The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-17

| lorre one The truth is, II the South Will raise
food in abundance for all her wants, she cannot
exceed three million bales. The labor is not
here. The present cotton producers are gen.
erally trained hands. When these pass away.
their success ors Will be less numerous and still
less reliable. Skill and improved machinery
may cultivate more land, but human fingers
alo c can gather the crop. Hence the conclu-
sion that wItn an abundance OF flod the South
cannot possibly raise cotton enough to put the
price under twenty cents for some years.
If, in addition to all this, she will also enter
largely INTO manufacturing all the shirtlng,
shcctlng &C., she needs, she will save an Inn
mense profit now pal out to New England on
these fabrics. In 1860 the Southern sites
spun oue-third of all the cotton yarns usea ln
the whole Unlor but wove only one ,ne oIene'tS tha
OF all the cloth. Why may we not produce tne
cloth as large as the yarn! Ihefe cai pc ho
doubt as to the profits.
I do not regard 1t as possible, even were IL
desirable to increase our negro popuiaGion'
That race has never so rapidly multllileu any,
where, and never been found so civilized and
CbristiauiZed as under the influence OF constant
contact with the whites of the Southern States.
The guardianship OF the latter having been
withdrawn, the former will rapidly lapse into
sem1-barbarism and gradually disappear. No
two distinct nations, even Of the same race, ever
lived peaceabv together, as equals, under the
same government. Such an instance is found no.
where in all history. II this be so OF nations
of the same race, how must it be with nations
of different races? 1t has been aptly said that
the Saxon race would always exterminate those
whom they could not subjugate; and the tate
of the American Indian illustrates it. The ne
gro race is doomed. Its ultimate fate is but
question Of time. Is it desirable to increase
such population? Would we gain anything
but mere numbers, whose moral and lntellec-,
sual degradation would be but food for corrupt
To it
populate our waste lands with class OF whites
who will have some pride of race and some
regard for their political rights and duties
If the South is to be peopled with mlilops
who are to be our equals, IN the name OF
Heaven let it be with men OF our own color
and race. ,u
vet rnined for it is o difficult job to ruin
Country so blessed in climate and soil, and
having such population as ours has been IN
all the changes of the past eighty years. Inc
sons OF the men who honored washington.
Jefferson Henry, Madison, Jackson, Clay and
Calhoun, as their models for patriots and
statesmen, cannot long be under tne rue o.
such adventlrers and charlatans rs now curse
both North and South. brighter day is
dawning. During the past thirty years the
South has never been so little in debt as she ls
to-day: and, with political kindness, she will
soon be on her feet again.. During the past
five months, / have traversed dozen countles
in Mississippi on horseback, Ghd a constant
and free intercourse with the farmers assures
me rhat therc has not been SO much money IN
the State for many years. Rich planters USED
to belong TO commission merchants OF new
Orleans. This has mostly ended. Economy
is the order of the day, and every one ls au-
dressing himself to its necessities.
With the money of tho past crop they are
buying mules and farming implements, ana
are planting about as much land IN corn as IN
cotton. thus iasuring an abundance or iood.
The proceeds of the cotton crop OF this year
1861 will be almost entirely surplus, and IN
ten years the South will be much the Wealth.
est portion OF the Union. But time, IN lts
STEADY eyolutions, will soon come to her relef
in another way. Look at the slbjoined tables.
They are worth studying, for they clearly indl,
cate where even now is the seat OF political
power. With the ability to raise an abund-
ance of food, and keep cotton above twenty
cents per pound, We may look upon the future
with high hope.
Below contrast the population and wealth
of the whole Union with the population and
wealth of the States of the Mississippi Valley.
These States are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, WIS
consin. Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas. Nebraska,
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee. Arkansas, Ala
bama, Mississippi and LOUISIANA: ,o,o
Formulation of the United States. 81 100000
Population of the Valley States. 4500.O00
Wealth OF the United States. SIG 0OO
Wealth o. the Valley States. fooo'ooo'Voo
Here it is seen that ten years ago the fifteen
States named above had nearlv half the popu-
lation and wealth Of the whole Union; although
three .Fourt hs of them were wilderness less
than fifteen years ago. Can any one doubt
that the tendency of political power IS west
ward? But let US look at it in another and
still more suggestive light.
The ten NEST prosperous and progressive
States Of this valley are Ohio. Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa. Missouri, Tennessee Kentucky, Arkan-
sas Mississippi and Louisiana. Contrast them
with the four most prosperous and progressive
States of The Atlantic seaboard. From 1850 to
1850 the increase of the former, in population,
was sixty-nine per cent, that OF the latter Dut
thrty-two. In the former tho increase IN
wealth was 800 per cent, in the latter but llO.
selected, instead Of four. the difference would
have been still greater, and, in order to pre-
sent the question in the best light for them,
but four States were selected, they the most
fourishiug. If this be true of the period be-
tween 1850 and 1860, what must be the increase
of the Valley States since them The growth
since 1860 has been moro marvellous than
ever before. Another census will be taken
next year, and we shall then, find the spell
OF New England broken, and her power for
mischief gone. In addition to all this, Mary
land, Virginia, the two Carolinas, Florida and
Texas, which are not Valley StaJes, will unite
their destinles with these, for, as they are all
essentially agricultural, their interests ar, are
mutual. They will doubtless hold tTo-thirds
of the votes in Congress and control the des-
TIMES of the Union. The elections in tn.
Northwest last fall, as compared with those OF
two years before, prove that the antagonism OF
of the people towards the South is on the wane
here; and in few more years We may exclalm,
Snow is the winter of our discomfort made sum
mer." You will say this is hopeful picture.
Well, am hopeful man. Better that than to
be ever foreboding evil. The past has its les
sons Of bitterness and oppression; but it Is
difficult to believe that this country can long
be ruled by any party whose pathway to power
is strewn with the wrecked rights and liberties
of individuals and States.
J.T. IRRELEVANT.
THE CORAL REEFS.