Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-02-12
Why Mr.. De Bow has been
ImpriSOned.

0plHlnnS OF Mr.. he DOW. W H'tNC 'Vl-
Guided to give orr readers some later and
better views of this gentleman rather than
the ones sent lis. Here is marked case
of conversion and ono that deserves being
made as public as possible j.:
1t has been said that no eminent mathe'
matician or astronomer has ever proved a
rascal, and the inference that may be
drawn is that their perceptions ct truth
are Just, If there arc natural laws dc
not they apply as fully to the moral as to
the material worlds If the philosopher
sees clearly the natural laws, does he not
| by analogy, recognise the actual existence
of moral laws, although they are not suS-
ceptiblc of mathematical demonstrations
Let not Mr.. Maury he cited as II practl-
cal denial that an eminent mathematics
! ian or astronomer could not become q
rascal Let it be remembered that he has
always been regarded as a clarlatan by the
/ initiated both ut home and abroad. Tho
! learned in orr land have always viewed
/ him with dstrust. Abroad he was nc
more highly appreciated. \ committee o!
the French Academy of Science defined
clearly their opinion of him when his name
was presented for admission TO that body.
They stated that, after fully considering
/ the claims of Mr.. Maury, they were con
strained to report that his reputation and
i that of his works existed only with those
who knew little or nothing upon the sub
jects discussed by Mr.. Maury.
Mr.. De Bow. eminent as a compiler and
deducer of statistics. by some strange obli-
quity failed to perceive the truth. Be
cause cotton formed the bulk of our nation
al exports, he for q time conceived the
idea that the people of the North were
supported by southern labor. Years OF
strife, however, have shown him the fall
lacy great man as he is. he is not dispos-
cd to make the truth, but TO acknowledge
it. The cornerstone of a superior civil
ization is now longer, in his mind, the
negro, but an animal of far humber pre-
tensions. To Mr.. De Bows able exposit-
ion of this subject we are indebted for a
comparison in a tabular form, of an ele-
mcnt far more potent than the negro.
Whatever jeff. Davis may do posterity
will award Justice to Mr.. De Bow the
suppression of his Rerjew, his imprison-
ment. the prosecutions he is now undergo
ing, indicate the honesty of the man as
we'll as the business and originality of his
exposition. The people of the South have
not been permitted To read Mr.. De Bow :
yiews.-Ereaing Post,
TIE SUPPRESSED ARTICLE.
=. Ii is true We have believed that cotton
is king: il is undcniahle that we posses
sed a monopoly fer its productions arising
out Of a variety Of causes, but ii is not true
that it will grow nowhere else. Indeed
we find that the production of il i'll various
countries is incrcasingin rcomctric ratio,
and that III year or 20 the South will Do
longer he needed to supply to the COM
merce of the globe with what We vainly
hoped would grow nowhere else.
.. Shall We now learn from our enemies!
What are the cau>cs of their prosperity
Why do even the labererS of the North
live with degree of comfort often M
known to the wealthy planters of the
South
The statistical reports accompanying
the census Of l560 establish fully the re-
suits of material conditions and, if we
admit that the people OF the North have
really hardly felt the war mp to this point,
we must look to and examine the material
conditions which surround them
4" They cannot lie more prosperous he
cause there is no slavery: certainly it is
cheaper 10 have 4 slave Who labors for y"u
than to labor Yourself: therefore. slave
labor is the more economical, or rather it
was before the time of Henry a. Wise and
John Brown. Considering the present
condition of the country. and prospective
y. also it may we'll he supposed, as il al
ready is by many in the slave states, that
it actually may be more economical to Ia
hor for ourselves than to maintain negroes
for that purpose.
1--WE have taken 10 raising cereals. and
have succeeded so badly as to make it a
matter of doubt whether we will not have
eaten everything before the time of greens,
which!w boiled with iOWl are so prlzcd
by the First Families of Virginia.
= In the meantime, the production of
cotton is slipping away frola us, and we
have already slipped away into unknown
depths and are drifting to fearful and to
an uncertain future. Let US turn, then.
as advised by Gil Bias when he assumed
the practice of medicine, Ito see what
other practitioners are about.
:. Our readers may or may not remcm-
Der distinctly that when the removed DR..
Sanrrado. owing to his extended practice
impaired, in few werds, the whole art of
curing, it consisted in copions draughts OF
hot water. and hlood-letting. The acute
Gil Bias, soon after { then Young prac-
tioner,) was much perplexed at the want
of success which attended his efforts, and
urged upon the venerable doctor, that as
every one died who came nnder his hands,
apparently. As ii appeared, to throw dis
credit upon his system, it might be well
to do as the other doctors did, use " chem
icals." and tru-t 10 Il more favorable re-
suit. as more fatal one was impossible.
Doctor Sangrado declined, because he had
written book to show that if patient
lied from disease it was simply because
tn physician had either not blcd him
sufficiently or administered hot draughts
in sufficient quantities. We are not,
however, disposed To adopt the course of
that eminent practitioner. We have writ
ten a book" but we see that facts prove
lis GOV We are willing to write anoth-
4r which we hope viii prove true. If the
negro will not raise enough to -. "lln-
self aud his master, What ia tue use OF the
negro If we are not permitted to avail
ourselves of the high qualities of the nc
gro, and found Il superior civilization upon
him, why should We not accept the ciyiliza-
ton which belongs to people III general,
founded upon the dignity Us well as the
usefulness of labor