The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-11
TIE. DAILY REBEL.
C HAITIAN o 0G A.: l|.i
WEDNESDAY MORNING FEB. H. 1863.

raising csttsn during the present year. Ne
a. id. and say new, that We will nest nded
food and clothes. aud il is to procure these
necessary articles that our energies should
be directed. The North ern States h4ve
cherished the hope that they can, by means
or their blockade, starvc u, into submission.
believing, as they did, that We were 50 PEI
pendent ON them that We could not ket
along without them. The experience sfths
last two years ought to satisfy them that
thi. is vain hope Our people can, ftHey
will, become entirely Independent Of the
Yankees, commercially as well as politically
Blu. this can only be done by seeiaE tur
weak psints aud guarding against tham
To be fore warmed is TO be fereatmsH II
and therefore We could never appreciate
the policy Of csnccaling the evils tolI ha
remedied and the dangers which threaten
US. That the Confederate States can Pro-
dues far mere feed and olpthirg thaa vii
be sufficient fer their own use, ,we ProPpsa
/. show in tfi. articl.. bat If they nsglF.t
to use the proper sxsrsisns, the evils vii be
apsl ~ when it is too late t. remedy them
Had a. nueh land besn planted in COTTON
last year as the year bsfore, there wsfIld
haze been much greater scarcity than thfrs
is now. Again, mad ne land been put in
cotton, and all been used in the productFo.
OF csrs and grain, there would have bFen
..bu.d.nce and to spare Lot u. suhrd
against this evil during this year. We
have as musk cotton on hand at this iis -
We car Prshs.bly keep. II We isereIse the
quantity, ,nd tho war should cease, tn pfie.
wonld be much less than with only the
cotton ~ on hand It j. therefore the
interest Of the csttoa planter not to see the
amount Of Gotten increased There need be
no fear thai If we stop raising eetton for
a few years India will be aba to eemRete
with Us in it, prsdustisn- That can meyer
be the ease. Sc soon as the war sehsos
American cotton will have almost mo
nepoly in the European market, We Do
not need cotton. now we reed food and
el.thing. Let US grow corn and small grain.
raise hsss, sheep and beef cattle. This We
are ablo to do if our people will see the ues
cessity of it, and will turn their attention
in4that direction To show the wonderful
Oupaeiity -of the South in this particul ar, the
fact may be stated that in 1850, when the
soush raised over four mill Hon bales Of eot-
ton, valued At more than two hundred aud
forty millions Of dollars, she had hors
horses, mules, beef cattle AID hogs; and
raised more corn and wheat than the free
States It is true, Kentucky Missouri and
Maryland are included an onE the States
that had this superiority. They are p4rtly
lost to us, for the present, but it must be
remembered that the labor, ora great port
ton Of it, employed in raising cotton can
be used in raising artic lesI-6f food and
clothing The object of the people who
are left at home ought to be to raise surf
plus of such things as the army and the
people need for immediate use. We have
enough cotton already raised TO olothe our
people for years, and to bring iarss
amount Of gold and silver when tho war
closes. We need no more cotton At present,
and therefore VIC urge upon the planters d
Aabams, Mississippi and the other chttop
States to turn their whole attention TO rails
ing corn, wheat and live stock. This 4 thu
way in which we can secure our indspen-
denee in the surest manner. Let US NOT
actin: under the impression that the war \.
soon going to end, neglect to raise an 4npls
supply of the necessaries Of life. Ifit dosr
end, and we have large surplus Of pro
.yisions on hand we caa raise less of khetr
and moro Of cotton the next year, pr ",
can ship them to Z, rope, when We can ~
good prices There need be no fcs1 tia
we will have too many Of these thin gs pl
hand--unless we are watehful the danger vii
be the other way
We therefore cannots too strongly ufs
upon ourlfriends the propriety of plhntiHI
no moro cotton than is necessary tp rails
seed for another year. We repeat what y
said On a former occasions :. Let ever
offor. be made in every State to secure III
greatest amount of food Let the peoPl
Sc to work now TO make clothing Do np
put these things eff Let those learn !
spin and weave nowiwho never knew before