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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856
Abstracts 3222 - 3225
SECTIONALISM (Cont' d)
3222 - L Nov. 21; ed:2/1 - This fuss on the part of the South about
sectionalism reminds one of the boy who after eating all the pudding he
could possibly accommodate, boo-hooed because he could not eat it all.
Surfeited with ten times their share of the profits and emoluments of
the government, they bellow sectionalism the moment the North attempts to
elect a president to represent their views and interests. "We should like
to see them kept on a low di et awhi Ie; it would diminish the undue amount
of bi Ie which seems at present to trouble them." (18)
3223 - L Nov. 28; ed:2/1 - Mr. Sumner having revived the subject of the
relative value of the services of Massachusetts and South Carolina in the
revolutionary war, the New York TRIBUNE gives a statement made out by the
secretary of war of the first Congress, which was called out during the
debate on the assumption of the state debts. The statement showed that
Massachusetts furnished during the war 68,007 continental troops and
16,155 militia. South Carolina furnished 6,426 continental troops, militia
none.
Subsequent to 1777, no troops were asked of South Carolina or of
Georgia, except for local defense in consideration of their large population.
By the close of 1778, when the war was fairly commenced, she had
but 800 men in the army. These men were taken prisoners when Charleston
surrendered, after which time that state had not a single regular soldier
in the field. These facts taken in connection with the well known circumstance
that the British ranks were largely recruited in the State ought
to silence Simms upon the subject. The remarks of Mr. Sumner were opposite
and true, which is the very reason they are so unpalatable to these South
Carolina fire-eaters, who are very fond of bragging on a small capital.
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SEMINARIES. See Schools & Seminaries
SHIPBUILDING
3224 - L Jan. 31; ed:2/1 - We estimate the total value of vessels to be
built here during the year at about $775,000. Our shipyards give employment
to at. least 1,000 persons of which a large number are single men.
The labor of each is estimated to support two persons, thus a population
of 2000 people is supported by the shipbuilding industry.
"If our capitalists would turn their attention to manufacturing we
might today have a population of 75,000 instead of 50,000, and there would
be fewer idlers among us, not withstanding the addition." (4)
3225 - L May 2; ed: 2/1 - A steamer to be called the HIAWATHA is to be
built at Baltimore for the Petersburg Steamboat co. The Richmond ENQUIRER
says that if an Indian name is to be given it, Virginia could give it a
better one.
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