The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-05-28
Ihe sstarietta Suuvaal.
Marietta. Georgia.
Friday Morning May IS, 80.
HOW WE MAY GAIN OUR INDEPEN-
DENCE.

"A correspondent of Macon Journal 4
Messenger furnishes that paper with the
| following sensible platform. We woald
only add one plank. Every spare dol
lar that cannot be judieiously Invested
il the improvement Of tho soil should
be employed in building up other
industries aoANt}5a aft#
awe have fried the sword aid spear,
and failed, If we now try the plow and
spindle we may, in less than four years,
DC the most independent and prosperous
people in the world. E#
9get us determine to make our own
provisions, and meat, sugar and syrup.
| NC can do this, and make as much cot
ton as We should wish to make besides.
| Ii We only make cotton enough to sup
bly, the European demand, we will get
about as much money for it as we would
for twice the quantity. .s. .ta
sLct. us make everything we need
that is made out Of wood, iron and leath-
or. We have every variety of timber
growing on our land. Let us use it,
and pay our own mechanics. a.vt. o.
ssI4ct us sell our cotton for gold. We
will then have currency that will go.
at par all over the world. Besides it
will bring about direct trade with Eu-
rope, athing which every ,Southerncr
should do every thing in bis power to
encourage. a5di nn 3ag lH h4e
IL E,I.ct us invest every surplus dollar
in manufacturing, and in a short time
we shall not only be able to manufac-
turc our own supplies, but able to con-
vert a large portion of our cotton into
It's most valuable form before We sell it,
and secure to ourselves the profit here
toforc realized by tho New England
manufacturers. a oai $3.50
''In short, let us stop the drain of
money from South to North. When we
do this, we will have gained our indc-
pendcnce, and shall have it in our pow
icr to levy an embargo on commercial in
I.tercoursc with the North, and to dictate
to those who are doing everything in
their power to Cypress and degrade us,
the terms upon which it shall be remoy-
| ed. 9i tnsH yUe ~al fEal bea
"But in order to succeed in this great
enterprise, there must be concert Of
action aud combination of capital. But
few persons have sufficient capital to 60
into manufacturing alone, bnt if we form
companies, and combine our capital, we
can put in operation a factory in every
county where cotton is grown. Let
there be at least one manufacturing
company Formed in every coanty
where cettoa is grewn. Let the stock
he let out in small shares SO small that
every farmer can take stock. So soon
as there is sufficient capital raised to
start a factOry--eren q small onc---lct
MS send to England for the machinery
and a competent person to put 1t in OPP
Grafton. Even small factory would BIO
a blessing to the community. 1t would
givc,cmployhent to INDECENT women and
children, and open a market to the
farrncrs for many articles Of food that
they could not otlerlise dispose of.
~ EIet there be an agricultural assoeia-
ton fibrmcd in each county, and lot zach
county be represented in 1.-The annual
State Conventions, aud let each Stale be
represented in Southern Agricultural
Convention, to- be held atCsome ccntrall
point, at least once year. In this way
We may secure harmony and concert Of
action. ana i-.4-A-.H f..e
( 'Let the press, and our leading and
most influential citizens throughout the
South take hold of this matter IN earn
est, and devote their minds and their
energies to the emancipation and eleva
ton Of the South. IF we do this we are
bound to succeed. We have slept over
our privileges long enough. Let US at
once adopt that policy that cannot fail,
in Il few years, to render the Southern
people the most Independent, the
wcaIthicst and happies. on the face Of
tho globe.
with the most delightful climate
soil capable Of supporting perhaps one
hundred million pcoplc-wi:h our fine
navigablc rivers, and water po@cr spffi-
eient to runy perhaps, all the machinery
in the world-thc South is, to-day, the
poorest section Of the United States
While New England, With an unpropi- |
tious climate, poor soil-ineapabie of
supporting the present population, is !
the wcahhicst. How happcrcd this un-
natural state Of affairs Simply be-
cause through our stupidity the New
York merchants ard New England
manufacturers have managed to appro-
pirate to themselves the profits Of our