The Placer herald., 1864-07-23
From the Old Guard.
CIVILIZATION IN THE FREE AND
"SLAVE STATES,

luz Po'et VI lHe SOutn. II ne Dar-
barism of the South" "Wretchedness and
decentralization in consequence of Slavery"
what the n orth suffers from Slavery"
"lrrellglon OF slave holders.'' "Tbe
curse of Slavery" This has been the harp
of thousand strings, played on with mar
veous alacrty and skill by clergymen poll
ticians, tract distributors, and all sorts of
social Jugg'ers, here in the North, until all
grades in the community have adopted the
senseess Jargon AS a conclusion, not only
foregone, but foreordained and divine.
In this article we propose to lay the figures
and the facts touching this matter, plainly
before our readers We do not no pc that
the truth will open the eyes of the victims
of the Abolition fanatcsm, but it NAV pos
sibly save some from following the multitude
into the dishonoring, the bloody deIusion.-
The truth is, that negro slavery has been
curse to neither North nor South, but has
been blessing to both, as the history and
the figures will show. We state the oues
ton thus plainly, because we mean to chali
enge contradiction. 1t is said that there is
such thing AS "A man telling lie until be
himself believes it to be truth And the
deIs and taIsehoods until they believe them to
be true; but their leaders do not believe them
so implicitly that they dare risk a fair and
public debate upon them. They are brave
at assertions, dogmatsm, noise and wordy
defiance, but they flee within the covert of
prejudice and ignorance at the approach of
any man who proposes to argue the point
with them. Their facts are the inventions
of impostors. Their logic the veil of the
bowling dervishes. Foolish and malicious
Behold the abominaion of their pretensions
in the following statistical records of the two
sections of our country:
|. How has the North suffered bv negro
slavery in the South9 1t has grown rich
off of the proceeds of slave labor. The
merchants the manufacturers, the mechanics.
'and all classes Of laboring men, here in the
North, have been immensely benefited by
the fruits Of negro slavery in the South
More than two thirds of the mercantile,
manufacturing, and industrial operations of
the North are based upon the slave labor of
the South. Strike down this slave labor.
and you sweep out OF existence two-thrds Of
the commerce OF the United States at a sin.
ole blow. The United States Treasury tables
OF 1859 show that our exports of that year
were $278, 1902 ,O8O; Of which SITS. 100000
only were of northern origin. While the
South produces more than two-thirds of the
exports OF the country, the North reaps
mainly the commercial advantages arising
theretron. The Treasury tables of 1850
show that the tonnage of the North was IT.
83l $50 tons, while that of the South was
only 26l,5l8 tons, and to employ this ship
ping the North furnished only SO 800 900
worth of freight; the South furnished $24,'
500 900 worth. While the South furnished
Sir.Sevenths of the freight, she had less than
oneS'rh Of the tonnage, thus throwing al.
most all the immense profits Of the carrying
business into the pockets oil the North. The
South has not only kept our ships and mer-
chants busy, but she has also given employ
ment to our mechanics, artizans and laborers.
In 1850, we sold the South goods Of our own
manufacture to the value Of $240, 900.
We sold them imported goods, which we
paid foi abroad by southern exports, $780,
00O,OOO
The interest and brokerage we made out
Of the South that year, SO 200,000.
Money spent in the North by southern
visitors, tradesmen, travellers, &C., during
the year, $53, ,75o,374.
Making our total business with the South
that year, S462, ,560,374.
That is the way we have suffered by the
South. That is the way the South has
wronged us. She has given employment to
our merchants, mechanics and laborers, to
such an extent that we may truly say we owe
our prosperity to her The production of
southern slave labor has been the great moi
tive battery that has driven nearly all the in
dustrial operations of the North. The Trea
sury tables of the United States show that
not only our commerce. but the whole Of our
industrial interests, have kept exact pace
with the increase Of the slave productions
of the South In 1920, when there were
only l,5OO,0 600 slaves producing the staples
of commerce, our tonnage was only $4,000
tons; but in 1856, when there were over 3,
000,0 of negroes producing the same
staples, our tonnage was 469, 900 tons. Ev'
cry item of the material wealth of the North
has increased in the same ratio with the in
crease Of the slave staples Of the South
That is the way Slavery has hurt US. BY
the blessing of Almighty God, may it con-
tinue to do for our children as it has for us
giving employment to our capital and our
industry-givng cheap clothing and high
wages to our laboring men, and to our com
merce name respected on every sea. That
is what slavery has done for the NORTH
We know how profanely the Abotionists
will rave at these stern truths. But there
stand the facts and the igures-et them
deny them if they dare.
2. We are told also that slavery has i'm
poverished the South itself; and to remedy
this evil we are now trying to cut the throat
of every white man, woman and child there.
and give the lands to the negroes, and to
such people, in the North, as are willing to
live on terms of perfect equality with the
negroes. That we may see how slavery has