The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20
Southern Immigration.
Light Up the Furnaces and Set the Snin.
dies TO Work.
Clay Dean.l


In about the following proportion is tn
entire wealth of the country distributed. p
pecially the idle capital of the country. r,
this L mean the boarded wealth. which !.
| held In fabulous sums, and includes bond,
OF every klnd-State, county, city corporal I,
| and private mortgages upon Southern and
| Western cities and farms. This is a table
OF the registered aud 3 per cent. United
States bonds. OF these New England has
| SOL, 507 300 the Middle States have S22I
234,8 500, the Western have SIS, SIS, O5O. the
Southern States have $I1, 4S6, $50 OF these
| bonds Missouri owns only So, 676, 800. which
very fairly illustrates the relation of the en-.
tire Indebtedness TO the country in its diff
ferent sections.
50 long as the South and West produce
merely the raw material for the manufac-
lures of the East they will hold subordinata
positions in the country. OF Missouri. 81
rich IN resources, this is especially true.
The wealth and prosperity of people is the
only guaranty of their political rights and
independence. These are assured when they
can create what they consume, and furnish
for the markets the article demand
ed by the wants of the world. 1t is this
which gives sovereignty to States, which
IS respectected everywhere-which needs
neither conventions nor platforms to =detine
1t, nor armies 10 enforce it,
Had the lives and the treasure wasted in
the late war been spent upon the Southern
side alone, been expended in the erection
ana furnishing of manufactures with ma. |
chinery, they would have equaed the en-
tire value of the investments in mannufac |
tories in the United States in 1870, which /
was 81, lis, POS. 769 This immense amount |
would have given the South a permanent I
productive power, unequaled by any other
people of equal numbers in the world This
with the raw material growing by the side
If their machinery. this amount of money
vas more than spent on the Southern side |
But add to this the amount wasted by this
horrible war, and it would have easily doub-
ed the manufacturing capacity of the eoun-
hry. The innocent slain, manned and ruin
d young men deluded into conflict would
lave easily manned this machinery; and
With the genius expended in the expedients
f death, which could have added to the in /
entions which spring from actual expert \
lents with machinery, what precious ex- Y
hange this would have been for the orphan !
&c, widowhood, decrepitude, wasted consti- =
ltions from prison life, hateful memories !
hich poison the peace of generations, that :
'ansmit their spite and prejudices for full /,
entury? Wages earned and saved would \
ave added to our wealth, instead of pen /
ons which drain wealth and happiness to- t
ether. Prosperous families would have g
zen employed in adding to the happiness :.
Others. But it was not so, and cannot be :.
langed. Let it be forgotten. y
1t is not only violation of the just prin-
Piles of political economy, but it is a crime ?
crowd a dense population into a State Ii
here they cannot comfortably support them Il
Ives by honest industry. The number of :,
ople who can find support in a State de- a.
nds upon the resources of the State and :,
e adaptability of the population to utilize =
csc resources. The hunter is limited in ~
e chase by the extent of the game Pas 81
raj life can support only those who can |
lw subsistence from the herd, whilst agri- tr
lture, which yields most gratefully to the "
nd of the husbandman, depends upon a,
: extent and growth of agriculture and =
lnufactures for its prosperity and perma- ~
nee as a supporter of population. The "a
st thorough GGveloment of modern ma Il
rs depends upon happy combination of 81
nmerce, navigation, agriculture and man
ctures. The dense population of Europe m
Asia have expanded with the increase ~
production from the raw material and the ~,
nmerce which seeks customers for their II
wares among people abroad eS