Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-06-30
FACTS FOR TINE pEdlLEl
CIVILIZATION az TAE FACE ann
AkAyKf STATES.

HThe possrty Of the SousA.'' ssTA,
bArbarism OF the SSath.n "Wgetehsd
meas and decentralization in e0nseauenes
Of slavery" aWh9s the Surth saffass
from sslaserg,'" ',lrseligian vi sslAvs'
holders" "Ths curse of slavery -
This has been tbs harp Of a shossa ID
sifisssa, played on wish saaxs elsus aiaeri.
sy and skill by elesgymeas poliai0iaas
tract distributors, ami all sogts Of socia
juggleFs, here in shs Sorsh. until all
gradss ia the eammunlty have adopted
the seuselsss jargon as 4 eosaiusion, MOI
only forgOne, but fsreordainsi aad di.
vine.
la this article ws propose to lay ths
6gares and the fac2s soucniaz this mat
ssr plainly before our readers. We dc
not hepe thas toe truth will open the eyes
of the victims VI the abolition sanati-
eism, bus it may possibly saws some from
following chs maitisalss inso the dishon-
osiag, the bloody delasioR. The ruth is,
thai negrs slavery has been q casss to
neashaF North nor South, but has been q
blsssisg 10 both, as the History and ig-
ases wal show. We state she question
thus plainly, because ws mean % ehal-
lrDge contradiction. Ii is said there h
such a thing as man telling lie until
hs besisses Ii 70 ba truth. And the abb
oliaonists may hays repeated their alan.
dsrs and faisehuods till they believe thsna
SO implicitly that sary dare risk q fair
aud public debate apon them. They are
brave at asscrtians, dogmatisn, nciss aad
werdy defiance. bas they ase withia thu
convert OF pEsju.lica and Ignorance at the
approach of any man who proposes 10 ar
que the point with them. Their faess ara
tbs Inventions OF inapoetegs. Their iesie
ia tha yell sf hewlIag deEvishegs, foolish
and malicious Bsholi sha abomioatien
OF their pretentions 10 The fsil0sing STA
tistieal records Of tbs swo seetioas of our
eoaasry.
1. Ii sw has the North saHsTed By ne-
gFa slavery in thu South Is has gFawn
rich off h@-proeeeds OF slave labor
The merchants, the manufacturers, tbs
mechanics, and all CLASSES Of labaaiag
nen here la tbs North, hare hesa im-
lnenssly heas6ssei by The fruits Of aegro
'siaTsry' 10 the South. Mere than two
shiFds of the Eaazehansile, manufacturing
and industrial o. eEwaioas of she AoEth
are based upsn the slave labor Of the
South, Strike dnwa thia slave iabor
and yoa Swoop ont OF existence two
thirds OF tho aonmar ef the United
States mt single blow. The United
Statss tables OF 1859 show thas our ex-
ports Of that year " ere S2To 1882 ,06o VI
whieh Sl7S, ,010, COO w~re Vi 50 akhern or
igia, while $IS, JOG, 900 only we're Of
n0rthcru origin. While the soath pro.
aaees more than two-shsris OF the ex :
ports OF the country, the North Eeaps
mainly the commercial aasaasages aria
ing th,refrum. The Treasury tables Of
1850 show that tho tonnage Of the North
wRs 1881 ,ssG tons, whila thss Of ths
South was only 30i ,5ls tons; and 10
empty this shipping the North, furnished
only $3 ,5f0, ,001 worth Of freight, while
sb Soulh furnished Ss4 500. 900 NuEth,--
RhiIa she furnished SIR 7ssrcafhs OF the
freight, she had less than 0ae-sixfh OF
shB tonnage, thus throwing almost all the
imtnsAse profits of abe csrvyiag basinsss
into the pockets Of lh. North. Tbs South
hAafhot only kept our ships and merchants
busy, bat shs lad also given tmploym ent
20 our mechanics, astlxaas and lshoEeTs.
In 1850 we sold the Soalh goods Of our
own manufacture to the value of $40, :
800 900.
We sold them imported goods, which
wo paid fer abroad BY southern exports,
$i06, 600, 900.
The interest and brokerage We made
- 81 -
Money spent In the North by southern
visitors, tradssmea, travellers, &C., du-
ring that year, 81, ,T50, ,3T4.
aIakiug our sasal basaess With Ghe
Sousa that year, $I62, SCI, ,374.
That Is the way we have ssHrred by
the South. That Is the way the South
has wreagei as. She has gissa snpl1y
msns to our merchants, aeehaaaes, and
Iaborers, ts sueh -gn extent thai ws may
truly say we owe our prosperity to, her,
The pruduciioa vi saaghuTn seIavs labor
have bsea the great snosivs battery that
B,ss driven neasiv all the iaiussfial ope-
g.lssssas of the NORTH The TscasuEyiia-
6les Vi the ustted States shaw thai not
only oav eaaban sres, bus ths ahole III oar
Insiaatysal iassrssts, haye ksps exact pace
with the increase OF the slave pFasias-
lissas of The South. Ia ls2O, when thefs
we're only ] 500, 900 ssiayes' pr5duclng
the ssapIps eF eesaustce, oar tonnage was
only Al 900 Tons; bsi 10 1855, whs theYs
xere oyer Z. .lk,O, 700 df negroes producing
the same staples, oar tonnage vas 469,
900 tons. Every item of the material
wealsh Of ihe North has increased IN tht
same ratio With the iaerelse OF she ssIavsi
staples of the Snuth. Thaf Is the was
.siayegs has burt ~. BIZ the blssxiug 81
Almighty God, mas il eonssaae to DO Fui
oar children as II has dane for rs gis
ing e,aplsymsnt so our capital and u esa'
inisssry giving cheap alothiAg and htgt
wagss 10 eur laboriag uaen asad 70 osai
eonancgce a nsms resp .ssssd or ersry STA
That Il wh.s ssiasers' has dene for th'
North. We knos hos profascly tbs ahols.
,fanisls wiII rave al these sssrn truths BIS
there sssssl ihs facts and tho Ggures : Isl
thsm deny ahesa lfihrY dare.
Q. Wa are Spld Also thai ssiaveyy hisl
| impoverished the South it.elf ana q
| remedy their evil &c ara now ssysag u
eul The ihrvas of asery white msas ws.
| man. and child lhsre, snd TO give sh'
!, lands 10 tbs nexroes, and 70 each psopl'
| in the haxta, ~ are sllEing~to IIpa sa
tsrsas oI psrfess eqaaIssy with me M
| grses.
/ That We may see hoy sslaserys has len
Iuevssassad shs 6ssth, we will sax4 6s
/ Old ssiusss Skstss. ffom AaFylsn3 aBd il
Ieissltne GsafniS, asb then witl