Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-05-08

He5- We call the attention of our southern |
friends to the following letter from Mr.. M. b.
White establishing Southern Commercial
Association:
A Southern Commercial Association.
WAsHISaroS, d. c., April %, 1856.
Mr.. EDITOR: Please permit me, through the
columns OF your paper, to call the attention OF
the merchants, business men, and all those at
the South who take an interest in the protec-
ton Of their most sacred rights, to plan for a
Southern Commercial Association which am
now maturing and which has already received
the most hearty approval of many gentlemen
of the South whose opinions are worthy of the
highest consideration. 1t is a truth too plain
to require argument that the individual who
is disposed to traduce, Willy, abuse, and injure
his neighbor in every possible manner has no
claim to his money or his patronage. So it is
also true that those at the North who let pass
no occasion to insult and injure the South have
no right to increase their wealth by commercial
intercourse with that section of the country;
and yet it is startling fact that the most fan
atical abolitionists of our northern cities share
the patronage of the South equally with those
who are friendly to the South and her institu-
| tons.
1t is also fact too true to be controverted
that there are now thousands of dollars in the
treasurer's vaults of northern "Emigrant Aid
Companies" placed there for the avowed pur-
pose of driving southern men from the Terri
tory of Kansas which are the direct profits Of
a lucrative southern trade.
The grand object of a Southern Commercial
Association is to direct as far as possible south
ern trade into the hands of those at the North
who are friendly to the South, and who respect
her guaranteed rights whether they be of a
| State or individual character. For the accom-
plishment of the above object, it is proposed to
unite the merchants and business men of the
/ South in an association, with proper articles Of
agreement, setting forth the designs and pur-
poses of the association, and to have board
of directors, Ito be elected by the members OF
the association whose duty it shall be to con
troll the financial and other affairs of the asso-
citation. 1t is also proposed that the association
open an Office in the city of New York, with
efficient agents, whose duty it shall be to learn
the character of the different mercantile, bank
ing, exchange, and manufacturing companies
at the North, and keep all members of the as
ISOLATION informed in relation thereto.
1t is also recommended that the association
publish monthly journal, to be devoted to the
interests of the association, and to the general
commercial interests OF the South, to be SEM
gratuitously to all members Of the association
The plan is too lengthy to be imboded in full
in single letter. Suffice to say, that for prac
teal utility it has met the entire approval o.
all to whom it has been submitted. The sub
scriber proposes soon to make a trip through
the southern States, visiting the cities and prin
cipal towns, and address the public generally
upon the merits of the plan, its probable effects
both upon the North and the South, and upon
the baneful effects of northern abolitionism
For success in the enterprise we rely upon the
justice Of the cause, and upon the cooperation
of the chivalrous South. We would respect
fully invite all local editors in the South to
present the subject to their readers, either BY
the publication of this letter or such notice as
they may be pleased to give.
Hoping very soon to meet many who may
read this letter, | remain, very respectfully
your servant, M. B. WHITE.