Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-02-05
The Rebellion Weighed in the
Balance Of Political Economy.
SUPPRESSED ARTICLE OF DE BOWS RE.
VIEW.

Mr.. De Bow, the eminent Southern
statislician, has been imprisoned and his
Review suppressed, all because he has
become enlightened by the census of 49,
GO, and has the honesty and boldness to
acknowledge it. In the article which has
caused this result, he says that the last
census shows that the North enjoys a
great superiority of material conditions
over the South, and that it is evident the
war is much less felt in the North than
in the South. Hence, it may well be
supposed, he adds, "as it already is by
many in the Slave States, that it actually
may be more economical 20 abolish slave.
ry than to maintain negroes for such
purpose" He proceeds /:
We have taken to raising cereals, and
we have succeeded so badly as to make
tia matter of doubt whether we will not
have eaten everything before the time of
greens, which, then boiled with fowl, are
so priced by the first families of Virgin.
ia
In the meantime the production of cot.
ton is slipping away from us, and we have
already dipped away into unknown
depths, and are drifting to a fearful and
to an uncertain future. Let US turn.
then, as advised by Gil Bias, when he.
assumed the practice of medicine. TO see
what other practitioners are about"
Mr.. De Bow admits that, like DR.. San
grade, be had written a book against his
present light, and be adds:
eve are willing to write another that
we hope will prove true. If the negro
will not raise enough to keep himself and
master, what is the use of the negro p
If we are not permitted to avail ourselves
of the high qualities of the negro, and
found superior civilization upon bin, why
should we not accept the civilization tha.
belongs to people in general, founded up
on the dignity as well as the usefulness
of labor?
The people of the North live conforta-
bly, more so, indeed, than the majority
Of the slaveowners of the South. They
educate their children, and teach them
there is no dishonor in employing either
heir hands or their heads and | say
boldly, even against our prejudces, /
hink they are right in that"
lie then takes up the subject of milch
COWS, throwing out, in passing, the follow
ng bit Of theory:
People must drink something. If
hey cannot get milk, naturally they take
o whskey, and we may well lament the
'esult. The subjoined tables show plain
y that She decrease of mich cows 10
proportion to the population indicates q
'recarious condition Of society, and if it
las no. led directly to the rebellion, the
auses Of the decrease of mich cows are
oincdent and analogous, at least, to it,"
His citations from the census reports
how that there has been a steady rela-
We increase of mich cows at the North
yer the South, in proportion to the pop
'atioD, there being in the Slave States
ne to every Sc persons. But there is
still greater difference in their yield,
n each COW in ten free States averages
sveuty-four pounds Of butter and TWEEN
'-tnree pounds Of cheese per year, while
ach COW in ten slave States yields An
Verage OF twenty-six pounds Of butter
nd one.fiflh Of pound of cheese per
mum. After giving the details of these
atisiics, Mr. De Bow says, with a plain
ass and significance which we are not
lrprised to see has brought down upon
m the vengeance of the rebel despot-
N:
owe see in the above our road to pro-
'ess: cotton has failed or will fail US;
e negro has failed or will fail US it is
lie to hope longer to enjoy peacefully
e proceeds Of his labor when at this
oment eighty thousand Of his color are
ganized and hold arms in their hands
free their fellows. The longer the war
protracted the more violently will sla-
ry be destroyed. For two years and
half we have waged war, and lost moro
an half the territory over which We
serted jurisdiction ; the supply of cattle
longer comes from Texas, nor does
ton escape longer from the frontier to
'nish us supplies. The Mississippi
lrS hundred gunboats, half of them
n-clads, that effectually prevent our
'upation of any point along its entire
irse, or even the passage of it, except
der the cover of darkness and stealth.
The fruitful valleys Of Kentucky and
nnessee have been desolated by war,
are held by the enemy. Arkansas,
arge part of Louisiana, of Mississippi,
North Carolina and V;roinia have