Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South

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cnM PA IUS0.8S DET\\'EEN 'I' HE \nd \' t for ... ooth Lltu ~laY 'lwlt1ing oligarchy woul<l whip u into tJ1, b~..·~id' tlJ:tt' agriC"u1t nr. j-; not one of t ~~ ' 1 ·:ul i ~1 ~ an tl ltHTat i rc pnr-.uit f I 1. Lt ·t t·~ ti 1•1t tl1e :-.t1il there I" an utttllll' tT\lpted banert \\·1, 1.. (l l I ' !'l:ll ,~ ' "' "'• ' ' '"• :tn<l that our ~orthl' r ll l>l'l'llt t-ell.' It:~ Yin ~ t.liL' adYant:tg i~1 nothin~l' l'XI\jlt Wl':dt!J, population iul:tnd :tnd lor ·tgn co n11~1 e r c, tllUillll :H· ~ur ·~ 1JH.:t·l1an­i ..... , n i 11 n·n t i 0 n.., 1 i t e rat u r c, t !1 • ar I s n.u d . · · ll' n < • c 8 :11 H l t 1 1 · tt' eo n r 0 111 it ant ] 1 l;H.lJL''-' ol' profilnhl' 1tHlll-;try- llliSCl'aUlU obj 'l't' Ol' ('ltarity !-at'(} t}e. ldt·nt Hl U" for tl1 • nee'" ari ·o.; of life. :\ext to Yiq . dnia ~fa ryl:ulll 1 · th" gr atc~t :--;olltltl'1'11 l1 ny-producin~ ,, I,. 'l!Hl , et it j..; the opinion of S '\' •ral o[' tl1 " 11\ ht e~t •n...,jy ]1:w \ \ t1. l 'I; ( L .. :l!ld gr:till th.':tler: in naltilllOI'' \rith WhOlll W ' ]t:t\'L ('011\ l'T'SCd on tlte ~uhjl'rt that til <lowe...;tic rrop i-.; ~c:tn· el eq 11al to <~lll·-thinl the demand :lit 1 that til" l>al<wce r 'qui red f'or hom c:onsnntpt ton :tlHlnt two-thinl-, i...; <'hi~..·lly IJrought from 1\ ' \\' York P ·nnsy1Ynttia antl Ma~~achu~ett\ .\l thi-; ntle .M~tryl :tml rcc•ives antl COll'-llltlll'S uoll l!'-'.' than thr c llun­dt~..:< l :lllclilrt en tlton ... :uul ton'l or )J orth ' I'll }I :I.)' C \ ' ·ry y ·nr. an<l thi~, :I~ w. ar' inl'onne<l by th' tl •al •r · :thov •-111 ·n ttonl•d, :tL an nn:r:F' c·c,, t•1 th, la .... t purdw .... er l >y th time it 1 ~ ~lo w •d in tl1' 1110\\. of at lc:H t ,, l'llt,·-tir • dollar-; per to11; iL would tllll ~ uppc·ar t l>at this most popular Hllll \';tlu:Ll>l · Jli'O\' ud 'I' one (Jr tltc :;tapl' ('Ollllll<Hliti '.' or tlt l Xortlt, t'llllllttatHl · a markl'L in a ~i n ~l · slar c ~tal' to th' :unonnt of :~YCillllil­lion ·ighL l>nnd r !1 :ttl(l ~ ,, enty-fiv' tlwnsand dollars per :Utttnm. 1 II tlti:4 ~amc ~'taLc or :Maryland les;; than Oil\ 1Jl ill ion or J ollat"' wmth ul' <'llttou finds a 111:trk et th' wltolo llnml> )r ot' ual '"~ sol<l l1 crc in },'GO, :unounting to only Lw ·n ty-thr • thon"'~1nd tlJn.'e ltunclr <l nnd twC'nty- 1ire, \alll l'Cl fit ~·l'n:ll lJnnclt· '<l :t!Hl furt_Y-SiX. t}LO\I~ttltcl runr blltHlfli} d,,1J:u·.-. Hrietly, tlt L'l1 antl in rouu<l lll1Il11> r:-~, ,\. lllny state the ea o tltu .... : .Man land l.JU\ : annnallv ~ \ 'e ll 1nillion~ of clo11 ars' \\"orth (lr hay ~ " "' f>\>tll the :XortJt, nnd one million of Jollar;.;, " ·o rtlt of cotton front tit• ~uuth . LC't :-.la\~.:ltolder nnd tlt •ir f:l\ntillg <ll'r ·tl<1 l'n! r eacl, pondL·r HII\1 c·. 111 pare. • The ·x:l<'t qn:tntilie~ of ~orll tL: rn hay 1·:· , a1Hl lJIIcl·wh at 11our, lri h jll)tato • \ fruit~ clu ,·cr :ll'tl gra ·..; ~ectl , an<1 otl1 ·r pro<lu ct ·of t1 u~ '-Oil. r~ 'L'i r ·d atHl COihlllltl':l in all tl1c ~1a ,.l!ltolcl ing ~l·tt ·:-: ,,.u hu.ru uo llll'li ' · ac;cL·rt:tinin~; but for all praclit,tl purpo;-;e~, w " •an arri rc · uflicicutly 'I ·at· to tlt amount by in l'u· ·nco frotn th al>o,·o datn, nnd Jhlln ' .. 1tat we . cc with unr YO.' nnu l1 car with our ·ars ·whcr vcr \H~ g,. ! ·,10 1 from tlte North fot·" Ill<W or for b 'rtst, or f()r both i: for ·alo iu l''> l'l'Y lllotrkcL in tlw ~ 'ontlt. }:n~ u in tl1 1n o~L inf-i i!.!tli lic:lllt little vi]Jiprc' itt th~: inLu·ior of tho ~laYe ~'t:~k · ,\"l ll' l'C 1)(lok"' ;ll' \\·"pup 'I" n.ncl other n l! l'uu.s of int ·lli.~·Ltwc : re 11111 nu \Yl1, "]1l·n• tll l' poor " ·hite..; nnd_tl.o n~·~roe are alik' bo\\ ul du\\ n in lteathonblt i!: Jwr:UH' • :uH1 l>nrban·ru, :mu where th 11 ews i · r eeiH~<l lJttt once a ,,:CL k, and then only in a ~ urthcrn-built tng '-coad 1, l1r:t\\ 11 by J 1 or~e" in _: o:· hern l1arnc ·~, ;n 27 ('it:tr~l' of n.dri\ r t1r •....,:--c<1 C(lp-a-pi 111 ortltl'l'ltluthilim nt-.:, a11<l \\ith a \ortlll·rn whip in his h:tn tl-tlte ngritultllra] p r()(1nl'h ol' thL• Xorth, eit hL·r C'rnde pn·p:lr ·d, pickl ed or pr '-'l'l'Yl'd arc ., l'r to b fotttHl . \f nrlif) i11g ns tit ' acl..rwwletlgnH' II t of the f':td i-; to tb it i ·our 1111• bi.t"L'<lupinion au opinion wllielt wil l, we bt•li '\'l' h in do r~L·d by C\ L'r intdligPnt p 'r;o;on who go\. into a <'aref'ttl 'Xmn ina t ion and compari~on of all til fa cts in Lite e:t 'L\-that h ' prolit · :~risin~ to Lit ~ort h from t!IL' .... nl of prO\' 'nd ·r nn<l provi;-;ion: to t ill ~outlt nr far gre:tt ·r titan tJ 11 , ... • arisin<r to til' ~outh frIll th .al of <'o tt on, tobacco :l iHl bn:ul- ~tufl'~ to tho Xortlt. · H foliO \\".' th n, tlt:t t till' agric'ttltnral inkr ·:--t or t ile .J.'d>rtlt being n ot only equal lmt a<'ltwll) :...up ' rior to tlw L' of' tin . outh tltc lrun<lreds of 111illion. of tloll:trs '' Jti<'ll tIt , cmn t lll'tT<' :lllcl Jll : llllll':tdttl'l'~ of 11J' lOt'lll 'I' :l.lltlll:lll)' y it•]d is j11~t ~0 11lli('IJ C'k:tr :111cl tndcpl'mlcnt gain over Lit latter. J L l'ollowH, :tl~o Crom :t corrl'~porulin~ train Ut' , ) 'Sl 'lll of decludion, :llltl wit it :tlJ th e• l'orc r•·oi JII'T f'ncts in \ iL'\\ n r • 1 that the di1lrr 'II<'' bet \\' l'l' ll f'rceclorn :uHl ..,]a,· •ry is ~in1ply tllt' dill't·n·nc·u l>etw en~ n·· aud 11 0ll'-'l'II SC' wi~tlwn ancl Colh· t!nod ancl c' il r i,rltt, ·tn<l .... , , ' r ., "ron g. Any l>: rYanL ... \llleri<'an fr nn \\'lt :ttc \ l'I' point. of tit colnp:hs 11< may hail, wlw " ill tak' the tronblo to pa~s t hot1:,.d1 tlt' Southern m:tr k · t~ lJOtlt great nnd .' lll:tll, a: w l1:tv don "", and in cpii r ' "'\\'ll t•r • thi'l ur t i cl e, tl1 a L a 11 <1 t It o t It<' r cant c fro lll w i II b • ul t l' r 1 y a" toni~ h cl n t t Ill} v a r i · t y [I lH 1 q u a 11 t i t y o f' No rt !1 • r 11 n g r i <' ul t nr a 1 p r m lu ct ion..; k t' p t l'o r nl •. .Ancl this ::;t:tt' ot' tl tings i...; gro \\'ing wor...;' and wor-;e n·r_v y~·:tr. Ex­du-. irt'y ngri('nltu ral as tl>e :--;onth i-.. iu l1cr itHlu .... tri.tl pu r:--uit~, slJl' i-.. l>arl'l: :till«.: to :-;upport l1 •r ~p:tr. ' ~llHl d .!.!'V II •rail' popt tiat ion. I kr r n~..·n nnd h ·r dont~.:....,tic allirn:tl:-;, both <1\\·arl'l'd into . lt:tbl>y oh_jL-d...; of' <'ollt­llli «.:ration nnd •r tlt blirr rlttinIo?· efl'•d-; of' ~lav ·r~v1 nre <'llll'-'lilllll•v f'l't•dirwn Oil tlll lllllltil'nrimts pro<ln els or ortll l' l'll :--oi l.. AtHl if til\\\ ltolL· trnth Jnw,L be told, we may lt 're :Hld, tlwi tlJl'~l' products, lik • n11 utltl'l' art i <'le...; ()f 111 ·r<'l tnncl is' pur ·l>asccl :~t t lt 'o rt It, ar r; ·n 'rnlly hought (Ill n·c1it, ancl in :t gr ':lL Jlttlll!Jl'r ot' in. Utll<'l'", hy l'ar too Ju:my, 11 v'r paid f1>r- not, as a gl'n 'ral r nl , b 'C'<ltt'-' tlt' pnrch:hcrs a rc cli...;lwnt•:-,1 or un­willin~ to pay, bnt bee:tnsc they nr i1t1po' •ri .... lll•cl antl d "pre-.:-;('<] 1>:- the l'l'lt·o~ re .... iv ' and d ·aduting oper:ttion'-l of :--l:t\' ·r.\, tl1at mo~L unprulit ­a !J Jl' : lll c) lJ 'I' II j t' j 0 11 S j II S t it ll t j II ll n ( ll' l' \\' lJ i (' lt Lill' y } i \ '. To 'llJOw l10w w ·ll we nr . u..;tain '<l in our r m:l.rk..:; on hn.y nn<l oth 'l' JlC'<'i:tl prodnct ' oi' tlte soi l, n well a. t give circnlation to oLlt 'r Caet" of t'q twl ,.ignilicn.n<' w quote a .· inglo passage from an adur ·:~ bv Pnul C. t':trn ·r·un l> •Cor tit' AgTiC'nltnral , 'o(' i •ty of Orang ~on nty ~ ort h 'arulinn. Tlri" produ('tion i'-4 in the main Ro pow rfnl ly c•otH' ived, ....,o corn~et ancl pl:.tu"'il>lv in it· . taf "lllcut~ :tlld conc·lu ..... inn..:;, ancl o wPll ral­culated tl wn:-:lt JlL'rh:tp-.:, not int 'ntl 'd, to arou"'c til olcl Xor tlt Stat · t<J 0 ... ou e of lt r natural grcatne ·~ and acquired sh:une tlr:.lt we coulJ wi: l1