5, 892 30S raised in the three S,otes
oil Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, are also occupied
IN similar manner, there must be an abundance
of pork and bacon in the South It is not TO the
Southern States that the West must look far its
principal markets for consumption. but to the
New England States, which together raised in $50
only 36l, 48l head Of swine scarcely one-tenth as
many as were raised in Tennessee alone, and only
about the same number as were raised in Mary
land, which, with the exception Of Florida is the
smallest pork producing Of the slave States.
But even II this were not the case; supposinp
that the South absolutely required Indiana and
Ohio pork, and that they could not hold out over
ninety days on vegetables, fish, and turtle soup.
the material for which abounds in their rivers and
swamps, is it to be for one moment supposed that
the national indignation Of the patriotic citizens Of
CINCINNATI can stand no sales even for this length
OF time, when tempting bait of 10 cts. pound
dances before their eyes on the cpnosite side If
the Ohio? Or if sales could be forced at G cts
pound, how long can the outraged feeIjnos
OF our injured brethren Withstand nronnt
sales ana a premium OF 60 ner cent
we nave great confidence in human virtua
hut we have greater confidence in the weakness Of
human nature, and these are arguments which
are more Irresistible than the force Of aDy oninion
or the power Of any arms
There is another view which it would be we'll if
1t could be considered by the citizens of the West
IT. by any possibility, they should cut off their
trade from the Confederate States. the necessary
increased production Of pork in the middle States
might become so large and so profitable that the
South would be entirely independent of the West
II small revenue duty were laid upon provisions
from the free States, it would necessarily oblire
them to produce them at a cheaper rate, in order
to compete with the slave States in their own
markets. If they do not, they would have to
seek markets entirely in tie East and in En-
rope. In this event they would inevitably have
to submit to decrease Of price, the effect of which
would necessarily occasion decline in the value
OF labor and Of land Labor would flow 70 that
section which secured it the best prices. Can
tai would flow TO those farms which could be most
probably cultivated. No matter what may be tbe
antagoniSm of opinion between the two sections
OF lie country, there is one sentiment that will
undergo no change-the love of money. You may
lop OH his domains, and you may change the
name of the Confederacy to which he belongs
but you cannot change the determination of the
Northern man to make the most money, in the
speediest manner, in that spot which affords him
the greatest facilities and the readiest means. It
may be well for the West TO reflect upon this. and
they may perhaps understand that it is they, and
not the South, who are finally to suffer from the
explosion OF these thunderholts of their virtuous
indignation.