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throw ftreh* bee more peonU, But U«r does the number of church*. stend In
proportion le th* population teftedi 8teto I By the oen*ft*,
tl at ion In fftSk Is m fettoM: Georgia, 3.06 to every 1,000 population >Ohio, l.Utt
:,OT5re«*inttriJct: «:
to thelMMWthW Of W powlation. 1 To huve her Gil ratio of chueehe*, auaord-
ig^SviMjSSt. to fie *Ad l» Qeoi$i», Ohio ought to hove 4,060, loataed *f
:i,0.‘kk Sot&tt, *> far from being t*o thousand and seventy-fcor ahead, m the
gondemM says, she is really, and hi Get, 198 Mind! It la tree the Ohio build
ing* are efilnuied at a highe^ cost or value than those in Georgia; and thi* may
he aocordiqg to the feet. But with us we do not look »o much to the splendor of
arthiUotit***. ‘t r the outward appearaaoh of our temples of worship, as we do to
having a bouie of some sort where the people of all classes, including th* “poor,”
yea. even the "e'ave” may have “the Gospel preached to them.”
.Itow, sir, aa the gentleman ha* seen fit to leave the original issue of the com
parative agrieukanu developmenta of .the two States, and has given us statistics
on other matters, I will tillow hla example, and call attention to one or two other
subjects which Wilt throw aome nght Upon the workings of their respective social
systems. Th* eihibition of eburohea.i* only one side of the moral picture. Let
us turn it, and look at the other. How stand the fists of crimes In these States I
By the oenaus, In Georgia, during the year for which the returns were taken, there
ware but BO criminal convictions in the whole State, while in Ohio there were
848! There were, in Georgia, in the penitentiary, 89 convicts; in Ohio there
were 400! and of these 406 then in prison for crime in Ohio, 44 of them were
blacks! Fortv-fijur opt of a free black population of 25,279. This is a most
striking feet, showing the immorality of that particular class of people, as well as
their degradation. If crime existed in the same ratio amongst the whites in that
State, there would bo ever three thousand of them in the State prison! The
gentleman spoke of “carrying the war into Africa.” I thought that was the last
place be would be disposed to carry it, as the sable sons of that unfortunate land
seem to be his especial favorites. But as he hns carried it there, it is but proper
that the result should be duly chronicled.
Again, the gen*fit .condition Of n people is, to some extent, indicated by the
amount of want ana dfektitution artiongst them. On this head, comparing Georgia
with Ohio, the census presents the following results :
Paupers. Annual cost of support.
Geofgia.'.'J.v.... 1,036 27,820
Ohio 2,513 95,250
But, Mr. Chairman, my time is nearly out. There are many other matters I
did wish to allude to, which I must pass over and omit. 1 wanted to say some
thing about the present condition of things in some of the Northern States, par
ticularly in the city of New York, where it is now found that there is, after all,
something in life worse than being required, or oven made, to work. This is the
great evil the negro in the South is subjected to, in the opinion of those who rail
so much against our social system. But that greater evil which ia now felt in
New York, ia the want of work to do, by which means may be earned to keep
from starving. “ Ilunger is a sharp thorn,” was, a few days ago, the banner motto
_ borne by thousands in that great mercantile metropolis. I'nder our system, sir,
we never have such scenes. We have, it is true, our afflictions of diseases, and
epidemics, and disasters of drought, floods, and hurricanes; hut the wail of thou
sands crying for bread has never yet, under the blessings of Heaven, been heard
in our land of snnshin* and plenty, “ r nr ted," though it be, with slavery ! Even
the curses of our enemies seem to fall ns blessings on our heads. We have u
“Social Providenea," to ua* a late very appropriate designation given by the New
York Tribune, which prevents all thia A system by which capital, accumulated
in the years of plenty, is required to sustain labor in the years of want. Tlicsc
matters 1 wished to go somewhat into, but I cannot. But enough has been said
to show « development, whether considered physically, morally, socially or intel
lectually, quite sufficient to place Georgia (witli domestic institutions as much
abused as they are by those who know so little about them) fully alongside of
Ohio, “the giant of the West,” or any other State of this Union. That was mv
proposition, and 1 think I have made it good.
1 want, in conclusion, however, to say a few things, Mr. Chairman, about one
of our great staples. I omitted it in its proper place, but it will do, perhaps, just
os well nere. 1 mean the article of cotton ; and I wish to say what 1 do on that
subject, from the fact lhat 1 have seen it stated that the Ohio hay crop was
equal to the Georgia cotton crop, and that the hay crop of the United States an
nually ia quite equal in importance, as an agricultural product, to this great
Southern, or, I should rather say, national staple. Those who thus think, or talk,
or argue, take a very narrow, imperfect and unphilosophtcal, as well as nnstates-
manlike view of the subject. As to the mere money value of this article, or its
excess in value over the other, it is not iny purpose to speak; that—great as, in
fact, it is—is a small matter, infinitely small, when placed by the side of other
larger and more comprehensive considerations of the question. Some things have
values extrinsic as well as intrinsic. Cotton is eminently one of these. Gold und
silver are not so much entitled to be placed on the fist of such things as it is. The
extrinsic value of these metals arises from their agency as the adopted represen
tatives of all values. With their displacement, however, many substitutes could
be obtained. But what substitute could be procured lor the agency of cotton ?
Let us look, for a moment—and 1 have but a moment or two left—into some
of the relations of this product to the active business operations of the world.
To illustrate, I will state simple facts. These facts are collected from the very
abis report I hold in my hand. It was made by Mr. Andrews, a Northern man.
it is Ex. Doc. No. 13ft, 1st sess. 32d Cong. Full credit, therefore, may be given
to the facts. They come with the stamp of the highest authority. From this
document it appears that the cotton crop of this country gives employment to at
loust 120,000 tons of inland steam tonnage, and 7,000 persons in transporting it
to points for shipment. It gives employment to 50,000 American seamen, and
one million of American tonnage in its coastwise shipment. It gives employment
to 800,000 tons of American shipping, and 40,000 American seamen, in its for
eign shipment. Twenty-five thousand other persons, at least, are engaged in
receiving and shipping it. . It gives employment to at least 100,000 operatives in
American factories, whose annual wages are over 817,000,000. In these factories
there are invested eighty millions of American capital, which turn out, annually,
at least seventy millions Worth of product*. Willi these fects before him, the
writer of the report uses this language. I ‘isk the aMchtion of the committee to
it, because it is no less graphic than truthful :
“Every interest throughout the innd—at the North and the Sorth, in the East
and th* Wert,,in the iqtyrior, and the Pacific as well as the Atlantic coast—re
ceives from it (cotton) active aiid material aid. It promotes, essentially, the ag
ricultural interests in those State* Where cotton is not produced. It ia the main
source of the proeperity of the mechanic, the artisan, and other laboring classes,
as well aa that of the merchant and manufacturer in every section of the Union.
Everywhere it has laid, broad, and deep, and permanent, the foundations of the
wealth and strength of the United States, and of their independence of foreign
nations. More than anything else has thia product made other nations, even the
most powcrftil, dependent on the United States of America. More than anv
other article, nay, more than all other agricultural products united, has cotton ad
vanced the navigating and commercial interest* of the eastern Atlantic States, and
of the whole Union. It, more than any other agricultural product, has cherished
and sustained those Interests, not merely by Its direct contribution, but by awak
ening commerce in other countries, from which they have received profitable em
ployment. Neither the whale fisheries, nor the mackerel aud cod fisheries have
been of the same importance and vulue to thoee interests as the annual cotton
crop of the United States, since the war of 1812, has been, for its transportation
coastwise and exportation to foreign countries. Like the light and heat of the
sun, the genial effects of this inestimable blessing which Providence has bestowed
upon this favored people, reach every portion of the land. They extend to every
city, and town, and village, and hamlet, and fnrm-houac-r-to the ship, to the steam
boat, to the oenat barge, and to the railroad.”
Yea, air, throughout the length and breadth of thia vast Confederation of States
there ia aot a tenement, whether cebin or palace, where the life-giving and life-
sustaining Influence of title Southern product ia not felt and realized. And be-
" * aides this, It may Be added that Uie same article gives employment, and the means
of supporting human life, to at least three millions of persons in Europe, and the
investment or at least three hundred millions of their capital! Figures almost
Dill, sir, to calculate the extent of the hfeafle of thfe'.article. hnos .the dbMiirt
the happiaea. and well-Uto* of manl£l«fj {JhSM, £ uUfM’jhese
results is da* to thst portion of this product contributed by Georgia. This
Sfcetdfgtve* us Jiljt ft snght glpncc at some of the extrinsic values of cotton, to
which the money value to the grower, great aa it is, i* but s drop in the ocean.
B«t whea ia the face of theae Gets, and these grand results, can be bold enough
to maintain that thi* "
in the balance end w
cotton crop of
frsa cev. feed,
i . ware eouetfea
'amscsUuMtr it ebout him, but he <
tie* to oo* of the most important elements of hi* country’* ^
the figure of the adthor of the
tef compare the Wd laraps, or
ings of the nineteen hundred ti
the fell blase of the “glorious
I here just nod few, w# might muoh bot
es, or whatever elae lights up the dwell-
inhabitents of (hrt State every night, to
glorious Ring of Dey," at noon, shedding abroad not only
light, lait heat, animation, and life, upon ft smftirtg world around os.
—— ."itifetiw n* wHe i.■.r—~ —-—
BP
WHOLESALE ANB RETAIL.
T HANKFUL tar the POM galraeag* at atawaufeeKHM friend* a'hd easterners, tad hip!**
* cuatiaaano* of the seme, i tfsia take pleaser* la iftforatldg them that t h*ve bow la
LAkaSlT aRdb&t aborted
■ TOOK
FURNITURE.
svsr befon offered in Atlanta, aad Aix at
SOUTHERN MAKE,
esd »n la almost daily rsestpt of Now and Varied Style* of all hied* of Fureitur* from It
wall known Factory of
of which F. W. FLYNN, fonnarly of th* Lfeeelty Work*. Oeoryia, ia For.ais, wh. .
la a snlBciaat guarani** that all tba work from the ABOVE FACTORY la gild at th# mi ti
substantial quality.
ALL WORK WARRANTED GOOD
Prisaa from 16 to it par oast, lower tbaa any other Fuaairoas Stoss la Gaotgia.
MATTRASSE8, LOUNGES, LOOKING GLASSES, WINDOW SHADES. COlTaOi
CHAIRS, AC., AC., always on hand.
Pi truss Frames msd* and F urritcbe repaired with cosines# and dsapaleb.
COFFINS OF ALL SIZES ON RAND.
WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
D. M. YOUNG. Agent,
WD. GRAY.
Nor, S. dtf.
For JOHfi
WILLIAMS & MCLEAN,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE 1
floss ml flair Mattresses!
LOOKING-GLASS PLATES, &C.,
PEACH-TREE STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
—SOLS AGENTS FOB—
Wrigla^s Spring-Bed,
Admitted to be the Best in use.
mayl?
SIX PRESSES ! THREE PROPELLED BY STEAM !
ALL OF THEM KUNMING NIGHT AND SAT 1
FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE
-AND-
BOOK BINDERY.
WOOD, IIANLEITER, rice it CO.,
Desire lo direct public at*
trntiou to their unequalled
facilities for the superior
and prompt execution of
all work in their line, from
A 8mall Card to the Largest Volume !
The establishment, in its various departments, ia
perhaps the moat complete in the whole Southern
country. It is the object of the proprietor* to es
tablish on % permanent basis a Southern Publish
ing House ! thereby effectually removing every
necessity for sending North to have works issued.
Thus far the enterprise has proved highly success-
iul, snd the proprietors feel assured thst the beneficial results of such sn undertaking have ye
to be more fully appreciated by our people. The several departments receive the person al su
perrision of the firm, and satisfaction guaranteed to each and every patron.
ftiE* THE BOOK-BINDING DEPARTMENT
Is handsomely fitted up with all the modern improvements and ooarenieoces of that branch
Blank-Books ruled and manufactured; Law Works, Medics) Works, Music, MagaEiaes, dec.,
bound in any style desired, and at prices thst cannot Tail to give satisfaction.
^ the JOB PRINTING DEPARTMEN
Is specially complete in every particular ; constant additions are
being made in the way of such improvements as are introduced
into the Typographical world, by which the proprietors are ena
bled to furnish the handsomest printing in the Confederated’J
States! Everything, from a Visiting Card to a Mammoth Poster,
tastefully executed hi any style snd color desired. Three rii
their six Presses are prope"
day and night!
Bank Cheeks,
YtiiwisJ Blanks,
Programmes,
'♦team, and kap< in nperatioi
iatelll-
'Injue-
Toedipt
Bill Heads,
Professional Curds,
Circular*.
Legal Blanks, Letter Heads,
And every imaginable variety of Printing promptly attended to at prices hut n small advance ot.
New York rates! Printing tn
FANCY COLORED INKS,
AND WITH GOLD AND NILVER HHONZ'KH.
lx thi Rioifisr erru or thi ait!
0B- The Proprietors, confident of their ability to give entire satisfaction, solicit a share o
public patronage. Mara (row ell parts of the ooaatry will receive their persoaal attention, and
II work promptly forwarded par Express or otherwise, aa map bd directed
All lettere should be sfifitusael M > • „ ' . _ .
T ti- 1 : tfrw'fctL, "
vaouuu <n emit Mutae it
fiisaoy and Btfipl*
DRY GOODS,
MARKHAM S BLOCK,
Conte* -Whitehall it Afetmnllft ■*».,
ATLANTA, OBOBOIA.
Feb. ll—ly. •
<f titling
ISSKWBB
ad am reed/ '
>*ad feeder
supply the t
Inffteg eountr
CHI5A DEPOT.
COLE & WYLIE,
Wkdliealt and Retail Dealer* tn
sticks. Tee Trly», Tab!* Mata, Baeketa. Glam
Shades, Table Cutlery, Ac., ft.,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
While Granite and common Creek cry at
wholesale, at Charleston pries*, aoerly oppe-
site Beach ft Root's, Whitehall strut,
Atlanta, Georgia.
April fid, ISfil.
WRIGHT & JACKSON,
rACTOkS, COKKISSIOV
—AID—
F0RWXR0IN9 MERCHANTS
BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, OA.
ALLBX E. WRIGHT.
WH. B. JACKSON.
;ry Corn Whisky 01
FOSTER k QUEEN.
i'ittdAfie, ttfeU&v
WOOD, HANLBITER, RK)E A OO.
UaiH TBU afire* al leslrellwT III M
wH.-* kemailfoTskto Ife
'"t&v
tthlrts,
R EFER to Captain John W. Anderson, Sa
vannah, Os.; Ciaghorn A Cunningham,
Savannah, Oa.; Boston A Villslonga. Savan
nah, Qa.; Erwin A Hardee, Savannah, Oa.;
Carbart A Bros., New York; T. W. Flemming
A Co , Augusta, Oa.; 8wan A Bro , Fernaudf-
na, Fla; Biibee A Canova, Jacksonville, Fla.;
H UHart, a) Palatka, Fla.; Simon Merritt,
Hawkio'ville, Ga.
Agent for the Everglade Line of Mail Steam
ers to Feroandtaa, and Steamers Isaac Scott
and Oak, to Hawkinavilla. aprlfi-lm.
gen. iea h. foster. j. l. qobn*
FOSTER & QUEEN,
GROCERS
—AMD—
COMMISSION MEttHfiNTS,
■ARIETTA STBBBTp
Atlanta.......... - ....Georgia,
K EEP constantly on hand all kinds of re
visions and Family Supplies, boy i
all kinds of Tennessee snd Country Pr
also, sell Goods consigned to the best advan-
tege, and render aceounts r.f sale promptly.-
hsnd, snd for sale by
may b.
n. a. McLendon,
WHOLESALE GROCER,
AND DBALBK IE
FOREIGN ANO DOMESTIC LIQUORS.
Tobecoo, Cigars, Ao.,
—*1*0—
COSXN. LARD. CORN ft FLOUR.
8. Cherekte Klerk, 1•teteh-Trf* M.,
Atlanta, Georgia.
T li F. attention of cloee Carh Buyer* ia ra-
ipectfullr incited to tha aboraitook.
March 28
*84 .racy th tog ata* in th* l
aend quality ami at LOW
deal re bargain* thould gir* m. * *
-tuo, o* *A(*—
J" ewelry!
Oombsl
And otbwr NoUoua.1
M. OPPI
Whlteall atnat, ■
march Utr
B. F. B0MAR,
nmiaFMTninri
2d Door West of the Full** ]
Alabama Street
ATLANTA,.
KBPS 00
lion of Freah FAMILY 8UP
have been bought, and wiU be s
* f for Oeehp tharaby enabling l. ,
ucements to cash buyers.
In store— J5 kegs choice Goshen l
to Barrels choice N. 0.(
8 Hogsheads choice 9. (
A complete stock of fine Sugars, ‘
erel, Flour, Candles, Tea, sod svc.,
ally lound in k first class Grocery A
April Iff.
I. Off McDAKIEl
WB0LV8ALI MALES Bi
llillr, YAH OM, Ltll, 1
ANO LCAOING OROCiRfl
Hornier Street, between Whitehall 41
ATLANTA,..
April !S, I8S1.
MARSHALL HOUt
WH. COOLIDGft
SAVANNAH, GEORSii
March 18
COX, IIfLL, dt
WHOLESALE GRi
AN# MM0T mrORTtBS fl
W1IB8, lalQUOKi
CIGARS, TOBACCC
Peach- Tree Street, Atlanta, 6
March 28.
•AM K1BKUAM.
KIliKMAN A LUK
1801. 1861.
SALMONS & SIMMONS,
Wholesale sad BeUil Dealer* la
IV & DOMESTIC DRV <
Corner of Whilehall and Alabama Bis.,
Atlanta, Georgia.
NEW SPRING STOCK/
O NE of our firm having returned from Mar
ket, where he has just completed an exten
sive purchase of onr Spring Stock of
DRY GOODS,
watahe thi* method of adritidg th* pnblle of
th* **m*. Our alack of
STAPLE ft PA HOT GOODS
were Barer more attraatlr*. Th* iilpply of
■LEACHtD AND BROWN SHEETING* AND
SHIRTINGS, fto.,
I* am pi*.
Crepe IT inflate.
Barege Anftaie,
Freath f'kiolt,
J*M*tf|W,
Brad* MMu.
and a aplondid aaaortmoat of
rialm fir Paacp mike.
Silk Mantlee,
Duet ere, fire.,
matjr ho found omoag onr aaoortmont; alw,
ALEXANDER ELD 0L0TE8, BILE Ml id, ft*.
Erary rarlatyof Ladiao’ and MiaaM* SHOES,
manufactured In Phllofiolphla exprocoly for
our trad*, ft more booutlful lot of
CARRETINOt, OIL CLOTHS AND MATTINGS
w* hero nonr displayed in thia mark*!
ftl] of which wc will toll low for CAfiH.
Order* promptly atusdod to.
SALMONS ft SIM MOHS,
fttlasta, March 28, 1MI.
~WILLIAM F. PARKER,
—WIT*—
THOMAS W. MURRAY,
Pnrmarfy of 1*1 Chamber* SL, Vow York,
laromrsBi a wsaLBOAU obalss* t*
Wines, Liquors & Cigars,
*ae coKMtmfo* «un* m
BUTTER, CHEESE, Ao.,
Ate SOT, map terete, fts*s*eikfi, Da.
ftpril IS-dawlm.
«miM in 1
MRS. DURAND
R espectfully *anoa*e*e th.t Friday,
12th April, flattest.) will he h*r rogeler
oftaoieg duy for fe* ftawoei. aad eordiefily «-
r„-yj:,sri.^U , ar *tX“
tnlltB MILIINERTI
COMMISSION MERCHI
No. 170, Sucond 8t:
IT. LOUIE, MISSOHIli
llalar to Joes Kiaaaa*. J»*« l
OauansLO, Kaahriila, Tcdd.
COLOHED FMOTOCKaM
P 0RTRAIT8 taken from Lll*, ore
Old D*gnerreotypo*, fic., byth*r
is prn*e»», aad
Eh’LftBOED TO ANY I
i Miniature *i*» op to th* til*
iraonc horihg D.nuerreulypC*
ed raiotir** end friandt, now I
eertnnity of her!** thorn copied I
hoy may wife, and paiotaduptep
OIL OR WATER pOLORS, 0E I
with fe* eertetokj at Routog *
,0 Z- r L7J?°* *m*r
Oeorgfa. C
Apr, S.
CfiNFECTUBNAf
F*. M. JACK, .
bsxt DOO* *0 w. r. muni
WTiltufoadl St, Atlw.U.1
K EEPS cositantlron bond *■•
of CONFECTION ARIES,
FRUITS.
CaI hutb,
oftNum _
P ®S
Alan. Fie* I m par tod WIEEftl
TOBACCO, CIOABS, *e, fie.
Alto, a graat rariaty of Ftncy 1
Tha tiadie* aid th* Pnblle I*"
■ poatfolly iarftod to call.
dentistry
h. HirrtTiNcTox,
OFFICE i» BewjjJ]
lug, corner Whltoholl »nd P"“*
Roaidaeo* first boote to th*
Hon. R.
Raw*oi>. Maura Reach **»**£*
ar*. Dr. tiogen, Atlanta: Ker. C
A Vaw^lwr-, «•
Lewtee, Hoery Tartar, Alkaaf-
tt.ff.dk
_l«a*rt, wh« era
price, 0*IU from ad
iMarnoRhm
MEDIC^
DBS. ft»JDUk*I»«M i
-■ •» mBteeewmaemrat,!
•Ml *T*d t*di aradw iimem ha
ila Forker'e sew hriefc h«ptt<e
tUetaeoft April 11.