Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-07-22

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nouDAY n0RsM0. JULY -. 1881.
TN B0ODUCB BEO0EA OB.
ne Masse1ine s1Sswna1s nkss the fol-
LOVING sxtSSds nom our Tbssday's iasus,
end has The sxtEsus msndasisy to head
Il 'A&lissQsWeemlips :"
s1As 81 of ciosfng up the Mississippi
and hQcka6ing, ~ the avenues Of trade
bssWspa the North and South, caused
the S66thsFt people to open their eyes.
The blsokadsfwas 6sed about plasting
stmA I'D hey plsttsd generously, and
~ ,peoduetivs 6ol bsoaght forth crop
vkieh will moro thsa twice supply the
wsnts Of the inhabitants Of the seeded
States. TO remove the blockade nov,
With view Of raising the price of
Northera produce, would be CANNON"
After goiog through the ususl inter-
ssing asd Characteristic ceremony OF
ordainipg ~ . secesssionist, the high
minded, erudite and disintereated patriot
Of the Journal, With . grand flourish,
announces in that acute and unanswcr-
able style for which, for years, he has
been, and still continues to be, 50 justly
celebrated, that he claims TO understand
the agricultural condition Of the South
--ssd kno,os just what he is talking
about. Upon high authority, like that,
it would be folly to waste breath OF
refatatiou. II aome other and more
poorly informed individual had ventured
the assertion, we should have at least
thought that extreme ignorance Of
Southern agricultural condition Of the
presest year, was owing either to the
inability or want Of opportunity for
reading the papers.
Nevertheless, vs have, IN justice to
ourself to ststs that though the above
extract may be, and probably is, very
traitorous under the new constitution, it
10 true and that the fact stands out too
plainly for successful dispute, is just
what bothers the Abolitionists. They
had sort Of unwarrantable idea that
the closing Of the Mississippi, and cut
ting of the breadstuffs, would actually
starve out the South. The result has
proven far to::the contrary. Under some
circumstances, the act of thus depriving
them Of our marketable products would
be- highly salutary. AS it is, we have
gained nothing by cutting off their sup
plies because they have the facilities for
supplying themselves. The Southern
States will produce an immense crop Of
grain, pork and potatoes this year. The
best informed gentlemen affirm it, and
no one with common sense and judg.
mcnt unwarped by tarat,cism, pretends
to deny it. That blockade has had the
effect to reduce the price OF fifty millions
OF bushels Of wheat in the State of Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wis
eensirOfrdaJ 'basdei: odasIuE"a" Udga
lose Of several millions of dollars. We
might have been selling them grain and
meat all the while, and getting their
money, which we think would be far
better for onr people than heavy sur
plus OF wheat. That would have been
strengthening Notwithstanding our
markets in healthy condition, and atthe
same time sappng away their available
resources. If the provision blockade is
not both aid and comfort to the South
in the long run we are greatly mistaken
and what is worse, it pinches our farm.
ers dreadfully-dries up commerce,
keeps up the store shutters, reduces the
p'ice OF real estate, robs the lsborer of
work, and prostrates business generally.
There was good, sound sense in estab.
fishing blockade for many articles, but
We have only cut our own fingers in
blockadlug our grain. We arc enjoy
ing " the proofs of it every day.