The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-12-28

Gov. Collier, OF Alabama, recently invited
to be present at public meeting, irrespective Of
party, at Eutaw, to participate in the formation of
Southern Rights Association" etc. He was
unable to attend, but replied in letter of much
interest We win give some of his views, without
wishing to be understood as fully endorsing them
He says that every movement calculated to place
the South upon the high position her intelligence
and great resources entite her to occupy, has his
| cordial sympathy, and all the influence he can
command. He alludes to Southern industry and
Southern commerce, and says that period in
| the past has been favorable to the development
Of these as the present. There never has been so
large an amount Of unemployed capital, with such
freedom from Indebtedness as at this time This
capital he says is to be greatly increased by the
I proceeds Of the cotton crop now being carried to
I market, and an abated propensity to add to the
| agricultural labor more rapidly than the natural
increase of our coored population will require He
insists that it will not do to hoard our money
moral duty as well interest demands that it
should be actively employed to benefit the
world and yield profit to its proprietors. How,
he asks, these objects be so eectually promoted
in the present condition of things as by Jutlcling
up manufactures aud establishing a direct trade
ag5th foreign nations.
The consequence of the condition of things, here
tofore existing, has been, says Gov Collier, to di-
vert capital from the South, and centralize it at the
great emporiums of the North, thus building up
large and magnificent cities there, while our towns
are comparatively mere villages, our lands ex-
hausted and agriculture languishing. He
urges change of policy on the part of the South
and to the inquiry, Howoan this change be effected
answers
Let it be remembered that theutroduction of steam upon
the ocean, and the improvement ship building, has brought
Liverpool New Ork years ago
and il not diticu to obtain supplies from
British or French manufacture, than then from that
the gold of California Their rnanufacturell will puroha7e
In the other side of the Atlantic
and they viii cell goods nearly )Ber cheaper
importer Of the North though pefhaps. not quite
merchandise the retail merchant adds about fftV per
cent thus taxing the consumer about t0sRB Us pEr cent
m purchase OF Imported goods, beyond he would
pay 4 the retailer were his own importer.
To promptly and successfully initiate this change in our
long established of dealings it might be best for
merchants OF the interior unite in the employment Of agents
reside abroad, who extensively acquainted home and
distinguished for their integrity and capacity for bushes.
may, there be difficulty in finding such agents
and whether they necessary not, the trade would soon
| regulate qef
The policy have Swallowed forth has the sanction of
many whose experience and sound judgment entitled 10
great respect and have, therefore, greater confidence
IN its pnCticabity Us contamination requrs capital and
well applied energy, We have the ormerin abundance and
the latter hope will not be wanting. Let be carried out
ability and the better prepare for any emergency co 1g
| require o meet,