Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-12-01
KA N'AWHAN VAL LEY S FAR

licjaid has been promised md Il
faithful to its fifstinstincts, the Bris1l
It'll Convention, which adjourned toll
lmcettn Riclimords in the early lsarffII
Of December, persists in its project,
The hour of the commercial rcgencfa-.
ttion and independence of the South
lhas arrived. Can il be otherwise!
The nnpitiablc logic Of facts speaks
llouder tlian all calculations-all rea-
| so,rillg. lIfthe South had had, six
months since, as | proposed to the
IGoyernor Of Virginia, its line oil
steamers with Europe, the CONNER
Icial and characteristics, which weighs
50 crliellyson the South, would never
Ihaye been felt here. lis planters and
| its merchants, who are overlooking
with products, delivered from the
ltyranlfical conbination Of the exporrI
tiers and commission merchants 81 the
North, would themselves have sent
directly, their products to Europe !,
and ipsteild Of protested and worth
less Bills pf Exchange, the gold and
| the merchandise pf Europe woall
have replaced in their hands these
worthless papers and maintained the
prosperity of the country.
Willthe s.panicp be q prevention
lor q realization Of the seidcas ? We.
believe thought ID canse them to be
favored more than ever. Il is the
sovereign remedy the iron which
will canteriza the wound The day
on which The first steamer Of the line
reaches Norfolk, tie South is forever
! freed fromRits commercial vassali ge.
Europe cannot do without Gotten, rice
tobacco, wheat an,l cured meats
Whoprodnce, al tbesc3 Is il The
IStates OF the SMtbl Instead oii en-
copragingliis own marine, the SonthI
pays dearly the commission merchants
Eof New York, tirltaking. 4 away the
legitiinatei benefits, which belong to
Itself; AMI, when d financial plnic
comes, it Is New York which, sounds
tho tocsin and drlwsdown al in its
ilfall.
With direct communication, IN.
lstead OF q capital siS times more con-
lsiderable than is necessary, merchants
renewing. periodically, and at short
linteryalstheir stock ct merchandise,
lwillnot sec. them piled PelI-mell, lin
that Capernanm. which is called the
| Custom House.of New York, whore
| the thread lof Ariadnc could scarcely
| find them after months and some.
| times yearss.itfer damaged and always
certainly ont Of fashion.
There are inconYen;cncss, against.
which all The merchants Of the United
States have yainly criei ont il is not
an anomaly. thatriclt merchants Of
Richmdn L I.ousiSille Nashville. Gin
cinnatiana st louis should be fDYce3i.
iii orlcr To hny. ID pass under the
Fcund;na forks pfthe vampires ofNtw
York. when they car directly make
| their purchases and their sales r.
Who suffers from this singular mo
Enppoiy, after all The whole people.
Who consulate. who sells less cheaply.
their pro llusts AMI pay higher tar
those which arc imported to them at
Expenses. from the ports Of Boston
iald New York. The merchaat. bli..
| sed to have stock six timcsslarger
THAN would be necessary, and aipro-
lportionel capital. on which he pays
TAXES against which he to-day pro
ftests Will reasont-bnt which will he
maintained BIZ theorists which the
fsai want oil foresightof the South has
not been know how To prevent.
Everything will be united. nearer
land nearer. The peopleof the South
1has only fpr drinking water and that
Ifrfghtfaf beverage which is called
Iwhiaky. Both are iEinrions TO their
lhealtl,; and they could, By excl,ang-
ling this iaomicilal liquor, which En-
Irope could.employ ussfnlly, ina tlious.
and economical industries, receive lid
return tfos6 generous wines, these be-
1nerolent brandies. which in Certifying
their bodies, will strengthen their
courage and cure them of the hideous
vice OF drunkenness. Timid minds
IrecoiT before the idea Of our immedi-
ate establishment ofa line ofsteamers
i Eat JroaY,s fbns Sf,utl, o,,3 Fnro,la j. fl,ns,