The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-11-25

aaently for the summer and fall have
TO be laid in from four to six months
in advance. Consequently the fash.
ions are not so,heW; the patterns not
SO fresh, ,'and Besides, merchants al.
ways prefer purchasing goods for
each season as It comes in, if they
can do so. This can be done through
! the Southern Ports. Sir, tho Com.
iinerce OF this region Of country will as
certainly flow through their Southern
channels, as watcr seeks lis level. En-.
igra.icn will also from lhe causes tuke
This Indication. !, lis we'll known that
the great mujori,y of cmigran,s from
stthe continent are agricultural, and no,
over rich. II is also fact, that they
took forward to enrning enough in
: Europe ny their employment, in the
: Spring; suhmer, and autumn, to bring
them 10 America. Hence they gener-
lilly sail, or orprefer shilling, in The win.
te!. Well: what is the consedilehte.
Why sir, they are blocked up in New
York with cold weather, until late in
ihe spring. There is no employment,
tobe had, for every branch Of labor
la overs.ocked. These people reach
: their final destination after much DELAY
and expense. These facts are made
known all over Europe through their
letters to their friends there. By laid.
Ing III Some Southern ports, these diff.
td,ies ate oBtialeu. We have mild
climate. Our transportation is always
open; aud If an emigran, from choice or
necessity (sickncss or olhcrwisej re.
mains, ,here'is always labor 10 he had.
The sutferings of,hcse poor people in
Northern cities are terrible. Blu, these
are subjects not properly within the
consideration Of this Convention.
have alluded TO them now in The pride
Of birth OF being born in the South, and
TO resist the attempt now being made;
10 reduce us 10 u state Of mental subiec.
Gon. alluded TO this subject 10 show
the mighty clements Of Commercial and
manufacturing power we are throwing
= away. Not ontysdo we give our pro.
duce, bat the North is actually banking
upon our capital, and funny 10 relate
charges rs interest. Why, sir, am
'tsasnea by Mr.. Yulee, Of Florida.
that The stock has been, or is about b9.
ing taken iii New York, TO make
Rai'road across tho Pauinsula Of Flori.
Tia, connecting the Atlantic and the
Gulf"of Mexico. While Florida has
been resolving and resolving, the North
has actually bargained for, il no,
bought up Southern soil 10 carry on
Der operations, "a voice iii is fact
Yes, TO rivet the chains that bind US
Why no, build these Railroads The
Gulf Of Mexico connecting with the
Caribbean Sea, will sustain a coas,iny
,rade the richest in The world; reaching
from tie Amazon 10 Cedar Keys. The
I California trade could be Intercepted.
| know some may call this visionary.
have long known that enterprise in
the North, means madness IN the
South,
ID The press throughout the whole
country, spreaking Of 'Direc, Trade
shy That they are astonisi!ed. And
what do you suppose they are aston
ished at? Why, ,ha, il has no, been
done t,ccnfy years ago. 1t ought to have
been done. We have been too inde.
pendent. do not like 10 make pcr.
sonal illusions, but with oil the boas.ed
pride OF the Southern planter, he is bul
an orerseer to New YORK and Liver.
pool. a certain greut statesman Of
England, in debating the Canada ques.
iion, remarked that thc United States
were substantially colonies Of Grcn,
Britian, without the expense Of Govern.
meni.'
have often with m ,carncs. desire
tor Information, contemplated these slr.
wing busy Northern people, to see if
there exists an anatomical difference be.
Tween them and us. Gentlemen may
smile, bu, am in earnest. have en-.
: deavored seriously 10 ascertain if their
formation physically and mentally is
different. AS fur as my observation
extends, they have features like us, ia.
ces with human eyes, in them (gener.
ally sharp and limbs like unto ours.
They appear 10 breathe in the snme
way, md am confident their blood
.circulatcs freely upon the theory of
Harvey. They ent, sleep, and walk,
Egenerally very quickly and in fact
hive never been able to find ou, that
difference, that superiority we yield
them. Sir, This supremacy arises from
our om,l incidence. Let US prof, by
their example, and use the means with.
in our power, and we can ,rork oul our
desires. Let us cease calling on Her
cnlcs, but pn, our shoulder to the wheel,
and ,hea call OF Hercules.
Allow me gentlemen to Introduce to
your favorable consideration The good
old city Of Amsterdam. America md
Holland are bound together by mhI,5
endeuring associalions. Il was The
city Of Amsterdam that loaned us mo.
ney. in Tho Revolutionary war, when
we were poor and weak, and battling
for freedom against our old enemy, and
jas believe our enemy now. Holland
has always been our friend. and wit.
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