The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-10-28

ATTITUDES. The annals Of the past aud
the daily evidence Of our senses stamp il
as ialse, 50 far as our swn people are con-
cerned. II the belief was ever really en-
tertained In the North, a hundred victories
on unequal fields have dispelled it. There
need not be ne apprehension that the South
ernPeople lack the ability either to achieve
or maintaia their independence.
With such country inhabited by peo-
pie capable Of defending it, and capable.
toe, Of turning It's great natural. advantages
10 the most productive uses, nothing is
needed to secure the highest prosperity !
aad happiness. but wise, judicious legis-
istisn: and pruden. administration of
public affairs. In these respects, il is our
good fortune to have had the teaching Of
some Of the wisest statesmen. and the *
amples Of some Of the purest patriots thu
world has ever seen. Washington, Madi-
con and Mason, Taylor Of Carolina, and
Randolph of Roanoke, and many others.
from single one Of these States, have
left imperishable legacies Of craftsmanship
and patriotism for the guidance of all after
ages. In addition, we have as stern snd
perpetual warning the shipwreck Of the
Northern States, the result of radical and
asrarian theroies. of demagogicat sgitations.
and knayish practices. Add to these the
great conservative sabstratum of slavery.
as the basis ut sar society and institutions,
and We may fairly indulge the hope that
the people Of the Confederate States will
not permit themselves to be misgeverned.
Let this hope be realized, and, with the
avor Of the Great Disposer Of human dss-
TIMES. what will be wanting to enable the
Confederate States to sccuPy front rank
smong the great powers Of the carthf
Great In capabilities, they would soon be-
CONS great in reality. We persume that
no reasonable man will deny that they are
capable Of supporting At least 80 dense q
population, in proportion, as Nassachasetts.
The nambcr there to the square mile Is
lao. This number, multiplied Sy the
square miles composing our territorial
area. would give population Of more than
a hundred millions. We may therefore
assume that the Corfederaey lie abundantly
able to maintain population Of aae han
dred miliions--s number sufficient 10 salts
~ either vanity or amtitisn.
But, recurring 20 our preseRt condition,
and leaving die future 70 take care Of H.
self, the staple productions Of our soil
our cotton, tobacco. rice, sugar and bread
stuHs, constitute the basis OF q foreign
trade that must make commercial alliances
and treaties of trade with rs desirable to
all copmerciai nations. Cotton, the prin-
cipal product OF our sell. is tie most i'm
periant article OF commerce in the world.
Gotten clothes one-half the European race,
that is about 500, DOC, eco Of human beings,
shd Two thirds es all the cotton Of the
world has beeh grown ia TIE Confederate
States. The foreign commerce OF Great
Britain consists almost entirely in tie ex-
change Of her manufactures fgr the rude
products Of otter countries. and nearly
one.half OF her experts are maRuGaC sures
Of cotton. II i estimated that the manur
faeture Of this material employs 4 capita
Of s400, 000, 900, and gives employment Il
at leas, 5000. 600 Of her people. I. Is tvi
dent from this statement, that the Con
federscv has its hand on the maze Of III,
British lion, and that the beast, so formida.
bic TO al the rest Of tie world, nus. Gnall,
crouch 20 her.
We need not advert 70 the eommercia
advantages which the Corfederacy vii
derive from tie establishment 81 & dircc
trade with foreign countries. nor Irciiitie
whica 10 posses for navigation and mana
features. il.w.llJe singular anomaly in
ceed, IL with staeOas, or nearly tire
thousands miles 10 extent, tie. Confedef
ate sla;es do ret become great IA
val pOwef, and i will be equally strsng
il they fail to turn toaceount the sbundan
elements Of manufacturing prosperity wi,
which they are so bountifully endowed b
nature. Indeed, we are dwelling on sub
jects with which our own people are gen
erally familiar, and which those Of othe
seouniries are beginning rapidly to compre
bend. We therefore close this articl
without having more than opened The doo
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