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

One Of the strangest phases of Northern
opinion is that which represents the be-
lief that the South Is not able to main
tain an independent government, and
this is one of the erroneous notions
which are restraining "Old Abe" from
recognition Of our independence. This,
however, is only a party necessity. The
President Of the Northern States, we sus-
pect, understands it but then he is ham
pered by the less intelligent of his party
that section Of it whose insolence, and
presumption, and ignorance have driven
the Confederate States to their iDdepen-
dence.
The wiser members Of this most pesti-
lent faction understand the subject bet
ter than the hordes whose partizan ia
pacity urged them to the acts which have
dissolved the Union. They now see
their error and it there could be a recon-
struction, they would be willing to grant
almost anything in exchange for it.
There are wise men at the North who
watch the trouble from this point of view.
But being surrounded by less enligh-
tened class, they are fearful Of expressing
| their opinions. And more especially this
is true of the newspapers. There are oc-
easional exceptions, one Of the best of
which is the Boston Courier. From a
thoughtful and carefully written article
IN that paper Of the 18th inst. we extract
the following:
The present capacity of labor applica-
BILE to cotton growing. and the land now
open, are equ4l to the annual produc-
ton of 5000 900 bales. OF the rich
lands within the borders of the cotton
States, not one-fourth have yet been cul-
tivated. They can be made to yield any
supply of cotton that the consumption
of the world shall demand, up to 10000
600 bales, of 500 pounds each. annually.
Nor will labor be wanting adequate to
any progressive increase of demand for
cotton. Five years ago it was held to be
impossible to obtain labor to handle and
pick a crop of 100000 bales, vet last
year crop of 4,675. 005 bales was pre-
pared and marketed. Labor now is
more effective than it was twenty. year:
ago. The sum of $500, invested in one
good field hand" pays better interest
than the same sum invested in three o.
-Ithem did in 1910, even with cotton at the
sanie tNiaR,. Such are the improvements
relieving slave WitfNanimal labor,-sub
stituting the mule and pfoY for man anC
hoe in field work,-and in better nipple
ments and processes, that the produces 9
, one mans labor is nearly equal to tina
!, of three men men twenty years ago, AM
, his labor is more easily performed an
the planter feeds, clothes, and Insure
but one instead Of three. The crop in tn
field is more even in growth and in tn
| opening of the bolls, so that each ham
can pick much more cotton in a give
, time than formerly. The produce pc
I acre has increased everywhere-in tn
fertile lands of the Mississippi. and in tn
! worn lands ofGeorgia and the Carolinias
! the latter by use of guano and NOR
thorough cultivation of the land.
!. Nor has improvement ceased. II wi
continue, as well in the manual opel
, atoms and applications of better husband
I. ~ and more fertilizers to the soil, as i
more skill and more intelligence in th
: laborers Of each successive generation
= and all more systematized. Planters {
the present day are a very different clai
of men from those of twenty-five {
: thirty years ago, large portion Of thel
now having capital and education, whic
then was rare, except in Middle Georgi
, and South Carolina.
This being the position of cotton plal
1 ters in the United States, having ali ii
conditions necessary to success-climat
. cheap labor, cheap access TO market, an
ability to sustain themselves in CROWN
e cotton at six cents per pound-what pa
= Of the world can offer TO compete wit
themi
e Suppose a succession of unfavorab
seasons, like the last, shall cut down Il
American crop, and prices so advance
10 20 encourage cotton planting in warrior
N others localities. These, aided by his
II prices. prosper few years. and contri
q ute sensIbly to the supply from India ar
"a the United States. The latter also EMO
It ing the high prices, extend their culture
r. good seasons ensue-they make lar
/ crops, 100000 or COCO, 900 bales Su
,e IDENTIFY the world is overstocked-has
" hand srock tor q year or two ia advanc
a. Inevitably prices would fail to a range
N inously low-not enough to pay the CO
SC Of preparation for market and freig
TO from distant points. The United Stat
Il planters would still 60 on, and wait fol
en- tain Of prices in their favor But I
n planting elsewhere would die out, as IL
81 before, except sustained by local nj
Of ket. as in India and China
= onthissubject the New Orleans Cresce
gives aresuneof an article in the New 70
Post-a very black Republican pap
lg- We give the following extract from I
be article Of the Crescent;
J We are not surprised 70 zee the ala