Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-12-26
From the New Orleans Creole.

can under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. be admitted
From the New Orleans Creole
sDo men come hither from Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Portland, Brooklyn and i've hundred
other localities to build up the interests OF the South
of New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah and Mobile!
No They come TO build themselves up; to put mon
ey in their pockets, to accumulate wealth, and when
that is done, to ego home" they too truly call it,
and settle down for lfe.-Why are our Southern ci-
ties far behind the cities of the North in all those
enterprises which build up and beautify and aGorn
Why does New Orleans grope along, like a blind
giant with cords upon her wrists and manacles upon
her feet? Why is she the somnolent and impoversh-
ed Dublin of America, with all her tremendous apti-
tude for commerce. instead of being an opulent COM
mercial Tyre! What keeps her from massing
brick and stone together until her streets line the
margin of Lake. Pontcharrain: We write the an
swer in italics. 1t is because Northern men, having
only temporary interest here, inrest the gains gath
eTcd fTom So,hcrn purses ia real eSatetn New York.
Boston Philadelphia and Brootlynj Then, too, they
go lhther every summer to squander money upon
Northern watering place, finding their heaven at
Saratoga, Newport, the White Mountains and other
places of fashionable resort
These birds of passage leave amiddla-man behind,
who, like the middle-man in Ireland or Scotland,
stands entcolector in the absence of the arsto
cratic gentlemen, whose hearts really at the North
during the brief winter season. and whose persons are
there during the summer and part OF autumn
What care they whether New Orleans, Mobile, Char
lesion or Savannah prosper! They regard their re.
sidence and their interests as simply temporary, and
hence it is that manufactures are unbut our pro-
ducts sent to the North only to come back TO in
another shape, with costs and charges, and immense
profits for factors and immense depletion of our pur-
ses. Splendid residences, surrounded by all that art
furnish and luxuriant vegetation embellish, do
not spring up in the cities of the South mercantile
huts serve the place of mercantile palaces and in
fact, cities do not look as if scarcely anybody de-
signed to make them permanent homes.
II" There men at this moment who have amas-
sed fortunes in New Orleans preparing to leave, and
reside permanently at the North. The money accu-
muated here, by the profits of business, and the
amounts 10 be realized by the sale OF real estate
which they hold onl ly until convenient season, will
be invested beyond Mason & Dixon's line And
these men, Southern planters and Southern trades
men have made wealthy! We could spin out long
Iist-and one of these days we may do it-of these
! " Northern men with Southern principles" J" Howard
Henderson, here accumulated his hundreds of thous-
ands which enabled him two years ago to play the
Fifth Avenue fashionable James Foster, great pat
ron of the opera in New York. was formerly connec-
ted with line of packet ships between here and
that city; John Egerton, once President of the Pont-
chartran Railroad Company, and of the Southern
Bank, but latterly better known as speculator in
the New Orleans and Mobile Railroad stocks has
but lately followed the footsteps of his illustrous
predecessors" and is now q banker and bond buyer
in New York. Gen. P. Shipman commission
Merchant in this city, and Osborne, his successor in
business and host of other men, nave put their for
tunes in their pockets and gone TO the North TO enjoy
it! How many will follow suit? Who will be the
next to stampede o! thou blind and stupid South!
how long will you permit the Phlstnes to spoil thy
israel. and enrich Phlstia with thy hard earnings
'sShnh --'~ --h-:t +l-:- -s~eelage !-WIll South
ern men continue to vtalize Northern cities and roll
every season into the Northern lap ingots of gold
that would startle Croesus9 Shall this system
of absenteesm 60 on? Is the South to be drained
every year OF millions of dollars which ought TO be
Invested and circulated at home? Are men who
accumulate wealth amongst us-men whom the
planting interest of the South sustains-men who
are her pretended friends but her real enemies-to
be upheld in their foolish absenteesm We saw no
and a thousand times no.
every man whose pockets are filled with Southern
galns who buys of land at the North instead
of buying it at the South improving it, and peman.
emily residing here and becoming identified with u.s.
is no friend of ours People have the right to do as
they please to invest their money in Patagonia if
they like. We do not deny the right but we
denounce the policy and the justice of those who dc
1t. 1t is moral treason to the community or 10 the
section. the generosity and patronage of which gave
them every dollar hey possess.
1--WE want no petty disciples of Irish and Scotch
absenteesm in the South The system ought to bt
denounced, and the persistent absences and Bostor
and Brooklyn buyers of real estate for future homes
should be made to cover under the frown of ius
, indignaton.'