The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-02-28
THE HARMONY OF INTERESTS.

a lctter OIL MT. Diano, OF 81. Louis, 10 re-
ply to an invitation to permit bis name
to be presented as q candidate for seat
10 the Convention Of Missouri, now about
to be held. Southern by birth and odu-
cation, Mr.. Bland here shows conclusive
", not ouly that be is a national N an,
bat that he has mind capable of appre.
ciatiug the Important fact that the real
cause of difficulty between the North aud
South is rot to be found 10 the existence
Of slavery. but in the desire Of the former
for the adoption OF that commercial poll
cy which elsewhere has always led to
freedom, while the latter Insists upon the
pursuit Of the free trade policy, by means
of which the people of ireland, lpdia,
Turkey, aud other countries, have teen
reduced to condition Of sersitude far
worse than that Of the Carolina negro
That difference it is which constitutes the
great question underlying the slavery
one, aud We recomneud the views Of Mr.
Bland 10 regard TO it. giscu below, to the
careful consideration of our readers:
That there are grave causes Of dissat
i>factiOD between TIE people of the north
ern and those Of the southern States, will
hardly be quc-tionsd BY any rejecting
ton bare not been so apparent. The
Impression ia very general, both north
and ,outn. that the uesro is the ouly root
OF our troubles, and, If he were disposed
Of. harmony would conc back at ouce.-
Nothing is morc erropeou-
Il we lock deeply for csu>es We will
tnd that there are in our country two
systems Of industry prevailing one
at the north, based on free, the other at
the south. based on slave labor. All the
disafection OF these two regions bas
grown gradually out Of failure on tho
part of the 0orthcru and southern states
meD to perceive the just relations OF these
two industrial systeG.s to each other, uis
taking dissimiIarity fer autagouisp,
whereas out oil that di-similsrity ought to
haze beer Il ade 10 srriug the most teaa
tifuI harmony.
1t l. obvious that whatever policy tends
10 The development OF either Of these in
dustries, in it, reactionary influences, re-
doasds TO the advantage Of the other
The Tore cotton is grown IN the south
the mere syiDdles and loons are running
at the UoItb First Because o. the bet
ter supply TO the manufacturers of the
rawu .ateTisl. Second. Because the more
oi tie raw material the planter produces
the more is be able 10 huy oi tie manu-
featured article And thus the north is
directly Interested in the development Of
southern industry. But is not the .ooth
equally interested IN the development OF
northern Industry l. sbe not deeply
interested in hayiog opened TO her Two
competing market, for her great staple
the American and the English-rather
than be drisen by the ruiz of American
factories TO the necessity OF dependence
upon sin. le csarkct, aud that under the
coutrol of foreign POWER! This looks
to i'm mnediately preseut interests. But
when We consider a great industry yield
ing over 100000, 600 snnuslly, the far
seeiug statesman must FIX his eye stead
lily on the future. and weigh prospective
eyeuts in the economic relations. lie
must 20 shape the policy controlling that
Industry that it shall not gradually die
because oi lessenipg demand for its pro
duet.
How is IT ip regard to cottoni The
English mauufseturers. aided by the gov
crDmeut. have SO developed the growth cl
cotton, in varicu. parts of the world, that
the last year they obtained about one
third of their supply from other places
than this country. This foreign coupe
tition is being pressed forward IN acsel-
Grating ratio. and it is plain that at DC
distant day the south will have to sell hei
cotton iu other @avkets than the English
or cease to pro luce it. This fact. SC
startling, should brioG the south at once
TO perceive how cssr n,iaIiy its industry il
related TO that Of the north, and what ur
geut considerations ought TO impel it tc
strain every nerve to uphold and develoI
the manufacturing interests of the north
80 that the south uay IS rapidly become
independent of England as England i
becoming independent of her.
But while these two industries are thu
so yit8lIy related to each other. and in
terlocked the destiny Of the one With tha
of the other, the southero people hav'
blocked the way of progress to poriheri
Industry, BY refusing TO permit thi. gov
erDmcnt to administer frm. jadicious
unnuetuatiug proteetise policS, aud tn
portberu people have endaugered the Sc
curity aud threatened the stability OF TIA
indu,trisl system Of the south.
IF coy one DOUBTS that the fundauent
al cause Of existing troubles is to be foun
iu these facts. let hin consider bow es
sentially the Industry OF people IS tn
basis Of its prosperity aud happiness
that no people can long endure to haV
its industry seriously embarrass d; an
no government can long sustain itsel
which persistently refuses to administer
policy looking to the development OF To
industry of its people.
III than II he true that the Industry