• 3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 012 027 603 7 • Hollinger pH8.5 Mill Run F3.1955 .3 .P925 Copy 3 LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 863 niSOADWAY JVo, 14. Clje |pr{s^rljati0n of \\t Inion, NATIONAL ECONOMIC NECESSITY. FROM THE GERMAN COMMERCIAL GAZETTE. NKW YOKK, MAY, 1803. NEW YORK: Wm. 0. Bryant & Co., Printers, 41 Nassau Street, cor. Libertt. 1863. F^ e:^^^ 'Klyf .1 .r^-i.^ LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY TJie objects of the Society are expressed in tlie following Resolu- tion^ formaUy adopted hy tJie unanimous vote of the Society, at its first Meeting, 14 Fehruary, 1863. Resolved, That the object of this organization is, and shall be confined to the distribution of Journals and Documents of unquestionable and uncondi- tional loyalty throughout the United States, and particularly in the Armies now engaged in the suppression of the Rebellion, and to 'counteract, as far as practicable, the efforts now being made by the enemies of the Government and the advocates of a disgraceful peace to circulate journals and documenLs of a (lisloval character. Persons sympathising with the ohjects of this Society and wish- ing to contribute funds for its support, may address MORRIS KETCHUM, Esq., Treasurer, 40 Exchange Place, For which Receipts will he j^romptly returned.. 0\'> THE PRESERVATIOi\ OF THE UNION, A NATIONAL ECONOMIC NECESSITY. FROM THE GERMAN COMMERCIAL GAZETTE. The present conflict between the North and South, Laving been discussed almost to exhaustion, from a political point of view, the task remained to present it from a national, economic and social point of view. This has been done in a most lucid and conclusive manner in a comprehensive circular, issued by one of the first commercial houses of New York, in which it is clearly demonstrated that the Preservation of the Union is an indisj)ensaUe necessity for the whole civilized world. The very complete and valuable statistical tables which have been care- fully collated from the last census report, together with an ex- •tract of the essential points from the circular itself, are herewith presented to the American reader. In view of the colossal pro- ductive and commercial power of the United States, every im- partial mind must approve the prospective results of the present conflict as herewith presented. Separation of the Union is so completely shown to be synonymous with retrogression of gen- eral civilization, that at this enlightened period, no one can ad- vocate such a retrograde movement without oflending against all mankind. What right-thinking man can aid with his sym- pathy, much less by his direct support, in the destruction of this glorious whole, which has been created by the intelligent industry of several generations ? Who would willingly lend a hand in closing up the inexhaustible sources of wealth which nature with unmatched liberality has lavished upon this truly great country ? Surely no truly enlightened person in either hemisphere could be guilty of so gross an outrage against the best interests of mankind. •ajiHinDuSy cs'S , .-'-:J(cCCIi-lcOC^Tt<-^'^(NiO .-(OOiMO'-ieo&1u5COIr-ose^OOeo>0 CO 05 C0_^ t-^ CO_^ CM_ 1— I 1-H CO to to i.-- to Tjl 1-1 £- CO co" crao j:~co to t- -f >o CO r- 50 ! "t ^. "^. ■* ■=>„ <». 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With an increase of population since 1S50 of 25 per cent., or 8 millions, the value of property has increased in the same space of time 127 per cent, or 9,000 millions of dollars ! — and with all this the above figures do not, by any means, give the real, entire value of the national property, for not only is the Government property and public domain not embraced therein, but the data are mainly obtained from the Registers of direct Taxation, in which the estimated valuations are always taken at the lowest amount of consideration for the tax-payers. A people which, with its great extravagance in its expendi- tures, increases nevertheless the value of its property annually 900 millions of dollars, must not only have been prodigally en- dowed by nature with all the elements of wealth, but it must have developed, also, an uncommon degree of energy and intel- ligence in the utilization of the resources which its territory Since 1850 the United States have increased their Banking Capital nearly 200 millions of dollars, and their Eailroads 22,000 miles, at an expense of nearly 1,000 million dollars. The coun- try has now over 32,000 miles of Railroads in active use, 30,000 miles of "Water Communication, more or less artificial, and 40,000 miles of Telegraphic Lines ! The great variety in tlie means of support and acquisition of wealth is one of the especial advantages of this country ; and the above Tables show what gigantic proportions its productive capacity has already attained in the various branches of Agri- culture, Manufactures, Mining, &c., ifec. Whilst the Western and Southern States show astonishing progress in Agriculture, the JSTorthern and Eastern States have developed equally great progress in Manufactures. Foreign immigration brings to the whole country its invaluable advantages; the accumulation of capital in the Eastern States develops, in connection with the immense wealth of coal, minerals, and forests, constantly new and ever farther reaching industrial enterprises, and in these prodigious achievements the restless energy of the American brings to his aid the practical and inventive genius of the peo- ple in the shape of innumerable labor-saving machines and con- triv.inces, without which, these immense triiimplis over nature could never have been accomplished. The Commercial power of the United States fully corresponds with these enormous resources. Great Britain has a more ex- tended foreign commerce, because it imports nearly all the raw materials from foreign countries, and re-exports them as manu- factured articles. Not so with the United States. This country contains witldn its own territory nearly all the raw materials in greatest abundance, and exports of these only the surplus, and imports only coffee, tea, sugar, and articles of luxury — and but few articles which it needs for its industry. The Commerce of United States may be seen from the above Tables, to which are added some which relate to the city of New York alone, and which even novj are on the increase. But who can estimate with reference to the above Tables of production the magnitude of the Internal Commerce letween the several Sta-tes ? Who can say how much less this cowiti'y would import, and hoiu much more it woidd export, if, in European fashion, the people would economise only a few years ? Already has Europe been obliged to send here in 1861, the first year of the war, more than 40 millions of dollars to cover the balance of trade in our favor ! And it may, perhaps, become as important for the great money marts of Europe, as for its manufacturing interests, that the Union should be restored as soon as possible to its normal con- dition. The United States is truly the land — the very paradise of labor. Here is no place for idlers, be they rich or be they poor! Labor here makes all men equal ; here the European noble and peasant work side by side ! In no country on 'Jie face of the earth is labor more prized and honored, or better paid than here ! Even capital, which in Europe controls labor, here becomes subordinate to and serves labor. It is tlie free and intelligent labor of the country that creates the Adminis- tration or the Government, that is, the Legislative, Executivej and Judicial powers of the country. Whatever may be said against the doings and intrigues of the politicians, yet it is the highest honor of the system of gov- ernment of the United States that Free Labor— i\\^i is to say, the equal right of all men to the pursuit of happiness — has been 6 recognized as tlie first natural and inalienable right ; and tliat this riglit lias been consistently asserted in every direction ; and it is the Union alone and above all which protects this funda- mental right against all possible assumption of power by single states, and which gives it permanent and national guarantees. The Union, therefore, represents the principles of free Lahor, free Intercourse^ free River and Lalce Navigation^ free ScJwols^ free Press, and free Religion. The Union guarantees in its en- tire immense extent of 3,250,000 square miles (almost as large as all Europe), to all its present and future inhabitants the most unlimited liberty of thought, commerce, and industry. Unquestionably it is mainly this great principle whicli has given to the Union its vast power and prosperity, and which cannot foil to secure to it a still more glorious future. Of what nse would be to this country its rich and fertile lands, if the "West were separated from the East, and the IsTortli from the South, by all sorts of inter-state restrictions and jealousies; if the people were compelled to surrender regularly a large por- tion of its working population to standing armies ; or if it were restrained in the free exercise of its labor and industry by inter- state tariffs, or by a system of guilds, like that remnant of the middle ages in Europe ? In tlie Old Country, where a different condition of things re- quires a different system of government, the people are proud, and very properly ^o, of tlie great progress which has been made there, in facilitating intercourse amongst the different peo- ples, in the abolition of river dues, guilds, the progress of free trade, and the emancipation of the serfs ; and yet all these achievements of modern times are but fragments of the great and general freedom of labor, which the Union guarantees for all time to come, to every citizen, native and adopted, as well as to the future immigrant. Viewed from this stand-point, the attempt of the Rebels to destroy tlie Union, and to establish in its stead a Confederacy based upon Human Slavery as its corner stone, cannot be re- garded as other than a crime against this Nineteenth Century, and as an attempt against all recognized human rights. Can any one doubt as to the result of this conflict ? As well might we assume that England would re-enact its former system of protective duties, its corn laws, and navigation act ; that Germany would revive tlie old guilds, soccage service, and relig- ious persecutions; that Russia would restore the just abolished serfdom. In fact, we might as well assume that civih'zation would retrograde, and that the great civilized nations of Europe would go back to the feudal system of the middle ages ! The great natural rights of man, that have their being in the Union, are more powerful by far than all the armies or in- trigues of the enemies of the Union. The fortune of war has not much favored the North during the past year, and yet do we see that the idea of the Union has resumed entire sway again in the Slave Border States of Delaware, Maryland, Ken- tucky, Missouri, and a large portion of Virginia, and that even the question of the total abolition of slavery is assuming in those States the most forcible prominence. Our country has always developed most actively after every commercial crisis, and it will surely emerge from the present political crisis with regenerated and greater power. ( V OFFICERS OF THE LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 863 BROADWAY, ]^EW YORK. President. CHARLES KING. Treasurer. MORRIS KETCHUM. Secretary. JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS, 3a. Finance Committee. CHARLES BUTLER, Chairman. GEORGE GRISWOLD, JACKSON S. SCHULTZ, lilORRIS KETCHUM, A. C. RICHARDS, CHARLES H. MARSHALL, L. P. MORTON, HENRY A. HURLBUT, SETH B. HUNT, THOMAS N. DALE, DAVID DOWS, WILLIAJiI, A. HALL, JOSIAH M. FISKE, T. B. CODDINGTON, JAMES McKAYE. Pulilicayal Puiir.icATioN Socikty has already issued a large number of Slij)s ami FainpLlets which have been widely cir- culated. Amongst the most important are the following : No. 1. . 2. 3. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. IG. 17. Future of the North West^ by Ilobert Dale Owen. Echo from the Army. Union Mass Meeting^ Speeches of Brady ^ Van Jiuren, &c. TJiree Voices; the Soldier, Farmer and Poet. Voices from the Army. Northern True Men. Speech of Major-General Butler. Separation; War without End. Ed. Laboulaye. The Venom and the Antidote. A feio words in hehalf of the Loyal Women of the United States, by One of Themselves. No Failure for the North. Atlantic Monthly. Address to King Cotton. Eugene Pelletan. How a Free People conduct a long War. Stille. The Preservation of the Union, a National Economic necessity. Elements of Discord in Secession, (&c., &c. No Party now, all for Our Country. Dr. Francis Lieber. TJte Cause of the War. Col. Charles Anderson. Loyal Jx'iigiieiJ, Clubs, or individuals may obtain aiiy of our Publications at the cost ])ricc, by ai)plicatiun to the Executive Committee, or by calling at the liooms of the Society, No. 8G3 Uroadway, where all ininrmation may bo obtained relating to the Society. 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