Nebraska advertiser., 1861-02-07

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to sustain itself in the capacity of an in.
dependent c~onfederacy. As a sample Of
the many southern articles before Us, we
extract literally from the January num-
Der Of the Southern C~ultiUatOr, n of the
oldest, most extensively circulated, and
influential Southern agricultural journals
published at Augusta, Georgia. The ar
ticle is frOn the pen of the able editor, C.
w. HowARD.
THOUGHTS FOR THE CRISIS.
hepast year has been so memorable that no one
who has lived through it will ever forget it. It COM
msnced under circumstances most suspicious. Tho
sun Of the new year rose clear and serene. 1t shOne
upon a tranquil and happy people. There was not
a cloud in the sky. The State was crowned VITA
prosperity. Even beyond the other interests, the
planter was prosperous. His prices had been remu-
n%erative. His crops had been abundant. And un-
der the stimulus Of his prosperity, his preparations
for the present crop were ample, proTident and
pains-taking to an extraordinary degree. So mark
ed was this carefulness Of preparation, as to elicit
from us the observation in this journal that probab.
ly never in the history Of Georgia, had the ground
been so well prepared, and the seed so we'll put in,
as IN the instance of the present crop. But Paul
may plant, aDdApollos water, but it is God who Civ
eth the increase. il hath pleased Him to disappoint
our expectations. Blows, quick and stunning, have
smitten us. Our wheat crops failed. The drouth
consumed our corn and cotton. The worm, in many
sections, devastated our pastures. The poor dumb
beasts languished at a period ordinarily Of abund-
ance. Close upon these agricultural disasters, has
followed the political a~nxieties, which are sufficient
to make the stOut-hearted Quail. The sun Of 1860.
which rose Sc clear, has set amid clouds and dark
and portents Of evil. What the wear 1861 NAV bring
forth is IN the womb Of time. God knoWs-we do
not know. 1t is left to us to do our duty and trust
N Him. It's a cheering thought that this is not a
tatherless world. fleft to ourselves, well might we
be Respondent. But how often have we seen it TO
be the case In this worlds history, when confusion
has reigned when society has been broken up from
its APPROXIMATIONS, when the wild and bad passions
OF men were let loose without restraint, than an un-
errng hand, clearly visible in its results, as by the
untangling Of a skein, has caused disorder to yield
to order, conflicting elements TO harmonic, and
frantic passion meekly to submit 10 the requirement
Of wholesome Law. The same wise Providence yet
lives to rule and override the affairs Of men. In
this there is hope for the future.
But while we place our trust in Providence, let us
also learn the lesson ofthe hour. Adversely has its
uses. 1t is seldom alone q direct and extraneOus in
Fiction. It is rarely wholly from without. 1t s mot
often uncOmpounded. It springs from both interior
and exterior agencies. When we can separate them
and OF the adversely which besets US, we can say,
'This portion is mine, I did it and not another
Then, instead Of whining over it, and d~eploring our
unhappy fate, it is the part Of q man to lay hold Of
the offending cause. and If it struggle, to throttle, to
strange, and destroyit.
While the aggressions Of a portion Of the North
ern people have been daring and wicked beyond ex-
preston, yet these aggressiOns would have been
comparatively harmless, if the South had been uni
ted. But We have been divided-madly divided
1t was a political insanity. History affords no par
alleI to il, unless it be the conduct Of the Jews, who
destroyed each other in intestine conflicts, while
famine and p~estlence stalked through the streets,
and Titus with hiSIegions was ~battering down the
walls Of Jerusalem. Let US stiav these intestine
divisions. Let the whole South move together in
solid column. The interests at hazards are the in
terests of no one State alone. but Of all the South
ern States. 1t is a limited and unstatesman like
view Of the slavery question which considers it in
its relation to any one COMMONWEALTH. Not one
step should be taken which does MOREOVER its entire
relations, from Virginia to Texas. Il Sannot be dis
guised that the sentiment Of the who'll. Christian
world is against uE on this subject. ANY guerilla
warfare against this sentiment, will be throwing
straWs against the wind. United We are strong to
resist it-diyided we shall fall before 1t. To fallin
such a contest is to be ground to powder. If the
voice Of this Journal has any weight, let it be heard
by its readers scattered through every Southern
State, imploring the people Of the South, as they
value their freSidcs, as they love their wives and
children, as they Prize their liberties, as they would
save the inferior race whom they are bound to pro-
tect, to confer with each other, 10 mingle counsel
and to unite upon some plan Of action which shall
enable them to present a front SO united and COM
pact, that every weapon cast against them shall
harmlessly rebound.
There is another lesson taught us by existing cir
eumstances, and one strictly in accordance with the
previous teachings Of this journal. We have sud-
denly be brought into a position which suggests
great probabilities Of war. We are therefore arming.
Bat We labor under a greater deficiency than the
want of arms. It is the tDnat of bread. The State
Of Georgia has not now grain enough within her IL
mits to feed her population and domestic animals
until the gathering Of the next crop. 1t is presum-
ed that the rest fthe Cotton States are in a SINH
lar condition. Last year we obtained our supplies
from the Northwest. 1t may DO that our currency viii
be in a condition to prevent this supply, except at
ruinous sacrifices. ltmay be that we shall be cut
of from it altogether. This is probable, unless these
supplies are Immediately procured The subject is
worthy the attention Of the authorities of the differ
ent Plantation States.
Apart Of this deficiency in breadstufs is aceiden-
tai, arising from the drOuth Of the past summer. But
II IS much more owing to our defective system Of
agriculture. As an illustration, in 1859, upwards
Of five millions Of dollars worth Of provisions, Of
western growth, were brought over the Western l.
Atlantic railroad from Chattanooga TO Atlanta
This sum did not include horses and mules, It did
not include the hogs, sheep and beef cattle, driven
inbO the State, nor provisions landedat Savannah
from the North.
The deficiency is then a natural result Of our sys.
tenn Of agriculture. Weare presenting at this mo-
ment, IN Georgia the anomalous spectacle Of0 peo-
pie having upWSrds Of twenty millions Of dollars
worth Of the earths products for sale, yet requiring
alaFre proportion Of the results Of sale TO buy tho
common necessaries Of life, which are also the pro-
ducts Of the soil!
If e were to write until dOomsday in advocacy Of
a mixed husbsndry, we could not utter language SO
forcible as that which is uttered BY the present eri-
sis. We are surprised. We are eaughtu nprepared.
We have mnch to sell, nobody TO buy, and little TO
eatand wear.
Il has been the c0ttoB planters rule to make all
the cotton he can, and as much provisions as is not
inconsistent with the largest possible cotton crop
Our present position. teaches him exactly to reverse
Il. To be certain to make enough Of bread and
meat. and Afterwards as much cotton as possible. He
is then independenti ia prices. The fluctuations Of
the market affect him Slightly. II drouth or war
come, he IS still surrounded BY plenty. And beyond
this, this system, instead Of exhausting hscapital,
the source Of his wealth AID subsissence-tbe soil
is adding daily 10 its power Of romuners6ve re-
turns.
Except 20 far as the people are eOnoerned-their
patriotism, their courage, their capacity Of endur-.
snce and their skill ia arms-never werea people
suddenly orertaken By On emergency in q worse
state Of preparation in other respects, than the peo-
pie Of the South AZ this moments RBd If il comes to
the worst, We shah feel It f~eannlly.