Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-01-10
rgln.Y MORNING, JANUARY, 10, 1865.

Ina communication to the "Souther
Oniniou." short time since, Brio" Pome-
roy expressed the belief that the speediest
way to bring New England to sense of
the folly of enforcing the unconstitutional
,.recons truc,ion" policy Of Congress, was
for the people of the South to cease to pro-
duce cotton and plant wheat and corn and
and raise their own beef and pork. This
condition, 81 things is being reached more
speedily than any one anticipated. In the
past few. weeks We have received letters
from friends in different Southern States,
who prior to the war raised from eight to
ten, bales of cotton to the hand, who assure
us that, in their localities, the past crop will
not average one bale to the hand They de-
clare that it's culture. under the present Ia
Dor system, is an impossibility and that
cereals must take it, place. ..'.'......
One of the largest cotton manufacturers
Of New England, Senator Sprague, of Rhode
Island, in a recent speech advocating the
repeal Of the cotton tax, expressed his fears
that the country had lost its great cotton
interest forever, and said he especially feared
the competition of India cotton in American
markets. He asserted his belief that, i'll
two years, Sea Island cotton would only
be produced as rare plant il some gentle
mans garden, Egyptian cotton being at
this day. used in seven eighths of the arti-
elcs in which Sea Island cotton was formerly
used.
Thus We see, from Southern and North
ern evidence, that the production of cotton
and, consequently, the manufacture Of cot
ton goods, is on the wane in this country.
.'Brick" Pomeroy's idea Of New England
rusting spindles as cure OF New England's
insanity. may, therefore. be in the near flu
ture. Whether it will effect a cure Of her
fanaticism remains to be seen. Her prcju-
dice to Southern whites is so extreme. that,
like Senator Sprague. she will probably find
out too late that the cotton interest Of the
country has passed from her hands forev-
er."
At any rate the damage sought to be in,
hcted upon the South by the partial egisa-
ton of a partisan CONGRESSES beginning to
rebound to the great disadvantage of New
England's manufacturers and laborers, We
trust. when her pocket nerve is touched
sufficiently to open her eyes, she may yet be
heard raising a potent voice against the
venom of the Radical Snake, which she
warmed into life in her bosom but to send
it's poisonous fangs deep into her own vitals.
The cry of ''hard times is confined to
no particular section of this country. We
hear it from the cotton fields of the South
the prairies Of the West. the manufacturing
d. tricts Of the East and in the orce busy
Marts of the whole country. a4 -
We are not astonished at this. for how
could it be Otherwise? Not hostile gun
fred for near three years and VET peace not
returned. The Union preserved BY the force
of arms and yet severed by the force. of leg
islation One half of the country ignoring
the only possible bond of Union and the
other half without voice i'll national affairs
and subject to the almost absolute will Of
military satraps The people oyerburdcnea
with taxation to pay the National debt,
which instead Of diminishing is increasing
year by year. The industry of the country
paralyzcd by partisan legislation and labor
idle half its time How could We expect
anything else Hard times are sure CON
sequence Of such state Of things Relief
can only come from change of conditions
"a change of men in power as well as poll
cy. That this is coming, those who have
noticed the political Sky in the recent past
can not fail to see. With the advent Of
better men-conseryatives and PATRIOTS
into place and power. We can expect re
turn of the "good old times" May it be
soon
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Our readers will be pleased to learn that
Gen. S. B Buckner has recovered his prop
crty. sold during the war to satisfy claim
Of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
which instituted a. suit against him for the
destruction of the Green River Bridge
which suit was decided III favor OF the Rail
road company, under the diseraeeful laws
enacted by the Kentucky Legislature o
1861 A bout six months since he filed Il;
plea asking to be made party TO the suit
A -etrial was ordered but before iudgmen
was had. the Railroad agreed TO surrender
the property, all of which it had bought in
on the condition that Gen.. Buckner wouf
institute no subsequent suit for damages.
He accepted the terms and, by his attor
nev has spain taken nossessiop Of his mon