New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-24
THE DAILY CRESCENT.
FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY "A, 1854
SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL COW

Y EAlIUR.55
The journals Of the South, 50 far as baiti-
more, are occupying themselves not a hetie WIN
the assembly Of this body (Which is % happen
at Charleston, s. c., on the 4th of April ne&t.)
and with its objects, now that good loyal and
practical men have begun to take part In them,
in lien Of the disuniouists and dreamers, who
originally rot up these Southern Conventions.
At first. these bodies were tricks Of the poll
ticians and meant only for mischief, under the
name of zeal for Southern rights OF Southern
commerce When the disunionists found that
direct schemes for breaking up this Gontederaoy
would not be tolerated, they took to indirection
made great ado about the dependence on the
North in which we were held, and tried TO in
sinuate through commercial jealousies, the dis
affection which they had in vain tried to excite
by the poison Of their politics.
But instead of the evil they designed, GOOD
has come of their Conventions. The complaint
made of our large tribute to Northern artisans
is stimulating us to new industrial productions
the angry lamentations over our commercial
and financial dependence are leading us on, not
to the dismal ami fatal strife which was intend
ed, but to the generous and fraternal one of re-
pairing, by Southern skill and yigor, the al
vantages fairly lost by Southern suplnehess
The arts and trades of diversified and divided
labor, the great improvements OF SCIENTIFIC engi-
neering, which everywhere animate employments
and vehicle their results, are fast making their
way among us and achieving for us what is worth ,
for the security Of a commonwealth, q thousand
times the strength and safety that ever were in
all those. sapless State Rights which Virginia
has invented. What are they, unless backed
by the material prosperity and power of a
State? Where these exist, there will always be
States Rights enough; and none, where these
genuine defences Of State do not exist
On one point, however, we desire to express
ourselves, before quitting this subject of Con
ventions. We have said that these Southern
ones have ceased to be odious, have become use
full, by ceasing to be made up of political incen-
diaries and their creatures. In order that they
may accomplish the good Of which they are ca
pable. they must yiglantly guard themselves
against the strong tendency which every thing
in our country has to party, and even sectional
politics We want to see no more Nashville
Conventions; nor, indeed, any assembly of
southern deputies, that is to meet or act in a
sectional spirit. Let the objects to which they
address themselves be, if you will, local; but
let the feeling be only of zeal to effect good
for your region or quarter, in behalf of which
you would be equally strenuous, under any
other circumstances. We hope, in short, that
not a word will be suffered in that convention,
but of loyalty and affection to our common eoun-
try.
There are various special matters, on which
the Convention may hold counsel, with great
public benefit. We think it will do good, much
in proportion it shall devote itself to special
subjects: such as railroads, sea steamers, the
useful arts, ameliorations in our slave system
We would also commend to their attention, the
state of the Mail Service, through all the mid
die and lower valley of the Mississippi.