Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-03-29
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6 { HoHfHEaN DIfrIouITrEs

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There are Ssoine al d1iiaaii6dIti ies attending thi
collection Of the Ievenoe inithe Ssecedinl
States which il viii be well to.Iook Ct saty
tentively. - .$S sr.3.;..s - Z
That either the revenue from duties rnus
beco collected in the ports Of the rebel States
or the ports must be closed to impostations
from abroad is generally. admitted II
nei.her Of these things BE done our revenue
lays Are substantially repealed; the sour.
ces which supply our treasury will be dried
ISup; we shall have no money to carry on
the Government; the nation will become
bankrupt before the next crop of corn is
Iipo. There will be nothing to furnish
means Of subsistence to the army; nothing
to keep our navy aAoat; nothing:to pay
tie salaries Of the public officers the pre-.
sent order Of things must come to dead
stop. Allow railroad iron to be entered at
Savannah with the low. duty Of ten per
cent, which is al that the Sontheren Con
federacy think Of laying on imported goods
and not an ounce more would be imported
at New York the railways would be sup
Fplied from the Southern ports. Let cotton
goods, let woolen fabrics, let the Yaious
manufactures Of iron and steel, be entered
freely at Galveston, at the great port at the
mouth of the Mississippi, at Mobile, at Sa-
vannah, and 1T Charleston, and they would
be Immediately sent up the riyers and car
ried on the railway 70 1.-The remotest parts
of the Union. Nay, they would be sent
directly from these ports by sea to Balti-
more, Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
sbopkeepers would be supplied with their
silks j, and laces from the same quarter.
The shoe shops wouldsbe furnished with
their assortment from the French stalls and
the hatters' shops would Be filed with the
work of French artizans which have never
paid apenny to: :the Government.
When these and other kinds of merchan-
dize were once in the country, there would
be DoaMay 10 prevent their free CIRCULATION
and sale in every part Of the United States.
The Mississippi and &its great tributaries,
The long raifways reaching fSonf one ex----
tfemity the Union to The other, the ac.
tive feet Of merchant vessels employed in
orr costing trade swoda rapidly convey
the uhsaxed merchandise te the most dis
taut peigbboth fsopr great domain.
The Government, silheus special authorii-
fzationf from gpagt gtass, wilrhave no power
toscreste a line OF custom houses alopg the
North garslina aud Tennessee frontier, or
Is sovsssr / ihssA ykansas border with stations
ofssevenue officers te intercept the con-
trabapdists. The whole caantry5 woutl be
eiYsn 10 an nsimmehpse System Of smuggling,
wbicll, on hear two thou and miles of coast
would meet: with no obstacle, Or sintertup.
ton, or tdiscouragements - sa''.':: . &:
To protect the interests Of fSthe. Federal
treasury, something must Be done. The
general expectation tseams;to be;that the
tduties Will Be collected, On board Of armed
vessels a .thsiait aitfsrent ports Of entry the
seeding States. re our readers aware
what q feet this would require There are
Esesen eo|isciion districts in t6e little State
lof Florida slone there afe lons 10 SA Aialss.
iBama. At every pott there; mist BE. 4 cpl.
Isleetor, vith Die army pptsisss elsrksjj
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