Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-11-24
IRON the London Esonomist, October. ~.
Where are we to Cat Hfao1p

he price of.wbeat has seldom been go
n'gh and The consumption of it ha, neyers
be,n 50 higr. 1t becomes. thrr.fore 4
ma't~i oi grave aand Interesting ipu,,iry
how aud whence we can draw 'u,r....1
supplies. ''e"
The harvest Of America This yeu bo.
been .plcndid. aud that of Great Rr;ts;n
decidr'ily good; but France has beer. Ices
fortunate and the produce of Baltic PROV
,nces was nnquestionably deficient.-
from Canada and the United States re
shall doubtless draw. large supplies; blu,
France will be a formidable competitor in
That quarter; and competitor. loo, who
though less wealthy than ourselves, will
be guided, in the price she gives, b, so-
ciai and political, as well a. byspurelv
mercantile considerations. The block al,
of the Russian ports on the Black sea will
necessarily deprive us Of our usual supplv
itom those productive sources Onr
other. quarter remains, OF which, therefore
II behooves US TO take all the advantage
possible, viz: the Danub;aa principali,,es
Vast stores might be drawn thence. wrr.
the existing impediments at one. and n.r.
emptorils removed We would urge M.
on the government instant and tarnes,
consideration as TO what eau 5r done ir
that direction.
The imrediments to tde free export Of
corn itom Wallachia, Moldavia and Bul-
CARA are Of two kinds the Internal ouys
arising from the Austrian occupat;ons of
the Provinces, and the external one. con-
stqucnt upon Russl's command of ,he
mouths Of the Danube. The nre, ;s- ,..
lure and extent of both will. Of cour,r h..
known to the government As TO the
his:, we need not endeavor TO di.ouise
IRON ourselves that Austria " i'll not afford
any facilities to the Allies which she c.n
deefn'ls avoid MOI .scruple TO put.sny
difficulties Ill TIE way of on. Gee sunnlv
which she can plausibly or without dis
cov<rv create. The fall OF Spbastonol and
the fat oiab'e turn which the fortunes of
her .allies up to certain point seem to
oe taking, may not inprobabIy make some
difference 10 her behavior, though we can
scarcely deceive ourselves as to her real
auimns. 1ls
bu; her presence there is doubly mimi.
cal TO our interests in this particular. In
the first place, the consumption O: her ar.
my is large and wasisiu: and in the ST.
cond place, her behavior and the officials
whsia she has set up and protects .tlectu-
ally hinder the establishment Of such u
stable liberal. energetic and really nation.
al government as wcuid develop the re.
sources aud Graw forth the stores of tie
country, BY assuring to property annie and
certain security, ane 10 industry and sn.
'erpfhe .heir true reward. The time has
come when The Allies are entitled, and We
think bound, to demand that the Austrian
occupation Of the ncipaliti.s-which
as their " ole conduct has shown. ba.
been effectively an occupation in the in
tsTests OF kussia-sball cease, and when
tools and those Of her quondam protector
shall oe removed to make way for better
governors and sincerer friends.
Not sack Of wheat can now reach ia
from any OF the three Danubian provinces
without Russian sanction. She commands
the months Oh the Danube by means Other
settlements snd iertresses on its banks.-
Al present. II appears she allows neutral
vessels TO navigate that river, and these
export certain moderate and precar;ou,
supplies. But it is net TO be expected That
this permission will continue after she
FS'NeNeS NV" A'poi'dut we Oetm IT. nor
ought neutral vessels alone to have this
advantage; nor ought we to cave The com,
na;id OF such trade aud such a grspsry
in the hards Of our adversary.
The mouths OF the Danube and the
whole left bank from the Pruth do awards
should be Immediately wrssted from Rus
STA: and She should be driven far enough
from the river to prevent her from exer-
c;sing The slightest control over lis nayiga.
liop. lsmel and Rem, should be seized.
and these as well Galatz should be earri.
soned aud held BY the allies. After What
has been achieved. We cannot doubt that
this enterprise might be promptly uuder-
taken and speedily carried out. On the
mode OF doing it, we shall aot presume TO
offer an opinion. As to the propsiety and
even the necessity Of doing it. we scarcely
think that any one who considers at once
the demands OF our con- markets and the
p!oduetiyensss OF the Danubian provinces,
can entertain one moments doubt.