, 1860-12-05
THE~NEAL CAUSE.
Onfutou In tho Cotton Btatcs--sLcttcf
from d Southern Planter.


From the y. i. Efcn1nG fos1.]
The following letter Is from South Carroll.
na planter: ANN
It Is understood 1y mot wellin1oEmed per-
sons in this city that tcsirr for free tradeh as
as much to do with t!lr accession movement In
South Carolina, as has thu recent SUCCESS OF
the Republican party. 1t is IL 1act worth re-
,ucmhcttng, that dcputation sent by large
public meeting in Charleston to Columbia,
the passage of the Convention bill by that
body. 1he whole proceedings Of that meet
Ing were telcgraphcd on the evening Of their
OCCURRENCE Que Of tue members Of the lcgiE-
laturc from this city received one hundred and
ecvcnty-thrce te1egrams in one day, besccclling
Him to vote for the Convention bill These
facts lead most people to believe the I'LL as It
stands calling tlc convention 60 carly and
looking toward separate State uctiou, would
not hare passed SO unanimously except for the
influence Of tho city Of Charleston. The ill.,
tere5ts Of this city arc for free trade, aud this
increases her enthusiasm for Southern free
trndc) Confcdcracy.
Charleston hopes, in process Of time. to rival
New York. She thinks to become the great
and bankers desire 4 market for the sterling;
bills drawn against their cotton, j: the door
Of their own banks. They know that direct
importation alone can furnish q demand fOt
those bills, and this direct importation they arr
bound to have ii . Southern ircc-tradc Couted'
cracy can bring it. The future greatness OF
Charleston is thus cipherc1 out rs perfected
banks and merchants arc tho leaders and dl
rcctors Of tue movement For the first time
In the history of any State the professcd poll
ticians are left behind. 1t is flct, deliberate
ly stated, tint, with fomc one or two cxccp
tions, our leading men were. six montas ago
much mora conservative than gcnerally snip
posed; hut they have becn carried along with
tnc current, and there is not now = single lead
CT OF any considerable influence who is IN faSol
s.In lS5e Charleston was lagggara In the Sc
ccssfon movement, willie tho rural districts
were active for it. Though il WAS well under
stood at that time how much Charleston Wonl'
gain in the event Of secession, IT was alst
Known how much she would lose In the event
Of failure. So she kept quiet while the couD
try people tfaged and Imagined i rain thing.
Now, However, tie thing las been in a 1nannc1
reversed, 1t was Charlceton which moyet
first this time, and the country followed. III.
excitement is very general, aud the State VII
certainly be taken out Of the Union as sooI
after the meeting Of the coarention as th'
thing can be dope; but the fact will a!way'
rcl;,ain that the f1ee-trade people Of Charles
ton will laye had as large IN Influence In thf:
as any fear Of abolitionists or late Of Rcpubli
cauE.
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Flor;da
are ali counted on rs ccrtaiu, and rs ths
tlily certain ones in the secession movement
III .Xo,{1ern aa,xAoldfng Statex are nos seanted
nor did they originally enter into the disunio1
programme. They are expected to 50 b.
themselves. They want a tariff to protect thei
rapidly increasing manufactures, which tn
cotton States will never give.
ut is thus seen that there arc radical rcason
for accession In tho States which really lntcnt
to secede, outside the Republican triumph
And in 1hcse rcasone, rather than any fear O
abolitionists, cxi4fs the real atrengM and 'ltalit.
of fllc movement i.