The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-13

them to the single pursuit Of agriculture.
The Northwestern States Of America
are situated, as regards trade and sub
sisteuoe, Just as are western and south
ern Europe. Their soil, in its present
impoverished condition, could not Be made
to produce fd and clJtliug 10 sustain their
population Tney might live without
cotton, or tea, or coffee or rice, or sugar,
or spices, molasses, or tobacco if they
had sufficient breadth Of soil on which
TO produce substitutes for these articles
but this they have not. They have be-
sgun to blockade the whole southern
coast II they succeed, He South may usv
cgtlsless lire as comfortably and lururiouSly
Cthtn itself rs If Il enjoyed The trade and
commerce Of he worH, A successful block
ace of the Sjuih for ten years would
build mp manufactures of every kind,
beget NECESSITY of producing everything
at home that we now procure from
abroad-from professors aud parsons
down TO pumpkin seeds aud pig yokcs--
and az She end of the blockade her civ
ili2stiou and her wealth would be in
creased four fold, 1t would be- howev-
er, cruel, agrarian measure that would
ruin most OF the farming interests, whilst
ii built up other and new interests.
A ten years successful blockade of
the North eastern States, we mean
an exclusion from the markets of
the world) would starve one half of their
population and impoverish the other
half Northern wealth is very tick
lish concern. Without foreign trade it
would take to itself wings and fly off; or,
if il rem ,ined at home, would cease to
have any value Without trade, her fac
tories, her ships, her stores, her cities
and her moneyed capital would be val
ueless--would cease to constitute wealth.
Her poverty IS indigea0uS-ler ,Oealh COS
mopohtdn. If.she continues to war upon
the South, her money ed capital aud her
capital employed in trade and manufac-
lures will seek investment in other coun-
tiles. Then she VIII have nothing bat
her sterile soil and her million of pauperS
Var can do as no serious injury, bit t0iH 6e
sure to ruin her. The slave population OF
the South can support in comfort four
times as many people as we have with
in our confines. We can keep q million
VI uiGu ulutE aims anu ntNtE sun lOE
want of comfortable food aud clothing
Siavsboldfng beyeis and fosters the ,Oay spira
After while the master race begins to
think its whole business is to fight,
Will { the inferior race does the labor.
This ia q division of labor which we do
not altogether admire and approve; but
il is well for us and for our enemies TO
Bnow that ii is not an unnatural one, nor
has it been an unusual one. Among the
most polished and civilized nations of
antiquity this was the normal and ap-
proved condition of things.
The North will be at loss to select
its soldiery. Her factory hands and her
farmers know little about guns and would
take long time to learn TO stand fire,
however expert they be at carrying Wide
| Awake lanterns. Hannibal did once
whip Roman army, by tying fodder to
the tails and horns OF a drove of oxen,
setting fire to tho fodder and driving the
oxen in among the Romans. We d0ubt
very much l0hether the VIDE AOaIeS could bt
drtUea By their o6iscers IN among our southern
c,tOps, and noe kaol0 they mil neUer lead them
m.
| hElf nANAAif II tut nOIAnEIn ldElDEI
/ hands and farmers are carried to the
wars, who will produce food and cloth.
Ing? War l0iH diSoyganizs tie industry o.
| he North: 10 can haze hHle effect upon ours.
One effect Of the war wall be to trans
fer a great part of the commercial and
manufacturing capital of the Northeast
TO the slaveholding States. Necessity
will compel those who have lived by
Southern trade TO remoVe South, in order
TO retain or regain that trade. We will
buy no more shoes fIom Boston, no more
iron from Pennsylvania, no more foreign
merchandise from New Y rk, (unless she
sets up for herself) aud freight no more
northern vessels. But zoe WH giUe q
hearty ,oelcouse to weH end,rSed democrats
fran the free Stdes VINO come among II,
TO make shoes or build sbips, or import
goods, or 70 carry on any useful or Orna
mental trade or manufacture. We invite
such men to come and live among theil
old customers, now that abolition hai
rendered il dishonorable for those Gus
toners to buy Of them whilst they dwell
in the enemy country.
Let US make up our minds for a lonl
ana DloOuy WAr-ahu hol DC hurIleu u
frightened on this occasion. We al
prepared for IL; and prepared to continu
it, il need be, TIL the North gets sick o
it, Unless We prove arrant towards, wa
will do ne no harm aud much good. |
will elevate our characters, teach "a
self-respect and self-reliance, give us
name among the nations and infnitell
advance our civilization, by compelln
us to pursue and practice with ourselve
all the trades, professions, arts aud call
ings that belong 10 aud constitute big