Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-08-12


This Convention. to further he project Il
Drn-EY A. MASK, to secure q direct trade,
met At Old Point, Va, on the 80 b. Ex-Pres-
dent TYrta presided, and letters endorsing
the plan, were read from all the members Of
the Federal Cabinet. Speeches were made BY
Messrs, Mann, BARRiNoER, of North Carroll
ma, and CHANDLER, Of Norfolk, and eloquent
addresses BY several cihsrs.
TIE Subscription COMMITTEES reported that
5000 had been subscribed on the spot.
l. We cory The following statesnanlike letter
frsm the Hon. A. v. BRowN, Postmaster
General;
WAsHTEGToS CRY, July II.
6KETLEMEN ! cannot be with you on the
29.h inst, my duty 20 the public service, which,
am endeaToring faithfully to discharge, for
bids my absence at the present moment. re-
greet il very much, fer | have watched and
sympathized, and sometimes personally par
t~ieipated IN, every movement intended 10 give
New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston and Norfolk,
hat Just proportion OF the OF the
country to which they were fairly entitled. ]
never wished to give to them more than they
were eatitlsd TO, but 1 have never ceased to
hope that / should Yet see them regain their
iong-lost and neglected rights OF exporting and
importing directly 10 the fuil extent demanded
By the products aud wants Of the countries
connected With them and dependent upon them.
Thanks to'the hberality and public spirit Of
Virginia that have contributed 30 largely to her
anal aad railroad connection with South
western aad Northwestern States. Thanks 10
the same spirit that has prompted Tennessee,
Ohio and Kentucky, to reach out their BriariaH
AIMS TO embrace the parent empire. Thanks,
I might add, to those individuals, or a~ssocis-
ion OF individuals, who propose, al an early
4ay, the denomination Of the grand enterprise
which has GATED you together. Grand, indeed,
will Virginia, Tennessee, Northern Alabama,
Kentucky and Ohio csllit, when they shall see
he great ships Of aud OF war gal
lantly riding into the port Of Norfolk, as they
TOW do into the harbOTs OF Boston and New
fYeIk.. Ii lie bat too Oumon TO refer every
step, like The one which yea are nOw-taHng,
80 some'nsfrow and sectional jealousy I never
felt. nor The South never felt. Her cons, on a
proper occasion, would battle as long and as
valisntly for the just rights Of Boston, New
York and Philadelphia, as for those Of New
Orleans, Norfolk and Charleston.
All the South seeks IN the movement which
vou arc now making, and in her commercial
conventions, one Of which is shortly to assem-
bic at Knoxville, is the perfect equality Of
commercial rights, in exact proportion 10 her
productions, Der capacity for consumption, and
the facilities furnished BY her hsrbors, rivers
ami railroads. Our Southern rites and rom
mlnities are OILY seeking 70 preserve and save
themselves that amount of the export and i'm
port trade which naturally and geographically
belongs TO them. II Norfolk shall desire to
obtain a proportion Of the vast projections of
The West, has not Boston expended her mil
Eons, ana New York her tens of millions, for
The same purpose? So had Pennsylvania
poured out her means IN rich abundance to ae-
cOmplish the sam object. need not speak Of
Baltimore. God forbid that anything but the
most f~Taternal sentiments should ever exist be-
tween Baltimore and Norfolk, situated the one
at he foot AID the other at the head of the
noblest bay in the world. Each can contrib
Ute largely to the wealth and prosperity OF the
other.
In the commercial movements now going on
, at The South, the Northern States and the great
B cities should see nothing but an attempt to fol-
low their own example, not for the purpose q
injuring others, bur solely with q view OF sd-
; vancing their own interest and welfare. They
: only desire that whatever Of foreign articles
are intended for Southern OF Western con-
sumption, shall 20 direct 10 the South and
Z West, for which it was intended ard that our
productions Shall be conveyed directly from
our own ports 10 the countries furnishing The
, best market. So important is it to furnish
[ every facility Of interchange of productions,
that most governments have given every Incl
dental aid to commercial enterprises Ike youTs
hulfl lueY were dple 70 gtEe. II Was fOf luls
2 purpose that cur Government instituted the
: Collins, the Bremen and the Havre lines, pay
ing a considerable bonus or extra cOmpensa-
ton for carrying the mails Of the United
{ States.
u On the exriration Of the two latter contracts
: q new policy has. however been inauggrated
of paving them only The p~ostagts (sea or in.
land for carrying our msilsto France and Ger
q many. Whatever patronage shall be given By
0 Congress, in It's future legislation, to any Of
the ocean steam lines, shoald, Of course, be eE-
tended to tire contemplated one between Nor
folk and Milford Haven, and. indeed, 10 al
E other similar projects, whether South or North
If your line should be stated in advance Of
such legislation, the greatest amount Of pat
TOnsge allowed by the existing law shall be
freely bestowed uponi it.
5 Ia this acknowledgment Of the honor Of YOU
b invitation, 1 cOnins myself to the precise OBJ.
= lect or purpose Of your contemplated meeting
Were I TO 90 outside and beyond that, l nigh.
i have many things to add in relation to public
r sfairs. Especially might ] advert 70 how
often and how gTievOusly 4 Just equality o.
= rights has been deaied 20 the South but
= choose in this acknowledgment OF your kind.
ness 10 leave the pas. with the past, and to in
) duige the hope that the future may come to U,
: crowded with all the blessings that a CONNER
{ cisl, political and social equality can confer.
s Very respectfully; your ODE iisnt servant.
: AARON Y. BROWN.