2 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 



growing in the last-named region, we had to meet, at the out- 

 set, the objection that the encouragement of wool-production 

 on the cheap-grazing lands m the far West involves the aban- 

 donment of sheep husbandry in the older States of the North 

 and East ; and that what the far West gains, Vermont and 

 Ohio would lose. This objection, we said, if it were true, is 

 a local, not a national, one. 



" The aim of a national industrial system is the wealth, 

 grandeur, and independence of the nation as a whole ; and 

 of the comfort, elevation, and well-compensated labor of the 

 American people as a whole. Above all things, it abhors 

 monopolies of individuals, States, or sections. It does not 

 favor the exclusive occupation of the cotton manufacture by 

 Massachusetts or Rhode Island, but would plant it also by 

 the side of the cotton-fields in Georgia and Mississippi. It 

 would light furnace fires in Michigan, Ohio, and Alabama, as 

 well as in Pennsylvania. Statesmanship would have our 

 national industrial system advance in its march like one of 



all interests there ; while it will also be of much aid and value to the reader and 

 capitalist from any quarter. . 



In the hope you may be induced to render the service we desire, and assur- 

 ing you of any aid we may be able to give you in furtherance of that result, 

 we are very truly yours, &c., 



ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, M. C. of Ga. 



J. B. GORDON, U. S. S. 



BENJ. H. HILL, U. S. S. 



JOHN T. MORGAN, U. S. S. 



M. W. RANSOM, U. S. S. 



JOHN W. JOHNSTON, U. S. S. 



RICHARD COKE, U. S. S. 



L. Q. C. LAMAR, U. S. S. 



WADE HAMPTON, Governor of So. Car. 



I have not had the pleasure of reading the articles referred to ; but, as Texas 

 is most largely interested in wool-growing, I trust the articles suggested will be 

 prepared. S. B. MAXEY, U. S. S. 



With great interest in the subject, and beg to add my signature, 



T. F. BAYARD, U. S. S. 

 R. L. GIBSON, M. C. of La. 



I join in the above. Wool-growing is one of the leading interests of my 

 district, Western Texas. G. SCHLEICHER, M. C. 



