The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-16

folOw the same channels Of our expectation. ana
that western trade will TO considerable extepf
then centre at the Mississippi market.
we look also 70 this great measure az On abso-
rue Pseve9uve Of recurrence Of the ever mem
otAole ana disastrous scenes which mark ed the
trade between this State and New Orleans in the
Per'oa embracing the years 1892 TO 1899. when
We suffered not Only the loss in expenses a. herein
SCI Iorln, but also payment of commissions 70
tne view orleans merchant for the performance OF
mere e agency amounting TO from fifteen to TWEEN
ty-hVe per cent upon the whole aggregate amount
OF oar tNnsaeuons, when millions upon millions
were annually paid those persons for facilities
every cent and every ounce Of which We furnished
This enterprise ought not 10 be intended or car
red on Tor the purpose of setting up Opposition'
60 New Orleans, or for 'putting dow NJ that great
commercial depot. This We certainly could NOT
do 1t we would, and most assuredy we would not
vt We could. A dream Of this sort is as visionary
as idle, and is foreign to our present purposes
We undertake merely a reform in our domestic
eeonomy-a mere saving Of our annual expenses
the non-emPloyment OF commission merchants
at New Orleans, as we'll as at any other place.
whose services we do not need. IL this is ODDosi-
hon, then Il may with equal force be said that
every man IN the pursuit Of his industry and eco
nOmy Is IN opposition to his neighbour.
We will call the attention of the convention,
secondly, TO the means by which this most momen-
tous aud important enterprise may DO brought a
bout The Mississippi cotton depot ana mark ct
is now kept by the will and action Of our planters,
az New Orleans. A removal by them Of this de-
pot TO the ports Of Mississippi will answer eyery
thing that is here contemplated. tits very short
sighted mistake that we are obliged to send our
cotton of TO seek market. This was the case
many years ago when the trade was in Infancy,
out now Il - in the full vigor and high stature Of
"an"OOu' ne market will be where the cotton
ls, irrespective OF all other circumstances II is
now at New Orleans, because our planters keen
tner depot at that place, and for no other reason.
What brings purchasers, and ships, and money 10
Ne" Orleans! is there an irresistible habit Of vi
suing the great city Of the South? Are not ships
seeking tor freight, and are not purchasers and
ther money IN quest OF cotton2 Ii is said there
10 NOT money here to purchase the cotton with
and y there money at any time in any part of the
southern country, TO purchase cotton with until it
Is brought here by the northern and European
cotton purchasers! It's the cotton, and the cotton
alone which Procures the capital, and establishes
the market.
cotton market at Natchez and Vicksburg, or
any intermediate point, would be but one market,
and me undersigned cannot refrain from express
ing the opinion that il would be the most inviting
and the most advantageous both for the seller and
purchaser, Of any home market upon the face of
the EARTH Our facilities for getting cotton to a
foreign market, rather for getting il shipped on
sea vessels, are such that our whole product, with
ordinary care, may 60 forward in perfectly good
ViueIs dHu enter the LlVerpOOl warehouses; IN pre-
cisely the same condition as il leaves the GIN
This is the grand object TO be sought for, for the
undersigned are well informed that our planters
sustain not only the immense losses by damage
which are known or suffered in this country, but
that all cotton not perfectly dry when shipped, is
totally damaged on its arrival upon the other side
Of the Atlantic. This crust upon the bales Of to-
tally rotten cottOn, and the 'pckngs' which is
partially damaged in consequences Of being wet
or damp when shipped, will amount to from eight
20 twenty pounds per bale.
The undersigned therefore conclude, and would
emphaEize before the convention, and urge it well
20 consider these most important truths:
First That home market in Mississippi, and
direct trade from the State, is in perfect accord
ance with the established laws and we'll defined
usages Of trade and commerce which obtain else
where.
Second, That the establishment Of this great
enterprise will have the direct effect of saving tC
the planters alone, the enormous sum Of two o.
three millions Of dollars every year.
Third, That the establishment, and then thu
inevitable continuance, Of this trade and marke
is perfectly within the reach Of our cotton plan
tiers. They have only to will it by unanimou
sentiment, and il is done.
r. ABBEY,
IOHN r pFVTON