New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-08

4 ing Q monopoly Of the, greet stapleov ooesoa
and sugar, she has rich deposits OF iron
coal, lead, copper, sulphur and salt. Shl
has broad and navigable rivers and unser
passed water power, mild and healthfu
climate and vast acreage OF fertile SOIL
She possesses elements of manufacturing ane
commercial power unsurpassed IN any sec
ton Of our country. These will bring mel
diversified industry-her greatest need
and, under wise protective legislation, mill
will spring up ON our water courses, 1ur
naces by the side of eurere beds, and shops
and factories in our towns ana citles: VIZ
ginia. Tennessee, Alabama. Georgia anG
Missouri already have their furnace firei
liehted. and the clatter Of the cotton mill il
heard in the Carolinas, Georgia and Louis
iana.
| I can not close my remarks on this sub
iect without pointing out some of the great
advantages offered in the South for the man
ufacture Of cotton: The South can spi1
yarn and make unbleached fabrics at TWEEN
ty-five per cent less than it can be done in
New England. A cotton factory located
where the fibre is grown will save all the
expenses incurred between the gin house
| on the plantation and the pressing room Of
the factory, which are pressing, baling
hopping, Transporting, insurance and com
missions; and when it arrives at the distant
factory, the hopping and bagging must be
removed, and to restore the fibre to its
feecy condition. as it left the gin on the
plantation, it must be put through the
pickery. These are some Of the charges in
favor Of the manufacturer in the cotton dis
| trict; and another advantage would be in
the superior quality of the fabrics made
from the unbroken fibre as it came from the
gin stand. As q specimen of cotton
manufacturing at the South. I desire
to submit the following result OF
the factory at Augusta, Georgia: "The
gross earnings, of these Augusta cotton
mills, together with the interest for the year
ending June 10, were $4,000 50, and gross
expenses $5l, 10S 70, leaving as net earnings
Sl45 ,5O4 "a, from which four dividends of
five per cents, each have been paid, amount
ing to >l2O, 900, leaving $25,54O 81 to go to
profit and loss, and making $252, 1886 20 the
amount now standing to the credit of that
account. During the year 6S5l bales of
cotton, averaging 44O pounds each, at an
average cost Of 1926 cents per pound, were
consumed, the product of which was 1915
bales of goods measuring 1928, 72S yards,
Of which Il, l2l bales, were sold during the
year, leaving on hand at date Of report
sixty-fOur bales. 1t was resolved to build
q new mill with Is, 900 additional spindles,
at a cost Of >4OO, 900. =
This presents one among the numerous
and now rapidly increasing instances in
which the policy of protection is at this
hour vindfcating itself and bringing con-
fusion to its enemies.
Last year we exported about three million
bales Of cotton, and received for it about
two hundred millions of dollars: suppose We
had spun it into yarn, which is q simple pro-
cess, and requires no skilled labor: it would
have netted us four hundred million dollars.
But this 10 not all: in this simple process of
manufacture, which doubles the value Of
the raw material, We would give employ
ment to hundreds aud thousands Of women
and children, non prOductives, and q bur-
den upon the labor and industry Of the
country.
This is the kind of reconstruction the
South needs, and if the Northern Democracy
arc sincere in their professions Of friendship,
they will not permit these resources of in
dustry and wealth to be Frustrated by free
trade legislation.
On the financial question the Democracy
are . success, especially in New York. Zap
plause.] 1t is true they differ slightly in
their policy in different sections of the
country, AZ for instance. in the East they
advocate paying the national debt in gold;
in the West, in greenbacks. and in the
South their policy is not to pay it at all.
Applause. The Democracy. on finance,
are in the same dilemma OF the negro Ger
want, Jim, who was sent by his master to
neighbOr's house with a pair of pups in
basket. He stopped on the road at gro.
Gerry to take some refreshments. While
there. wag took the pups out of the basket
and put in a pair Of pigs. When Jim ar
rived at the neighbours house, addressing
the planter, he said, Here, fotch you dem
pups what ole massa promised you" The
planter took the basket, and opening it,
found the pigs. suspecting trick, he spoke
rather roughly to jim. saying. You black
Jim, badly scared. closed his basket and
hurried off home to solve the mystery,
on his way at the same grocery,
where the wag replaced the pups, on arriv-
ing at home, Jim says, why massa, dem
pups is pigs, da's no pups, no how" But
saw the pups, he was dumbfOunded, and
exclaimed, 'GOlly massa. ia can be pups
or pigs jis as darn please. (Great ap-
plause.
One If the charges made against the Re-
party by the speakers and press Of
the Democratic party is that Congress in
its reconstruction policy in the South,
placed the local governments in the hands
of Adventures and ignorant negroes who
have ''eaten out the substance of the
people," and destroyed the material inter-
ests of that section of the country. This
is fruitful theme for denunciation with
Democratic speakers and editors. In fact
they consider it one Of their "live issues
[Applause.]
The last repetition of this favorite charge
which has come to my notice, heard from
that brilliant young DemOsthenes who en-
the Cleveland Democracy week
should be the next lieutenant governor of
Ohio. (Great applause Colonel Hunt
drew an appalling picture of widespread
ruin and devastation in the South, depicting
a condition Of things much worse than ex.
sted at the close Of the war. And in a
spasmOdic flight he exclaimed. Look at the
Legislature of South Carolina with fifty
members who can neither read nor write"
He might have added more truthfully, if
not more forcibly, that THE Democratic
party of South Carolina, before the war en-
acted laws making it crime to teach one
If these men even to read tie Bible"
Tremendous applause.1 He might also
have added. 'Yet not one of these fifty ever
raised traitorous howl against the flag of |
his country" Great applause.]
But am not an apOlOsist tor either cor
ruption or ignorance. These have always
been too prevalent in the South. The dit |
ference between the Republican and Demo- |
:ratic parties in this matter is, that when
hunts him out and Furnishes him for his |
crime. But when a Democrat is charged |
with plundering the people. the entire |
Democratic press comes to his defense, |
ienies the charge made against him. and |
tenounces his accusers as slanderers. Wit |
ness the Wholesale robberies of the Tam |
many ring. Are they carpet-baggers! and |
are their constituents ignorant negroes! |
Great applause.
COlnuol Hu,t o.y,,, arc o,,,,.l -
men should 60 armed in Cuyahoga county.
and murder and n1undar vnI,r citixo,c ~,