The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-10-31

southern provinces of Poland, and the inte-
rior Districts Of Austria, Turkey and Greece
L is not therefore this supply Of their own
consumption alone, which the confederacy
offer 10 open to Us, IN their overtures for a
direct and reciprocal trade with the u. s.
but that of The vast inland provinces of Eu.
rope which they will command by their
channels OF internal commercial relations.
Should Austria with her depencies be bTO't
into the present association, or should she
form, with the States around her. South
ern ZollveTein Confederacy, there will be
within the control of these German powers
the trade Of one third Of civilized Europe
Here is surely field Of commercial enter.
prise worth of a noble struggle to obtain and
which we should not allow 10 be closed
against as by any petty questions Of tempo.
rary policy. The Government is every
where urged TO adopt measures to secure
the advantages proposed TO Us by the Ger
mans. but our people are not sufficiently i'm
pressed with the conviction of how much the
innate relations of established, the mutual
acquaintance and confidence, the knows
edge of each others wants and means of
supply which grow up through reciprocal in.
tercourse, promote commerce and aid gov>
eminent in accomplishing its measures. An
intimate and profitable connection once es-
tablshed between our planters and few Of
the principal German houses may do more
TO secure and promote the direct trade
with the Zollvereins than the best efforts OF
the diplomatist.
With the rapid increased consumption Of
our own spindles, and allied with Germany
, by the provisions of a direct and reciprocal
trade, with her manufactures extending
themselves over her territory and supplying
, large portion of the interior consumption
! of Europe, we should possess three or four
: large rival markets for our products, and be
able TO break down the OvergrOwn and ne
fariOus power of England and relieve our
selves from the undue influence and con-
. trOl which she now exercises over the val
! ne Of ourgreat staple.
The Germans are an extremely cautious
people, and slow to enter any new channels
OfhTade. They cannot yet be induced Il
: leslaa- inl0z0nE maEkeissand- buy cotton, like
: the English, on speculation, but they are anx
. ious 10 promote difect trade with this coun.
try, and offer the advantages oftheir markets
untaxed, and their services as faithful snc
responsible factors. Their returns are usu,
). ally a shade higher than the prices in Liver
! pool, and the charges for interest, commits
Isions etc. are less than in England.
five would wean them from the Liver,
pool cotton market we must follow the ex
. ample Of tobacco planters, and concedC
: something to tho peculiar temperament anC
1 fixed habits of our friends, TO gain an i'm
lportant object, and send them 0urcotton.
e A few years ago, when prices were los
q at home and the English markets glutted
, the American tobacco planters, as an expeI
ment, shipped portion of their crops TO th
e German markets Gu their own account
= Previous to tina: period scarcely a singl
; hogshead Of Tobacco had entered the Gel
! man ports direct from the United States
: But the statistics of last years exports shON
! the as Onishing fact that nearly one half {
! all the tobacco sent out Of the United State
!. went direct 10 German ports. A few yeaI
r. will exhibit like results in our cotton trade
= if only our planters will give this new Ell
h serprise their aid and countenance.
a. The importance Of clearing out tho nj
ID tural distractions that impede the navig;
le ton Of our Western Rivers, cannot be &c
i strongly urged upon the coming COngTes
'ir The interests of the Western States haN
e. in this respect been culpablY neglected |
o. the National Legislature. The Governmel
ed has spent millions for the improvement
"a. the harbors on the Atlantic coast, while I
lls appropriation Of a few hundred thousand dc
de liars 10 the wants Of Western navigation,
lin the utmost limit of its liberalily. This gro
ct neglect may he traced in some degree
ID the want or information as TO the exte
ish and immense value of the commerce Of {
'n- great mississippi Valley. AT the origin
of ouF government, the settlements on &
,se rivers vest of the Alleghanies were spar
IA and thinley populated; then the CONNER
carried on the Ohio and Mississippi a
The their tributaries was too inconsiderable
* extent 10 attract the public notice; but .
20, ing the last City years the census of |
The West has increased from thousands 10 n
ep- lions, and with the population the inter-
Of trade of the country has grown, until it i
Ind ais in Importance the forign commerce d
hey finds an entrance through the ports and b
hey boFs Of the Eastern States. Yet so sill,
mt. and impercepiibIe has been the progress
d. the expansion, that the public have b
1ol~ lcontent 10 remain in the ignorance, and
/ Of governments even to thia day has adopted
iein measures 70 acquire correct information
emf. Statistics are furnished, showing the exp,
the and imports % the seabOaFds but the rep