The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-01-23
NUMBER 52-WHOLE No. 1O4.

still greater. to that degree that in some
localities in Illinois the useful and valua-
bic article of corn is used as the cheapest
fuel. To estimate the losses in Indiana
for this year is difficult; but we NAV as
sumo upon pork the following: Upon
each 100 pounds 50, and an average
weight Of 250 los. gives loss Of So Oh
each hog. Upon one railroad there have
been shipped 100 900 head, and assuming
tina. TO be one-tenlh OF the hogs IN the
State, the entire stock Tor market in the
State for this year is 1000. .00O. and our
losses upon pork $4,000 900. 1t is prob
ably safe to assume an equal loss upon
each Of the articles Of corn, wheat, aad
other stock, making the loss 20 the agri-
cultural interests of Indiana S20, ,OO0, 600
Those estimates are not reliable, and are
not gwen as such, but rather as iliustIa-
tipns. The main fnct is that our losses
are enormous. In the reflective miud the
inquiry arises. why is this SOP L. is 10.
Tor the want Of toreign demand, We have
that in an Increased degree; it is no, IN
the scarcny of money-that is abundant
tor all the wants of cur trade--but :he
answer is in the fact that we are cut off
! from our Southern market. 1t is a Still
king fact in contrast, that in the Eastern
States, during the last nine months, have
accumulated more wealth than during the
same time at any period Of their history.
For the want of a market the men Of In
diana lose nearly one half the rewards of
their labor. Why that market is of such
value TO us. is apparent upon a moments
reflection; the transportation Of cur heavy
and bulky products upon the rivers is
easy and cheap--it rs the interest Of the
South mainly to employ her labor in the
production Of rics, sugar. hemp, tobacco
and cotton articles which ws do not
produce land to depend upon and buy
from us the production OF our lands asd
labor. To encourage and stimulate The
people Of the South in the production of
their peculiar commodities, that they may
be large buyers from US, has been, and
so long as grass grows and water runs
will be, the true interest ofthe North west;
and that political party that would destroy
that market is our greatest foe.
Mos. earnestly, then, DO call upon tie
men of Indiana 10 consider what President
Lincoln seems to favor, what Cameron ur-
ges, what the Republican members Of
Congress, in caucus, have determined up.
on. ard what bills now pending in Ga
gress contemplate the freed"~, oi 'he ne
,trooe IL. tho robol S.ates--in a word. the
destruction OF Southern labor and the ru-
! in, forever, oil our rich trade and the value
of our products.
Impelled by false philanthropy. Eng
/ land has made her rich islands a lnxurisnt
waste AID wilderness. the trade Il which
( is worth no more than one Of the jewels
in the Queens CLOWN. Are We now, who
havs for ourselves and the generations yet
to come, such important interests involved.
to consent to such policy towards the
grea, and fertile regions upon the Gulf Of
Mexico?
The first and highest interest OF the
Northwest is in the restoration and preser-
vaion of the Union upon The basis Of the
Cons;tution--and the deep devotion of
her Democracy TO the cause VI the Union
is shown by its fidelity in the past: but ii
failure and folly and wickedness Of the
party in power render union imp"ssible.
then :he mighty Northwest must take care
Of herself and her own interests. She must
not allow the arts and fnesss Of New Eng.
land to dispoil her of her richest COM
merce and trade, and to render her labor
wholly subservien, to an Eastern. sectional
and selfish policy--Esstern lust of power.
commerce, and gain.
know the potent appea! that has been
made to our prejudice. upon the charge
that slave labor is in competition with the
free labor of the North; but | know also
that il is not founded ia fact. The crlti-
vation oe rice. sugar. cotton. tobacco. and
hemp is not in competition with our labor.
but in aid aud support of it. With tho
gold which the Southerner receives for the
sale of his crops. he purchases our prod
ucts. and thus secures TO our labor its
high rewards. But if we disturb the insti-
tutions, as our fathers approved them-if
we free the negroes Of the South. what
are the consequences upon us? Large
numbers of the negroes would seek the
North, expecting to meet peculiar SYM
pathy, and Que Of two resuls would fol.
low: either they would not work, and thus
be supported out Of the earnings of our la
Dor; or they would come directly in COM
petion with our labor; and being OF an in
ferior class, and not competent 10 do as