Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-09-13
nireet Trade with Europe.

few DAYS ago. to an article which appeared =
an Amsterdam paper, respecting direct trade Will
Europe through the agency of rich houses in Tia,
commercial city. The matter is, under eyerv
view, so important to Southern interest and South.
ern independence, that we should strongly recon.
mend ali who feel deeply for the wrongs of thu
South, to turn their views and energies in thatG.
recton, as forming one of the most effectual mean.
for accomplishing that independence SO much and
ardenty desired.
The South is in false position. She can els
vafe herself She, with her chivalrous spirit and
highmindedness, feels most gallingly the influence
of the North in all that touches her interest com.
mercial and political. Shall this state of things
continue ? IL ought not, and we will ventureio
predict that it will not. The people of the Soub
are now fully alive to the necessity of action in ar
der to liberate themselvs from their thralldom
Amoug the most effeotual measures for alriyinc
at the long desired object, is that of direct trade
with Europe.
So long. we will venture to says as there is %
complete dependence upon the sIeculators Of tho
North and of England, for the disposal Of the sta.
pie ofthe South, there must be subnrfssonists and
no desirable political equality. Ii lsnot mere
question of slavery no slavery. The tone of the
Northern press has modified on that point. There
is confession that the South may have not been
fairly treated But that is not enough. That will
not repair the mischief, raise the South from
the false position into which she has been drawn
against her will and true interests. A step fur
ther must be taken. and the first move in the right
direction will be the plan of export and import a.
bove alluded to.
Virginia, Alabama, and South Carolina, are
now pretty fully alive to the importance of this
movement. Already the first State in taking ac-
tive measures, and convention Is about 10 be
held in Richmond TO consider the best means for
e11ecting the desirable object.
Ii cannot be too often repeated, that England
is endeavoring to get rid of its dependence on the
Southern States for cotton, DC. She is attempt
ing, by offering high premiums for inventions, to
supersede the raw material OF this country.
The Northern States. it is needless to say, are
ready to do likewise and hail every project OF the
kind with the hi hest satisfaction. But what adds
still more to the acuteness the sting, the North
ern and the English spectators have become mas
tiers of the market, and are IN fact disposers Of
Southern produce at their own rates, regulating
the sale and the price even over the continent Of
Europe.
This is not all. There is proposal Of very
plausible character, to carry cotton DC, By NORTH
ern instead of Southern rout to New York. At
present, a considerable portion goes by the old
channel, the simplest and the best, through New
Orleans and other hern Giles. But in tie
scheme now talked of, the South would loose
considerable amout ofthe carrying trade, the diff
ference going inse the pockets of the Northern spec
ulao rs.
These difficulties must be met-new channels
must be opened. By so doing, the seaboard cities
such as Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Or
leans Norfolk, &c.,-would reap immense bene-
fits, and rival in importance and wealth and cities
of the North Many millions, now lost yearly to
Southern planters, would be saved TO them, as the
price of their productions would be kept well up
in the market, and would no longer be subject to
the fictitious variations which the spectators know
how 10 create.
At the same time, the shipping interests would
be great gamer; and We should soon see steam
ers OF the first class playing directly from our
South wcstere ports TO Bordeaux, Herre, AmsteF-
dam, Rotterdam, dc.
It appears to me that the South has immensely
to gain by such project Its productions are OF
that nature for which tie world has a steady and
increasing demand, and which are not to be OBJ
tanned elsewhere. We can, il we like, and it is
commenced, manufacture considerably for our
selves. Our productions are mine of wealth
quite ineyhausGble, which, properly directed,
would render the South richer than the North by
very far; and she would consequently hold, polit-
cally,, higher, and justly more influential po
sition
We must not be blind to this important fact
that in proportion to our national independence,
SO viii be our political power and influence