The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-06

Friday Mornihg NOyember 8. 1865.
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Captain injury, formerly Of the
National Observatory, recently made
an address at an agricultural fair,
near Staunton, Virginia, in which he
combated the prevalent idea mt the
North that the South is lacking in
energy and enterprise. He referred
the apparent superiority of activity
In the North to. the fact that the
North is manufactaringend CONNER
cial, whereby products are concen-
trated, and there is thereby show
of life and movement which is not
seen in agricultural communities like
the South, because labor isthere diff
fused. Another reason he considered
to be that the statistics showing the
rewards of labor at the South were
not quite fairly presented, and an
other reason in the immense emigra-
tion from Europe, which has been
almost entirely absorbed by the
North. On this point, Capt. Maury
refers to the fact that. according to
the census of 1890, the population of
the United States was very nearly
equally divided between the North
and South, and according to the re-
turns of the subsequent census, the
ratio ofsnstural increase was greater
at the South than at the North, but
notwithstanding this, the population
North, in 1860, was, in round num-
benss eloyen millions greater than that
at the South. Taking this excess as
the nunbereof emigrants to thatsec-'
tion since 1890, and their descend
ants. and supposing that each repre-
sents anindustrial capital of $4O0, he
argues that the North has acquired
$4,4O0, 100000, not by any superior
energy, but by the mere influx of
labor from abroad. OF course, it is
only desirable CHAT Justice should be
done each section, that no invidious
comparison should be made. To sus-
tain his yindication of Southern en-
ergys Capt. Maury makes the follow
ing quotation from the report Of the
bureau OF statistics at Washington,
on commerceand navigation, for 1867:
1857, $33S, ,OOO. 900; 1853. $685.
100000; 1859, 1896. 600. 900; 1860,
1878, ,000.00U; 1861, (war begins,
1892. 10000 1862, $213. 600, 900;
1868, $240, 600. 600; 1864. $24l, 90 -
600; 1865. (war ends.) $l97, 900, 600;
1866, $4I4. 600, 900; 1867, 1894. OOO,-
600. Total exports of Southern pro-
ducts during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1866, currency value, Zap
proximated.) 1928, ,406,759. Total
exports of domestic products from
the United States same year, curren-
cy value, $471. .608, 600. Proportion
Of Southern products to all domestic
products exported, SO per cent"
After quoting other statistics. Com
modore Maury continued:
MIR. Delmar estimates the popula-
ton of the South for the year ending
June 80, 1865, at 9,568, 700, and OF
all the States together at "a, ,5O5, 1892.
According to this statement, the
South in 1866. had very nearly the
population that the whole United
States had in 1920; and what wore
the exports of the whole country in
that year? $51, 100000. The South
in 1866 exported. according to the
same authority, 1912, 900, 600, specie
value, or more than five dollars to
one. In 1850, the whole population
of the United States was, in round
numbers, 23,000,000. and the domes-
tic exports amounted that year to
$l36.000, 900. The South, now, with
not half the population of 23,O0O,-
600, exports $272, 900, ,000-that is, 2
for /"
Com. Maury anticipates the scoff-
ing reply of the enemies of the
South, which would pretend to attri-
butte the large amount of surplus ex
ports sent abroad to the superior
labor of the freedmen, but suggests
that 100000 of whites have rein
forced the labor of the country,
much of which among the freedmen
has been demoralized In regard to
the unemployed water power of the