Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-04
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To the Citizens Of the Slayeholding States.


WAsnIScroS, Aug 80, 1860.
In less than two months from this date the
Great Eastern, from assurances which | have
lust received and upon which can implicitly
RELY, will re.cnter Hampton Roads, if it is your
wish TINT she shall do so, and that wish be
earnestly manifested.
In that case she will como prepared to con-
vcy to Milford Haven thirty thousand bales OF
cotton, or twelve thousand hoSsheads Of tobac,
CO, or scventy.fiye thousand barrels OF flour, or
three hundred thousand bushels Of wheat or
corn.
\ mixed cargo, however, will be to her pre-
ferablc, for many reasons to cargo OF single
article. She will also bc in a condition to nc.
eommolate five hundred first class passengers,
and to take charge Of valuable parcels.
7, is very desirable that her first homeward
voyage Of transportation, Of our staple products
of The soil, should yield the sum OF seventy
five thousand dollars. This would enable her
to bring lack the products of Europe, required
for consumption in this country, at so low
freight rate as to command as large quantity
as she could conveniently receive, OF such as
were destined for ports south Of New York.
10 afford her ample time to receive her car
70 and coal, she would remain in Hampton
Roads about ten days. 1t is believed that she
could make annually eight round voyages-al,
lowing her this length Of time at the end el
every passage in each harbor-and 1t ls but
reasonable 10 conclude that her gross receipts
for this period would amount to 1920, ,0o0.-
This would rAy, rendering her rs profitable to
her owners as any ship alloat.
IIcr second visit to the Chesapeake, express
" in the interests Of traffic, would practlcally
inauguratc the wise policy which Washington,
with intuitiyc forecast of the future, so reso
luley endeavored TO initiate after his retire
ment from the field on which he and his CO.
adiutors victoriousy erected n republic II
would be hailed by every patriot heart IN the
slaveholding States as the era OF Southern
commercial independence.
The recent visit Of the Great Eastern to the
United States, has been attended with the bcs'
of results to those who desire the enlarged de-
velopment Of the Chesapeake. The two dlrec
tors, by whom she was accompanied as eml'
ncnt men in their respective aTocations as
England contains, are, perhaps, quite wei
enough satisfied that it is the only water or
this side of tile Atlantic adapted, i'll a! respects
to her:capacly. 4 foreigner, Of close observa
ton who had seen her in the Thames, at Lon
don, in the Lay Of New York, and in Hampton
Roads remarked, that "her dimensions seemed
out of all proportion for the two former har
hors, but scarcely large enough for the latter.
And so sure us the fields Of the South shal
multiply and be faithfully titled, and their pro
prietors animated by patriotic sentiments, 81
sure will the remark Of the stranger be verified
4 generation will not pass away until tina
which is now regarded as "a triton among th'
minnows," will find by her side vessels three
hundred feet longer than herself and OF tmrtJ
thousand tons measurement in Virginia ports
She is. to the ocean what the first railroad wa!
to the land, and will effect as great revolu
ton in carrying the first iron link IN th'
mighty Atlantic bridge which is to unite tn
Old Word and the New World through MILFORD
Haven and Hampton Roads, in natural an(
mutually profitable trade intercourse.
Let MS, citizens Of the slarcholding States
as we cherish the institution which unites u
in common interest-as we cherish the Constr
tuition bequeated us by our fathers, whlct
unites us in common principle-determine
once land 60 energetically to work. to benefit
to the fullest extent, ny the instrument which
is benignly presented for effecting our deliver
ance from the shackles OF indirect trade, Will
which, alas. we have been so long and 81
grievously held in pccuniary bondage.
4, DUDLEY MASS.