The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-11
Why De Bow was Imprisoned.
A New Corner Stone for the South
Cotton no Longer King.

III IS Il ldCL uOG SSll6ldlly hAIOWH lllcht DC
Bow, the Southern Reviewer and the only
man at the South possessing attainments suf-
ficient to edit first class review, has beer
imprisoned by jeff. Davis and his ReUieu
suppressed in consequence of an article 90
ling to show that cotton was no longer King.
An article based upon indisputable figures
and facts.
The following are the more important por-
tions of the article witch have caused De-
Bows incarceration
1t is true we have believed that cotton is
king; it is undeniable that we possessed a
monopoly for its production. arising out Of a
variety of causes, but it is not true that it
| will grow nowhere else. Indeed we find that
the production Of it in various countries is
| increasing III geometric ratio, and that in a
your or so the South will no longer be need
ed to supply the commerce of the globe with
what we vainIy hoped would grow nowhere
else.
Shall we not learn from our enemies P
| What are the causes Of their prosperity P
| Why do the laborers of the North live with
degree of comfort often unknown to the
wealthy planters Of the South?
| The statistical reports accompanying the
census of 1860 establish fully the results of
material conditions; and if we admit that the
people of the North have already hardly felt
the war up to this point, we must look to
and examine the material conditions which
surround them.
| They cannot be more prosperous because
there is no slavery; certainly it is cheaper
to lave slave who labors for you than to
| labor yourself; therefore, slave labor is the
| ! l,>fo h.
time of Henry A. Wise and John Brown
Considering the present condition Of the
country and prospectlvely, also, it may we'll
| be supposed, as it already is by many in the
slave States that it actually may be more
economical to labor for ourselves than to
maintain negroes for that purpose
| We have taken to raising cereals, and have
succeeded so badly as to make it a matter of
doubt whether we will not have eaten every
thing before the time of greens, which when
boiled with fowl, are so priced by the First
Families Of Virginia.
In the meantime, the production Of cotton
| is slipping away from us, and we have already
slipped away into unknown depths and are
drifting to fearful and to an uncertain fu
turc.
The people of the North live comforta-
bly--nlore so, indeed, than the majority of
the slave owners in the south. They educate
| their chiIdien, and teach them that there is
no dshonor in employing either their hands
OF their heads, and say boldly, even against
our prejudices, | think they are right in
that
We know that the turnip crop Of England
is now by far more valuable than any other
cultivated by the English, although it has
! become so recently. In regard to the com
parative productions of the people Of the
North and Of the South, as given blythe cen
sus report, we observe in those common to
both regions that the widest divergence eX-
/ lists in regard to mich cows.
in the North the ratio of increase ofmiich
cows was slightly in o'seess 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 III.
crease Of population, the chivalrous State OF
South Carolina is deficient in mich COWS
"a, 1861 As her decadence is far greater
than that Of any other State, and her def
cheney i'll the ratio of mich cows to the pro-
portion is the greatest, may we not suppose
that either the deficiency indicated, or some
cause coincident to it, has been the ruin OF
that State?
Peaple must drink something. If they
cannot get milk naturally they take to
whisky,and we may well lament the result.
The subioined tables show plainly that the
decrease Of mich cows in proportion to the
population indicates precarious condition
Of society," and, if it has not led directly to the
rebellion, tie cause of the decrease OF mich
COWS is coincideut and analogous, at least
to it..
In the slave States, tabulated in 1850,
there was a mich COW to every 3,4 persons
In the free States, tabulated, one for every
5. o persons. In 1860, i'll the slave States,
one to every 3,6 persons, or a slight gain OF
the Droportiouate number of mich cows
Tie want of good meadow lands in most
of the slave States, the poor and insufficient
quantity Of food usually given mich COWS,
the unsheltered condition in which they
are kept and the neglect Of them by 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 amount of butter and cheese pro-
duced.'
Mr.. De Bow then gives in tabular form
the amount of butter and cheese produced
and the number OF mich COWS IN thetree and
slave States and adds:
1--WE see in the above our road OF prog
russ; cotton has failed or will fail us; the
negro has failed us or will fail us it is idle
to hope longer to enjoy peacefully the pro
ceeds Of his labor when at this moment 3d.
600 Of his color are organized and hold arms
in their hands to free their fellows. The
longer the war is protracted the more vlo-
leutly will slavery be destroyed. For two
wears and a half we have waged war, and
lost more than half the territory OYER which
we asserted jurisdiction the supply OF cat
tie no longer comes from Texas, nor does
cotton escape longer from the frontier to fur
nisb us supplies The Mississippi bears a
hundred euIboats, half Of them iron-clads
that effectually prevent our occupation OF
any point along the entire course, or even
the passage Of it except under cover OF dark
ness and 10y stealth.
THE fruitful valleys Of Kentucky and Of
! 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 or are
now held by the enemy and have been ex-
hausted 10y the supplies drawn by the con-
tending forces. Nor can we regard Ala
barna, Georgia, South Carolina Or Texas ex-
empt from the march Of heavy armies now
organizing for the purpose Of invasion.
We will say to Congress and to President
Davis that careful study of the last Cen
sus Report Of the United States will correct
or destroy many perturbations IN Their minds
/ as we'll as oar own. Let them legIslate SO
as to increase the number Of cows and think
no more Of the negro. The land, then, in
stead Of being desolated by war, and the in
habitants gaQnt with privations and misery
will flow literally with milk and honey, as IL
times Of yore.
A census taken now, as recommended by
his ExceIlency Mr. Davis in the same man
ner as that Of 1859, over the districts where
it might be effected, would show plainly the
waste Of war. How many men between thC
ages Of eighteen and fifty would be found
. ,,-ootiro-I How MANY raaonftli. IndUetrIOu