Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-01-06

| In continuation vi rS're# nam Hsf ara =
IN De Bows Review. showing how the city ct Nor
folk may be made . commercial emporium, we
present to-day some additional excerpts. II will
Be observed that the author propounds the doc
tne that IL is policy Of interior cities to per
nit the free and uninterrupted passage of import
and export frcights This may be considered an
untenable proposition at the first blush. Lu. we
are satisfied that il can be incontrosertibly estab
| lished:
The capcs Of Virginia star.d toward the cite,
within the area trading through them, IA the Ba-
lze does TO the cities u the Mississippi valley, g.
| ing t. sea through that outlet.
These cities were once the verge Of a war
with Spain. because she revoked their right OF de
posit and condemned them To conduct n separate
commerce with foreign markets.
They now store oil their products intended for
expectation at New Orleans, aud receive their
representative value. to great extent through the
same agency In like manner the cities Of Chi
Gag, Buffalo, Cincinnati. employ the city OF New
York.
Tie cities Of Baltimore, Richmond Alexandria,
Petersburg. Raleigh Nashville, aud Louisville,
shonli unite in making Norfolk the great entire
pot iir the combination and export of their pro-
ducc and for the receipt and distribution Of their
import.
Tie ,ites of the Chesapeake should hnrmonizc
il th treat object, aud tAcit success is certain.
II they attempt separate commerce We should
Procession of vessels passing, along the same
track, and each carrying IA irue'ionnl cargo, when
one ia; carry the whole. few such trips
will decide the experiment, aud oach clty must
relapse into dependence upon New York, OF be
stow their patronage to build up Norfolk
Having thus impressed upon the interior cities.
and the seaport which they may constitute the en-
trep0t of their trade. the importance Of a free
transit. AMI Of forming combination, or trade
league for the purpose OF establishing direct
trade with Europe. let us consider the means b.
which we may organize an crloH hadc
This will render necessary the adoption OF tel-
eral measures of detail.
|. The overland lines connecting the city Of
Norfolk with the interior, must transport, at az
low frcights mud with n much certainty and speed
as any competing lines.
.. The cities upon these trade lines must dcs-
patch the commerce without transit charge or locnl
profit.
,, The city of Norfolk must furnish facilities Of
deposit. expectation, and importation, equal to any
other competing city.
The prin.ipIcs laid down render it iadispenrd-
BIZ 10 II 3r,cf hrtdr ab,oad, NH ticre honld be
d4eri trad at hu,ac.
tnlc,-. ,hon, these Chesapeake cities shall.
with magnAuimous wisdom, ,es 1he II contribute
whatever ID mcal profit, ~ If transit charsc,
nh1,e fair compensation for freight, which they
might eNart upon corlmrrc" IA 1rpua8n, md un-
less the c"minou "",port aud entrepot shall ~
npuucc thc unnecessary burden which 50 mach
emharrassc, tra3e and all9w "A free deposit and
transhipncuts Of exports aud imports. any attempt
to organize ihc overland AMI ocean route to- tu-
rope by way or Norfolk, must prove n failure
As this proposition may be thought to Involve
too great sacrifice, aud therefore lc received
with disnrproyal by many cities. which consider
themselves entitled to II local aud speculative
Il tl,, i I IN
become them TO reflect, that city, seated upon
a trade line, is much entitled 10 those profits IA
another; that. il each exacta ts interests III this
respect. the aggregate exactions viii determine
trade 10 pursue some other competing line that.
therefore each should subscribe its local exaHtion
to the common good. We think it may le shown,
that its dividend Of advantages from this policy
will surpaSa ils special profit upon tho other,
With ,hc view of rcconciling their interior an
intermediate interests To policy, which ia ueNi-
table, il is propcr To assert and attempt the dem
onstrutnn Of tho extreme proposition, TINT, tie
Interests of al cif'es si'iae} upon trade ineS ,cW
be promoted by The fire. ami uninterrupted passage
Of export 1Hi import GeiyttS.
The city OF tincitnari aifsrd, the best specimen
Of nm interior city which exchanges it, manuiac-
lures aud goods far trade value. without imposing
any charges upon commerce >uli icnt to discuur-
age it.
Commerce at Cincinnati i. an net of simple bar
Ter: INC merchant taking the tNp"rthbic produce
at its value IN the ultimate marh"t--lrss freight
and insurance and giving in exchange manulae.
lures or other merchandise Mt the price in more
distant market-rGargcs added. The change If
ownership in the exportablc produce marks mere
collateral security for the value advanced
1t j. this exchange of value, which alone affords
a Legitimate ,anrce of prosperity for the popula-
ton al II ely Leral exactiou' aud speculative
profits upon c,rmeree are decisive The mcr-
chant and the mechanic create value. or add to the
existing worth ol raw material, by their capital
and skill. Thr citizen who ann ~, charges upon
coEmcree. creates huthing thereby, hut di>coura-
ges trade and djninshrs production. lie is an
enemy Of III" common prosperity