The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-28

routed from the high places they occuvy, md being
Indignantly hurled from the Office. they have dis
grscsd by their corruption.
The public mind Of the South, Row in q great
measure Quoted, is directing itself to the w airy
into the manner in which the ommerciRl and
industrial resources Of that part Of the nca CA
be best developed and applied to the pro motion 81
wealth and enterprise. Several cotton manufactures,
and workshops and foundries of various kinds, have
been opened in the Southern States during the last
year. and the people directing their attention
to the subject OF ship building. A Southern paper
says, with great deal Of reason, that one OF toe
greatest drawbacks 10 the prosperity of the South
has been their own supineness and inactivity, aud
not the action Of the general government There
is much truth in this; and if they were TO make
themselves little more independent of those who
devote portion of the profits Of their trade with
the South 10 the maintenance of abolition news
papers, they would check the abolition spirit in a
most ehectusl manner, and prevent further aggres
sion on their constitutional rights. Northern phi
ianthropy will not stand drain on the pocket IL
will howl a dollars worth the imaginary griev
ances Of the well fed negro, but il viii be silent If
any greater sum is required. The paper
states that
Large fortunes annually made by Northern ship
owners in carrying the produce OF the south ami my
be- estimated that tenth the cotton OF sf
South is paid in freight The South furnishes hemp for
cordsgt cotton. for cotton duck canvass (now stly
used Yet hemp is carried the NORTH northern
ships and manufactured by northern labor nto coTds5
and our cotton into Is there any law II tie
land which orbids nanufac urina ou own raw ~ A.
teral, Is there any bounty allowed to Northern manu-
tactnrers But says Political philosopher tae ta u
prot cts the Northern manufacture, by lsyins heavy
duties these articles made in foreign countries.
Granted But would MT the protection be Afforded
TO manufacturer at the South az the North our
natHral advantages for ship building greater thsn
theirs have tho timber and the henp fr cord
sge the cotton for at all doors bu: We ok
the energy and enterprise 10 Improve the Advantage
which nature has 80 beautifully bestowed On u.
Why should Maize, cold tTren, sterile airy Aln
the wear buried in frost snow InonOp0nfe q large
portion OF the snip building OF tie United states She
has none Of III. elements of ship building within her
limits bn. timber, and that much inferior to what We
have Everything else she has 70 get from the othsr
Ihi lies in the enterprise and activity Of
her people why Is u that the city Of New York with
sends fo IN the oct splendid ships and steamers that
uavgated the ocean, whilst Charleston and Savau-
nah with ship enough at their very doors 10
furnish navies world. confined to building
few wood sOops casting soheoners! We must nrst
make ourselves udepe ndsnt It Name, b. making pro
per use the natural sdvantages possess We must
do way with that false pride which makes II less honor
able 10 handle the broad and the plane, than q
supcrnteni the raising Of cotton and rice " W. w,n'
10 prosper must strip OF coats and go - work.
There is a great deal Of sound sense in these r.
marks The profits which the North now max,
from Southern trade, is equal 10 at least hundres
millions Of dollars year IL the agitation Of th'
abolition wings aud free soilers Of the North, vii
iass. on the Southern States retaining these profits
let The fault be laid u the account of hose who vii
cause H. The South have the cards In their osI
hands, and they can play them il they please. lie
the merchants and manufacture and mechanic
of tbe North, ponder on this