Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South

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• )~lP .A tu:u~~ ULT\\" CE.:"{ '1'111~ f t Cn1tnr' in tlt ~ nth? ' Yill nollting 1c. ;~ th:tn cl~·-..DLlt i ng "'.\ .... t til 0 •na- . . . ·oot'-. of lwlr writ~ ~utlic' to C'onvinc the · conltl'lll:ttwn ~troll~ •1 P' " .. · t· 1· ... in llt•r own li n·ltt and rttllllng both body und ~11\l\\t t\tat -.11' I">:-- ,11!1 Ill:-, r . • t. t' h\l·J'\ 1 \\' hat er r dntv :uHl ·xp •tlt nc• re-r oll] \>y till' 1' •t 'll lOll 0 :-,' J • • • • • ~ . ~ 1 , , f'IJ', \\ illin 'r t< tln. ...\dtltLJon:tl proot:-; ar aL hand. <Ill I' • lo ht• < (ltn:, "l: '' e t:~ . . . 1 1 1 1· . •-l r. ·tlcrs shall l>' c·oJl\'llH't'd, corduted, C'OllVJCl (1 1 a v t·I J o I, e r~ a Ill ~ .t \ r > • • • ' 1 'l'J1 •• , •. lt:tll, in their !teart:-> ancl <'OilS(' I 'IH' 'S 1f uoL \\"Jth :11\11 ('I)Jl\''J't~'( • '-' • . 1 ~ ,11 . l>t' 'll' t·..,timouv to tlt' triutllp!JanL ~wbi YO· tll\.' 11' t Ollf!Ul'" UIH J> ' " . . . . · l'. 1. 1 . Jn tll t" o tables'' luch llllltledrat '1 io11ow thc"e lllL'Ilt of Jl'' .. t Hll. . . . . . . I I . 1 ·11 . 'C bow lllll ·l1 Jnor • v1goron-.; HJHl lruttlul th • ~Oilt' n •ttl a r .., t 1 ·} ~ l a s . ' . . • • • 1 1.t m·m·t•'~'l' tll •11t of ire "lltt · ltu~hatHlmen tlt:lll 1t when utHil'l' 111 pt lHl • • • t"> 'J • • • · 1 1. tl1 rude •tnd natnr•-murdL·rtnp: tillnge o[ n:lnY·d 1:-. ,, ten UJH cr ' . . 1 ·11 t,,. sttl>s[''lllellt tal>les tltl')' !-1l1all find LhaL tlt l!vo 11 ••rro •:-. · :IIH I • • ~ l"l ' · 1 1 t 1 111 '1111·tls hrlll · and fal'lni ng i11q>l 'lllL'll ts and wachin· ~to'" "'·wrr l Cl''l < '. , . , • ' .' ·t·l b 1·., ' t·tl·~ "rO worth •tt 1 a:t o11e tlwwmnrl miltivnofdol- r \ I ll I ' I ' ~ • , t~ i l ~ tl •n tl 1 • ltl'trkut v·tlu of th .·am' in tl1' ~]ar ~ 'lat '·! In ({ 1'.'~ 11101' \ ltl l I tIt, rae 1 Ito\\ ,, ·r, of all t bcs \ mo~L sign iJican t and i nC'on trOY('rtiLle fa<'t~ tit. oligarchy 11:t\ e the unparall<:lc<.l auda('it · to t ·11 n: tltnt tho ~nulh in tit, gre:tt ·:L ngriL:ultnrul ountry in th' world nnu thut tho North is a dr ary wnste nnliL for ·ultivation, an<l quit d p nd nt on Uij for lit ll 't'l''-'~ari 'S or lif'o. How prrpo. terou~1y fa1s all ' uch babu]e i I tlw follow in rr tabl will show : '1.' A . ~ L ACTUAT, en PS PER ACru: 0~ Tll f•; A YEltA(HJ I~ THE }'ltE~ A~D I~ TilE SLAH 'TATE '--1 50. Al'Tl \L <'ROP~ PETt ArfU.~ ON 1'111•: A V (•, IL\{H: L 'I' II~; I•' IU<. E STAT ES-1 :,o. u) "C'll ~ Vl c::- 0 -; .:::: ~ ... ¢~ ::l J .c oai .::> J, (.)~ _.., ::l ::l c- ST \ I'ES. .::l .0 c::~ ~-; ~ ::l a; "J. cti ·r-e-- ..:::.::> .::: ~.::l ./) d .... c:: .L: ;:; c ~ ~ ----------- onneclicut .. 21 . . 4 ,) lllit.oi . . 11 2!> ll U!3 1H5 Indiana .. 1~ 20 1 s:~ 100 ] 1)\\IL ..... 14 ~6 3~ 100 !\l rtliiC ... .. 10 .. . . 27 120 hl a i. ..... Hi 20 1!3 31 170 Michigan .. 10 ~(l H2 1·10 ~ew ll :unp. 1l :30 30 ~~0 i\ ·w .J en. •y ll 26 .. a:1 i\cw York. 12 •-.J.>- 17 27 100 Ohio. .... I~ 2l 25 at> P •nn . . . 15 . . 21) 7;) Hhode 1 .. . . . !)0 .. . . 100 Vermont. .. 13 .. 20 H2 H ' Wi::;coo in . , 14 8S . . !30 ~-- --- 161 82.'5 I 107 <t36 1,5o=~ - I A<'l' AL {' IWP:-1 I'I•~ R A JU: 0~ TflE A\'Ji: Jt\(lJ•: Jr 'l'IIJ•j !4(, \ \'1,: :-;T\TES-l.'il. r£ til (/) ci' til ,.d Qj Q) o. " ... .c .c oi -c:~:- :::: .I "' c....~ WJ .a o~ !--T .\'I'Ii:~. ::l c:;..::: - .0 p ..... .!.! ~ c:: f a . ,£ ·- ::l .c~ d -c.::> J ..:::1 ~ ·;: ~ ~ 0 0 H '"' ----- Alabama .. 5 15 ru Ark an as ... 22 D lawarc .. J l 20 .Florida .... 15 .. 1~a Georgia. ... !) 7 16 1'!,) Kentucky .. 11 2~ lSU J,oui ·iana. .. .. .. l(i ~ I n.ry land .. 1!3 21 1 2!J i5 i\ lb ·issippi. 0 12 1 11~ l\lil'souri ... 11 2() .. 34 l liJ (,.5 0:. 'axolina. 7 ]() "..1. .~> 11 ' arolina. 1.., .. 11 iu 1 '~0 1'cnnc 'ee . 7 19 7 21 2.')0 Texas ..... 15 . ' 20 ~~ Yirginia. ... 7 t:~ 5 1 - --1,31:.0 121 100 ():3 273 - - - FREg ANU Tlll.C LAY E STATE • 3B UEC'A.PlTtLA'fl :'i F ACTUAL HOP PEl~ A HR 0." Till~ A \I:R.\GI:-1 v0. I ~LA\']<; ~TATE". 'Vht>al.. . . . . . . . . . . tl bu-.ht•b per acr?. () ._l t~ .............. 0 1 7 ~ . H)' l' . . . . . . . ' .... 11 II Indian ( 'orn.. . . . . . ~0 1 ri~ h P ulatoeH . .... 11:1 I( '' FlU:~<; ~T.\'T'E_, . Wh at ... .. ........ l ~ bthltl'lH pc1· ::trr '1.7 I' II Out~ .... ··········· H\C ·········· . . .. l~ JJidmu Corn .... ··· .:1 1 lt n-h Po tat oc~ ... · · l 2,; I' " What an obvious ('Ollt ra<.;t 1> ·tw <.'ll tll \'lg'Ol' or LilJ ·rlj aud tllO impot nc of Sla' ry? 'r11a an unaJJ~\\·eral>l' argmllL'llt in fa' or of free labor! .... \<1<l11p til' two ~olumns of fit;un•s ahon-, and "hat b tho r~.., 11 It? Two ]!llndr d an<l tbirte ·n lm"h ·ls ns tl1' pro<lurts of' fj, :H·r ·~ in th ~orth and only on l1un<lred fltHl s 'Yl•nty bu. bt>ls a" tilL' product-, of fir acr •s in th · Hout II. Look aL ·ncl1 it ·m sep:lrat ·1.) an<l ) ou '' ill fiml that th av rng <'rop per UC'r' of '\'t'r • nrt i<'le nunlcrat ·d i~ gr at ·r in th' fr •' t-)tat s than it is in tl1' Hla\' ~tales. Exa1nin · til tnulc at lar-r :111d you \vill p reeiv' tltaL w!ti1· ~lu..,~ncltu:-.L'lh prodtH'l'_. ~ixl • n bn.-h 1~ of wlt ·at to th n ·r' Yir,rinia Jlrodu<' ·: o11h ~l'' t'll · tl1nt ~ 1 P"•nu"yh·ania. pro<lnc '.' iift ··nand G •o rgia on I · fin•: that "!ti le lo\\ a protlnc" thirty-six bushels of ont · to tl1 :t<'r ·, ~1i~~i ... :ippi produc'l' ouly t'' ·lr•; thnt JU10d J~l:lnd produc , Utirty, nnd rorth Carolina only l 'n; tltnt while Ohio produe s tw nty-fir busl1l'l ' <.'fry to tltL· fH'l', J\cnlncky produces only 'lev•n; that VennonL produc ·s t" •nt.' and Tcnn •.' only s ,. ·n: that " ·ltilc ~onn •di ·uL pro(1uce.' ftH't.\ hu..,Jt ·1s of Indian or·n t tIt acre, Tcx~l. pro<luC' ·s only t w nty · tlt :tt "'\' t'W J r cy produc s thirty-thr an<.l iontlt 'arolina only 1 'Yen; lltal '' ltil Now Ilnmp:-;ltirc prodnc s two hnn<.lr <.1 nnd tw ntr bn:h ·1"' or lri h potato·· to the acr , Maryland pr due s oaly H v ·nty-fh· •; th:tt ~lil'11ig'ln protlncc. one h lliHll' d and forty, an<l Alabama only ixty. "ow for other betmti •s or sln.v ·ry in another tabl .