The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-29

thoFizsd 10 administer said oath, at al
early day, who will return to the Office
of the Secretary OF State said registered
oath for permanent preservation.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
Military Governor.
mr. DeBow end his Vtows-Why he
was imprisoned by Jeff Davis.
a day or two since we referred to the
fact that Mr.. DeBOW, of Review notoriety,
decidedly the most ingenious reason
er in Dixie, had recently recanted his
views, and admitted that Cotton was not
King, and that slavery was dead; and
that fer this Ofense his periodical had
been suppressed, aud himself imprisoned
We had not then seen the article which
incurred the displeasure Of the 'illustri-
Gus President" at Richmond, but have
now before us s copy.
The writer tells us that he has written
much to prove that Cotton was King; and
that slavery was The true basis of all we'll
regulated society; but that in these things
he was mistaken, and unlike some others,
he is not unwilli TO acknowledge his
error, as no one can gain anything by
clinging to fslsebOod. he says:
Shall we not learn from our enemies
What are the cause # their prosperity
Why do even the laborers of the North
live with degree Of comfort often uu-
known to the wealthy planters of the
South =?
"The statistical reports which accompA-
nv the census of 1860 establish fully the
results Of material conditions and, if we
admit that the per pie of the North, have
really hardly felt the war up to this
point, we must lnOk to and examine the
material conditions which surround
them.
He then says that Henry A. Wise and
JnO Brown killed slavery; or what was
equivalent, rendered it burden, athe
than q source Of prosperity, and then
adds:
"We have taken to raising cereals, and
have succeeded so badly as 10 make it
matter of doubt whether we will not have
eaten everything before the time Of greens.
which, when boiled with joEl are so
priced by the First Families of Virginia
ON the meantime, the production of
cotton is slipping away from ms, and we
have already slipped away into unknown
depths, and are drifting 10 fearful and
20 an uncertain future. = II
aTf the negro will not raise enough 20
feed himself and master, what is the use
Of the negro? II we are not permitted |
TO avail ourselves of the high qualities |
of the negro, and found . superior civil |
iEaiion upon him. why should we not |
accept the civilization which belongs TO |
. people in general, founded upon the
dignity as well as the usefulness Of /
labor 2
''The people Of the Northlive comfortA-
big; more 30, indeed, than the maj ority /
Of the slave owners in the South. They |
educate their children, and teach them /
that there is no dishonor in employing |
either their hands or their besds; and 1
/ say boldly, even against our prejudices,
] think they are right in that.
This is coming down greatly since the
day when, in the era of Southern pros
perity, Mr.. De Bow argued that the legi-
innate relation between capitalists and
laborers was that Of master and slave he
has been taught lesson by the war, like
thousands OF other over Jealous men; and |
be has candor enough to acknowledge it.
Who will despair now, when the great
high priest Of the IRE eaters pays a
tribute 10 Northern mudsills admits |
that they live more comfortable than
shareholders, and were right in honoriDg |
labor? The era of miracles has passed,
or We would class this conversion with /
that Of Saul of Tarsus.
He then argues that the single item Of
mich COWS has greater influence upon
society than cotton and the colored man
combined. lie used to ridicule the as
sertions Of Northern political economists,
that any of the products Of that section,
even the most important was Of equal
consequences with king cotton indeed,
the combined products Of Northern in
dustry sunk into insigniicAnce before
the one staple of the South bat now be
admits thst even one of the smallest Of
its interests has 8 greater influence on
civilization, thsn the chief product Of
Dixie. he continues
ain the North the ratio Of increase Of
mich cows was slightly in excess Of the
ratio Of increase Of population between
the years 1850 and go. In the South
there was az tsetusl deficiency in the
ratio above stated Of 43I5OIl In pro-
portion TO the rstio Of increase Of pepu-
laticn the chivalrous State of Soufh
Carolina is deficient in mich cows, Ca
1861 As her decaoence is far greater
than that Of any other State, and her de-
iciency in the ratio Of milch cows 70 the
population Is the greatest may we not
euppose that either the deficiency indi-
Gated. or some cause coincident 10 it. has
been The ruin of that State
"People must drink something. II
thew cannot get milk, naturally they
take 10 whiskey, and we may well lament
the result The subjoined tables show
plainly that the decresse Of mich cows
Ia proportioa 70 ibs population indicates
= precarious condition Of society ands II
Il has not led directly 20 the rebellion,
TIE causes Of the decrease Of mich
cows are coincident aud analogous, 81
least to it.