The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-17

TRADE OF NEW ORLEANs WITH ALABAsrA.--In
very able and interesting speech delivered lately
by Col. Phillips, Of Mobile, al railroad conyen-
ton held at Talledaga, wa find the following sens-
bic remarks upon a subject which has produced
some controversy between the press Of Mobile and
that of Montgomery. The whole Of the speech is
marked by careful research, and contains many
valuable statistics Of the resources and prospects of
Alabama:
+" As come mention has been made during the
discussion OF the attempt to establish direct trade
between Montgomery and New Orleans, thus cut
ting OF Mobile, beg leave 10 saw for n1y-saIf AMI
am satisfied but speak the voice Of NV crTstit,1
ents, that however this attempt originates though
for many reasons regret it, do not complain OF n
Commerce is founded upon mutual exchange
and its greatest law in all countries and in every
age, Is to bug IN The cheapest market and sell in re
dearest. The citizens Of Mobile do not expect TO
see this great law Of trade yield in their favor either
% feelings Of friendship or motives Of patriotism
II them Ahs people any section Of our State l1n
Influenced BY improper prejudicel Judge II to tbeir
Interest 70 carry their produce past the vhaFyes M
Mobile TO New Orleans, it IL not only their rigft
| but their duty to do so, Let those who wish II
make the experiment. and feel sure they will ann
become satisfied that they can do as well by stay
ing at home as going abroad. A highly intelligent
merchant who lately resided in New Orleans and
now representing this floor the town Of Wetump-
kay has frankly admitted that the price Of cotton
New Orleans no charge is made for storage and
dFayage; that the pressman nov pays this and
finds bis compensation in the price for compressing
Now it is evident that the charge for COMPRISING
must enter into the question of freight and this we
know influences the price. So that she effect upon
the producer Is the same. For whether the price
be effected Indirectly through tie freight or direct
~ through the charges for selling, is butbf little
consequence. p
"The project then regard as purely business
Transaction, and not founded upon feeling Of hos
Utility in any quarter; and am supported in this
BY the emphatic declarations Of the gentlemen FROM
Montgomery, who state that the citizens Of the
capital had no share in fostering the enterprise nor
do they own dollar Of it's stock.
I " The persons, therefore, who are concerned in
Il are most likely those who, by their former oon-
nexlon with this State, would expect TO reap the
benefits of the transfer Of trade to New Orleans,
where they now reside. They will therefore con
tinue il just a. long it il profitable, and quit it
when it cases to be 50.
" ConaideFing all the advantages which Mobile
possesses from natural Causes If there Is not energy
or skill enough among her merchants to make it the
interest of her olDR Reighborhood to trade with her,
then she ought TO sink TO the lowest point of degra
1 eeuon, undeaerving even the sympathy OF her
/ In thisspeech the following reference il made to
| the TehuAntepeo routs across the isthmuss
Much has been said in this discussion Of the
newly developed wealth OF California and the vast
! commerce of the Pacific in reference TO the chan
nels of trade. Gentlemen have risen above prose
ia their eloquent descriptions. But though they in
| dulged in thoughts that breathe and words that
| burn, they could not paint too strongly the COR
geous spectacle we are soon to behold. New Or
| leans and Mobile must become the great entrepOts
for the commerce passing from the Pacific b the
East. l say this without regard 10 the overland
routes contemplated by Whitney and the citizens
OF Memphis and St. Louis-for though we may set
that bad IN motion il cannot reach here ia or gen
Grafton.
| E TOTAL tho ,,y-, ,t;,,l,I, ,,,,,,. =, .1 Al
by Tehuantepec is said to be the best being nearer
/ by AGO miles than the Panama, and 1000 miles
higher than the Nicaragua routes, and possessing
a the qualifications necessary for the construction
ot road or canal, with good harbors at the ter
mini. If this be adopted, Mobile and New Orleans
wall be by sailing distance only $50 miles from the
eastern terminus, and more than 1000 miles nearer
than most Of the ports on the Atlantic''