But to recur to the period before the war. That I may not be justly charged with misrepresenting the attitude of the South. let me state it in the language of one of her most logical and polished writers. Willlain M.Burwell. esq.. who in the course of a public address in Louisian a. in November. 1866. "indicated the points of southern opinion and policy which bore on her subjugation" by saying. among other things. that she had held that " commerce and the mechanic arts and the banking system were incompatible witli the social safety of the slave States." and "that great cities were great sores. aggregations of people an evil. immigrant numbers and capital not desirable. and works of internal commerce only to be allowed where they were built at the private cost of those who used them." "The ocean." said he. " was regarded as a scene of strife. and it was thoughtth at ourships and workshops should be stationed beyond the Atlantic." As the South dominated our politics. these propositions indicate the policy that had been pursued by the Government except for brief intervals. as from 1824 to 1832 and from 1842 to 1846. What results did it producel During the years from 1854 to 1862. including both. the production of iron was stationary. the amount produced annually averaging less than 800.000 tons. Vast amounts of energy and capital were during this period embarked and lost in efforts to establish manifaeturing enterprises.
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