Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Why De Bow was Imprisoned.

Bow, the southern Reviewer, ANA the only
man at the South possessing altainmcnts
sufficient to c'.i e fr7, elias, review, has
been imprisoned by JcN Davis and his Re-
rieg suppressed in consequence Of IN article
going to show that cotton was no longer
king-an article based upon indispu'abe
figures and facts,
The following are the more important
portions of the article which have caused
De Bows incarceration
It is true we have believed that cotton is
king il is undcniablc that we possessed
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 coun-
tries is increasing in Il geomctrc ratio, and
that in year or 50 the South will no longer
be needed to supply the commerce Of the
globe with what we yalny hoped would
grow nowhere else
Shall We not learn from our enemies p
What are the cuuScN Of their prosperity p
Why DO oven the laborcr, OF The North live
with degree Of comfort often unknown to
. ln' MV"""N P'~n1''H W ''o ''"'"'
Inc Sltliauc"I r'PorlS ateoiu P".I'nS 'nr
the census OF 1860 establish in!ly The results
OF material coh'Uu"hS ana II we "ohii'
that the people Of the North have already
hardly felt the war up to this point We
must Iool, to and examine the material CON
iitions which surround them.
They cannot be more prosperous because
there is no slavery; certainly i; is cheaper
to have slave who labors for YOU than to
/ labor yourself, therefore slave labor !, thc
more economical. or rather it wa. before the
time of Henry 4 Wise and John Brown.
Considcriur the present condition OF the
/ country and urosprctivclv. also. il may
+ well be- ,upposed, as il arcadv.i, by many
/ in the slave States that il actually may be
more oconomiual to labor for ourselves than
tn maintain nooroos for thot purp,ep
We have taken 10 raising cereals, and
have succrcdcd So badly rs to make il
m,itar of dolht whcthcr we will NOT h yc
eaton eyorythipg before the time Of grccus
which whom boiled with fowl, are 30 prized
by tine First Families Of Vrrinia
/ I'm tbo meantime. the production of cotton
is sIinpiur AWAY from MS and we have AL
/ ready .linn,d AWAY into unknown dcuths
. and IlIttInr Ia n itHIill ana Ia
c,r,oin tu,rr,
The poouIr Of ,ho North live comfortably
mora 50 indeed. than the majority ofthc
r. slave owners III tnc r'oe,l. ~ -h--.-,.
their children, and teach them that there is
no dlshonor IN employing either their bands
orthcr, ,hcads, and | say boldly, even against
our prcjndices, | 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 1t has
become so recently. In regard to the com
palativc productions OF the people OF the
North and Of the South, rs given by the
census report we observe IN those common
70 both regions that the widest divergence
exists in regard to mlIch cows.
In the North the ratio OF increase Of mlich
cows was slightly IN excess of the ratio OF
increase of population between the years
1880 and 1850. In the South there was an
actual deficiency in the .a,lo above stated
Of l3l,5ol. In proportion to tho ratio OF
increase Of population, the chiy'lrous State
Of South Carolina is deficient in miIch COWS
6I766. As her dccadcncc IS far greater
than that OF any other State, and her def
. CiIA'N III VIC I"t" 't ILI'INH WINS ~ 'lC I'''-
portion is the greatest, may We not suppose
that either tne drhcIenry indicated or some
eauSV , eo'ny'''''' ~ w. HIS '''' '''' rum VI
pon,Io ,np.t d,;,l, so,,cthir,, IT. lho,,
cannot ret milk. naturally they take to whis-
Ky, ana we may wen lament IN" result
lho SuRJoined tables snow PLAINLY that the
decrease "i mlIch COWS III proportion to the
population indicates prccarIons condition
OF society and II II has not led directly to
the rebellion, the causes OF the decrease OF
milch cows are c0mcldent and analogous, at
least to 1t.
F In the slave States tabulated IN ls00,
there was Il mIch COW to every "a persons
In the free States, taoulatcd, one for every
b persons. In 1860. m the Slave States,
one to every SO persons, or "A slight gain OF