Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-22

sEs'1H Ezs'sazzz u N zEslzE
Resources r. the ssnsh, ana Nssshsrn
Dependence.
In this OenneatiOn il MAJ be psrtinehs to Examine
Into the operations Of the sdsral Gsnernmeni, and
Of Northern sanction, md ascerl4in hoN much
the South is snnuElly drained. and deplsie6 By
what is paid to the North. The facts prove that
the Southern States have been TO the North as the
conquered provinces we're 0 Rome VIXEN thg fsfk-
utes sxaeted from them we're sufficient to defray
the Whole expenses the Government. report
OF the Secretary Of the Treasury for 1888 shows
that, in five years. 1sSs37, out Of S102 600 900 Of
axpsnditure.enly 81 il the slave states
yet during the same years, they PAID $50 600 00O
Of duties to II 500 600 paid by the free States.*
Toe anDnnt IF sustoms collected, says Ketell in
the astsssenfy years, reesheseIeven hundred mil
lions Of dollars, large portion Of which vas dis
bursed At the North. Beauties 10 fisheries have
amountsd te over SIS, 00o 90D and havs been paid
mostly to Maine and Massac huaettst Like upiast
inequantes are exhibited in The appropriation Of
public hnds in the light-hspss system, in the col
lection Of customs, in the internal inpfoeelnent
system, in the erection of ccur.and custom-hcnsss
and hospitals and post-atices An intelligent
writer says that the heads of federal expenditure
show that while ne South has paid seven
ninths OF the taxes, the, North has had seven
ninths Of their disbursements. The North fur
nishes, in q great degree, carriers, Import
I.efs meTehanss banksrs,& brokers', and in
sureTs. One Of the abest statisticians aud political
economists in America, Mr.. Ketiell, northern
man, estimates the annual amount Of means sent
North by southern owners and producers as the
sum Of their dealings with the North at $462 $780,
s94. The South furnishes six-ssverths Of the
freight for the shipping Of the country, while the
North supplies one-ssveRth. The South pays $50.
O0oo00 per ahnum to the shipping Interest Tor he
transportation Of the products Of SLAVE lsbar sAH
the profitable branches OF freighiing, brokering
selling, Banking, insurance &C., that erou out Of
southern products, areEenjoyed in New York The
profits that importers, manufacturers, bankers
factors jobbers, warehousemen, carmen, and every
branch Of industry connected with merchandising,
realize, from the msss Of goods that pass through
northern cities, are'pad BY southern csnsumers."
The same careful authority spproximates The annual
load which Southern industry, dependent on SOUTH
ern laber is required to carry, at 1921 500 0O0 and
distributes among bounties to fishermen, customs,
importers, manufacturers shippers, agents, travel
lers, Sc. Il is this North grown rich from tho
earnings of slave labor, dependent for its prosperi
ty and profits upon southern wealth. thathas placed
Lincoln and that 'hste US to rule over us'
Jsshurun had waxed fat and kicked.
The South has more elements Of strength and
wealth, ability to sustain herself as separate
government than any country Of equal size IN the
world. In territorial area she has $50 900 square
miles, than the United States, prior 70 the &C.
QUESTION Of Louisiana, and large as Grea. Brit
ain, France, Spain, Prussia, and Austria. Her
population is four times large as that Of the col
oDies at the commencement Of the Revolutionary
war, and is sixty per cent greater than that Of the
whole United States, when we entered upon the
var Of 1914 She has g. 000 miles Of railroad which
has been mainly built with her own capital In the
six years ending 1860 the South built more miles
Of raiIrOsd than the West bat did net exhaust her
means in their construction. The West was rroB>
trats, while the South was never in better con-
ditien and in the crash Of 1857 we saved the
North from ruin by sending her LOGO, 900 bsles Of
cotton, which were sold for Sos, 000, 900.
The strength Of people consists n their wealth
-iR the excess Of production over consumption.
For the iacal year ending June 30, 1860, the Uni
ted States exported 10 foreign countries S316 go
6l0 excluding specie and foreign nsreh andise re-
exported. OF this amount $2l4, 322, $50 ara the
exclusive products Of the Soplh, that are not and
cannot be raised at the North; S5,07I 43I were
furnished BY free, and SOC 826 299 by free and slave
States. Adding one-third Of the sc, 826 299, the
joint product of free negro and slays tates and
the South furnished S24659s, 313 of the aggregate
exports. The commerce Of this country is based
upon southern productions, aadexpofts sre the ba-
sis of imports. One article alone cotton--of which
We exported last year $19l ,S06, 555-is said to be
King. Through the Crimesn war, the late and \
present in Italy, and the revusien Of 1857 cot
ton has maintained steady and remuneratnz price,
while other articles have undergone violentfuctua-
tions. The manufacturing interest of the world is
dependent upon it; and every man who wears q
shirt is interested in slave lsbor because cotton
cannot be produced sufficient for the worlds wants
without African slavery* The capital invested in
the cotton trade in Great Britain is between $780,
Co., 600 and $350,000,000. She consumes aunu-
ally $l20, coo coo worth Of cotton goods and one
third of her entire exports consists of cotton goods
and yarns.
Mr.. Kittrell, to whom l am so much indebted,
speaking Of the dealings between the North and
tha ~ "A za4r "a
rupture, and imagine 8 peaceful separation, By
which the North and South should be sundered with
out hosilities, We might contem plate the condition
and prospects Of each From what has been de-
tailed, as revealed from the returns Of the census
it is quite apparent that the North as distinguish
ed from the South and West, would alone be pe-ma-
nently injured. Its fortune depends upon manu-
featuring and shipping but it neither raises its own
food nor its own raw material, nor does it furnish
freights for its own shipping. The South, on the
other hand, raises surplus Of fosd, and supplies
the world with raw materials. Lumber hides, cot
ton, wool, indigo-sll that the manufacturer re-
qures-withini its own circle. The requisite capt.
tai to put them in action is rapidly accnmnlstng;
and in the long run, IL spoald ossafser recovering
from first disasters nothing BY separation The |
North, on the other hand, will have food and raw
materials to buy, in order to employ its labor.
Both the South and West have vast natural resources
to be Developed and thu time for that Development
b OHly retarded BY The prsssat profits thar the North
deriUss from supplying each with those things that
they will soon to want. The North has no f1-
ture natural resources. In minerals, both the other
sections surpass il; in netals, it is comparatively
desiIute Of raw materiss it has none. tie ability
to feed itself is questionable Its commerce is to
the whole country what that Of Holland once was |
to the WORLD, viz: living on the trade Of other peO-
pie"
Upon the muster rolls the South has million Of |
militia, which would make the most effective mill
tary force in the world, as during a war slaves |
would produce the means Of subsistence Appre- |
henson of general and successful revolt the part
of the slaves is dreamy ehimers. History fur |
nishes no single instance of q successful protest |
by slave labor sganst lawful authority, while wars
have been numerous and bloody between strug-
gliugsabor and grinding capital, Iia other systems
of society. During the existence of the Hebrews
as sseparate nation, whether as q commonwealth. |
monarchy scattered tribes their slave insti-
situations we're uniDjured Greece, amid all her (
conflicts, was never perpIexsd By slavery. Rome |
governed The world, and ''the millions Of slaves /
never changed an emperor nor lost province Ia |
our revolutionary war, the war Of 1872 and Indian /
war;, slaves did not .enbsrrass or impede, but |
rather strengthened our military operations. ,ssr
%Union, paat and future, &C., page H.
1.-THE lat annual report OF the Bombay Chamber Commerce
Effort and the expenditure Of ESQ had finally abandoned
the experiments Of cotton growing the Brsh Indian posses
zions as hopeless failures.