Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-04-23
Direct Trade.

We find the following letter from Nj. Baylor
in the Charleston Mercury, and cheerfnly com com
ply with the request to copy: ~ g
"WAsH1NeroN CRY, D. C. ApriLA1 s52.
GENTLEMEN Will you allow me to call the
attention of the planters in your State to the
late propostionsreceiyedb by me fromthe Messrs.
Hartsen Brothers, Amsterdam? 1t will be re-
remembered that these parties, on account OF
misunderstanding on both sides and wlltul ms
representations Of the enemies OF Southern COM
merce, were dissuaded from exerting themselves
in regard to trade which they were led to be-
ieve could never be established. | took the
liberty of saying in behalf of the planters OF
the South that they were in earnest, and that to
test the matter let an advance of half be made
lby Hartsen Brothers for a trial cargo. That this
trial cargo would evidence to my Southern friends
the disposition abroad to cooperate with us to
{ start the ball. and would prove by actual re-
suits, evidenced by the account of sales, whether
direct trade was humbug or not. That all the
planters wanted was means, safe, simple, and
guaranteed, and they would act. These state
ments of mine were in opposition to those OF
hundreds who had busted themselves in regard
to my arrangements in Europe. In accordance
with my earnest solicitations, and upon the faith
of my assurance in behalf of the planters, the
.Messrs. Hartsen Brothers have renewed their Of
fers and given specific authority, in accordance
with my proposition, to authorize an advance Of
of half upon this trial cargo and, if the results
prove favorable and mutually satisfactory, that
further advances of two-thirds and three-qaur-
will be made.
:, Il have notified Messrs. James Gadsen d Co.
of the same, and merely ask, through your Jour
nal, to call the attention of the Planters of South
Carolina to the facts. 1t is not for me to say
anything more about direct trade, to people so
intelligent as the citizens of the Palmetto State.
If that subject is not now understood at the
South, it never will be. We are now on the
eve of the first fire, before the great and gene
raj battle. Shall my representations be sustain
ed, or shall the enemies of Southern commerce,
at home and abroad, still further cut us of from
that sympathy and confidence which it is so i'm
portant for us to establish with the Continent of
Europe2 Here, at least is the issue made.
Here are the darling advances'-the opportu-
nifty of moneyed alliance with Holand-of low
interest and the hundred advantageous items
involved in a direct trade What better time
could be selected2 What more is wanted A
consignment to Messrs. Hartsen Brothers, Am
sterdam, through Messrs. J. Gadsen d Co. Char
lesion, will be received, duly forwarded, and an
advance of half made.
shy duty is discharged. The regular and
usual commercial details are arranged cores
pondence established, and it now remains with
the Planters to decide whetherdir tIade is an
abstraction to be talked about, or fact, involv-
ing the commercial, social, and political redemp-
ton, to be sustained by the South, as a wise and
safe domestic policy Nous verrons."
@ C.G. BAYLOR.