New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-09
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The Richmond eva.) Enquirer, We are sorry to
see, comes out in an elaborate editorial article in
favor OF the expectation Of cotton. The neffici.
ency Of the blockade might make it an easy mat
ter to get of some of our cotton to Europe, but
there are questions involved of much higher i'm
port than the money which might be procured by
such step as this.
Z Before the war commenced we were threatened
by the North with the closing of our ports and the
opinion was entertained by the people Of that coun-
try that such thing would produce universal dis
tress and desolation among u.s. They said that we
we're under greater necessity to sell our cotton
than Europe or the North was to buy it, and that,
IN fact we could not live unless we did SELL it. We
would starye without provisions from the North
west, and we would suffer without the manufac.
lures of New England and Europe. The general
belief prevailed that we were to be put down. not
By armies on shore, but by bloekading fleets Of
our coasts: and we have no doubt if il matter
yof surprise with many uniformed people at the
North that the South is not on the verge of starva
ton. Some of them really believe that such is the
case at the present time.
Although we have suffered little Inconvenience
from the blockade, it would be worth a much
greater sacrifice than we have made, to dsabuse
the world of the idea that we are entirely depend
ent on the sale of cotton for the means Of exist
ence. That idea, long entertained at the North,
may have been also distilled into the European
mind, and may have influenced British policy in
regard to the American struggle We, here, know
how falacious It is, and it will be worth much to
us, for the future we'll as the present, to con-
| vince European nations of the fact. We believe
that, without raising or selling pound of cotton,
the South would still be one of the richest and
most prosperous regions on the face of the earth.
tits a good idea, now that other ends are also to
be subserved by it, to show that selling our cotton
is not an absolute necessity to us, that we ask no
fayors in regard to its purchase, and that we are
well aware that the consumers buy it of us not
from favoridsm, but solely because their own IN
terests are thereby promoted.
Europe wants cotton, and the probability is that
the Lincoln Government has given some sort of
unofficial assurance that the cotton shall 90 for
ward before present supplies are exhausted
Obviously, it is our policy to show that the Federal
Government cannot control the movement Of the
staple, but that its disposition is something which
rests exclusively with ourselves We have de-
termned to burn it on the plantations rather than
the Yankees shall have bale -but if Europe wants
il, the way to get it is very simple. Let foreign
ships come here and take taway. If the North
makes objection, let them settle it among them
selves. That viii be no business of ours The
cotton is here, on the plantations, and we are
ready to sell it to any European purchaser who
will come and carry it off But it must 60 peace
ably ont Of the mouth of the Mississippi river or
will not go at all. We are entitledto the right of
sending it that way, and, standing upon our rights
we DO not intend that it shall go any other. Now,
foreign consumers think they can etalong bet
ter without it than we can by not selling, let the
experiment be made. We can demonstrate to the
world that it is not necessity to us to sell our
cotton, and it is important to us that this fact
shonld be demonstrated. We may suffer some fn-
convenience at first, but we do not count incon-
venenee when great question Of right is at stake
Undoubtedly, the sale tof our crop would
strengthen the hands of our people and Govern
ment, but do they absolutely need Strengthening?
The credit OF our Government is not impaired, but
is better, among its own citizens, than the credit
of the Federal Government is among theirs. Con
federate bonds to-day are higher in New Orleans
than Federal bonds are in New York. Let it be
recolected, also, that the money expended in this
war does not go out of the Confederacy. It is
paid to our own citizens and still enters into the
aggregate wealth of the, community. 1t is not
capital sunk, for which no results appear, but is
money passing from hand to hand, and always
available as long as our people are moved by the
same patriotism as now. The end of the war will
leave the Government in debit but it will be to its
own citizens, and the blessings of an independent
Government will be cheaply purchased, no matter
what the amount. Bat no possible cost of the war
would place it out of the power of the teeming
and productive South, in. ten years time, to cause
it to be unelt, even without imposing burdens upon
the people. 49, ... zs-,
The cotton States, of course, would be the prin
cipai gamers by the sale Of the crop, but it is the
cotton States which are opposadgto it. The good
of the Confederaey is their object. and no motive
Of present interest ontweighs that consideration.
They have gone into this movement with the de.
termination that it shall be successful no matter
what the cost or what the sacrifice Our people
have pledged their lives to it, for life would not be
worth having II we were subdued-and their spirit
revolts against anything that would play into the
hands, or subserve the interests, of the vile, mise
rabe and God.forsaken despotism that now rules
the North.