Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-11

gains from the colera sd wealth Of those they
profess to regard as an ignorant and brutal set of
semi>barbarians This system Of fraud. plumber
and robbery would continue just SO long as the peo-
pie Of the South would permit themselves to be gov
erned b. hostile sectional majority. The South
ern Confederscy VIII permit no higher duties to be
collected than may be necessary for an econo mioal
administration Of the Government. ar,l Che benefits
Of the protection arising therefrom viii be secured
toher own citizens.
Mr.. THOMAS P. KETTLE, a writer of established
accuracy, says:
From the earlier period of the Government, the
fedei revenues have been derived from goods i'm
ported. The duties have not been levied with an
eye single TO revenue but have been so adjusted az
to afford the largest protection to Northern mann
features. In other words, to tax the consumer of
goods South and Nest for the support of Eastern
manufactures. The amount of du'ies so collected
IN seventy years reaches SLIGO 900 O0O large DOR
ton Of which has been dlsbursed at the North.
This has been mostly paid by the South and Test on
goods imported and has been taken from the agri-
cultural population and added to the Eastern man
ufacturerS.
1.-The North has enjoyed q monopoly of the for
| eign trade foreign vessels being excluded. This
accumulation Of capital was invested IN stocks
banking and insurance companies which now de-
rive 100000 900 annually from other sections"
Mr.KETTLE states that the tribute which the South
pays to the North annually is as follows:
Counties to fisheries per aunum ......S 500 900
Customs, per annum, disbursed North. 40 900 coo
Profits to manufacturers. ........... 80 600 600
Fronts TO importers. ...,..,,.... 10000 900
Profits TO shippers. imports exports and
coastwise ....................... 10000 600
Profits on travellers. ................. 60 600 QUO
Profits on teachers, etc............... 600 900
Profits on agents. brokers' etc. ....... 10000 900
I Capital drawn from the South ~ 30 600 900
Grand total .......S2 1892 500 600
This" says Mr.. KETTLE, sis an approximation
of the annual load which Southern industry is re-
quired to carry, and the means of paying de-
ponds mainly upon black labor. This heavy
drain of capital prevents an accumulation of CAPT
tai at the South and promotes it as effectually
the North. If We take the aggregate of these
items for ten years only, the result is the enormous
sum of 81. 1926 900 600, and, allowing twenty per
cent only as the aggregate of the previous fifty
years. the amount is S2806250, 900 earned at the
South and paid to the North. The fishing bounties
alone reach Sl2 100000 in that time, paid mostly to
Maine AMI Massachusetts,. No matter how rapidly
wealth is created al the South it pours off into
Northern Golfers equally as rapidly
He says it is stated that the annual hay crop of
the free States is worth considerably mere in dol
lars and cents than all the cotton tobacco and SUI
gar made in all the fifteen slave States To this he
replies When we find that the South keeps three
millions head of cattle more than the North with
out this vast expense of haymaking, the absurdity
of this proposition, sectional tale becomes appa-
rent, and we recognize the hobby of the nursery,
90 His head was made Of pea straw,
His tail was made Of hay"
The wealth of the South rests on the fertility of
its SOIL the warmth Of its summers the mildness OF
its winters, and the great length of the growing
season, connected with the character of its labor
suited to climate, soil and production. 1t is this
which makes the South send about SIOO, 600 900 of
cotton to England alone $40 coo GOC to the Cont
nent Of Europe and $50 coo 600 or $40 600. 900 to
the Northern mills. It was the amount of the ex-
portable products Of the South which made LINCOLN
ask Of the Baltimore preachers, where he should
get his revenues from if he acknowledged the in
dependence of the Southern States. 1t is these ex
ports which bringing the fleets OF England and
France to our Southern ports. it this for which
the North is now fighting with such desperation.
lie must have, say the Northern press, orr cotton
and tobacco plantations. This wax is with a large
portion OF the North the war OF the highway rob
ber The conflicts, arising out Of these diversity Of
interests and difference in character, lead to ire
pTessible civil conflicts and wars which can be
ended only by a final separation. The greatest
blessing, social political and pecuniary, which
be conferred upon the Southern people, in our poor
judgment, Is final aud perpetual separation from
the Yankee States and if the North shall ultimately
suffer to any extent by it, it will be just retrbu
ton for their overthrow Of the Constitution and
III. Of, bid
against the Southern people