The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-17
MILLEDGEyl LIE, Dec. a, 1851.

Last night, ut tho Representative Hall, Mr..
Baylor, u. s. consul Ut Amster dam, agreeable to
previous notice. made M address, on the subject
OF direct trade. from our Southern ports TO the
continent OF Europe.
He said, the time could we'll be remembered
when enterprise was either not thought of at all,
in Georgia, or was only thought OF AS folly
when a railroad, through the State, would have
been thought W practicable one to the moon
but times had changed Georgia now had such
road-and, for what was ii constructed! To
bring the produce Of Ohio, of Kentucky, of St.
Louis, Of remote interior countries with whom
she thus connected, down to her ports for ship
ment to New York, in New York ships! Or,
should she, having thus the commerce of a
world, do the carrying herself! He said, the
question, that the channels of commerce and
exchange could not be changed, had been de-
MED, but time had proved this in many parts Of
the world. The bank Of Vienna, through her
exchanges, controlled commerce, in one age, in
favor of the maritime States Of Italy. The
Bank of Genoa, at later period, having grea, err
facility for accommodating exchanges, con
troled this commerce away from the Italian
States, and diffused it more over Europe-broke
up the Capitalization that then existed. The
Bank Of Amsterdam gave still greater impulse
TO commerce--making It more free and general
10 carry out her policy, she. in the early days
OF our country, established her colony Of ! ew
Amsterdam, (New York; for the great object
OF having exclusive control of 4 producing mar
ket, aud also, one OF exchange. The acts, of
1861, put forth ly England, were intended as "a
crushing blow to Holland who was getting to
control commerce and exchanges. England, by
cutting ns off from Holland, thus secured tho
carrying trade. Twas all she wanted Her
settled policy was to do this for the world All
Ter wars were upon this principle. She warred
with us to promote the tea trade, and with China
to get and maintain the exclusive carrying for
India. Sir Robert Peel said, the United States
are colonies of Great Britain, without the ex.
pense Of government-thus, io his view of
more Importance to England, as depots OF sup
ply and demand, than Of really her own colonies.
She, regulating our commerce and exchanges, is
enriched and exercises a mo opoly which we
should no longer allow, as it is demonstrably to
our loss. What is the reason that surplus of
cotton lies over in Liverpool, unsold! 1t is
simply this: they work up vii they can, as far az
they have capita, and that is immense, but our
cation ia more immense. The free-trade policy
Of Sir r. Peel gives England cotton, but no
money.
Cotton growing countries send, say three
million bales year, to England and of this
there remains, unsold and unworked one mil.
lion. This surplus she can't manufacture, and
1t should 90 to continental Europe The two
million bales are worth more than thee millions
sent to Liverpool. EngInud's wages are higher
than any in Europe, and thiIty.fi millions of
English yarns are annually sent to the continent
To show that the expectation of our own yarn,
was better than shipping the raw cotton, he
stated, that he found evidence, when in New
York, that the shipments of yarns, in 1919
were four hundred thousand pounds and, in
1850, Was nine hundred thousand pounds. IT,
as he insists. We get more by carrying direct to
continental Europe, by one or two cents for
cotton, we al'o get goods, thirty or forty cents
cheaper in bringing direct. The north of Eu-
rope want our produce aud are your natural al
lies. Interior Europe is leagued against whom
Engand-to resist the commercial eGcroach
ments of Great Britain. In India, Holland is
arrayed against Eng land. Rice and cotton are
free to India Arrayed against England, on ac
count Of slavery, Holland has it, The cotton
manufactures of Sayony,are twice the extent they
were before the Zollverein union. Trade is
now unrestricted. Low wages Of Germany in
duces this. She can manufacture cheaper than
England. Labor in Saxony is worth 10 cents
to one dollar week. Wrelched poverty causes
cheep labor. Half pound of meat week is
the allowance to German laborer on an average
Cotton hosiery, in Saxony increased in manufac.
ture from competition with England aud ex-
cludec England by Prussan league. They can
undersell England in the article.
Allay, therefore, the consuming and the pro-
ducing interests for direct trade. Banks don't
control commerce. Banks indicate commerce
The Bank Of Amsterdam was older than the
Bank of England. Other banks were obsolete
They cease when commercial necessity ceases
Commercial Capitalization causes political dni-
sion The Bank of England drains Scotland
and Ireland, and New York, the great central
point Of commercial facility and banking, drains
other States.
Why not, then, the South have direct trade
build her own ships! She has the timber
Southern genius is suggestive, but does not 90
through with project. A Southern mechanic
made the motel for the yacht America, which
has outstripped every thing in the British navy
Southern genious, perez wing she controls all the
elements Of commercial greatness, should awake
to the subject, and Georgia no longer be tributa-
ry, when able, through her position on the map,i
to control the immense trade of the Gulf coast,
aud Texas and Meyiro, with a coasting navy
connected Wit, her railroads. and ditect for. |
egn trade with Northern Europe. Lot there
be but railroad from Savannah (sad he) t. |
Apaachicola, and it makes Savannah supreme.
The commercially learned gentleman closed
his able argument, by expressing his belief, that
It was the duty of Georgs lawmakers 10 grant
charters to good men for banks which will be
promotive of this direct trade, both coastwise
and foreign; and showed, conclusvely, that il
such an interest was nurtured, as Of paramount
Importance, II would lead, naturally, to the
growth of manufactures Continental Europe
,referring to receive our staple in the one stage
IF manufacture, that is, made into thread, and
by us she now pays Liverpool, ENLARGED
Profits for it, and thus, in few years, every
stream might be occupied by mandatory, and
consumers of return cargoes multiplied
He insisted that Georgia possessed more than
my other State, the elements of commercial and
manufacturing greatness, and needed nothing
more than energetic action for It's development
THE SANDWICH IsLANDs.-San Francisco pa.
'ers, by the last arrival, notice the sailing of
pleasure parties for the Sandwich Islands,