New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-09

Under the head OF " Our Future 'ne courier y
the oio ins'.s mas some very eAce"ehs "n' ap,7',
remarks Referring TO the unequanea seos'Ai1'ss'
position OF this State, our contemporary Uusn'uis
saws: sThe State Of Louisiana holds 10 her hands
~ ..s ~ ,t Ns;ss,ssnni valley If she should ever
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power among the NATIONS OF ene eat'u " Nouiu sooh
be found that she was geographically able 10 com
,oara and control the commerce Of all that immense
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and tne Gun OF Me3'oo ~ V'e ufeeeion, anu wy
AlIeghanics and the Rocky Mountains in the other
True. all true. Louisiana possesses within herself
. - no claimants If national s,ra.tnasu ,rigb4
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prosperity and grandeur than all OF the New England
States combined, and if the circumstances OF the
future compel use of her uneoualled natural eniow
u,euts she viii NAV No ins,n,,,con, ,,.r, ,,, n,
'e"s7' ~ ~ p,ay - ieA'is paw uPon 'uS
stage OF the word action' H.
The Courier then goes on to illustrate the trusm
that railroads cannot compete with the mighty Mis-
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.'91'rf' W Po"e. VI '"e "es' mas
IN lar patte, oeaten Tue iron and money power Oh
the East and that despite the efforts Of the capital
lists Of New York and its tributarv nrovinces the fact
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.as pe'oie seieNuen' snat the cost Oh transporting
the immense products OF the teeming West to the
markets Of the world BY railroads to the Atlantic,
and thence to their destination in freign norris or
otherwise IL rnch thai. auding them Inv yvav
| Of New Orleans r;a the M;ssissjpni river.
Then our cotemporarv goes on 10 saw;
If IL sbonld ever he our fate to be driven from the
Union Of States of which we are now one OF the
members, we may look forward with perfect conf
dence 70 iutare more glorious ana prosperous than
esr JTnian At anv nr;cs. We NAV eonnt ,;,h car
tauty on our ability to do the trade of the whole
Mississippi VALLEJO undo the injustice now done to
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our position as the greatest exporting state in
America, but also 10 make New Orleans the port Of
import ,ta LOT me wnoe valley OF the mississippi
sentimept i" favor Of tbe niou fI ~ ",'1 s,rons
ago that iused bird. the American esole. was in
the best possible odor and the greatest possible de-
manu- especlaly on Tue rourtn OF Juy rom one END
The nenIa ~ nnrton If IarSe ra,v os ~ y
Northern States has rather damaged its sailing quail.
ties, and forced many to take into consideration
.he pest method o. dissoivng tue partnership which
~ ha,. ~ naorls If fo,,s;.n. ,,u
themselves to take the only proper and sensible course
which an Independent and courageous people ought
20 @ke. 1 .s Us ps ready whenever we are really
os tbron on their nner;raI msiar;tv +; Toness
Withdraw quietly and peaceaby from federation
which is about to be abused to our oppression or in
suls. Ley " maintain perPe'uay tne intrinsic SOY
stsy N the Inon aeeordng ~ Ssr e'uer ~
ment or to 90 out Of it when that agreement Il yio
lated in any important particular We will always be
ao'e W lthe care o. ourselves u we remain true TO
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the dav which shall witness general aval,e,;,, i
not far istant rnass ia odIv ,,s+aad IA s;ns -
the timos
If we should he IL driven from the Union y, os tho
Courier significantly suooests :. we nav connt Win
certainty on our ability 10 do the trade NJ the whole
Mississippi valleys and to not onlv maintain our
position as the greatest exporting State in America
but also to make New Orleans the mort of import for
the whole valley Of the Mississinniv
There is no donbt of this importapt fact which
appears to be so little understood BY majority of
our people, And here we may, without laying our
selves liable to the charge of advocating in any wise
a dissolution Of the Union, point out some Of the
nightly disadyantageous results that would ensue to
New Orleans in case our present governmental part.
nership should be dissolved. And. in cases like