Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-10-10
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Up % The time. when Dr. Fr.nLlu d,..A M. .r,..--
the Sea- and The of, s,.,,
the half wsy house between ,hi. .oun,,v IA ra
Conseausa,y tho advantage. Of such oos,,,oa ~,. IT,
cnlsted make her the eommerei.l .,,n,,n,n ~ h. NJ
World. Till the tune of which ,o,at ,.,... 1901 A.,
New ENGLAND fsou, he ,,,,d ,L, 80. ,-'. - :"
esd encountered hey knew no, why tedious nrorre..
And when they made their mr., NJ ,h.. g.. n,s, n.
North wesisr as IN w.,., ~, os. The 60. ,n.,sJ I
running Oh few miles, no ride ou, ,l ,uo, ,.,n on r,s
IN the warm water. Of the I;un s,r,s n Inv nsr 40
they slood away IN ,hs a,.h A., ,,d .n,, .nd sihc,
pat into on an, ~. id,.s ,hs,. a, land ,hs,r
cargo or whit tbs r,,urp .f n ,.,h., ,h., amin A.,
tempt the boisn spproseh 10 our Norhs eoss in
tsr.
This made Ch.r..,, xi,,u.l, IN. n..rest and NJ MI
usss tho ,nvst .ece,.bI. c 40 British ,hips IN the COLI
NAL u.d,; Ard CL,..,o thu. became tho eu,,rpo, and
wss a. nav. ,u,, said IN, chief civ q, m.
.OiS Th,,,..,s . 80 " ~
Tboash not producing half 20 much, - she now doe.
sas did bssinsss much larger scale. and enjoyed s
extensive direct trade servss the Atlantic But Dr. ftsnk
hns discovery, together with other au,er b., had e
practical effect vi shos by Ouch ai the distance from
England Northern ces Will. ,a, tr,u, the south
has remained very nearly tho same Pas..ye, 90 New
England after this discovery were made in 30 n..sd al
~ OF Do days And Charleston ceased to be reg ardvd
hslf-~sy-house on the high rosd Of commerce.
This circumstance therefore, was Of itself! calculated
20 change the of usde aud 10 transfer t. CONNER
eiai adv Of Charleston frat To Pb.d,nL;. md n.
Ter wsrds u New York and Boston y.re,v AT c,,.r.
have since operssd continue these cies in their
mercia but mona among than h.y, b.,, o,.
active ssctu., than our custom house regulation.
10 I'M buan The
county, with unnecessary and vsxs,ous restrictions. tina, IL
he's very much fallen the hands Of few capt.lst,
many Of them foreigners Of such wealth. that A IL in win
for Q Southern merchant 10 attempt compeutioa
propose to show, Only how fiir prop,rtiou of the
direct trade o the country may be recovered to IN, South
out how oil the Valley States may be benettcd BY re.t
fns ,he commerce OF the country to its natural ch.nne
snu 's 10 " DC accomplished by substituting for
sent Custom.itouse policy tho "Wsrehousing System
Under sxAnng arrangements, oil goods entering the coun
~, whsher for expectation consumption are required
To m mi int,t "a.
In cash. Though they be shipped from the coun
W tho next day, s tho pawn cash for the Custom
HOUSE must be forthcoming The exporter entitled
receive " drawback. debeniure. the thus pawn
ed. 10 True; IL may be saddled with commissions of
various The Custom House itself Ieues a eommis
s'on OF ~ per cent H. and retains it, without
est Tor thirty days after the goods leave the
county.
NOW, since the loss OF this trade Charleston and the
Southern porn have become the great reeeptaces Of the
very element OF commerce They give IL those vast
qualities ct surplus produce, and those raw materials
which indicate the greatness end constitute the wealth Of
tue county Instead Vi exporting their 252 bales
ayear a. they did then, they send thousand
times that quantity States Islands and Cities rich with
the materials OF commerce, and Offering us good markets.
have sprung IN and about the Gull OF Mexico These
are without shipping, without the fetch and carry
Tor themsevesand dependant upon others TO do their
trading for them. Chareson and other Southern Doris
the halfway houses between them and Eurvpe and
the natural entc-pots for their trade Vessels from
Europe, they empty for your cotton would ysdv
divide irrghs with you. and bring far ON its way the
TPpu
tons OF duties and dawpscks forbid As though were
to keep closed this channel Of trade togate has been
erected BY federal legislation the b, OF Charleston ha,
bor and tariff Of hung up, informing traders from
the seas they do but touch her. with the mcr
chsndse board the Mexican or other fore On marker
they mls ply cash tolls IN one third Of the value OF
cargo, ~ the collector Is it, therefore, surprising that
Charleston has ceased to be an en,re Dot of commerce.
Suppose body were to enact ,uch
. .snf Tor Memphis and hang out statute on the Bluff
requiring oil the river craft as they touched there IN ,be,
way the markets below to pawn with the civ for 40
days. third value of their csrgoes in cash The
downward boats would regard this beautiful city as a
plague spot upon the banks Of the river and a, they hove
in sight, would put their helms port and pas, by like
Lsvites
Tolls and taIes light in themselves may become oo
pressve by the u which they are ey-d-but b,
ever they become oppressive tolls have the same effect
upon the OF the sea, that they have upon the
trade Of rivers the land and tolls levied in an oppes
sive the most effecua Of oil the means by
which rapaeious legislation has cont,ed to inure ths
business n city, sap prosperity OF country In all
che vessels, crossing the Atlantic IN ballast year for
the produces OF South Carona only 1867 worth
her ports on its wuy n other
Mobile Jared with an export u.de OF 10 mil
lions only S.<ss worth of foreign merchandise touched
there. Official scquanr US OF hcse fscts How
do you them Our system OF dures and deben
lures embsuasses trade but yields no revenue worth
ieeuna; requires the importer only pawn much
dy money with the Custom House. which he again
less ~ per cent, by exporting the goods Is not this
toll progressively levied the gates OF Were
IL not for the embsassmens thus created political
condition, OF tse would the channel of their trade
through our Southern ports. Take Mexico. and a sup
posed by way example merchant has IN store AZ
Liverpool cargo ogoods for the Mexican Market worth
4300O0O. They waiting for sdvces and an advance
OF prices lac Is afraid risk them in the Custom House Of
MEXICO tor the condition Of the county Is no guaranty fer
their safety. Arsvoutonry party, baud OF robbers
may break the Custom House and plumber his eood,
without redress In New Orssns, or Mobile they would
be perfectly safe. market place. and in case Of
demand might DO the first offer. They are paying sto
rage in Liverpool all events and perhaps storage ip
New Orleans Is cheaper than in Liverpool Here is YES
sci going in ballast for cotton and would take them
AZ very low ofiroghl Ie therefore, examines our
Custom House regulations, but finds his surprise that
before this could be landed in New Orleans or Mo-
bile for this purpose his there would have 10 raise
100000 in for the CUSTOMS that the commissions TO
his agent in this Transaction, would be heavy-that a.
long the goods remain IN the county, and tnry days
longer, he would be the use OF hi, money snd that
when he ges his drawback it would be further taxed with
u per cent In deduction. Such drapLaek IL therefore
felt TO be insupersble difficulty in way Of making
American ports the enepots Of such trade; and the empty
vessel that coming for your Cotton and other
produce 10 suffered ballast Thus that cotton
md nj hat bave