Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-12-03
Southern Rights The True Policy


We have been among those wis. L,,,.. IN
along lamented, that the prevalence II H..
mocratic tenets IN the Southern STATE. a.,
particularly III reference L. the rn,,urs.,.
ment Of Home Manufactures. bad ual. -
South a newer Of wood and drawer Il NM.
tor the Northern mechanics. We h,,s
mented that the Southern pr,pI. with =,
abundance of raw material al hand b.,y. :.
been content to be tributary T. N,rttsrn
workshops, rather than I" encourage man,
tactursrs aud mechanics IN their own ma,
No Southern State enjoys greater rr..nsr,,n
than Georgia, and YET there /, no >nutbs,9
State more independent 81 the North Tor M.
nutactures than the people OF that tAriy,n,
| Commonwealth. Whenever tn cAt.rir,.,,,
has been fairly tried, Manufacture, h,,.
! tlourished IN the South. aud vei. with an !,
fatuution almost without parallel tLa -.
pile OF the South are to-day very largely a.
pendent upon the North, even Tor the .bn..
they wear, ar the Drooms with which tho,
sweep their mansions.
! We rejoice to believe that better and j..
brighter day Is dawnlng upon the South :
We reJolce that the recent ilarprr's Ferry
affair, aud the excitement 10 which il h..
given rise, IS likely to open the EYES ii our
people To the suicidal policy which Ia, mai.
them almost entirely dependent upon H..
| North-that already the people arr resolving
III public meetings, 10 encourage their own
mechanics and manufacturers, aud not opl,
! % discriminate against, but 10 refuse 10 EN-.
sumo articles manufactured at the North -
\ a sfat m Ia A
| one that should commend Itself 10 the arpr,ys
Of all. But III order To make II cthcIent sui
effective, 1t must be generally adopted and
resolutely pursued. Wehope that Al the a..
preaching session Of the Legislature, such
measures will he devised as shall riye An ,u,.
petus In favor OF our own mechanics and
manufacturers Nor should il b.. lefr +, III,
| Legislature alone to effect this murh ,l,.ir-t
object. The people are all interested IN i,
The PEOPLE alone can make the scheme SUI.
cesstul. 1t will not do for one OF two. or tvs,
hundred. to attemptit. ltmu,t be- uuiyrrsall.
agreed upon by the Southern people. IN Or.
der to make it effective. We ARE grutl6el
To SEQ that such spirit Is abroad and va
sincerely hope it will know 10 abatement
until the wealth OF the South shall be- kept AZ
home to build up our own artizan- aud me.
chanics, instead Of the mechanics aud 10
wells Of the North Ii such policy is M
augurated aud there Is no good reason why
| il should not be-our cotton factories will
speedily be filled with class Of our lppula
ton now idle, aud others will speedily sprluk
up N our midst Every branch Of bushes,
will feel its beneficial effects, while our beau.
tiful Southern cities, already the abode d
social refinement, will SOON become among
the most populous aud prosperous III the world
| Ii will be u fortunate thing indeed II the mai
project Of old Brown against our peace sni
safety should have the effect h work uut such
d contamination for the loyal aud patriotic
people Of the South
The true policy Of the South Of that
| South whose institutions are malIgurd AMI
whose weakness is ridiculel il 10 cease /,
buy any thing ot the North that We eau
make ourselves. This policy viii develops
our own unrivalled natural resources, at tho
same time that it will most eiicrtually punish
the disloyal portion Of the North. lei The
scheme Of discrimination against Northern
manufactures, then, be at once luaugnracd
Let all THE PEOPLE heartily second II. and IN
less than year the insulent PhlllpSes o.
the North will be secuted from the rostrum-
they now use to abuse our institutions uni
deride our weakness iStsrSbHrJ IN.