Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-04-01

tho difficult and dangerous navigation OF the
West India islands, and Cape Florida, TO
encounter. where insurance is high, and where
YOU must lie out of n return cargo from four
to six weeks longer than by direct route
free of insurance, to the interior West. Inc
Tennessee River seems to sweep round in
its great band towards the Atlantic. as it to
invite the junction at more convenient
point than New Orleans. This Rabun Gap
enables us to pass the Mountain range ut its
lowest depression, and below the freezing
region, so as to give 4 constant open COM
munication. 1t gives the interior West
direct outlet for its surplus brcadstuffs, for
the market of Europe. with a redundant
population, and enables them to bring back,
in the safest and quictcst manner, precisely
those things needed from Europe. com
munication through the whole length of
South Carolina, Independent OF much compc-
tition in Georgia, ard enbarrassmcnts from
rival interests, m which we must be con-
trolled by their Railroads, would make all
our investments much more secure, bring
about different mode of thinking and acting,
and connect us more intimately with all the
sympathies of the interior; and finally, iden-
tify us together in interest. We could thus
be prepared to diffusc the full influence of
these moral and political principles, which
NAV become necessary in the future conflicts
of the Republic, to give us strength, and de-
fend our ultimate independence. This is
emphatically great work for the Site.
The pvlilics of the question have gre: t
and mi ghty bearing upon it-loo complca-
ted and too delicate 10 be developed fully at
present.
Charleston has her part to act i'll it-she
must throw off her old habits and antiGuated
provincia1ism, and enter with zeal into the
new habits and spirit-s,irring enterprises of
the day. She once had her rank according
to the position assigned her by nature; she
once imported more than every city north Of
the Potomac together
This was before the adoption ofthc Fed
eral Constitution, and before the final action
of the Government was brought 10 bear di-
rectly upon our trade. The Treasury order
of HAMILTON, by which public dues were
received in paper of the Bank at Philadelphia,
the Bank Of North America, although only
part notes ut the time, IVES the first blow
struck at the importalons Of Charleston and
the South There WAS then no bank South
at all, and of course it w&s cheaper to pay
duties in credit paper than coin. Then the
navigation laws, ard the treaty with Great
Britain regulating trade with the West Indies
together with the lumber duties, trans
ferrcd all trade frorn Norfolk aud Charles
ton to New York and the North.
But for The navigation laws. the tariffs, the
banking system and credit. which the Fed
eral Government built up at the North,
Charleston would at this day be the depot
for the West India trade on one side, and the
trade of the interior West and Northwest on
the other.
A new day may yet beam upon hcr-cner-
gy, enterprise and Independence may dc
much for her. Ins tcad of her looking 10
New York and coast steamers, let her look to
direct steamers to Europe, cutting the At
lantic ocean below the icchurg rcgiun. Let
her form her connections direct with Europe
and the West Indies Oh one side, and with
the heart of the American Continent on the
other, BY direct Railroad lines of her own,
independent of any other rival State interest.
Such rivalry in trade will add TO the pros
neritv Of all. and is essential TO our iudepep=
dencc, and the permanet stability of our pre-
srut Investments in internal improvements,
as well as most other stocks.
SOUTH CAROLINA.