Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-23

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%ucople," as the great Napoleon said Of the Eng
fish, when he proposed TO ruin Great Britain
bv the exclusion of her fabrics from the Cont
ucnt. Ills arbitrary DEGREES against. British
commodities, might readily have brought even
corn growing Great Britain to want Of money
and 10 terms OF peace with imperial France, if
the profits of trade had not tempted Russia To
brave the vengeance with which he might en-
! dcayor to visit An iniraction OF his anti-colu-
mcrcial policy. And it is in the power Of the
South, by sin,ble financial pressure, to convey
to New England in Il few months hence, just
such an understanding of her true position MS
she ought to have on a clear recollection OF the
financial panic Of 1851, during which, week
after week passed over the heads OF many man
ufacturers without the sale of a single pieceo OF
goods. And how different at that tire was the
condition of the South? and how different must
it always be under 4 state Of monetary pres.
sure? The great r~evulsion Of 1857, which
pervaded Europe Is well rs America, checked
but slightly the prosperity Of the cotton States.
Why: Simply because cotton is an article OF
| prime necessity in Europe rs well rs in Anne.
, rica. The Investments of Great Britain alone
in the manufacture Of cotton, are seven lun-
dred and fifty millions, which is nearly equal
to one-fifth Of her great national debt and the
incubation Which that manufacture employs is
estimated at 5,G0U, 900, or nearly one.fiith otthe
/ popula;ion Of the island: and even without such
British, or other foreign demand for her great
staples, the South could feed upon her own
agricultural resources, could import some
~luyurics Tor the use Of her whites, and could
produce by domestic labor the coarse and SIM
pie clothing which 4 population Of African
siarcS requires. We, therefore, see no practi-
cal difficulty in rcbuking, without delay, that
dangerous asccndancy Of New Nnglanl prejr-
dice, which has shaken conIidcl:cc, and lnarrcd
iraicrnal concord in our land.
Some persons may suppose that the great
Com!nonweaiti;s Of New York and PcnnsyiTl.
nia have Republican pIoc!ivitics, and will back
up New England against the South. The wri.
ter is prnulng these pages bclure the ELECTION,
but hc is b3li to say that, let it go as 1t may.
the people of his native State will, in the day
oI trial, treat the Imaginary equality Of the ne
gro us Il ridiculous abstraction, in behalf Of
which no one is willing 10 do more than to at
tend Il political meeting, and there htlzzah ii
the right time, in hope Of getting 4 tariff amidst
the disruption Of Old political parties. Weare
nut enthusiasts, nor fanatics, hereaboutS. We
have seen the blacks from childhood, free
backs, lazy blacks, good hurnorcd and very
srrYiccable, but hardly our equals. Moreover,
We make no money ont Of New England, al.
though she has Shrewdncss enough to make
our merchants pack-hOrscs to carry her goods
10 the West and South Vest, and has. by her
commission agents in our midst, the virtual
control Of many Of our banks. to the injury Of
those institutions, and Of our own community
alike. We had good reason 10 conclude amidst
tic Developments Of Insolvency, secret rs wcil
as open, which 1857 made in our midst, that
our commission business for New England ben
fits her, and impoycriStes us; that she gets our
negotiable paper and turns it into money 10
BAY FOR her cotton, and to scatter in wages
amongst her own population, whilst We are left
during distress for money, high ana dry, with.
out cash or comfort from Western or South
Western sh0pkccperS, whom We have indus
triously drunmcl up rs customers for those
goods On terms Of payment virtually lat their
" convenience" We have become c%onvinc.
cd that New England has so much need Of pro-
fit from manufactured goods. her almost cXclu-
sirc resource and means of living. that she
cannot spare q good living cut OF those goods
to PHILADELPHIA, or amy other city Of the Midi
die Statc%; and what We say in respect To Phil
a~lrlptl;a, wcll.inIormcd merchants OF Ne"
York will confirm in respect to the commercial
metropolis, which lives richly, not on the man.
uracturcd products of New England, but on I
the agricultural resources 81 the West, and tir,
raw material Of the South, and as for the STATE
Of -Ner Y0ri, she must follow the lead and
interest Of tic CITY e. Nae York on any lucs-
ton which. involves profit and loss. The whole
commercial and banking system Of the Empire
State hangs upon the metropolis. So long AS
the great city stands erect, the interior Of the
Commonwealth is solvent and prosperous; but
when, rs in 1857, the commercial centre stag e
gers, Il far greater trembling ~IrrYades every
channel OF her circulation, ana p~aralyses every
Of her members.
In speaking Of New Englands industry, re
have dwclt manly on her dry goods as hcing T
her chief production. The commercial position
of her boots and shoes, her hats, her hardware, I
and her notions generally, is not materially
from that Of her dry goods. Nearly
all that she produces is for sale on long and
easy credits, within the borders Of the United
She has little export demand for the
bulk Of her commodities; and most Of her c!t!.
zens consider some incidental protection b.
means of n tariff for rc"cnuc an almost indis-
rensable prop Of their manufacturing prosper
ity. Now il Seems 10 us that Il land thus tic.
pendent on good will from, and exchange Of
GnllUlUslllitS VI l oIiiI6 SiukNo VI h"S 'iSt'
understand her W interests too well
to cnicaror to cxalt her pseudo.ph;!snthropic l.
preiudiccs over the manifest rights Of States,
which Gun easily raise all their own bread. +
which have abundant stores Of coal and iron \
ready for Development, and which have cotton.
Il ca.A article, in monstrous excess over all
reasonable wants Of their population fer manu-.
featured goods, Of any and Of every sort. -,
We think that we may confidently look 70" 7
no other warfare from our great sectional feud !
than that civil and financial onr, in which we :;
have endcavored to Show that one Of the on l.
batapts vii! be found 10 he surprisingly weak, 7
whilst the other is surprisingly strong. We =
therefore respectfully suggest that our E"il!sh :
hre,hrcn need not consider us Us near the very :.
throcs Of dissolution. We especially desire 10 ;,
calm the nerves of Lord Grey, who not long :,
ago undertook = prove to an attentive house. +
that too many voters would shortly be the nh y
controllablc instrument Of ruin in the United
States. His Lordship had probably forgotten g,
about thirty years ago, under the ministry =,
OF q certain Earl Grey, This own father per, !
hans Great Britain was supposed to he on the y
verge of rrvoluti1ii. because al extension OF !
or, in other words. the great Reform :
Bill. was ncgaticr,l in the House Of LORDS \
uc0rlc Of Great Britain, the great mass OF :,
her commercial and manufacturing citizens. !
were determined Ia bc represented in pa'iia' &.
ment. Such men a> Grey. ami Ru>>r'l, anil 4
Brougham, and Macarlay, h"l ~!eci':e'! that f
.ihyDuga Parliament. ~ "'er Parliament 'hr D.,
reform bill should am! w"ui'! ic Carried. l;!i T.
the Lords were ""t ~r"ai'ni '"r ali thai, Ihry =
stood upon their Fr"r"Gativr A. Il distinct ana i
independent branch Of the l.esis!ain!r; and r
they declined t" confirm lie bill which the
Commons has. passed. During Se'rF"i !asS. A.,
the two houses stood ..lmrt. liz hopeless Hi;d "p' 4,
~parcn,ly iI-cconciieah!c "rp'si'''n; and IT,"
trade Of I.ond"" Stasnaie'' aud ""s |
about to pass imto Will panic "r1"r the dread E
of revolution. Be-, tn: ministers 'ttt'c C:"rn =
adopted a simple aud "i>e, lh"l:'' r":.'t.~e'it> |
m rxtr.n,c measure. Ear, t;:c, q,ii,,3y IL.