The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25
UNCOMMON FACTS AND EvI-
DENCES.

DENSISs
The Messenger in & few lines called
the attention of readers to the very i'm
portant and instructive address on 10th
May last. delivered at New Bern, by
Hon. Benjamin F. Frady. 1t is a much
more instructive address than is gener-
ally known. and is worthy of the accu-
rate and wide historical information as
to this country Of the able gentleman.
II any one in North Carolina knows as
much Of such things as he does then
he should give the state the benefit Of
it in a volume. We repeat here we
have already urged, that the most truly
valuable contribution in the way Of
historical and political information that
has been yet published bearing upon
the causes OF the great war is Mr..
Grady's octave on THE Case OF the
South against the North" A close
study OF it will be indeed an "eye-
opener" to most people who think
themselves Informed. The facts and
historical evidences he places before
the reader as "Justifying the Southern
stEtes OF the American union" are Of
supreme Importance. 1t is a close book
bit teams with surprises. We are
again going over it, and it is an ex-
ceilent work to keep at hand and to
turn to constantly.
We have the pleasure, thanks to Mr..
Grady. to lay before the readers of the
Messenger. the important facts he pre-
sented in his New Bern address. The
address itself was published in many
OF the North Carolina papers. He
states that his chief reliance for sta
tistics was On Southern Wealth and
Northern Profits" QS6O), by Thomas
Prentice Kettell. late editor of the
democratic Review and The South
Past and Future QS51 or 1S52-the COPY
L have seen has lost it's date). by the
late NJ. r. H Garnett of Virginia. The
latter Is a pamphlet. a copy Of which
after long inquiry 1 obtained from the
Family or the late Senator r. NJ. 7.
Hunter, who was Garnett's uncle"
We may mention that Hon. Muscoe r.
II. Garnett was a gentleman of I'M
common abilities and died in his full
We remember we'll reading
some OF his very superior addresses
perhaps full forty-five years ago. The
following are the points made as con-
densed here:
l. Up to 1860 (KettelD the Goldfish
oounues mad been 81, 200, 900 to Maine,
SS,OOO,oOO to Massachusetts, and 81. 600
600 to the other New England states-in
round numbers.
:. For a number of years I'D to 1859
"a the south had paid in freights TO
the protected shipping of the north an
-anhuaI sum equal to nearly half the
value OF their ships. The ships were
orth a fraction over $73,O 900, 900, and in
1909 the fretghts paid to their owners
by he people of the south amounted to
about $50. 900, 00c.
3. From 1880 to 1910 (Garnett) the
south paid nearly $17S, 900, 900 into the
1eGeral treasury, while the north paid
less thar s36, OOO. 900; and from 1889 to
1876 the south paid 7-9ths (seven ninths)
OF all the federal revenues.
4. During the four years ending with
1887 the revolutionary pensioners of
New England received more money out
of the federal treasury than those
states paid into it.-G.
.. Up to 1916 appropriation for roads,
rivers and harbCrs Excluding those for
the Mississippi anC the Ohio, which
were common to the two sections) were
So, 743. 407 for the north and 81, 757, SIG
for the south; and from 1884 to 1916 the
New England states and New York.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey received
for internal improvements S6,32S, 0SO,
while Maryland, Virginia. the Carroll
mas n Georgia received 1858, 100-about
one tenth.-G.
6. Up to 1916 g. the north had receiv-
ed twice as much money for coast de-
lenses as the south had, excluding those
at the mouth OF the Mississippi which
were for the defense of both sections
and those on Chesapeake bay which
were for the defense of the federal cap
ital.
4. Nearly all OF the million Of dollars
which up to 1850 had been appropri-
ated for coast survey had been spent in
the north for every SO spent in the
south.
s. In 1860 and for years before (K.)
the south was purchasing annually
more than si46, OF 1000 of protected
northern manufacturers, and If the
tariff laws granted to them a bonus OF
% per cent. the south was fieeced an
nually to the extent of S.000,0 900, which
is a conservative estimate, since Henry
w. Lamb, president of the New Eng
land Free Trade League published
statistics last year proving that the
prices of protected articles in the Uni
ted states are nearly So per cent higher
than in England. If we were to adopt
this rate. the north's annual unearneo
increment vas about S4O.oOO,Wo
These writer's had had excess to all
the public records, their calculations
were carefully made, and thus lar
they stand unchallenged."
NOTES.