The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-25

We indulge ourselves In the luxurI- Of Demo-
cratic party leaders Ike Psudlston. Seymour
Hampton, Forrest, and the like.
have said that We don't know our strength
let % try to realise u BY glance Of some OF
Flint. Immigration. Since the termination
Of The war, a. Am informed BY Mr.. Wells.
over nine hundred thousand natives OF foreign
countries have sought permanent home In the
limited States. These immigrants are known
70 bring with them specie or Ito equivalent, to
the average amount OF SO per head; while
their average value to the country asproducers
land Il 10 from production alone that We can
collect taxes) cannot be estimated % less tnao
the average value Of IN sble.bodied lsoorer 10
the South, prior 70 the war, viz, $loo0 per
cspits. Immigration, therefore, since the war,
has added $63, 900 900 directly, and $500
600 Indirectly 10 the wealth and resources OF
the country.
And here let me point out an effect OF the
Pacific Railroad upon future immigration. l
believe the force OF Chinese lsborers who are
now constructing the Pacific end OF that road,
are but the advance guarl OF mighty host
Who will establish new central fowery king
dom" upon the dry plains between the Serrs
Nevada and the Rocky Mountains, These can
only bo cultivated by irrigation, In which
pie 10 the world. But still further and more
important yet. While the white can and the
black does cultivate cotton. believe the Chi:
neee will perform the work moro cheaply, and
that they Will settle upon the rich cotton hslds
Of Arkansas and Texas, now cultivated to the
extent Of only half Of one per cent. OF their
area.
To the cotton climate and to the method Of
cultivation, the Chinaman 10 perfectly adapted.
H. e. - I'D tsfa NJ
industry 10 exactly fitted to the light but con.
cotton.
I'd. Here. let me again quote the language
OF Mr.. Wells. as have bis high authority for
the statement,
''Sinoe the termination Of the war moro iron
furnaces have been erected; more pig Iron
smelted; moro bars rolled; moro steal made;
moro coal mined; moro lumber sawed and hew-
more houses constructed; more msnufAotories
Of different kinds started; more cotton spun
and woven; more petroleum collected, refined
and exportsd-than Ia any equal period IN the
history Of the country, either before, since or
Sd. We may say that during the war. or
soon after its commencement, the railroad sys.
tenn OF the North was made unit by the COM
pletion Of various connections, and II viii never
power. But will again quote Mr.. Wells.
He says "Since the termination OF the war,
over 5000 miles Of railroad have been con-
structed and opened tor use In the United States,
TO say nothing Of the lines In the Southern
States which have been restored and reopen
ed"
Gentlemen, when you hear US who are busi-
ness men, complaining Of dizziness and stigma
ton, please refer to the tables OF the compara-
tive receipts Of several Of the great railroads,
which are given week by week In the Financial
Chronicle, and when you see how they increase
year by year, although rates are lower, ask
who exchanges oil these commodities on which
the freight is paid, and then consider whether
tho use Of paper money may not have induced
too many men to exchange, or to become con-
sumers rather than producers.
4th. The agricultural products OF tho uni
ted States have steadily increased, both In
quantity and value, since the termination OF
the war, and the product ofagriculture inoTeas
ed In quantity oil through the war. We are
rapidly restoring the number OF animals, both
horses and cattle. to their normal proportion.
II may be that this year the crop OF grain will
be In full proportion to what II would have
been had there been no unnatural or forced
stimulus to manufactures, by which labor has
been diverted from agriculture.
5th. Let rs glance ct the condition OF the
South. II 10 alleged that the reconstruction
plan Of Congress has been failure. Let US
test Il by economic results. 1t Is alleged that
the South has been ground down under mill
tary despotlsm, that there has been no labor
that could be relied upon, and lastly that they
have had no capital. The last allegation We
will admit, because we know that the tendency
Of Northern capital to the South has been
checked by its insecurity. The crops OF this
year are, therefore, free from mortgage, for
no one would trust planter this last spring.
Now let US sec what Is the result. II the
South has neither labor nor capital. their crops
must be the spontaneous production Of nature.
and they have
First an ample supply Of food for the con.
sumption Of the whole population, soy ten or
twelve million.
Second. A crop of cotton which promises
to equal or to exceed that VI last year, which
has been proved by the investigation OF our
cotton manufacturer association, to have
been nearly or quite 5000 900 bales, or much
moro than the compilers Of the commercial
tables will admit. and more than three.fOurth'
Third. A crop Of rice which the Charleston
Daily News asserts will prove sufficient to
drive all imported rice out Of the home market
during the coming year.
Fourth. Fifty to 100000 tierces Of SUI
Fifth. A crop oftobacco so large as to make
i one Of our main dependencies as an article
to be taxed.
In short the South has salable surplus Of
the aggregate value Of 400 to $500, 900 900 and
all this with their harvest OF food Is, II We can
trust the evidence Of their Democratic leaders,
the spontaneous product OF nature! What
may not be the result when Gen. Grant 10 elect.
ed, peace assured, labor rendered effective, and
capital satei