The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-13
From the " Y. Dry Goods Commercial Reporter
Direct Trade OF the South.

We have noticed with pleasure tho advent NJ
every new enterprise Of genuine promise at the
South. We have long believed that she has
not made that judicious use Of the talents in.
trusted to her care which her advantages afford,
and which her necessities require. With .
climate and soil, the choicest Of the earth, l.
should be the home not Of hospitality only, but
Of industry, capital and power. A change has
begun to come over the spirit Of her dreams.
The swsddng clothes Of the infant are about
being torn asunder, and new being will stand
erect, con .cious Of its own power, clId with the
fogd ririis Of true dignity and strength. We
congratulate the South upon her emancipation
from the letters Of cd usages and slumbefing
energies.
We have already spoken Of the Brilliant pro.
gress the South is making in the department Of
manufactures. Every paper we receive sdds
fresh evidences Of the fact. The spirit Of enter
prise and progress which is rife in their nidst, s
not confined to one section, nor do the illustra-
tons Of its efficiency belong TO one class OF oh
iects. The spirit Of enterprise il eminently
contagious. Activity begets activity. and ener
pies we'll spent engender new elements of pro-
press. This fact is fully corroborated by the
simnltaneousness with which the Southern States
have commenced their march Of Improvement
The erection Of manufactures, the application
Of labor 20 capital in new forms, has called into
requisi,ion larger and more profitable systems
of artificial intercommuncation Thus rail- Dads
and manufactures have gone hand in hand, IN.
crcasinp the necessities Of the existe nee OF ach
other. and contributing 10 their mutual success
Next to the above two features Of her industri
al progress, we regard the attempt now being
msde TO establish direct trade with Europe a.
freghted with the most incaculable ADVANTAGES
and enduring results. We would prefer not to see
its success ieopariized b. involving II with
quest ons Of sectional concern or politicalinirgue
Let il stand out BY itself alone, towering high
above all other interests. Let its consequences
be calculated, and its influence measured. Let
antagonistic feelings be compromised, and their
united efforts will succeed in perfectlng great
and magnificent work. The position which tht
South is fast acquiring demlndst. The benefits
which would accrue from its establishment
would be immediate as well a. lasting
The great States of South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama and Tennessee, bound together as they
soon shall be by their railroads, possess within
themselves elements which VIII secure the &C
complshment Of almost any object. Their re-
sources are exhaustless and the results Of the
labor abundant. Already they supply the mar
kets Of the world with the CREST staple OF cotton
The products Of their fields will bring remunera
tive prices at all times il sent to the proper mar
ket-. Heretofore they have been content t
dispose of them 10 such manner as they coul'
without any effort on their part. They hav
most usually passed through long and irregu
lar circuit in finding a market for consumption
Their cotton, their rice and their sugar, whicl
| find their consumers on the continent pass frs
TO Savannah, or Mobile, or New Orlerns, thence