The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-11-11
WHAT THE SOUTH HAS ESCAPED
FROM.

A review of Yankee monopoly would be tn-
complete without glance at the home market.
As every article the South imported and exported
passed through Northern hands, paying them
ample tribute, it could not be expected that our
domestic wants would be allowed to escape with
ont having Yankee toll. From the hour a South
erner entered this world until he departed for the
next, it seemed as if he only existed to be an OBJ
jec, of profit to the ''aniversal Yankee natioE. "
In childhood he was clothed in Yankee fabrics,
So thed 10 illness with Yankee cordials, rocked to
sleep ia Yankee cot atd taken out to air IN
Yankee carriage. His boyhood was spent in
learning from Yankee school books aud playing
with Yankee toys-for hoop, top, marble and
ball. we're all from faakeedom La manhood he
vas merely walking exhibition ef Yankee manu-
features, for everything on him, from the hat on
his head to the covering on his feet, all, were
Yankee. At home, from the humble cottage of
the poor man to the costly mansion of the rich
planter, every article for ornament was of
Yankee make or Yankee importation. The razor
with which he shayed-the chair upon which he
sat--the plate from which he ate-the knife and
fork which he used. and the condiments with
which he seasoned his food, we're all supplied by
Yankees. Tie rery vegetables and f7opers ~h'ch
greU IN has gorde" pr""g from Hadkee ssed.
The poor man drank twenty cent Yankee 'rot
gut" which killed him by inches, while the rich
man go: muddled upon the clarified juice of the
apple orchards of New Jersey, for which ne paid
fire dollars per bottle, under the name OF cham.
payne. If Yankee quacks were to be believed,
it was the height of folly for Southerner ever to
die, for a twenty-five cent box of pills dollar
bottle of. some wonderful extract would rescue
him from the very jaws of death; and to convince
the incredulous the most marvellous were
certified to by Northern clergymen and prominent
public men! Even when Southerner was foolish
and obstinate enough to dscredt the certificates,
reject the Yankee nostrums and allow himself to
de- secumdem artum under the care of the regu-
lar faculty. he did not escape Yankee taxation by
leaving this world, for his lifelcss remains were
enclosed in Yankee patent metallic coffin, to
await the blast of Gabries trumpet.
Sick and well, living and dead, the Southerner
never escaped Brother Jonathan clutches. In
every state of existence Yankee ingenuity made
an honest penny" by him. Everything around
him was Yankee, nothing Southern save the
soul he received from God--the air he breathed
and the land he trod upon, and even this last is
now forfeited under q Yankee confscaton bill.
From this Egyptian bondage We are now escaping,
under the Providence of God, by the skill and
saior of our gallant army. Never had nation
more just cause for jubilee; but while songs of tr
umph and gratitude abound throughout the land,
lei US not forget the terrible price palu Tor our
liberation from Yankee domination; let ever
cherish the memories of the heroic slain, who died
on the battlefield that their country should live
free end Independent.
An extract from the Congressional report on
Commerce and navigation, for the year 1859, will
give fair average view Of the value Of Northern
and Southern EXPORTS
Exported BY the South, 1893 1899, 6lS
Exported by the North, 45,305,54l
Southern exports exceeded those of the North by
upwards of one hundred and forty-eiyht millions;
all of which went to enrich northern merchants,
support northern shipping and build northern
cities!