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rr X8 A FACT ESTABLISHED nnd well
known that the Arabians Attained a height in
tiie knowledge of medicine which caused the
whole world to wonder and admire. With them
the science of chemistry bad its birth, and it It,
therefore, not at all strange that a people an
eminen dr sneecssfol In the beefing art, and so
actual ajod^mtiring experiment, discover ren^
•fits for furpasying in efficacy ell others, for
thaenaeT these dl—■—> inotfssd to them from
their mode of Hfo. The greeter pert of their
ttewhettg^ent in heserdoes and bloody war
fare with the different tribe*, they were subject
to tike most violent attacks of rheumatism, par
alysis, neuralgic pains, end various inflamma
tory diseases, as also the most horrid wounds,
sprains, bruises, tumors, swellings, diseases of
the joints, etc. etc. An these diseases they
were so surprisingly efficient in earing, that
the waWtiBied leaked with wonder and attri
buted their skill to the powers of n.pe. E 6.
FA REEL’S ARABIAN LINIMENT is a com-
weritiee of bottoms and oils, from rare plants
peculiar m this country, and it was by the use
of the articles compo&sg the great remedy that
not only their physicians, hot even the wild
Arabs, of the desert were enabled to perform
such miraculous cores. The irai steed u
worfrf-f-dts—srf/w lit leantifml eymmetry of
form, his unsurpassed speed and agility, and
the in rHiblofotignehafoenpableof enduring.
Whyle.it? Bicaasi flap tho time of his birth
UiBnks anwnhhnhhbe^ end upon the
first appearance et disease the magic lotion is
applied, and such things as ooafirmed sweeny,
poll-evil, fistula, ringbone, scratches, spavin,
lameness, etc-etc., are unknown. The same
result will follow In nil cases where H. G, Far
rell's Genuine Arabian Liniment is naed in time.
Therefore delay not in procuring a g-md SDPL
of fog every dollar spent in it will nave yon
twentv, and a great deal of suffering, if not
jour life.
took emtfor Omnterfeite!
The public are cautioned against anothe
counterfeit, which has lately made its appearr
ance. called W. B. Farrell’s -Arabian Liniment,
the most dangerous of nil the counterfeits, I
cause bis baring the-name of Farrell, many
will bay it in good faith, without the knowl
edge that a counterfeit exists, and they will per
baps only discover their error when Jhe spun
oss mixture has wrought its evil effects.
The renuine article fe mznafactured only by
H. G. Farrell, sole Inventor and proprietor, and
wholesale druggist, Xa.17 Slain street, Peoria,
Illinois, to whom all applications for Agencies
must be addressed. Be sure you get it with
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FARRELL S—and bis signature on the wrap-
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some of Extra quality;
TABLE CLOTHS and NAPKINS
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fed Bird's Ejo DIAPERS, extra fine,
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continued friends and patrons,and assures them
that no exertion on his part shall be wanting to
scpply them with the latest and most desirable
styeis of GOODS, st the lowest prices,
nor. 14,1854.
—
DISSOLUTION
T HE firm of Russell k Wadsworth was thl
- - dajr di8 »°lved hy mutual consent, all per
sons haring claims, and those indebted to said
firm will please call on E. W. Russell, jr. for
settlement***! E. W. RUKSELL, jr.,
W. S. WADSWORTH.
Nor. 14, '54. 3 m
Lr rax Housx or Einunmnni,
January 15,1855.
The Hocm being in the Committee of tho
Whole on tho state of the Union on the Pacific
railroad bill.—
Mr STBPHNS, of Georgia,said:
Mr. CxAiaxAH: I do not propose to disouse
the Pacific railroad bllL Some weeks ago, sir,
the gentleman from Indiana, [Mr. Mack] gave
notice of his intention to introduce in this
House a bill to prohibit slavery in Kansas and
Nebraska, and accompanied that notice with a
speech, to frhich I replied. To the remarks
then submitted by me, the honorable gentleman
from Ohio [Mr. Cavfxxi.1.] made a reply. That
epeeeh of the gentleman from Ohio has been*
according to the notice which he gave, consid
erably amplified and elaborated, as It appears
in the Globe. It Is to that amplified and elab
orated speech that I intend to devote whatl
have to say on this occasion.
Mr. CAMPBELL. It' is very time. Mr.
Chairman, at the gentleman from Georgia [Mr.
Smramxs] remarks, that I did, pursuant to
notioe, amplify and enlarge my remarks, as is
usual, under similar circumstances. Still, it is
certainly hut jost to me that the gentleman
should couple with his notice of the feet, the
Anther truth that I permitted him to elaborate,
just ns mnch ns he desired, the various remarks
made by him daring the boor allotted to me.
I submitted to him all the notee of that speech,
and gave him the opportunity of making in
his remarks, all the alterations that he desired
to make. And-even after the proof-sheets
wore prepared, I agaim extended the same
courtesy to the gentleman, or rather, I made
the proposition to him, that he might amplify
jost as mnch as he desired. I with this state
ment to go with the suggestion of the gentle-
mtn from Georgia.
Mr. STEPHENS. If the gentleman has no
other more pertinent interruption to make du
ring my remarks, I trust he will permit mO to
proceed without thus encroaching upon my
time.
It is Tue, Mr. Chairman, that I revised and
corrected that portion of the remarks made by
myself It is tra that the gentleman submit
ted the proof-sheet of bis speech, as printed,
to me, but I did no choose to reply in that way
to any matter, except snch points as were drawn
out in the debate between ns on this floor, in
that speech. I chose to reply here, and in the
way I now propose to do. This is what I was
just going to state if I had not been interrup
ted. As to the amplification of his speech, I
do not object, j did not state the fact in the
spirit of objection. It is not to that point I was
speaking. Bat this was my object in stating
the feet: Inasmuch as, in the speech published
I do appear to have appeared and taken part in
a discussion with the gentleman on some points;
and, inasmuch as there are many matters, elab
orated in the published speech, which are inser
ted before my answers to the gentleman’s in
terrogatories, it may, to some not aware of the
reason, seem strange that I made no reply to
the gentleman upon these points. It is for this
reason I made the statement, and it is for the
purpose of replying to the gentleman’s statistics,
I now desire to occupy some of the time of the
committee. I do not object to the gentleman’s
amsUfieatfcm. Not at alL sir. But, sir, I have
TROUT fHH.SE.
THE undersigned begs to announce
to the citizens of Atlanta and the (ravel-
ig public, that he will open the Trout House
on Monday next; for the accommodation of
boarders and transient persons, with furniture
entirely new, Rooms well ventilated, largo and
airy Halls, and by constant attention to the
wants of his guests, tho subscriber bopee to I , A tD ! nK ne a .°, ea t0 North
make his Hou«e among the most desirable to be whe “ h?/^ 8 acquisition of Louisiana
found in the State. AARON GAGE, "g***!”*** of
Atlanta, Nov. 28, 1854-ly Proprietor. 1 Mr. CAMPBELL. It is feus that, at the time
something to say in reply to these statistics,
which were not exhibited by the gentleman on
the'floor. I bare, sir. a great deal to say in reply
to them; and I therefore avail myself of this
opportunity—the earliest that I have had—to
reply to them. I have more to say in reply to
them, mnch more than I can speak in one hour,
the limited time that I have.
But, sir, before going into the statistics given
in the forepart of the gentleman’s speech, in
which he attempted to reply to some of the po
sitions assumed by me in answer to the gentle
man from Indiana, [Mr Macs,] I wish to state
a few things in passing; and I will here say
that so uur as my consistency is concerned,
(the main object of the gentleman’s attack,)
I have nothing n«<w to add to what I have here
tofore said. My record may stand as it is
made up. I have no desire to change or modify
it in the least; not even to cross a t or dot an >.
By it, a* it stands, lam willing to abide while
living, and by it to abide when dead. It was
not made for a day, or for an election, but for
all time to corner Bnt to proeeed.
The gentleman from Ohio, in the tenor of
bis argument, makes me nse language which
I did not otter on this floor—or, at least, he
seems to put words into my mouth that I did
not nse. Now, when an argument is not stated
fairly, it “ *
ora consciousness of the want of capacity or
ability to answer it on the part of one who thus
fiuls fairly to present it Either alternative
does hot bespeak much for the formidable qual
ities of an opponent I have, Mr. Chairman,
too high a regard for the intelligence of the gen
tleman, to think that he did not understand my
argument I believe that his objeet was rather
to size the argument to his capacity to reply to
it, as he supposed.
For instance, Mr. Chairman, the gentleman
•ays, in his speech, “ we are told that the Sooth
gets nothing, that the South asks nothing.”
Mow, sir, in my reply to the gentleman from
Indiana, [Mr. Mace,] I spoke of the great fact,
well known, Urine, and “fixed fact,” that the
Industrial pursuits of the South do not, in the
main, look for the protection or fostering care
of the Government, and that the general indus
trial pursuits of the North do. I did not,say
that the South gets nothing, or that the South
asks nothing. I said that the South asks but
few favors* and I repeat it, sir. Nor am I to
be answered by being told that General Jackson
and Mr. Clay—southern men—were in favor of
fostering, as for a* they could by proper legislo-
tten, tiie interests of the North. That does not
disprove the feet wbieb I uttered, that the South
does not generally look to the Government - for
protection, and that the North does. Sir, it
rather proves the opposite, and confirms my
statement Because I stated that the industrial
pursaite of the North look to the -Government
for protection, is that statement disproved by
the fact that southern men, or even myself,
have voted to fevor those interests, as far as
was consistent with public duty? So far from
disproving, Ittends rather,to establfehit. What
1 stated on this point was in reply to the gen*
tlemao from Indiana, [Mr. Mace,J whose tone
of argument was, that the South carried mess*
nres promotive of their interest by bluster.
But, sir, to come down to the arguments* the
gentleman states it! If be canaot or does not
wish to meet me on the ground that the 8outb
aeksbatfew favors,,aa I stated it, and that the
North doas look more to the Government for its
fostering care to protect its various interests
than the South does, veiy well, I will most biro
on his own ground. If he cannot answer my
position, but must size my nr uraent so as to
make it stand as be bits it, that “ the South asks
notbing, and gets nothing,” I will come down
even to bis ground, so far as bis answer is con
cerned. ■ ■ ■ •' . . ’./• •: . • ' ’
Tbs gentleman says, In the first place, put
ting the languago In my mouth, “ the South -
asks nothing, gels nothing;” and he then res
plies “certainly not,” and refers us to the ac
quisition of Louisiana. And then, putting the
words io my mouth,again he says: “The South
asks nothing.”
“•The South atk$ nothing!’ In 1808; we
paid fifteen millions to get Louisian, hx , ? ' u
••• The South iukt noth !ng!' In 1819, we paid
five millions to get Florida.
“•The South a*k* nothimgP In 1845, her
policy brought Texas into the Union, with a
promise that she might carve herself up into
fire States. • , • .. . .
“' The South atkt nothingP Her Texas an
nexation brought the war with Mexico, and
more territory was demanded as* the fruits of
that war.'”
I think he does great injustice to the North
I made • reply to the gentleman from Georgia,
I caught the ideA whloh be presented, that the
South asked nothing, from his manner of ex
pression, and those were, the words whioh I
used at the time as they were reported.
Mr. STEPHENS. I oanuot yield to the
gentleman unless he be very brief
Mr. CAMPBELL. I call the attention of tho
gentleman to what he did say. He did say as'
reported, “all that wo ask of you is to keop
your hand* out of our pooksto. That is all the
South asks, and we do not oven get that.”
Mr. 8TBPHENS. Yes, sir. The gentleman
will find not only those words, but others in my
•peeeh “ as reported,” ail going to establish the
leading point in that part of the argument, that
the 8outn asked but “few favors” compared with
the wants of tho North. That was my position,
and not that wo asked “nothing" or got “noth
ing.” Some of these fe vocal spool fled; but, in the
main, I asserted, or meant, in substance to as
sert, as every one well understood, that tho
greatest desire of the South was, that tho Gener
al Government would keep its hands out of her
pockets. And this is true; and the gentleman
did not attempt to reply to it, Accept as I hare
stated, hcome now, then, to the gentleman’s
reply to the position that the Sooth “asks noth
ing.” To this he says, “that wo paid $15,000-
000 for Louisiana.” To this I say, it was not
tho South alone that secured the acquisition of
Louisiana. Nor was it alone for the benefit of
the Sooth. There were but twenty-three votes
in this House against the acquisition. It was a
national acquisition. Sustained by national men
from all sections, there was hardly a show of op
position to it from any quarter. I should sup
pose that Ohio would be the last State in this
Union to raim.her voiee against the measure,
or bold that tt was exclusively for the benefit of
the 8outh. What would have -become of her
trade and commerce if Louisiana and the mouth
of the Mississippi were still in the bands of
Spain or France ? If the fifteen millions of mon
ey, whioh we paid, be the grounds of the gen
tleman’s objection, all that has been more than
refunded by the sale of publie lands embraced
within the limits of that acquisition. These
sales, up to this time, have amounted to $25,-
938,783, 23, besides what is yet to be realised
from the hundreds ef thousands of square miles
C t to be sold. So the fifteen millions was no
nos to the South, oven if tho South had car
ried the measure tor their own benefit
Again, was the acquisition of that territory
made to extend the-soufhern area of the coun
try? Lotus examine this view of the subject—
What extent of territory was comprised within
the limits of Louisiana? It extended not only
far np the MiMisaippi river, to Iowa and Mine-
sota, but westward to the Rocky mountains even,
without now mooting the question, whether Or
egon was not then acquired. Grant, for the sake
of this argument that Oregon was not then ac
quired. The Territory of Louisiana stretched
from the extreme sonth on the Gulf to the ex
treme north on parallel 49° of north lattitnde.
All that immense domain, .including Kansas
and Nebraska, was part of it. Was all this
son them territory? Tho objeet of tbe gentleman
from Obtain alluding to this subject seemed to
be to intimate that all this acquisition was for
tho 8outh. But how is tho fact? Let ns look
at it. By this acquisition, taking all the Indi
an territory into account, the Sonth acquired
only 331,980 square miles, while the North got
by It 807,599 square miles! Is this tbe way
that tbs South is to be taunted? When the ve
ry acquisition, hold np as tho taunt brought
more than double the extent of territory to the
North than it did to the Sonth !
Again, in the acquisition of Florida, the gen
tleman says that the South carried that meas
ure at a cost of $5,000,000. This is the tenor
of his argument Sir, this measure was not car
ried by the South, nor for the South exclusively,
There was hot even a division in this House on
the question. As to the extent of the acquisi
tion, if we did not get Oregon when we acqui
red Louisiana, we certainly acquired it when we
purchased Florida. It was by the treaty then
made that we got Spain’s relinquishment to Or
egon. The North, by this measure, got 308,052
square miles of territory, including the Territo
ries of Oregon and Washington, while the South
got only the Stato of Florida, 59,288 square
miles. If the South carried this question by
her votes, I ask were those who gave the votes
sectional in their policy? Did not the South, if
that be the gentleman’s argument, gain quite
as mueh, nay, more, nay, double, nay, more
than five times as much territory for tbe North
in that acquisition, as she obtained for borself?
Again, in foe acquisition of Texas, considering
the Mexican war as part of that proceeding, as
tbe gentleman does, the South only secured
632.157 square miles, including California, New
Mexico and Utah.
The gentleman says, that the North is oppo
sed to acquisitions, that she never looks out
ward, she looks inward—and that while the
South is always looking to the extension of ter-
ritory, the North is looking to tbe improvement
of .what we have. This, so &r as looking to ac
quisition is concerned, I think, is not true of
foe North entirely. It may he true of some
men there. But it is not true of all her states
men. In the early history of this country, there
were men at the North, and one in particular,
who had no sueh circumscribed Tiews as those
attributed.to the North generally. The man to
whom I allude stands first, in my opinion, of all
foe northern.statesmen of bis day. Indeed, he
stands, in my judgment, amongst the men of
his day—next to him who bos no equal in any
age or country. That man bailed from New York,
and for strength of judgment, for profound
thought, for fax-seeing statesmanship he has
never been equaled by any of the illustrious men
since brought upon the publie arena by. that hon
ored State. That man, sir, was Alexander
Hamilton; and at the formation of oar Consti
tution, after that provision in tbe original draft,
that new States to be formed oat of territory
than belonging to the United States might be.
admitted into tbe Union, was so modified as to
..leave ont the restriction, so that othor States
(not confining it to tbe then territory of the Un
ion) might come in, Mr. Hamilton is said to have
expressed the opinion, with approbation, that,
in time, we should get Florida, Louisiana, Tex
as, Mexico, and even ultimately squint towards
South America. That was the man, sir, who,
in bis day, was, every inch of him, a “Sampson
in foe field, and a Solomon in council.” Nay,
more; be was one of those gifted geniuses who
canght from tbe “sunrise of life” that “mysti
cal tare” which enabled him to see those coming,
events which were casting their “shadows be
fore.”
I take this occasion tbustospoak of Mr. Ham
ilton, because be is a most striking exception
to the gentleman’s remark, and, also, because
in bis day it salted the purposes of many of
hie ’cotemporaries to detract from his merits,
bis name, and bis character; men who barked
at his heels, just as tbe wolves and tho hyenas
do, upon foe track of tbe noble king of the for
ests •, men who never met him in open confliot
but to be -vanquished, and many of whom even
quailed from bis presence.
But, sir, let us look, for a moment, to all our
acquisitions. So far as Louisiana is eoneerned,
if foe gentleman begrudges the money paid for
U, even if it bad not been reimbursed by the sale
of lands, the State of Georgia, alone, has long
since more than paid that debt by her munifi
cent grant. She ceded to tho United States
that large territory ont of which the two flour
ishing States—Alabama and Mississippi-*.Imre
since been made; out of whioh, and from which,
you have realized, by sale of lauds, much more
than the whole cost of Louisiana. I barb now
before m«r» table of tho proceeds of the solo of
the publie lands in the Statos of Alabama and
Mississippi. It amounts to $32,205,612 18;
the consideration paid to Georgia was $1,250
000 ; with the extinguishment of the Indian ti
tle within her own limits, nil this amounted to
about<11,000,000; so that if (t be the amount of
money that lays honvily upon bis breast, It may
be some consolation to the gentleman to know
that from this grant by Georgia, a southern
State, you have a clear gain of over $20,000-
000. ' *
But, let us look at all our acquisitions. There
are now, according to tho census report, belong
ing to the United States 2,936,166 squaro miles
of territory—including States old and new, as
well os Territories. There hare been acquired,
outside of the old thirteen States, 2,599,105
square miles.
Of these 2,599,105 square miles thus acquired,
there life north of the line of 36° 30’, 1,845,701
square miles, and there lies south of it but 753-
404 square milos. Here, sir, take Louisiana,
take Florida, teko Texas, take all oar acquisi
tions, tbe Georgia and other State grants or ces
sions, leaving out the Mesilla Valley, acquired
at th? last session «f Congress, whioh is a small
item, and you see this astounding feet, in an
swer to the romarks of foe gentleman on this
point, that 1,845,701 square miles of theso ao-
I ntsitions lie north of 36° 30'. and only 753,-
04 lie south of it! If all north of 30° 30' is to
bo considered northern territoiy, then the North
has got by acquisition more than double what
the South has!
Will the gentleman, then, pretend to answer
me, when I say, that the South asks but few fa
vors, by pointing to these acquisitions ? Were
these especial, peculiar, and great favors to the
South? When I have shown that they were
earned by patriots from all sections of the Un
ion, and that more than double the square miles
acquired north of that line which is usually re
ferred to as defluing northern and southern
limits ? And I, I say, to be thus answorod in
the face of these facts ? Sir, if the wild boy in
the forest, with his bow and arrow, were vain
enongh to imagine that he could bring ’ down
the moon by the power of bis arms as a hunts
man, and should as vainly make tbe attempt,
he would not come further short of his mark
than tbe gentleman from Ohio does by letting
fly snob a shaft as this, either at me or my argu
rnent.
Bnt again, he asks, who was it, at the last
session of Congress, who desired to plaee in the
bands of the President $10,000,000 fur the ac
qnisition of Cuba ? I eon say to him that I did
not, and if there is any gentleman upon this
floor from the Sonth that did, I did not know
it. I know of no each movement in this House,
either at midnight or open day, or any other
period of tbe twenty-four hours. But I tell tho
gentleman, in , pnssing, as he has alluded to
Cuba, that I am for the acquisfon of that island.
I believe-its acquisition wonld promote the best
interest of the Island and of this country; and
that it would promote the interest of Ohio more
than of Georgia. I am not governed by see
ti»nal feelings or interests on this question. Its
acquisition wonld advance the interests of both
countries: and it would advance the interest
o e tho north quite as much, if not more, than the
Sonth, so far as its trade and its commerce
concerned. But I was not, and am not, for
putting $10,000,000, or any other sum. in the
hands of this Administration to bay iU I do
not believe that they desire it I have never
believed that it was either their wish or policy
to obtain it ns several of the most ardent friends
of Cuba on this floor very well know. I gave
them this opinion long ago, when some of them
questioned its correctness. The sequal will
show whether I was right or not Bnt, sir, hs I
have been drawn into saying thns ranch on this
subject it may be proper that I should say
more. I am not for this acquisition upon any
plan or principles inconsistent with the strictest
national honor and national faith.- Bnt I am in
fevor of a repeal of those laws on our own sta
tute book which make it penal and. punishable
as a crime of high grade for-an American citizen
to take part in any revolution that may take
place in Cuba—any effort of the people there to
throw off Spanish domination and oppression ?
If the people there were permitted to exer
cise their own free will and volition, unawed by
the superior power of Spain, as I am informed
and believe, they would not remain a day,
mueh less a month or year, longer, under the
heavy taxes, hardens, and exaetions of that
country which how claims their allegiance only
to oppress and to plunder them. And if they
do thus desire to throw off the yoke of their op
pressors, why should we punish American citi
sens .or no reason bnt aiding them in their pa
triotic attempt ? Why should we keep the
peace for Soain ? When did she. by her con
duct towards us, put us under such obligations ?
Was it when she h»dd the month oi the Missisip-
pi, or Florida ? Was it when she armed the
savages ofthe frontiers against nu-Jundcfeneeless
people ? Was it when she nurtured in her bos
om snch enemies to our' peace—such wretches
as Ambrister and Arbnthnot—whom General
Jackson had to hang without judge or jury ?
When, I say. did Spain, by her comity and good
neighborhood; pnt ns under an obligation to
punish our citizens for aiding tho native Cubans
qotohly to rid themselves of present heavy on
erous burdens and unjust impositions, bnt to
prevent that ultimate destiny which French and
English policy has concocted for them ? In
this matter I may have a little more sympathy
/or my own race than the gentleman has. Why
should we hold whilo Spain skins ? I feel no
disposition to stand by and bee one of the fair
est islands of tb6 world—the Qneen of the An
tilles—despoiled, rifled, and plundered, and
then made a St. Domingo or a Jamaica of, any
more than I wonld to see a stately ship, well
freighted pillaged by pirates, scuttled, andthon
sent adrift to sink without one hand to save.—
This, sir, is pretty mnch the condition of Cuba.
She is now undergoing the pillaging process;
how soon she will be sonttled and sent adrift to
sink I know not. Sir, Mr. Webstor, as early qs
tho delivery of his Panama speech, {intimated
very strongly that the policy of this country
never wonld or coaid allow Cuba to pass into
other hands than those of Spain. Mr. Everett
in his celebrated and most masterly Totter on
the proposed tri-party treaty, very clearly fol
lows up the same views. And Mr. Clay is gen
erally understood to have maintained, nntil the
day of his death, that this country ought to go
to war rather than pormit Cuba to fall into tho
hands of England. But who, sir, would not in
finitely prefer to'see England hold it, than to
see her policy carried ont "of extirpating the
white race there and filling the Island with
Guinea negroes and African savages ? If the
first wonld jnstify a national war, tho latter
uiay, in my opinion much more justify us in
barely permitting sneh of our citizens, as see
fit, to prevent it, if they can. If such a cour c
should bring acquisition by the free choice of
the people of Cuba, without consulting Spain, I
say lot it bring it. It is a matter in whioh I
should be governed mnch more by the wishos of
tbe people ofCaba than the interests of Spain.
Our trade with tbe island is now large; bnt
this would be greatly augmented if it were part
of this country, and under our laws. We should
qot only be relieved ofthe heavy duties paid on
our exports there, but the productions of tho
island consumed in this country would be large
ly increased, and her capacity to consume our
products, agricultural and manufactured, be
inoreased in the same ratio. I have r document
before me that gives ^be amount of duty loviod
and paid now on our exports thero upon being
introduced into the island. On beef it is $3 14
per barrel; pork, $4 89 per barrel; hams, $3
14; lard, $4 19; lumber, $5 60 ; hoops, $S
39 ; coaches, $261. But I cannot read all.—
The same document gives tho prioo of a cargo,
shipped from New Orleans to Havana, of flour,
hams, and lard—valued ac New Orleans at $6,
121 62—on which the duties paid wore $8,028
93. This cargo was'made up of such articles as
Ohio produces in abundance. These are her
staples. Would it not, therefore, bo greatly to
herintorest to have the same access to the
markets of Havana os to New Orleans ? . I can
not now dwell, indeed scarcely refor, to the
fast interest that shipping men and merchants
S norallv, ns well as manufacturing capitalists,
re in this acquisition.
So far as the African and slnvery is concern
ed, I ask the gentleman, anil the candid of all
parties everywhere, whether the condition of
that population wonld not ho better under our
Government that under the Spanish Govern
ment? If there ho real sympathy for tho Afri
can nrd real opposition to what is ca l<d the
n'r -cities of tho sUvo 'rode, would not that
trnd:> be immedi.i ely nholished- on the Island
becoming m rt of the United States? View
the subject, therefore, commercially or politi
b -
what rational objeottoa esn there be to it?—
Why, then, should gentlemen be opposed to it,
either in open day, or, if need be. at midnight ?
Mr. Chairman, I did not intend to dwell on
the subject as tang as I have done, I only in
tended to make a very brief reply to tbe gentle
man's remnrkaboutaten million affair, of which
I know nothing; but, in passing, I have taken
occasion to tell him what I am for. And I re
peat, in conclusion on this point, that, on the
score of humanity, on the score of pablio inter
est rod statesmanship—indeed, in Avery'point
ofriow, where is'tho objection to the acquisi
tion of Cuba, if it ean he honorably and proper
ly acquired ? I sea none, but an obstinate, fix
ed, nnd blind dogmatical nonsense.
With this digression I pass to those other
points in the gentleman's speech to which Iwlsh
to reply. In the remarks submitted by me Mr.
Chairma.n on tho occasion referred to, I made
an exhibit of statistics, showing that Georgia,
with less than half the population, with nearly a
third leu land in quantity, and less than a third
in value, compared with Ohio, not only equalled,
but exceeded, that Stato in her agricultural
productions, aocordingio the census returns of
1850. This I did, not for the purpose of show
ing, as the gentleman argons' that tbe labor of
an Afriean slave is better calculated to develop
the natural resources’of a country than the labor
of an Aneriean freeman, bnt for the purpose of
showing the uttor futility of the argument a-
gainst African slavery founded upon the assump
tion that it is inconsistent with such develop
ment even in a highly properons degree. It
was from no unkind or ungonerons feeling to
wards Ohio, her peopld, or her interests, on my
part, that I selected that State for the compar
ison. On tho contrary, it was because I looked
upon her as-one of'the most, if not the most,
prosperous of all oar northern States; and, al
so, because Georgia and Ohio are both eminent
ly agricultural States,. The comparison of
States engaged in similar pursuits is much bet
ter to illustrate tbe working of different systems,
than that of States whose people^ follow differ
ent pursuit-. 8o much, then, for my object.—
To foe statistics exhibited in pursuance of that
object and thnt object only, the gentleman has
made an elaborate reply. That reply it is my
purpose now to review.
What I said on the former occasion, together
with the calculations then presented. I have be
fore me, and ask attention to it. Here it is:
“ I had occasion, some time since, for another
purpose than the present, to look a tittle into
the statistics of Georgia, compared with those
of other States. I selected the State of Ohio,
because it was one of the most prosperous of
the North—often styled. and, perhaps, justly,
too, the Giant of the West According to tbe
census returns in 1850, Ohio had of improved
lands 9,851.493 acres—Georgia had only 6, ’78-
479 acres; the cash value of tho Georgia land,
so improved and nnder culture, was, $95,753,-
445. while the cash valne of the Ohio lands was
returned at $358.758,603—Ohio had nearly one
third more land in a state of improvement than
Georgia had, and returned at more than three
times the cash valne of the Georgia lands. The
whole population of Ohio* was 1,930.229. the
whole population of Georgia, white and black,
was 906.134. The popnlation of Ohio, therefore,
was more than double that of Georgia. Here
we see her free labor more than double in num
ber. working one third more land, worth, by
valuation, more than threo times that of Geor
gia. From these elements it might not be sur
prising to see her agricultural products greatly
exceeding those of Georgis, without 'resorting
to the ‘curse of slavery’ to account for it. Bnt
how stand the faets? Ohio produced the fol
lowing articles:
Wheat 14,487.351 bus. at 80 eents $11,58!
equality as the gentleman proposes, but the ot
dinary or average rates or values of the Geor
gia products at the time, soon after the census
was taken, and the place—Georgia—whore they
Rere produced. I did foe same by Ohio.
Here, sir, I might leave the subject, so for as
the principles are eoneerned upon which the
estimates were made, and so far as tbe gentle
man’s objection to the sliding scale is concern
ed ; but so far ns the justice or correctness of the
scale adopted for Ohio produeta is concerned, I
have this to say: That if there is any inaccur
acy in it, or Injustice done to Ohio by it, as a
whole, no ono is "more chargeable with it than
the gentleman himself. And this, I say in my
own vindication. For it so happens that I have
preserved the calculations made for me in tbe
construction of these tables more than two yoars
ago,and amongst tbe papers I find a memorandum
given to me, upon my reqaest, by tbe gentle
man from Ohio, which furnished me 'with the
data upon which I framed the Ohio table.—
These tables, as I said before, were prepared
soon after the oensus was taken, for quite ano
ther purpose than their exhibition in tj^jjfriace.
And here is,the paper, with a list'of zuSfiwo-
ducts grown »n Ohio, which I submitted 4FYitn
with a request that he would put down opposite
each article its ordinary average value or price
in Ohio, at that time. This he did; and here
Sweet potatoes 0,986,428 “ “ 60 3,103,211
Irish potatoes 227.378 « “ 40 90.951
Oats 3,820,044"“ 25 955,011
Barley - 11.601 “ “ SI 00 11.501
Cane sagar,-hhd8 1,6421,000 lbs 6 9S.520
Molasses 216.150 gals at 35 75,652
Tobacco 423,924 lbs “ 7 29,644
Rye 63,750 bu “ 59 26,875
Orchard products 92,766
Garden products 76,500
$41,675,021
is the paper:
About the average
at Cincinanti.
. " 80 cents.
40 “
50 «
50 «
6 “
35 «
40 “
50 "
25 «
7 «
1 dollar.
5 “
75 cents.
35
B'kw’t
638.060 «
40
H
255,224
In. com 59,078.605 “
30
u
17,723.608
Rye
425.918 «
50
ot
212.959
Barley
354.358 “
50
it
177,179
Oats 13,472.742 “
25
it
3,368.182
P’s k b’ns
60.168 “ $1 00
it
60.168
I’sh pot’s 5,057.779 “
40
it
2,023,107
S. pot’s
177,991 “
50
a
93.995
Tobacco 10,454,440 lbs.
7
a
731.811
Cloverseed 103.197 bus.$4 00
tt
412,748
Flax
446.932 lbs.
10
tt
44.693
Flaxseed
188.830 bus.
75
tt
141.660
Map. sug. 4,588,209 lbs.
6
tt •
275.292
Molasses
107.305 gals.
35
it m
69.057
Wine
48207 “ $1 00
tt
48,207
Garden products returned in mon..
Orchard “ '■ rt
Aggregate
, val. 214,004
" 695,921
$38,137,695
“This list includes nearly every agricultural
product of the earth in that State exeept hay,
which is omitted, because, in Georgia, there is
no return for fodder, which, in that State, an
swers the same purpose of hay in Ohio, as food
for stock. The quantity of each product pro
duced is given from the census tables. The val
nes ran ont are sneh as are believed to ha the
usual average values of eaeb article in that
State, exeept the products of gardens and or
chards. wnicb are taken from tho tables—no
other values are put upon the products in the
tables. The estimate above stated is believed
to be a fair one. Now let ns take up the returns
for Georgia and plaee upon them a tike estima
ted average value. Here we have:
Wheat J,OSS,434 bush, at $1 00 $1,088,544
In. corn 30 t 080.099 « “ 50 15,040.040
Cot.—b'Is 499.091 4001bs. at 8 15,970.912
Rice 38.950.691 lbs. at 4 1,553,027
P’s <fc h’ns 1,142,011 bash, at $1 00 1,142,011
S. potat’s 6,986,428 “ 25 1,746,607
L potat’s 227,378 “ 50 113,680
Oats 3,820,044 “ 37* 1.432,516
Cane sugar 1.642 hhds., 1,000 lbs. 6 88,520
Molasses 116,150 gallons at 25 54,037
Orchard, produets of 02,766
Garden, products of 76,500
Aggregate
$38,414,163
“An amount, so far from falling nnder{that of
Ohio, as might have been expected, actually
exceeds it above a quarter of a million, without
extending the Georgia list to rye, barley, to
bacco, and other articles which are produced in
thnt State. Away, then, with this prating cry
about slavery’s paralyzing the energy ofa people
and opposing the development of foo resources
of a country."
In commenting upon these oxhibits, or tables,
the gentleman files no objeotion to the items of
products, exoept the article of hay, which, he
says, ought not to be omitted in tho Ohio list.
He complains, however, of the prices or values,
nnd the basis on whioh the estimates are founded,
He objects to putting Georgia wheat at one dol
lar, and Ohio wheat at eighty eents. This is
what l\e calls a “sliding scale.” He insists that
tho products of both States should be placed on
the same basis, and estimated on the same scale
of prices. This is what he calls the basis of
equality. On this point we are at issue, and,
in determining this issno, I am willing to abido
by the principles laid down by tho ablest wri
ters on political economy. 'The basis of my
calculations, was the usual or average rates or
srioes in ench State, respectively, at that time.
I did not make thoso calculations to answer the
purpose of an hour spoech here, or an election
eering campaign. But I based them upon prin
ciples that will stand the test of time, and
which can- never be xfooeseMly assailed. If
tbe committee will indtrigemo, I will give tbe
entloman the^priiToiplos referred to. I read
‘rom Adam SBmh:
“There is in every society or neighborhood
an ordinary or average rate of both wagos and
profit in every different employment of labor
or stack.
“There is likewise in every society or neigh
borhood an ordinary or avorago rate of rent,”
Ao.
Again:
“Theso ordinary or average rates may.be
ealled the natural rates of wagos, profit, and
rent-, at tho time and place in which they com
m'<oly prevail.”
T ie ram- p inciplcs arc laid •’ot-’ by all wri
ters npon th<: same subject. Tie Wis upon
whioh the vitae ofnny pr*dmts ofind try a * v „.,w
t »Ve or should be, estimated, in comparing oi e it
Wheat per boshol
Buckwheat
Rye
Barley .
Maple sugar, per pound
Molasses, per gallon
Irsb potatoes, per bushel
Sweet potatoes, per bushel
Oats per bushel
Tobacco
Peas and beans
Cloverseed
Flaxseed
Indian corn
He put the price of wheat at 80 eents per bn
shel; buckwheat at 40 cents, rye at 50 cents,
and so on. The whole list is identical with the
value in the table I made for Ohio products,
with the exception of Indian corn, which he put
at 35 cents, and eloverseed at $5. I pnt Indian
corn for Ohi:- at 30 cents, and eloverseed
at $4; because other gentlemen from Ohio
whom I likewise consulted on the subjects gave
it ns their opinion that 30 cents for corn, and $4
for eloverseed, were fair average rates for those
articles. And ^moreorer. ha average was for
Cincinanti. And I wished to get as near as pos
sible to the average for the State. In Georgia
I did not take the Savannah or Augusta prices
of wheat or corn, bnt what I thought a fair
average throngboat the Stated Fairnoss and
accuracy were my objects.
Now, sir, the gentleman, in reply to me on
the facts deduced from his list of prices.has giv
en another list, vastly different from tbe one be
furnished me with. Let ns look at some of these
changes—80 cents a hnshel was what he put
wheat at on my list; $2 per bushel is what ha
now rates it at—Indian 'corn he then pnt.at 35
cents per bushel; he now puts that article at
90 eents. The changes in these two products,
without going further in tbe in vestigation, make
a difference of over $45,000,000 in favor of
Ohio! This is “eliding” with a vengeance, as
we say sometimes, down Sonth ! And it is in
this way that he now gets the Ohio prodnety to
run np to$145,838.23251. Andnowonder!
I based my calculations and estimates npon
principles from which I will never 'slide; npon
these principles the tables prepared by me were
given to tbe world. I maintain them now. Ar
the distinguished gentleman from Missouri;
[Mr. Bestow] when in the other wing of tbe
Capitol, said of his plan ofthe Mexican war—
these tables, sir, “will do to keep.” And I
tend to keep them; not, however, in my-pock
et, as I believe he kept hia plan of tbe war, bnt,
to nse another phrase of that honorable gentle
man, I intend to keep them by spreading them
npon the “parliamentafy history of the conn
try."
But I will not let the gentleman off with the
exposition, which is certainly quite enough to
establish the accuracy and fairness of my ta
bles. What he complains most of, fe what be
ealls the sliding seale—that is, fixing Georgia
wheat at $1, and Ohio wheat at 80 cents. He
insists that the estimation for both States should
be on the same scale, of prices. Well, sir, I will
meet him on that around. I will take as a ba
sis for the value of tbe products of both States,
the very paper be furnished ns with for Ohio.
I will bring the scale of prices of Georgia pro - -
dnets down to. the average which he pnt npon
simitar pfodnets in Ohio, but not in New York.
Mr. CAMPBELL. I suppose the gentleman
would not misstate my positions, and I beg
leave to set him rixht.
Mr. STEPHENS. Be very belef, for I have
no time to spare.
Mr. CAMPBELL. Then I will not take up
the gentleman’s time : I merely say that he
does not state mv-position correctly,
Mr. STEPHENS. I understand the getie-
mans position ns he states it, to be, that the
products of Ohio, and those of Georgia, should
be taken nt New York prices.
Mr. CAMPBELL. I said I considered it as
the great market of the country.
Mr. STEPHENS. Very well. Then I was not
mistaken in his position. He insists that the
produets of both should be esti&ftt.od at New
Yor)c prices, which, I say, is as erroneous as to
estimate tbe value of tbe lands in each State, at
New York prices. New York ia not the market
for Georgia sweet potatoes, or Ohio corn, or O-
hio hay. The proper basis for the value of each
is the average value in each State, upon the
plan on whioh my tables were framed. But, for
the sake ofthe argument, I say, I will ndopt, as
a basis, the Ohio prices, as the gentleman gave
them to me himself, and make the Georgia pro
ducts square with that basis, so far as we pro -
duce similar articles. I will bring Georgiacorn
froin fifty cents down' to thirty-five, nnd raise
Georgia-potatoes np to fifty cents. Which is just
m'absnrd as it would be to estimate a town lot
in'the small village at which I live at either
Cincinnati or New York prices, for tbe same
quantify of land. 'And I will put cotton, which
Ohio does not produce, at the commercial value
fixed upon it for that year at the enstom-honses,
which is quite as fair as to put it at”the Cincin
nati market price, inasmuch as would cost quite
as mnch to got it there as to the sea-board. By
Honse Doe. No. 136, 1st sass, 23d Cong., the
prico of the cotton crop embraced in the census
returns was Trtloed{nt 11* cenfs, nnd a tittle over.
Then, sir, ostimnting the values of the products
of both States, not at Now York prices, but at
Ohio prices, as given by the gentleman, nnd
[tatting cotton nt the actual value placed npon
t officially, by this official report which I hold,
in my hand, how stands the result ? I have made
tho calculation. I have the result before mo.,—
Here are tho figures : ,
Ohio Liet-i
14,487.351 bu at
And on this basis of calculation the Ohio
products amount to $11,204,870, and the Gcor-
£ 'a pred icts to-$41,675,021; making-a lwlanWe
favor of Georgia of $470,151—near half a
million—anj]. larger, by $193,678, than the bal
ance in her fever upon tbe system, which was
the correct one, adopted by me at firsts So I
meet the gentleman upon bis own ground, and
results similarly favorable to Georgia are ar
rived at.
Bnt the gentleman insists that hay should not
be left ont of the Ohio list of products. My
reasons for leaving it ont were given before.
It is because there is no return in tbe census for
fodder or shucks, that species of forage that
wo use for stock in Georgia. We pri>doee ait
least 600,000,000 pounds of fodder, estimating
1.O0O pounds to every 50 bushels of cforn; be
sides immense quantities of corn shucks, which
constitute .the food for oar stock, just ns hay
does iir Ohio. For this large and valuable pro
duct there is no return.
But the gentleman says that, ia Ohio they
make more corn than we do, 'and hence more
fodder. Not so, sir. In Ohio they do not save
their fodder; at least it is not usual with them
to do it. They put their labor upon saving liar.
We grow an immense amount of grass in Geor
gia, but we do no* eut it or save. Wo put our
labor.insaving corn blades and shucks: and
we might as well claim our uncut grass in our
cornfields, as a product to go into the estimate,
as for the gentleman to claim the unsaved corn
blades wbieh grow on their com stalks. An-1
besides this, sir there fe no return in the census
for cotton seeds, whieb, In .Georgia, amount in
value, annually, at a moderate estimate, at not
less than $1,000,000. So, for these reasons, I
dil omit the article of bay, as I stated, and did
so properly, as I conceive ; and with its omfe-
s;op, and the omission of the corresponding pro
ducts of Georgia, upon the gentleman’s own
basis of c llenl.tio t—not his last cue, of New
York prices, but the basis he gave me two years
and upward ago—Georgia, with a population of
less than half thataf Ohio, and with land a lit
tle uver two thirds in quantity and something
un< jr one third in value, produced, in 1S49, ae-
cm-iing to the censos. returns, agricultural pro *
dn -*s exceeding those of Ohio in amount nearly
$500,000. ■ 3
But. sir, I do not intend to st p hero with
the gentleman and his statistics, I will c-. eii
follow him to New York, and his price? there. I
have his tables of estimates, by which he made
the annual products of Ohio amount to 14&S33,
232 51, and those of Georgia to only $65,488,-
207 10. These tables .are uot iriveu :a his
pamphlet speech, though they appeared with
ih9 speech as published in the Globe. But
I intend to preserve them, whether he does or
n °L ^I shall preserve them as we do uncurrent
coin ip ray country. For that purpose I have
brought them here this day to exhibit to the
House and the country ; and, iu tbe face of
the gentleman, the House, and the country, to
nail teem to the counter as spurious ia their
elements and composition. Upon wh.at princi
ple can he estimate Ohio hay at $16 per tan,
because hay sells in New York at that price,
when, perhaps, a bundle of Ohio hay never went
therefo.-*iale in the world ? Upon what prin
ciple can he put Ohio wheat at $2 per bushel
because wheat sells in New York city at that
price, when, by bis own account of it, in the
list furnished me, he put its price In Ohio at SO
cents? Nay, more upon what principle is it
that be now puts Georgia sweet potatoes at 50
cents per bushel, when they are notoriously sel
ling in New York at 25. cents a half peck, or
$2 a bushel ? I have a daily New York paper
before me, giving tbe market price of sweet po
tatoes at the rates I have mentioned. Upon
what principle fe it, I say, that the. gentleman
makes up a table of such it character as this?
Why did he n6t give the New Yerk prices to the
entire list of Georgia articles, if he took that a3
the National market ? The difference in foe
Geotgia products, in bfe table, on this one arti
cle of sweet potatoes, amounts to more than ton
millions of dollars against Geotgia. It fe for
this, and divers other great errors, I nail his
table to foe counter, here in open day, that the
resalts deduced from them may not mislead ta e
uninformed and unsuspecting elsewhere or anv^
where.
But, sir, I said I would take np hfe results,
attained, as lh>y were, and meet the'ge itle nau
even on this, h's own. ground of last retreat, in
the ’comparison of the agricultural prosperity
of the two States, according to all just and cor-*
root, principles of political economy. And it is
upon such principles* alone, I will treat or argue
such a subject.
According to his exhibit, the cash value of the
Georgia forms, is $95,753,444
Value of forming implements and
machinery, fe ‘ 5,894,150
This gives a capital of
$101,647,594
The cash value oftbeOhio farms is $35S,75S603
Fanning implements and machine-
T ?>»- 12,750,5S3
This gives a capital of
$371,5
Wheat
Buckwheat
Indian corn
Rye
irley
Oats
Peas k beans
80$1I,5S9,8S0
Sweet potatoes
Tobacco II
Cloverseed
Flax
Flaxseed
Maple Sugar *
Molasses
Wine
1,078.605 “ “
35
20,677.543
423.918 “ “
50
212,959
334.358 « •*
50
177;170
,472.742 " «
25
3,368.18$
60.168 “ “$1 00
60.168
,057.769 " «
40
2,023.107
187.991 « “
50
03.905
1.454.449 lha“
7
731.811
103.197bu “$5 00
515.085
446.932 " “
10
44.603
188,880 " “
75
141.660
.588.209 lbs"
6
275.292
197.308 gal«
35
69,057
48,207 gal»$l 00
48.207
s
2H’flflTt
8
695 921
$41,301,870
IIIU fiuujouiy uiuiriviu, uwunuunMimv wr pirn- ouuum uo, MiuraR’u, m OUUpariDg Ot 0 RtOO 38'
cally, as it affects interests North or South, eountry or State;with anotlor, is not that of p 0 as and-boaas 1/
Georgia T,i»t.
Wheat 1,088.534 bu at 80 $870,827
Indian erm 30,080,079 “ •* 3510,528.034
Cotton'—bale* 499.091 400 lbs II \ 22.625458.
050,601 lbs nt. 4 *1.558.027
142,011 bu “ $1 00 1,142,011
The products of Georgia, Upon the principle ot v
his calculation, which I have exhibited; a-
mount in value to ' $36,488,267
And those of Ohio; to 145,833)232
In this way the gentleman arrives *: the Con
clusion, where h.< boasting’y says, that Ohio
was ahead of Georgia, annually, $->0 349,965.
But let us see how sued a conclusion can be
drawn, .even if the resnlia were ns lie, has fig
ured. them out, upon any sound principles of
political economy. According to thesa well
s-ttled principles, in .comparing the., relative
prosperity of any State, or business, witn anoth
er, th amount of the capital, as well as the
products, fe to be taken* into tho account. All
writers upon this, science; for il fe.a science —
and one of tho profoundest of the sciences
which real philosophers ever taught—lav this
down as one of the axioms, or the postulates,
upon which they build their systems. However
they may disagree upon other matters, all agree
upon this fundamental truth. Mr. MeCulloeb,
whose work I have before me, after stating that *
tbe species of labor, or kind of employment,
is not to be looked at so mueh as its results,
says: ‘V •
It fe not, therefore, by tho absolute am ant
of- its capital, but by its power of employing
that cnptta.l wish advantage—a power which”
in all ordinary cases, is correctly measured by
the common and averaged rate of profit—that
the cap acity, of a country to increase in weakh
and p ipnlatfon fe to be estcomod.”
And further oh he says:
“The average rate of profit would seem to be,
’bn. tiie whole, tho best barometer—the best cri
terion of national pr isperity.”
- JiuV, what is here stated of National pr >sncr-
ity, orjlie capacity to produce wealth, fe ns
true of States as of nations. And tha main
object «fA&.‘ gentlemrn from Ohio seepi d to
rate sh^lubat the capacity i>f Ohio, with her
freer bor, ^bs ’niu h iraatar in the production
of wo ifc hpor the dcvol parent of her resou.-ces,
than -iiat -f Giorem, with her slave 1 ber.
The sir. letthcpasj stand us kept is it. O do,
wth .'roe labor, on an iuve.dm nt of $371,509-
1 188 i>» - api .l, p odu with ber labor, $; 15-
858,232. This fe 39 ier;-nt. That is, the
0 ii» p d t towards t -a ■ tnl bears th; ratio
of 33 per o mt.. white Georgia on an ifivettramt
o ' • - 4 1 of Sim 0-17. MU prod ; <■ i-h er
labor, $6>.43$,2G7, whiih fe ill- percent And
this' is just 25 per cent in fiver * :
upon the gm-foman’s own estn.v pant .v ri* .. r -
roueocsH sx options. The gentleman may'say