The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-30

slave owners in the South. They educate
their children and teach them that there is
no dishonor in employing either their
hands or their heads; and say boldly,
| even against our prejudices, think they
are right in that.
We know that the turnip crop in Eng
land is now by far more valuable than any
other cultivated by the Eng lish, although
| it has become so recently. In regard 70
| the comparative productions OF the people
of the North and of the South, as given by
the census report, We observe in those CONF
mon to both regions that the widest diver
gence exists in regard to mich COWS.
| In the North the ratio of increase Ofmilch
cows was slightly in excess of the ratio Of
| increase of population between the years
1850 and 1860. In the South there was an
actual deficiency in the ratio above
stated of 43l sol! In proportion to the
ratio of increase of population the chival-
rous State is deficient in mich cows, o.
7G6! AS her decadence is far greater than
that OF any other State, and her deficiency
in the ratio ofmilch cows to the population
| is the greatest, may we not suppose that
eirther the deficiency indicated or some
cause coincident to it, has been the ruin OF
that State?
| People must drink something. If they
cannot get milk, naturally they take to
whisky, and we may wei! lament the re-
suit. The subjoined tables show plainly
that the decrease of niloh cows in proper.
ton to the population indicates precarl-
Gus condition Of society; and, if it has not
led directly TO the rebellion, the causes OF
the decrease of milch cows are coincident
and analogous, at least 10 it,
In the slave States, t2Duiatcd IN 1870,
/ there was a mich cow 10 every 3.4 persons.
In the free States tabulated, one for every
81 persons. In 1850, in the slave States,
one to every 81 persons, or slight gain Of
the prOpOrtlOnate number OF mich cows.
The want OF good meadow lands III most
OF the slave States, the poor and insutti-
cient quantity OF food usually given milch
cows, the unshe,tered condition in which
they are kept and the neglect of them ly
the negroes, would make the yield of milk
less than one-half per each cow Of those in
The Northern States. This appears to be
shown by the amounts of butter and cheese
produced.
Mr.. De Bow then gives in tabular form
the amount of butter and cheese produced
and the mum Der of ynlch cows in the free
and slave States and adds:
I'VE see in the above our road to pro-
gress; cotton has failed or will fail us; the
negro has failed or will fail US; It is idle to
hope longer 10 enjoy peacefully the pro-
| ceeus OF his labor, when AT this moment
eighty thousand Of his color are organized
and hold arms in their hands to free their
fellows. The longer the war is protracted
the more violently will slavery be destroy
ed. For two years and a half we have wag-
ed war, and lost more than halt the terri
tory over which we asserted jurisdiction
the supply of cattle no longer comes from
/ Texas, nor does cotton escape longer from
the frontier to furnish us supplies. The
Mississippi bears u hundred gunboats, hall
of them iron -clads, that ettectually pre-
vent our occupation Of any point along its
Inv, tnv NuS 0nn nf
except under cover of darkness and by
stealth.
1.-The fruitful valleys OF Kentucky and OF
j Tennessee have been desolated by war, and
are held by the enemy. Arkansas, large
part of Louisiana, of Mississippi, Of North
Carolina and Virginia have been held OF
are now held by the enemy, and have been
exhausted by the supplies drawn by the
contending forces. Nor can we regard Al
ALBANIA, Georgia, South Carolina or Texas
exempt from the march of heavy armies
now organizing for purposes of invasion.
} We will say to Congress and to President
Davis that a careful study of the last Sen
sus Report Of the United States will cor
rect or destroy many perturbations in theil
minds as we'll AS our own. Let them legis
late so as to increase the number of COW.
and think no more Of the negro. The land
; then, instead of being desolated by war
and the inhabitants gaunt multiplication:
ana misery, VIII uOat literally Win u1llk
I and honey, as III times Of yore.
a census taken now, as recommended by
his Excel.ency Mr.. Davis, in the Same
) manner as that Of 1860, over the districts
: where il might be affected, would show
plainly the waste Of war. How many meI
) between the ages Of eighteen and tiff,
l would be found wanting? How man.
r peaceful, industrious inhabitants would b.
r found absent, having, through thousant
4 channels, found their way into the Ere
States, actually filling up the houses il
: every part of that land, so that none ar
e untenanted? How many of the houses II
: the region passed over by the contendini
e armies would now be found occupied ?
: How many negroes would be found absen
1 ready TO return with muskets in thei
: hands? How many horses, cattle, sheer
r hogs, &C., would be found remaining? 2
( What has been the produce of our field
e last year in cotton, sugar, corn, flour, peas
e potatoes, cattle and bacon, and what OF
e remains uncOnsumed?
o "But above all, what progress have "
: made? Is the slave power more secur
e than before we seeded? And are we i
b such condition as to promise Ourselve
$ even with reputation OF all debts, both Z
home and abroad, exemption from due
and nigh taxation? What have we to hop
n for. both as regards slavery or the pros
poets OF the Southern Confederacy?'
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