The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-06
THE DAILY DISPATCH:
,-'.-|,-,'' ,1.r.inr. March o, 1857.
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rxtday Moruing, mhrc" y, -na-s~>-y>>>
~sr,harn commercial Agents.
nrr.I.nd the agents of tho principal eo"nier'
.,., bouses who visi. various parts OF Tue
soliciting patronage for their employ omen.
.echnicsl designation Of travellers
In The limited States. they are known
7mers. An the great Northern maf'S sena 'o''D
,,,.rr war svarms of these comnerc's' Aeeu'',
wbo nenetrate every city, town, village ana laiA'
a,str;c, of the United States. They are constantly
ON .hs wing. save when they alsht for spoiis; you
90. them In every railroad, In every stage coach'
IN every steamboat In every hotel from Boston to
Nv Orleans, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Tbev are more numerous than the locusts and the
frogs of Egypt. Their name Is Legion.
We admire the enterprise which thus stretches
IT'S Brareau hands over the continent and grasps
At the fruits which everywhere invite the pguine
and energetic. We could wish that the South
were In . condition to emulate that enterprise
We will not complain that the South is every year
drained Of her life blood, to warm and vivify the
veins Of Northern commerce. II she prefer the
luxury of slumber, whilst the vampire fans ana
feeds upon her. 1t ia idle in her friends to complain
When we 20 to the wharves of the Baltimore ana
New York steamers, at Rockets, and see 'no
enormous quantity OF freight, composed In great
part of articles which the South might manuiac'
ture for herself feel that these things ougn' ho'
to be. yet also feel that it Is next 10
to turn back the tide and rouse the SoulheEh eon-
munities to selfdependence, and to mahoiao.H'' Ae
and commercial energy. Yet, in regard'o u! IN
mers,n W 9 could at least desire the poor pt Hiee
of sending men to the South VINO "ou'o 49,
with some consideration and courtesy the eon'
IA a
querod country through which they nlaAe 'nei'
triumphal march There are, no DOUBT many
honorable exceptions, but the number OF il''leoa,
Titmsuses among these Northern "drummers
predominates awfuy, and is well calculated 10 rs
duce their vocation below contempt
We would suggest to the commercial propric''i0
of these persons, as matter of policy aud ih'efeS'
to themselves, to select agents who IN addi'ioh ~
the knowledge of their business, have some shsN.
acquaintance with the customs aad manners u
ciyize ed society; who do not make II poin' -
every railroad to indulge in stale sneer' upon
the country and the people about them VINO uo
not at every station rap out the novel ana hish'y
original remark that the South Is just ABOUT sky
years behind the age who do not at every ho'eI
table turn up their delicate noses at the 1are AUD
the cookery, and in fine, at every turn, lnsuto'e
unfavorabe comparisons between the North ana
South In word, if the South is to be plucSeo
and plundered, let it be in rs gentle and gentle
manlike manner as possible, and spare her feei-
ings, il not her pocket
There is another class Of Northern emlSsaries
still more Objectionable than those whom we nave
mentioned, and who are even unsafe and MIS-
chevous We refer to the hawkers and peoiars
of every variety Of Northern wares and notions,
who visit and infest every town. village and coun"
try neighborhood Of the South. 1t is suspected,
and to our mind with small show of reason,
that the incendiary agitations at the beginning OF
this year were directly traceable to the influence
of this class Who can doubt that the fanatical
abolitonism of New England would hesitate TO
employ agents in q work which they think Is doing
God SERVICE and what more secure, convenient
and efficient agency than that of these itInerant
vendors of Northern productions, who, under the
color of their ostensible employment find access
to every firesde and every cabin in the State ard
can whisper what they please into servile ears,
knowing that they themselves are safe. and that
their unhappy dupes cannot be permitted to tes-
tify against them nay, that even if they are over
heard by the masters, their punishment Is not, as
it ought to be, instant death, but a mere admoni-
ton to leave the neighborhood, under the penalty
Of a coat of tar and feathers If the present state
of things shall be allowed to continue, and ia the
of ten years the laboring population of the
South retain their loyalty, it will not be from the
want of the most constant systematic and perse-
veriug temptation to disaffection and rebellion.
This latter evil, it ia in the power of State le
gislation to check; but for the former there is
remedy save the revival of Southern commerce
and the establishment Of Southern manufactures,
of which we see at present but little prospect