Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-02
The Productive Us,oY,cs. go x.-,,,
and South Compared,


Inc 1aEifees have threatened Us with every con-
celysole horror We are not only to be conquered
and snnJugtied- scattered Ike leaves before the
angry VIM, sent back to our hemes to find
poverty at our HFeaides and see privations in the
Anxious eyes of mothers and the rsgs Of chldren.s
but we are to be starred! In this respect. the
&nkees hive bsd prospect Rhead. The following
article shows how idle and vapid is the threat Of
starving country so abundant and prolific in n,
resources, and especially at time when Kind
Providence has blessed our people with the most
unparalleled hSrvestu:
We viii select, first South Carolina 10 RIM the
parallel with, for several reasons the chief F b6
are thst she has been supposed to produce nothing
but cotton and rice and she is the ulost der;e5 ,d
cOntsmned Of all the slavehodin0 Sac. NJ ~
persons ar aware that this State alone proSncss
nTs sixths nearly OF all the rice crown but tba
seventh census, of 1850 shows that N ~ the fact
besides nearly ali the rice, abe produces wheat 10
within 3 900 bushels Of all produced by The siT Me-
England States together She prodnesS 49,, -
much corr as the State Of New York ana & nm O0s
Of bushels Of that grain more than all the New
Ensland States together, for She produced inward
Of l6, 600 coo bushels.
She produced more oats than Maine. more Nv
1000 900 Of bushels than Nassachuaetts: more ~,
l,OoOOO0 bushels Of potatoes ever and above what
Maine propucedi more beans and peas BY 1870 600
bushels ian all the Northern States together. ex-
eept New York more beef cattle than Penns ylvapis
oy 40 ara almost ~ many a. all the New Eng
land States together; mere sheep than lows ard
hrseoDaln by 10 500; more hogs than New York bV
A ISL MORO than Pprnsylyania by 1877 and Sc 600
more thar all the New England States, with New
Jersey, Alehigan. wisconsin and CalifOrnia in the
bargains more hOrHG and mules BY 10000 than
Maine. New Hampshire Massachusetts and Rhode
Island together; besides ali Of which she produces
largely OF oxen, cows and variety Of products of
the smaller kinds.
Virgins and North Carolina produced Jointly b.
1863 OGO bushels Of wheat or PAL 600 bushels more
than the great wheat State of Nsw York. orE
quantity equal to the whole product Of the six New
Englsnd States, with New Jersey, Michigan. Iowa
and Wisconsin, all put together Virginia, HOrth
CArolna, and Tennessee produced l1547I 500
bushels Pf corn quantity exceeding by 800 O0O
bushels the joint product Of New Ysrk Psnnsylva,
MA Ohio. New Jersey, connecticut, Massachusetts
New Hampshire Vermont and Maine.
Tennessee alone produces I6, 500 more hogs than
all the Si1 New England States with New York,
CennsJ ytnia, New Jersey, Iowa. add Michigan;
for that state produced 3,l04 500 hogs while the
eleven Northern States named produced hut 3 0SS-
3g4 Mott people have thought that the North was
really tho hog producing section, but such is BY no
mesnI the fact the WhOle number Of hogs produced
in 1850 vas 80 SIG eos Of which the SlaTeholding
States furnished 20 T7o73O, or more than two
thirds Of the whole sHins productions.
lt will doubtlesI surprise many persons to bs
told that the seven Gulf or Cotton States of Seu,h
Carolina Georgia, Alabama hississippi LsuiEianH
and Tsxas pr0dused A, Isl more beef cattle than
the six New England States New York Pennsylva-
MIA Ohio, New Jersey, Indiana, Michigan and Wis
conSin altogether; but such il the fact for the cen
sEs Of 1850 tells Us these seven Cotton States mo-
duced 3jT4S9 beef cattle while tie thirteen
Northern States named produced bat 1872 327
A single glance At the live stock columns of the
seventh eesus viii prove to the inquirer that the
plsFehOl9Iug States produced more beef cattle than
NE non> slaveholding ~ 7e2 5ST. That rhllsiIs
North produced 3 54l I2I cows tire South produced
? $40 SID That the NOrthsra States produced SOC
1871 work sxen, against $40 $40 produced Y the
Southern States. That while the North produced
1910 96l horses ard mules, the Sovth produced
25g Sis more for the Southern production was2~
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