The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-02-27

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SOUTHERN coz saERcIAI. CONVENTION.
I, Grea, prepara,io, rs are making by the peo-
ple of Charleston 10. the Southern CONNER.
ciaI Convention which isto meet in that city
on the second Wednesda YIN April. The last
Convention assembled III Memphis, and as
Richmond was represented IN that OCCASION sast'
and the object Of the Convel mon y one IN
which she is deeply interested, we presume
she viii appoint delegates to the approaching
meeting.
These periodical Conventions are OF great
importance to the highest interests OF the
South. They enable the Southern Peep. e 70
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and cooperate in plans for the development
oftheir common resources and the establish /,
ment of commerce of their own, and they |
draw more closely the bonds of mutual SYM |
pathy and concord. The Southern people |
| have common interests and common perils |
which shoud prevent all rivalries among |
themselves, and which should awaken among |
them more lively interest in each others |
| advancement than they can possibly feel in |
the success of Northern cities. er4 n |
At the present moment, though the area of |
| the Northern States is far less than that of |
the Southern, andthough the South is not infe- |
rior TO the North in commercial commodi-
ties and wealth, the North, as every one
knows is far ahead of Ills in works of internal
Improvement. In regard to population, the
north hasthree miles of railroad to our one,
and in regard to territory, six times the extent
OF railroads to the square mile that the South
possesses. And this, although the average
cost of railroads is nearly double as great at
the North as at the South. Notwithstanding
this state of things, the exports of Southern
productions are three times as great as those
OF the North. 1t is clear that the South is
Still far behind the age and behind the de-
4 mands of her own resources and wealth, in
railway communications Conventions like
that about to be held at Charleston will give
new impetus to these improvements and
help to concentrate Southern energies upon
some general and comprehensive plan for the
common welfare ,r-e8 o- a. a.,e -si7
The " signs of the times warn the South
to sacrifice her local .jealousies for the
great cause of Southern prosperity and indie
pendence. The spirit of hostility to South
ern institutions is growing with the growth
and Strengthening with the strength of the
free States. Experience has demonstrated
that the Constitution and the laws afford no
adequate security for Southern property and
4 rights. A bold attempt is even now on foot
t to deprive the South of every semblance of
equality in the Union, and to affix an inielli-
BILE brand of degradation upon her brow
e Her only security is in freeing herself from
g the enormous tribute she annually pays to
. Northern commerce; in developing her re-
: sources byrairoads and canals; in building up
: her own cities, and establishing direct trade
: with Europe, AS soon as Southern men can
4 unite in practical measures for the indepen-
dence of the South they will not only achieve
d her prosperity, but provide the best of all
e guarantees for the future security of her in
It stitutions and property. &