Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-04
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81 Resolved, That tie pr'ieccd nrsan YER 'u;I'
iron .;.nn.bips between Chesapeake bay ar" Ill.,,
,urd Haven, as originated III '!'e ie,'e' ,rhuldiny
Dudley Mann 10 tho citizens at in- -'ase ,.;'shi
states dated London, August II, lsj' II p'a,: so
and can. in our opinion, accomplish Inc "'!..
much desired aud not only a!nellorate our co'''''
but strengthen our policrl condition c,,.u
3D. Resolved That in the opinion a. 'h's ,.,, d.
,;,n ,h. ,,rand American enterprise is pecu'lHrIy d.
serving IA. support of each and every cil'""" " I'D
S,nib and that Immediate and active measures MI,
b. tak ZEN in every city, town aud county III .e Jv
ern States to raise the requisite means Tor us spo''
and permancnt establishment. J
Al Resolved, That this Convention tec" comm.
hi. plan for establishing direct trade, I" the 'ar","
b.. cuu-i Iteration and support OF thr Sohihet.r w.
mrrcisl Convention, TO Le held in Knoxville, iehnes
s.a. .,.,,,J
ab Resolved That each Of the counties. cities an1
towns of this State and of such other States a. 'h
feel An interest, in the success ni the pt-c' o '"'
Cnnv.nt;ar Dr. and are hereby ,qIesitc n t"''y '
practicable, TO meet in primary assembly ana "u't'
such measures As msy be deemed proper 1" RECON-
ish said objects; and also tn appoint correspondents
TO correspond with the lion. A. Dudley Manu- III re
yard TO tho object of the Convention.
9Th Resolved That the Hon. a. Dudley Mann De
requested To convey the sentiments OF tins Coh'en
ton To tbs Southern Commercial Convention, to rs
s.mhe in KNOXVILLE, oil the 10Th proxmo.
9Th Resolved That :he Hon. a. Dudley Mann os
requested 10 take charge of all correspondence con
nec,ed with tue proposed steam ferry line aud that
persons interested in the proposed line correspond
with him ut Washington, ID. e.
sth Resolved That each subscriber be requested
to pay the sum of ST. in part Of his subscription, IN
order TO defruy preliminary expenses.
The resolutions being before the Convention for
adoption
Hon. A. Dudley Mann, in answer to numerous
calls rose aud addressed those present. He said he
did not consider himself at liberty to neglect the dis
charge of public Duty such rs he conceived an OK
t,aF,r, a.. hl
The occasion rendered more interesting by the
tact that we were at Old Point Comfort, that haiow.
ed spot which proved beCcon Of hop. To that band
of weary travellers, ut time long past and he hoped
that the action taken here to-day might prove oe"
con Of hope to those an1iously striving for the COM
msrcial Improvement of the South. The enterprise
was Southern one, and not Eirgniau. save nas
much III the position of the venerable mother Oi
States might entitle her TO share in it, II Is highly
necessary to geueral;Ze the undertaking, and widely
ditfus, it through tha South; aud in order to accom-
plish this, no person will be permitted to take more
than one share. The proprlety of this ia obvious.
nasnuch az the failure to pay early dividends It the
stock wers in the hands oil capitalists, would in.
duce them TO change the steamers TO other and more
prnfiab routes before having given the enterprise
a fair trial lie wished these shares TO be held IA
heirioame in Southern ienles, to he transmitted to
posorty not simply ~ a money yielding investment,
but as the evidence of the patriotism of their tatEc!s.
BY tie plan named no freak OF COMMERCIAL exchange
prise means 10 work faithfully Tor tGcTy Southern
city and ia citizsns and had 1t beoi ":herEse-ad
lis ambition been confined 10 benth'ilnS any, here
luDnty, IL had never found origin III his poor BRAIN
7, has bean assai!cd at the North Us q Union de.
s;roy;nc ,uovemeal. and some at the South had been
frightened ut this view Of the Question. These
ssuts were The results " unbi.!ng lnendacIiy, ~
much Us the feGrs were the offspring 81; croucilng
timdy On tie contrary, II 10 Intended To etrrEih.
Ell tho Union by eGuazins the strength cf The two
sections composing il. II i; be Union destroying 10
mako Tho South lII. per o; t'ls North, then wa.
Washington Union destroyer tor years OF his life
were spent in the study Of the great problem AID et
ior;a IL solve il. That gtes: iasn Recognised the
availability Of the Chesapeake for becoming line out.
~; ,f the trade of the West and Northwest, end in
1851 after the declaration OF peace, he Proceeded 10
examine the rOuts between the james aud Potomac
rivers, with view to confirming his opinions The
result of this exploration was, that 0n the lOth OF De-
,ober 1884, he wrote TO Governor Harris Of Virginia
saving that the shortest and cheapest route OF
C..siion from the country back OF the Apa!achs
range q i3ounnins TO the Atlantic was over The
chesapeake. chi st2wine THAI the bay wa. 100 miles
nearer to Detroit u.Ec ite -. Lawrence river. In
the same letter he advocated ;te Improvement OF the
james sad Kanawba rivers, as the nearest .o.o rom
the Atlantic 10 tie Lakes. he wrote 70 tlc -arl o
Buchan il the yeLf. calling his attention 10 The
fucr, that Washington, new cay h9.T me centre o
the Union. sud designed TO be lis eap;a'. I'D leon
founded, and expressing lbe opinion st IL loo years
1t would be connected with The Lakes. lie showed
in ols oil his letters that Alexandra, We, was
Detroit oy &c miles than New York.
The spea:er Gllldsd =: New York City, her position
and power, seipe OF Witch va derived from trade
draw ti,ber through unuutiral ui-n..:a. Thc Ches.
apeake bay is the natural channel FOR mCGI, i this
traffic and the Great Eastern il destined IN be tte in.
depreciation of the depth of its waiera nnd expansive.
ne-s of lis BOSOM IL is by commanding the traffic
that naturally belongs TO uR, that We to become
strong aud independent; aud it is after We have
comp.c; ..i- that the encroachnenls on the conr'i
tuition will Cease re begged his heirers to bear this
in view and lie united for RE a.:. ot the constitution
and the South II was not 0urpr.s:ss i.st tbs pro
i.ci had been mel uilh ncreduly. There 40 few
who do not know the sud fate Of Gaiil4c Gal-o lie
priest who cast into prison, whore he Was s!ered
70 pa. away his life for asserting that the earth Hovcd
around tho sun, and 10. the sun around tie eart The
holy bot. 3oud, who by intolerance slew the di4ro
verer OF tbs srsatiu. do not lack in our day, pro
:utypr-. The h8rbUr OF Eew ort may ndln. he Great
Eastern unoacd, but she ear Ge,er -iu 10 a.t por;
ireghted; can any vessel OF her siGe. ft..e are
ports in the South 10 which she aud other cral OF her
tonnage aud rs the speed OF n steam vessel
muat Depend much on lis slZ. the time betwGri New
York ard t,i=rrnoOl will b. mach greater than that
between Norfolk AID verpUo!. This is Of FIST i'm.
pottunce aud must di"ett tic dol tt:vm New York
He spoke Of the great nt! Tu,:s q. i9ronds
with which the United States ID covered, i',btd
miles of which are clU1er To the CleaapeHke than
New yorh, sad only 1000 Of which are closer to New
York than tn = Chesapeake Among them is the greC!
route TO the basin OF Mississippi: end Alabama, com
posed of the Norfolk and Eeter-burg, SUGth eide, m
siuis and Tennessee, aud East Tennessee and frgi.
MIA Rail Roads. The requirements OF trade demand
vessels the size ofihe Great Eastern. Four suoI Yea.
es would carry 2DlIg tonS Of freight per trip, and
300 sailing vessels caunot do i. -Four Such vessels
would only need l6tlD hands for their management,
while the sailing vessels would require lOOO sailors
The gross receipts for freight at one voyage would
Ina S20D (00 while from their impcrvlOusness 10 sea
and fire. tho rates OF insurance would be materially Re.
,luced The cost Of running four such vesSels, per
aunur would be 81 OilO. An agent for an Eng.
h company had offered him four screw steamers oil
2,5O0 tons each. on advantageous terms, but 'hey
burnt ton cup 10 each ton vi freight they csrred
while the Great Eastern burns only one ton OF coul
To ryera tGE tens OF freight 49,
In 1870 the cotton crop of the United States will
br 100 go bn.es. Who will Ell Joy the benefits arising
will i, not be our foes north of the Hudson river
lie did not consider himself M extremist but he WAS
willing that every Southern merchant should resolve,
after Decembet }lst 1857, receive foreign goods
exceu, cf Southern importation. He said letters were
pouring in upon him from all quarters IN The SOURI,
10 take stock in the entsrp.se
The speaker concluded with an eloquent tribute tn
the ladits, acknowledging the invlncibilty u! the
project if supported by then-whirh was received
as the whole speech had been with loud applause.
lion. D. VI Barringer, OF North Carolina beng
called iGf rose and addressed the Convention. lilo
claimed TO be L. .a:iorsl man, but was also whol'-
souled Southern n,1n Re though, the time had coms
when IN effort ehouId be maIa for the commercial
intepepdencs OF In. South We liHyo ESHOrle accu''
toned 10 Look with Jealous eye upon the erog'as
prosperity Of the North. aud particularly one point
There Lss been, for years past sprcging up a. New
York Capitalization which is dangerous to the South
Oh Sl5UOO0,Oh Ct imports, more than twoihird'
come in through that city. Under the operation OF
the cub treasury law all the checks banks mad.
payable in New York. Everything converges to ha;
point aud there much the largest portion Ut the pay
ineuts Of the United States Government are made
Hundreds of milliona Of dollars OF Southern stats
bouis including So G0I Of Virginia also pay.
able there. Every of railroad in the United States
~ affairs now stand, il for the heneht ct the same
city, lie did not say THE in hostility. We would re-
joce at he! eoying all that she is entitled to from
her natural position, but nothing moremnot that
which from our position belongs to us. There ia n
rule which cannot be departed trom-that the protu
Ger ourbt TO have the dearest possible port for the
export o, s products and the import OF bis pur
cs-es. and it is in the attempt to enforce hs rule