The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-27

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munerative, in order to devote ourselves to
others which require unnatural aud artificial
stimuli ints to make them profitable. But it does
not follow that the West must be dependent Don
the industries of other countries and sections
for everything but stock and grain, and Just as
little ought the South to make herself perma-
nently dependent upon other sections for the
great mass of her necessary supplies. Nature
herself has indicated far different design. The
bowels OF the earth reveal her purposes, as well
as the black soil and the blue sky above. Our
coal fields well distributed and almost mex
haustible, together with vast stores of
iron ore and many other minerals, invite
both capital and labor to investments which
must bring both large and long continued
profits The. coal and ore in Tennessee, Geor-
gia and Alabama are sufficient to supply your
section OF the country for thousands OF years to
found side by side, close to the very surface Of
the soil, with great quarries of marble near at
hand, and with immense forests Of valuable tim
Der everywhere around. What more could ma
ture do to invite mans industry and to assure
the certainty Of its reward Where she has
done far less, intelligence and energy have
shown that rich results may be compelled from
her reluctant hand; but it is surely wastefulness
to disregard the unexampled lavishuess with
which she has combined gifts which even sepa-
AotCAy arc VI 1uoSuIuaUl0 Fdlu0s
But these are not the only sources and sugges-
tons OF more varied industry. A gentleman Of
large intelligence and great experience in the
manufacture OF cotton goods in the State OF
Georgia has given me his Op MON thai that BUSH
ness can be made even more profitable at the
South than at the North He says that the ad-
vantage OF the South lies in these particulars;
that the raw material coss on an average eight
dollars per bale less in Geo gia than in New Eng
land; that the m.ldness OF the atmosphere makes
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the climate makes the cost of living to the laborer
cheaper in respect of fuel, clothing and many
articles OF fOOd and that q ready market for the
manufactured goods is found in the South and
West, saving the cost Of double transportation
and commissions. 1t is an established fact, that
Notwithstanding constant shrinkage of values
during the past few years the cotton factories of
Georgia have realized large profits, and have
year by year, decla,e ed large dividends.
In this connection it seems to me proper to
call attention to the neglected water power Of
your section. You have an immense number OF
streams and rivers flowing from the mountains
and highlands, the running force Of which will
one day be made the source OF vast wealth.
Many man Is living in comparative poverty,
and by the hardest labor, who has in the stream
that runs beside his door means of wealth that
England and New England would be glad to
purchase at q great price. On the Chattahoo-
chez, for example, near Columbus, Ga, is . nat
ural Hallway over q mile long, and with fall OF
ulty locU 10 Gu0 E}1S, WHICH an tQRubQ writer
once said would in England be worth millions of
pounds sterling; yet, to this day, am told that
only one factory is operated upon that particular
power, although it is in the immediate neigh
borhood OF the intersection of several railroads
That property is now under such intelligent and
active management as to justify the opinion that
the power will soon be more fully used. Be-
cause Of the available power, this river for sew
eral miles above Columbus, has been described
as the site of the future Southern Lowell"
few years eince l visited the Territory Of
Utah. 1t was with deep prejudice against the
established theocracy, and the shame of polygamy
that made some observation of the character OF
the country and the condition OF the people. In
1o47 that valley was a deserj. In 1869 / found
many parts of it productive and beautiful Pa
tien5 labor utilizing the streams from the melt
ing snow of the distant mountains, had effected
the change. TIE remarkable leader who had es-
tablished the settlements had a following as
blind and devoted as that described in the story
OF the Yelled Prophet Of Khorassan. His
judgment and his will were the law for the peo-
pie. He required useful industry of every de-
votee, and established such rigid economy and
diversity Of employment as made his people in
dependent They produced all that
they, consumed; and to that fact I
attributed the wonderful conversion Of desert
country into the home Of large population
within period less than the third OF century
Perhaps the Mormon can teach us little else that
is useful to learn, but he has at least shown how
rapidly wealth and the means Of wealth may be
accumulated by self-dependcnt people. One
OF your own writer's has well said that "no ex.
clusiv, ly agricultural community can attain the
prosperity or the wealth which springs from di-
versified pursuits and the blending Of mechani-
cal with agricultural industry"
laudable desire of self-dependence should not
carry any section into the folly of unproductive
or improbable undertakings, for the sake Of
mere variety; and many moral as well as mate
rial considerations admonish us to avoid COM
mercial isolation. Trade and commerce promote
civilization, and with US fraternity.
am sure that, from the suggestions which
hare made, you will not impute to me the
thought or the desire that any section Of our
common country should seek independence, even
considerations or motives such as actuate foreign
powers in view OF international exigencies
to which they are exposed.
In that respect, for all future time, our fore.
thought and provision must and will extend from
ocean to ocean, and from boundary to boundary
Prudence, indeed, and sound economy require
that every section should diversity its own pur.
suits, and seek such reasonable independence as
may spare the waste Of needless transportation,
and give protection from exhorbitant prices and
the failure Of supplies from other sections; but
beyond this even the commercial independence
OF the sections has been made impossible by the
decree OF nature.
The great States and Territories Of the West
and the Pacific are destined to have commerce
and manufactures, no doubt, and yet their plains
and mountain slopes will be the great grazing
and grain growing regions 9 the whole land.
The Eastern states will till the soil a. heretofore,
but their supremacy must still be that Of COM
merce and manufactures. Pennsylvania will
maintain her eminence in the production Of coal
and manufacture Of iron. You, too, may increase
your manufactures and extend your commerce
over the world, and yet your commerce and your
manufactures together can never approach
the vast proportions of your agricultural
productions. And, fellow. citizens Of the
South, hope, and pray, and trust that never
more while time shall last shall any section Of
our common country wish, or believe that it has
just cause to wish, for separate independence of
the rest. l hope and befeve that the people Of
this whole land will ere long pronounce q solemn
and irrevocable judgment That the constitutional
authority Of the United States shall everywhere
be respected and Obeyed, and the rights and pre-
negatives Of the Sta es preserved and maintained
in accordance with the Constitution and
Union and then there need be jealousy and dis
trust nowhere, but harmony and confidence
everywhere; and then every State and section