New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-19
,rerchonts, stote Convention.

We would suggest to the merchants of Assis-
sippi that they hold meeting in the city of Vcks-
burg at an early day, and adopt measures to open
direct trade with Europe, aud form resolution to
patr0nize the Abolition cities OIL the North no
more
Of all the ways which the wit of the South could
invent to humiliate the Black Republicans, it
would be to withdraw our mercantile custom.
Let us open direct trade with Liverpool, Leeds,
Sheffield, London and Paris, and let the Yankees
keep their notions in the factories where they are
made.
The merchants of Mississippi would be ap-
plauded to the skies by every citizen of the South
if they would naugurate this movement. They
can do so if they will meet in convention, as sug-
gested, and invite the erection of importing houses
at Mississippi City, New Orleans or Charleston.
There are any number of men in this State,
and even in this town, who would willingly pay
one-third more for imported goods than those
bought of men who are trying to inctc our slaves
to Instruction. We are spending our money,
through our merchants, to the support of these
people. They have become rich and insolent, and
we for one would totally withdraw every iota of
trade from the North.
We will soon have the Mississippi Central, and
other roads ramifying all over the stste completed
Let our merchants then say to those of New Or
leans, If you will import cotton goods from Eng
land and silks from China, we will buy them from
yon." 5.
But, above all, let our merchants encourage the
erection of all sorts of manufactures in the South
by patronizing them to the last dollar.
The above is from the Oxford Mercury. The
Mercury is one of the ablest edited and most in
fiuential papers published in Mississippi. We have
objection to the proposition; but we opine that
nothing of mighty Importance will be done until
the State Legislatures Of the South discriminate,
by local tax to the line of prohibition, against all
goods imported into or manufactured in the North,
which may be brought here and exposed for sale.
This would compel direct trade, and in less than
six months the Southern States would be reapng
the munifcent benefits thereof, while the North
would be correspondngly depressed
OLD Brown A PREAcHER.-The Danville (Va.)
Register, abiding to the stated belief that old John
Brown once Travelled through Virginia in the
capacity of pedlar, says:
We have heard some of the citizens of Danyllle
state that this same man came to Danyille under
the assumed name of McLane, and passed himself
off here as Baptist preacher, having on one occa
sion attended divine service at the Baptist church.
in this place. gentleman, who resides near Ring
gold, says that McLane, (aas Brown,) dined at
his house about the same time. John Brown
acknowledged that he had travelled as far South as
to the North Carolina line. Assuredly, if all these
speculatlons to the traitors identity be correct
he has led a most versatile life. Pedlar, preacher,
srobber, rogue traitor, murderer, assassin, and
know not how many other titles belonging to this
misguided man, now no more.