Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
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man a. the South possessing attainments
Sufficient 10 edit a Arst class fssiew, has
beeA Imprisoned hy tetE. Dasla and his Re-
elee supprcsaesl IN consequence Of an article
going 70 show that cotton vas no longer
King Ati article based upon indlspa.able
sgufca and facts,
The bllawing are the moro important
portions of the article which have caused
DC Bosis Incarceration
its true we have believed chat cotton Il
king Ii h undesirable that we npssessed 4
Asnis8poly fsffis ptUslaetioh, arising U,ft Of
variety Of causes, bat Il b not true that it
will Erow nowhere else. Indeed. we flnd
that the production Of IL In varioas conn.
tries l. increasing in geomctric ratio, aud
thar IN year or 80 the South will no longer
be neesled 10 supply The commerce of the
globe with what We vainly hoped would
rrpw nowhere elsc.
Shall ne not learn from our enemies p
What are the causes Of their prosperity -
/ Why 10 evcn the iaborcrs of the North live
with o degree Of comfort often unknown to
the wealsby planters Of the South
The statistical reports accompanying the
the census Of 1860 establish fully the results
Of material conditions; and il We admit
that the people of the North have already
hardly felt the war ap to this point. We
must look 10 and examine the material con
ditions which surround them,
They cannot be more prosperous because
there Is no slavery certainly il is cheaper
20 have a slave who iabors for YOU than To
labor yourself. therefore, slave labor in the
more economical. or rather il was before the
time of Henry A. Wise aud John Brown.
Considering the present condition of the
country, and prospeetively, also, it may
we'll be supposed. as Il already is by many
IN tiIs slave States, thst it actually may be
more econominal TO labor for ourselves than
to maintain negroes for that purpose.
! We have taken 10 raising cereals, md
/ have succeeded 50 badly as 60 make it u
matter OF sloabt whether NE viii not We
eaten everything bsiore the time Of green's,
which when boiled with fowl, are SO priced
/ by the First Families OF Virginia.
( In the meantime, the production OF cotton
IL slipping away from as, and We have al
ready slipped away into unknown depths
and are drifting 70 fearfal and to an nm
certaia tutnre.
The people Of the North live comfortably
--sssors -. indeed, thna the majority of' the
slave owners in the South. They educate
their children, and teach them that there II
20 slhshonor 10 employing either their hands
or theirsheads, and say bolslly, even against
our prJadices, think they are right in
that
| We know that tho tarnlp crop Of England
Is noz By Gar more valuable thar ANY osher
cultivated by tho English, although il has
! become 60 recently. Ia regard TO the com
parafiye productions OF the people Of the
North and of the South as given by the
census report we observe in those cosnnson
% both regions that the widest divergence
/ exists in regard 20 mich cows.
/ In the North the ratio Of increase Of mileh
cows was slightly IN excess Of the ratio ol
increase Of population between the years
1850 and 1863 In the SeHth there was an
actual deiicieney In the ratio above stated
of 43i sol In proportion to tho ratio oi
increase Of population, the ehivaIrous State
of South Carolina Is deficient in mich cows
Ga 5Ge As her decadence IL far greater
fhan that Of any other State, and her def
cincy IN the ratio Of mich cove 90 the pro-
portion is the greatest may We not suppost
that either the deficiency Indicated, or some
cause eoincident TO Il, has been the ruin o
{ that StateG
People must drink something. II the,
cannot get milk. naturally they take TO whis
! XIV. and we may well lament the result
Tie snbiolned tables show plainly that th'
decrease of miieh cows In proportion 70 th'
popniation indicates pFeearious cosaitioi
II society, and. IL it has not led directly b
the rebellion, the causes of the deeTease Q
. mich COWS arc eoineideht and analogous, 9
! least, 20 t.
IN she slave States. saluiaied IN 1856
there was milch COW % every 81 persons
; In tie free States, tabalated. one Cor ever,
!, a. persons. In 1860, in the slave States
/ one to every 3.6 persons, or ssighs gaia q
!, the proportionate number Of mich cows.
81 The want Of good meadow lands IL mos
: lof the slave States, the poor and insHiIicien
6 quantity Of food usually given mlleh cow
: the ugsheitered condition in which they Ar
I kept, and the neglect of them BY the ns
4 gyoes. would make the yield OF milk ies
!. than iYneshalf per each COW of those IN III
q Nerthefu States. This appears 10 be show
: hy tho amount Of butter and cheese prs
dueed
Mr.. Do Bow then gives In tabular fori
| The amount Of butter and cheese produce
!. aud tl,e number Of mileh cows in the frs
and slave States and adda
ave zee Ia the above ogr rpad Of pros
q k..ss cotton has filled or viii fail ns II
s negro l.s.A failed us or will fail as u is ID
s Il hope lonasr % enjoy Ilsaeofally the pr
i eee.l. Of his labor when IT this snonles
+ eI.shty thousand Of bis enloE are organize
: ana hold arms Ia their hands 70 free the
3 3 t.ssaMa Tho longer Che war Is protraete
e e lie mere qlolehtly va slavery be dessToye
4 F,,r two wears and half We have wsgs
!. i ,sas. and lost more than half the terFisai
& aver whirh We asserted iaTisdiction q
i anI,s,lg Of cat no longef eeinas IRON Tcxa
8 az sns does cotton escape longer from =
s lss,,,tier Is fsssalaI. na supplies The aissi