The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-03-29

SorrunnN PovEErr.-The little finger OF
q Northern man Is worth more than the
whole body Of a master with whip in hand,
and head which he seems to use for little
else than to hang his hat upon. These
threats Of the south 10 seoede are like the
meeting Of paupers in an almshouse and
resolving 20 quit the institution If the
county does not feed them better. The
South sucks the Northern bosom and we
hll Il with milk We work and they rear
the fruit Of our toll. We invented the
means Of their prosperity. Whitney
made the ootton-gin that has done "a
much for the South aud died a poor man,
as they cheated him out Of the reward Of
bis toll. Chivalry chiTalry III Wara
Bsectr.
The idea that the South Is poor Is in.
dulged in with great gusto by tho clergy
men Of the Boecher stamp, by friends Ol
labor Of the Greedy stamp and by mem
bers Of Women's Rights Conventions
They howl a. the poverty Of the South
they exult in che wealth OF the North
and they assume to have settled the argu
mont BY the contrast; for who, imbued with
tho creed Of Mormonism, to which the
Beechcrs and Greeleys minister, doubt The
right Of richer and more prosperous d
subordinate the poorer and less power
ful
And yet never was fallacy greater than
that which asserts thai the South is poor
nor falsehOods moro easily set at rest thar
those statistics upon which the contrast j,
based.
Whether Whitneys gin was an inven
ton Of any inventiveness or not, or whe
tier the Northern manufacturers who
make them tfor the work Is done North
have invaded bis rights, IS a question no
necessary 10 discuss, for it is only col
lateral one. II, however, as to The ques
ton Of relative productiveness-olSsn w
sections, Ne 10 Nc tsstimony Of th,
-Autl slavery tchooi, and define the wealtl
Of each 10 be its surplus Of production
beyond the cost OF labor, the South mus
Be the richer Of the two. What is thu
grayamon Of this charge against slavery
| IA Il not that out Of the four millions 0
slaves, an amount Of productive labor !
exacted which Is IN a most inconsiderabl
deweorepaid bY the food and clothing acc
shelter given in returnl No communit,
that for scores Of years exacts from larg
class Of laborers immense work at littl
pay. can fail 10 be rich and we realiz
the extent Of tho profits Of the South
when We measure the exports Of that sec
ton with those Of the Moth.
II Is in vain 70 say that the hay crop q
The North Is equal 10 the cotton crop O
the South The South has ha5 crop
too, which, though Il does not enter int
the statistical tables, "a wealth. Thei
cattle Craze nearly all the year, on pas
lures which the winters do not blast
Kentucky and Tennessee send cattle q
the North and the droyes Of Texas vii
soon be ample enough 70 supply tho Who'll
Union. Our hay crop az the North /
Offset and rendered almost nothing bv on
winter. Our mines Of coal keep u warn
during the same season. az the cost Q
many millions Of dollors, but h hi
wealth, and Il Southern sunshine poverty
The South j. not poor or dependent
Ia people are agricultural, and have a
monopoly OF much Of Che production
essential 10 the world. They ooncentrat
their energies upon these articles the
leave 70 "a vast fields 81 production 4
agricultural and manufactures, and mono
poly Of comulerce. A home market .
Twelve millions0f prosperous agriculture
people offers 90 the North the most prof
table part Of its customers. OF the result
Of negro labor By the operation Of con
mWce iiis calcalaied t,so-thirts 90 10 II
North.
There l. mutual dependence IN such
relation mulual profit Bat no mar
vcnod ID The analysis Of polite.
economy, viii venture 70 assert that n
North q not a. dependent A. the south
and " are aftifcial system 81 reatrictiv
taFins i adhered 70. much moro so.--A
tny N i. Argaa.