Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-03-11
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Atlantic sea-board- The merchant of
the Interior viii never trade with eth
er New Orleans or Charleston, whilst
weeks, nay months, may intervene be-
tween The purchase and reception of
bis goods Fashions NAV change and
- goods nav become unreasonable
whist he Is waiting behind his counter
% receive them Even his love for
she South cannot hold him to Charles
Ton and New Orleans under these dis
advantages He seats himself in the
car, and Ia few days IS IN the city of
Boston or New York 4 few days
aaoUe are required for his purchases, and
IAea haaselI and goods are borne in rapid
transit % his home Perhaps circum-
stances may prevent his visit in per-
81 u those cities, and whenever that
> re case 9 Srass i.ss erder by teie-
graph, and the next day the flying car
deposits the ordered goods at his door.
y baI are increased freights to him
nader these circumstances Bv spec
oE cpmmuniCaiionS, ii even high
trei-LtS, he Is enabled 10 convert capi-
~ speedily, and reduces TO practice
The motto ~of quick sales and small
profits" The truth Of these remarks
are daily illustrated at the wharves of
Cur Atlantic cities. Sail and steam ves-
sslsle SIDE by yside.and whilst the freight
ot5he former Is but one-fifth Of. the lat
t=-- rhe steam vessels secure most of the
freight How then, gentlemen, are we
70 correct our errors and remove our
ev5lss Our competitors have pointed
CgJ the remedy Establish Railways
sezd5lg from our Southern cities, and
oUr ends are al once attained. Afford
L. The merchants Of the interior a spec
~ and certain transportation for him
sci and goods 10 and from Charleston
and New Orleans, and hewill certain
il trade there lie will take his neigh
h0TS and friends with him, and soon
iarse. JARED and cheap assorments of
goods VIII meet them there.
Has wife and children, our sons and
dsugh-ers, Wi accompany them. Our
furniture, our carriages and our cloth
IN vil be bought there, and soon the
active and Industrious artisan will set
lie there 10 swell the population of our
cities, and they will thus become the
pHodCcers. = well as consumers of
ueal5h- Direct importation of goods
UUst follow to supply thedemand ere
ssod toT them.
Population viii increase with the in
crease Of business, and soon capital,
ever ready 10 follow on the heels, of
commerce, VIII concentrate in our
SculheEn emporium. Then viii the
--ai-al.I silip, as she leaves our wharveS
ladea With exports, bring back TO our
por1s q Tich and abundant import
Then. and not tai then, will be estab-
dshcd q direct trade with Europe
Then. and not til then, will commercial
1o2-interccuSe with the North be es-
Jab.ishcd on its true basis, the facilities
tor commerce extended by Southern
cites 10 Southern merchants, New
Orleans has now, and has had for years
EaS1- a population larger than nccessa-
n fOr her business. She is but the
transit port Of export commerce.
p oae hundred and twenty thousand cit
ze1s arc not necessary TO tranship the
hundred and six millions of export
ooamerce Of the Mississippi valley
Clz-seSton, d few years since, WAS but
Al exporting city, Ike her sister city,
NeW Orleans, and she ..languished, and
E1n-uiSlling had neariy died" But
her citizens, and the noble and gallant
GeoTgisns lad the iron rail from her
ve-y chambers Of commerce 10 every
Foint IN cur South Atlantic States, and
Charleston calamity and nobly stared
Ia her race for wealth and empire
Her commercial facilities are unsur-
passed within the scope of their ex-
tent, and he- import commerce has in
creased 60 per cent. in three years.
Already on her docks may be found the
gallant vessel that Is TO be the carrier
81 her direct trade with Europe. Let
Is cease, gentlemen. 10 call conven-
scas and publish addresses about di-
recf trade and commercial non-inter-
course with the North. Let us cease
10 call for repeal OF our navigation
avs, bat let US one and all harness
ourselves 10 the work of speeding the
fivinc car over the hills and valleys of
eur beloved South, and soon will fol-
lOW al that We desire, and the South
become. commercially. nobly indepen-
dent
There Is another serious evil under
which we are laboring, which will be
removed by the construction of rail-
roaoS- Oar population Is transient
Few Of cur citizens feel themselves
permanently located IN our State
They are looking for a home still fur
Ehe- West They feel no interest in
o1r domestic police. Their great OBJ
5ec1 Is 10 obtain from the soil the great
81 amount OF products in the shortest
period. and then abandcd it. They
Sea no interest IN the erection of chur-
chss and school houses, the improve
meats cf roads and bridges, the erec-
xior of comfortable dwellings, or the
earscAin- Of Their soil Who can
h.znse ihent Fer months they are
slockz3a1 n their homes by ifnpas.a-
BE roads- Friends may be dying in a
sex niles OF them. but ali communica-
szoa / CT. CT Mails are delayed. fire.
ca-asiS for weeks, nav months Rev
oszsSoas might be affected in their gov
e-zneas without their knowledge
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