The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-15

arrangement alluded to, would bs to paralize
the manufactures on the el4tinent, and check
consumption now rapidly extending, even under
present difficulties. These difficulties should be
removed, and no further trammes allowed. The
result OF such an organization without the prir-
cipes OF direct trade" would be to strengthen
the monopoly Of Live pool, and rivet upon us
her graspng commercial power. For, if you
concentrate the cotton crop Of the South, and
put fixed price upon it, it becomes q trans
(erred monopoly, monopoly for SALE and Eng
land, through her Rothchids, or New YORK.
WIN her Astors, or both combined, can come in
and buy itup. i ask, Mr. President, il the whole
cotton crop Of the South was thus concentrated,
and thus bought up by the North and England,
(and which could be done with all the ease in
DO lodged! La whose hands, sir! Would not
the right OF exclusive property and control, be
transferred to them! And if we, because of
the intrinsic value of cotton, could get our price,
could not New York follow in our tracks and
get her price Most assuredly. II ] were
wealthy enough, | would not desire better
speculation, for the world must have cotton, and
if you were send it after Sir John Franklin the
English would send after it. II has become nm
absolute necessity, which must be had or done
away with; our cotton and our labor must be
equally distributed Monopolies are dangerous
to all interests, and to themselves. We want
competition, and new markets will bring it. To
DO that you must have commerce and to carry
on that commerce to the best advantage, you
must have direct trade" Does any intelligent
gentleman in this convention desire such re-
suits? View it as you please, commerce, le-
gitimate. equal, and fair commerce, must enter
into any plan you may agree upon, and direct
trade" must as a necessary consequence be its
proper channel. You must promote "drect
trade," establish your own commerce, and gen.
tlemen in their wisdom will find it must be done.
But there are othe, weighty considerations
involved. What are we to do with our rice, t.
bacco, lumber, timber, WOO, cotton yarns, and
coarse cotton fabrics Are these interests to be
neglected? Do they not enter into this subject
largely? Mark my words sir in few years
England will have in this State Of Georgia a
powerful rival in her now enormous cotton yarn
trade And why? For the reasons have al
ready given, that the sooner our cotton assumes
this shape the more valuable it becomes, on a.
count of the early manufacturer being able
under sell those who are far removed. Can we
manufacture cotton yarns? Mr. President,
have this day examined some samples of this
branch of industry, and am convinced that
and successfully with England, in the continent
al market. By "direct trade" with Antwerp,
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, and
Havre, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, and
Florida can at once open profitable trade in
this branch alone of Southern wealth, trade"
second only to cotton ITSELF Sir, it is the policy
of these States to foster and promote this d.
rect trade" for before many years they will be
in the field competing with England, and hope
to see the day, and look forward to glorious
triumph Is this interest to be neglected by this
convention, or killed by English interference!
Your shores and lands are crowded with the
finest timber in the world for all purposes, from
making cedar pencils TO ships of war Shall
lhis interest be neglected No sir, we must
promote them all, for they 60 hand in hand
/" United we stand, divided we fall" In fact,
the latent resources of the South would receive
an impulse and vitality from "direct trade" cre-
atng commerce the richest and most powerful
in the world do not use the word "powerful"
merely in the commercial acceptation of the
term, but powerful" as being in the hands Of
a people, one in sentiment, interest, and feeling
people profoundly attached to this Union, and
who in their days of unlimited supremacy, have
used it for the general advancement and forma-
ton Of our common interests. Sir, if slavery
be an evil, moral and national as aledged, its evil
is in its eristence. That existence is the acl OF
England herself and Boston merchants Vir-
ginia resisted early and strongly its first intro
duction. II there be any thing of benevolence
10 the institution--if it has been truly said il
precedes the Christian missionary" in his work,
if it feeds the hungry, and gives labor and cloth
ing to the world, if inspiration behods in ts
beneficial results in the future, to poor Africa
Al - IL -,
sir, is the the work of those who have inherited
this evil forced upon us by English tyranny aud
Boston cupidity. And if in its force and ire
sistabe power, The unboly aristocracy of Great
Britain should totter and fall, her labor without
employment and her commerce ga tale that is
told" it will be but another record confirming
4" vengeance is mine saith the Lord" Minorities
are always combined, determined and enthusias-
tic, and this commerce would have a quality Of
concentration about it, that would make it invin-
chile. Sir, believe the time is approaching
The waves of this mighty sea are increasing in
energy and force, from the very tempests now
sweeping over il, rising higher and higher, until
ere long it will overflow and sweep away in its
irresistible course, those barriers raised by sci.
tishness to perpetuate and restrain it. ! do not
consider this convention thing to pass away
and be forgotten, an assembly with narrow views,
or composed of men ignorant of their power.
| do not believe their determinations are to be
AZ an idiots tale
CAN sound and fury, signifyng-nothing.
/ honestly believe the foundation is being laid
of the grandest commercial revolution the age, |
aye, that the world has ever witnessed.
But sir, to accomplish this mighty work, we
must not be dazzled by the splendor of its re-
suits, and for that reason deem insignificant the
means to be used. Great results frequently orr
ginate in small causes. We must grasp the
means now within our power. If we cannot
start two ships, send one-if we cannot send
thousand bales Of cotton, send ten. Make
beginning. Life requires heroism, more than
the battle field We must have the energy of
patience We must toork. We must labor our.
selves and promote it in others. Ii Is divine
institution. No man, no State, no country, is
prosperous without it, The sweat that falls
from the brow ofhonest toll is the " rain" blessed
by Heaven, which feriilizes and enriches the
land.
But the foundation of this commerce must be |
also laid. As said before, let us use the best
means now within our power, pushing at the