American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-10-11


others above named, and eventually tna' "n'oA
we aimed at The South must promo'e nei
shipping interest her gulf squadron
rice. tobacco. wool, lumber-and accommodate
her own merchants by the interchange OF
commodities with the rest Of the world. This
il not to be done by concentrating and selling
there the great staple and basis of all this trade
cotton. We would respectfully suggest that by
accepting the part of the plan proposed which
forms Planters. combined Company there,
to throw large quantities Of Southern produce
for this purpose into the respective Southern
ports, and by accepting the proposition made by
Holland to form extensive Grading COM
pany with the Southern States of North Anne
RIGA" and letting that company act as your
friends, under your directions and exclusively
for your interest a perfect and successful
effort would Mt once be made. Let Holland
furnish the money, the South cotton. Let the
Southern planters control their produce, hay
ing it consigned through the agency of their
friends abroad, either to Antwerp, Rotterdam,
Havre, Bremen, Hamburg, or Amsterdam.
This would ensure success: for, under the pre-
sent regulations of trade, consignments can be
made in any part of the world by city en-
| tirely remote. The great object for the South
| to attain is the moneyed alliance Of Holland,
and Aea through her commercial influence,
geographical position, credit and extended cor
respondence, to distribute her produce as may be
best, receiving from every part of the world our
merchandise in exchange. The alliance should
be commercial as we'll as moneyed-based upon
good faith and mutual confidence.
The States of North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennes-
see Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana
have gone into this movement, and the results,
if the thing is properly managed, will be of the
greatest Importance, and of the happiest char
acter to the South and Southwest. BY adopting
the plan proposed above, an immediate beginning
could be made, and it could progress either
gradually or rapidly; and beginning is of the
utmost Importance. A few hundred thousand
bales of cotton, with rice, lumber, wool, and
cotton yarns, could be- shipped this fall, and, in
the meantime, the fna ! arrangements for more
general and determined movement could be
made. We have heard this matter fully dis
cussed by persons Of intelligence and informa-
ton, in fapor Of Direct Trade and against it;
and the opinion of all is, that such an organi-
cation would succeed.
For ourselves we recommend it from an ear
nest desire for the success of the cause, and
! from O sincere conviction that it is the best
plan; for it is the blending of different plans
in their best parts, the promoting of every in
terest, and is candid, just, and fair to all. And
another great consideration at this time is this
that this plan embraces the views and opinions
of the best merchants of Europe; has been the
subject Of much negotiation and discussion for
nearly year under the most favorable circum-
stances; and has been agreed upon in Europe
by our friends there, and will, If accepted By the
South, go into immediate operation. While, if the
matter is postponed, year or two years will
be lost in talking and arranging, in the mean
while giving the planters time to get cool, or
be approached from other quarters and led
astray. 1t has always been so. We would,
therefore, say, that that which rs to be done,
should be done quickly. Strike while the iron
is hot, and use those means you have, and make
a commencement, leaving the extension Of your
plan to 90 on an the meda1chile. The foundation
is always laid before the house is built there
fore, lay the foundation Of your trade in i'm
mediate action by actual and direct consign-
ments to your friends abroad, and in the mean.
while push on your advantages until the whole
work is completed.