Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-25

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ber power TO the ocean some days earlier than
the largest class steamer now aoat, and you will have
secured great element OF success The SIZE of ship
built in accordance with the means ofaccommodaton
which you can afford would give you an opportunity
applying propulsion and having done that, you can
speed her across the probably some days in ad-
vance of the ships of the commercial metropolis of the
Union. BY doing this you will have accomplished
much OF what you called upon to consider There
are Others far more competent TO address you upon
this subject than am who will go more fully into
1t, and shall not therefore longer tax your patience.
These are the views OF All enlightened judgment
forciby addressing the common sense of rational
citizens. 1t must be obvious to every rejecting
mind that the foreign trade properly belonging to
the South, can never be directed from New York as
long as the distance be performed from that city
to European ports n less time than it can be performed
from Southern ons But build ship OF SUFFICIENT
size 10 corr6sp1nd ,ciM the capacity and depth Of
yo"r channel. (the Chesapeake Bay,) and g,ue her
The po'rer 10 cross the ocean some days earlier than
Tie largest size steamer non ofoat and yon rHl
hare secured great ele1asnt Of success. And why
Because vessel of her measurement cannot enter
tho harbor of New York on account of an INSULT.
cheney of water;
Because che will be constructed entirely Of the
best wrought iron, and therefore, rendered 30 strong
as to be impervious to the dangers Of the ocean;
Because running South Of l2o che will have no
cebergs or rocky coasts to encounter;
Because her strength her size, and her power, will
enable her to cross the Atlantic in seven days.
Because her speed and commodiousness will CON-
mand for her the travel, the mails and the merohan-
disc between the two hemispheres, as far her capa
city will admit Of their conveyance;
The retired statesman of Sherwood Forest, "the
last of the barons" Of the infeIible State Rights
school, in meeting his neghbors and fellow citizens
at Old Point, and in consentng to preside over their
deliberations upon subject Of vital Importance to
their interests, was animated by noble purpose
as ever animated the purest of Romans patriotic
achievement. He saw what Washington saw what
Jefferson saw what Madison saw, that the safety Of
the Union and tho welfare Of the South depends upon
the equalization in the geographical divisions Of the
benefits deryable from commerce. Direct navigation
with foreign countries must develop the Chesapeake
and The interior resources, which will be at its
mand when 30 developed, or the North will crush the
South with the money realized, from day to day,
from the profits on the products Of its agriculture
The State which tos for the emolument Of another,
is ever ready prey to it's ambition and tacitly IN
yes it to acts Of aggression The thirteen colonies
were driven to resistance, because the mother coun
try became inflated with her profits upon their indus
try Such imitation is now and has been for
years observable in the North from ts profits the
tolls Of the South. Hence the commercial indepen.
dence Of the South as necessity for the durability
of the Union; and 90 sensible men every where are
beginning to view the subject. We want CONNER.
cia strength in order to exact political respect. As
indicating the prevalence Of such an impression, we
deem it proper to copy the following article from the
Washington States Of Saturday:
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND MILFORD HAVEN
STRAWBERRY LINE.
This great enterprise, one Of the most stupendous
in all its contemplated ramfcations ever conceived
in this hemisphere, is commanding attention in every
part of the Union. We learn from reliable gentle
men, iu., returned from New York after residence
there Of several weeks, that the merchants OF that
city identified with Southern interests and sustained
by Southern trade watching its progress with the
lveliest sollctude, many of them preparing them.
selves to commence business at the terminal point OF
the line in tho Chesapeake, as soon as the eviathans
ars ready for service. The following letter from De-
troit il an indication Of the favorable light in which
the enterprise is viewed in the Northwest:
"DETRoIT, Sept Is, 1857.
nUpti perused the Old Point address of Dudley
Mann, had not the most remote idea that w ashing-
ton va. so much to this city than New York.
now find that the statements Of General Washington,
prepared in l7S3 which were go aptly quoted IN that
address. are wonderfully accurate. The metropolis
of the Union is full three hundred and twenty five
mile. nearer to Detroit than is New York. If MIR.
Mann succeeds in establishing his Stesm.Ferry line
from Hampton Roads, the traffic Of the lake country
with Europe will thenceforth inevitably be conveyed
by il, if it can perform what he supposes. The pro
iect at first was regarded purely sectons and the
letter OF General Casa designating II as an OBJECT VI
national Importance, was animadverted upon as IL
lusory, particularly in business circles. Since the
facts of the case in connection with its general bear
np on the interests of the country have become better
understood it is clear to every discriminating mind
that il cannot fail to produce the most sautsry ma
tiona results. In this it will enjoy the good will
of all true patriots wherever located
We may state, in connection with the leviathar
Steam. Ferry project, that the agent OF the new
Isthmus of Tehuantepec Company is prepared to en-
ter into contract to carry the nails from New Or
leans to Ventosa on the shores OF the Pacific, the com
mepcing in December in Eve days; and after com
peton of the rail road across that Isthmus in three
DAYS. Now it is calculated that the run between
Milford Haven and the Chesapeake will be made il
seven days. and from the Chesapeake TO the Gulf ir
two daye, as soon the rail road connections arr
perfected Thus there is q chance that the Londor
mails may reach the Pacific in twelve days. Will no
his secure the transportation of the traffic between
Europe and the East, together win California, the
West India Islands, the Lower Pacific, etc., across
this Union We expect to see this accomplished be
fore the end OF the present Presidential term OF Air
Buchanan. We are confident that he will leave NJ
Just efforts untried to produce such resut-the mos
magnificent achieved in the trade intercourse
the world