The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-29
THE SOUTHERN PROJECT IN PARIS.
Appeal from their C0mmf ssioners to the
French Government.
Paris correspondence lJuly 10y of ha Naw Adver

have obtained copy Of the letter 20 the Minister Of
Usolnmefce py tne Ron u Butler King Commissioner Of
the stae Oh GeorgIa 10 which brief aiusion was made
my letter Of Tuesday last learn moreover that this i'm
porfant pamphlet has been in print nearly month and
hghfuneonaries OF the French government the members
Of the corps dpootqae and ndivdua favorable to the
Confederate cause IL at least probable that some know
ledge Of ,s publication has hitherto reached the United
States or this latter fact however, by no means
certain; and pursuing the course which appears
mo proper under the circumstances translate
French covers twentys pamphlet pages, and
Is followed bya series of considerations on the neces
sy OF establishing at early period az possible, d
rect line Of transa!s: steamers between France and
the confederate States Of whole terminal
ing with al appendix, containing copies Of ING !aw ~
connection between Georgia and the federal Union was de-
cared dissolved, the Official warrant of Mr. King, Com
missioner to Great Britain France and Belgium and the
commissioners instructions from Governor Brown
In his letter to the Minister Of Commerce. Mr. King be-
gins by offering some explanations relative to the funda
mental bases Of the Union its formation and the mode Of
action, (which he says, do be understood -
Europe, and soar msincrpreed place in orh,
the right Of separation possessed by the Stat of the
The States created the federal COVER ,,ns,, M, 20
make 1t their master but only kei- renresantn y
They conferred upon certain fully sHadp no nd
delegated IL TO discharge certain clry dssn.t
There the delegation ends. Wnen Tbc th;rt.a, Enish
colonies Of North America declared their independence
pendent States" During the war Jndenendcnce thew
were governed by the Articles Of Confederation The
h 90, 10, 10 ~ Nv les Jet modified this state Of
an assembly charged to d. .v mn nroiert of consti,n
ZION or he purpose OF forming "a more perfect unionv
In TINS assembly a which each State had one voice the
isS7 adopted, and afterwards ratified,
tain ,oy, by the different States. 1t contains only
to united and specified powers, leaving and admitting
ase all shs powers not spec.d in the text of tho
Some Of the States waited three years before
tSriEg the Union. Georgia herself allowed a certain
period TO eapse before accepting the federal govern
ment." When Georgia finally did ratfy the consttu-
ton, January 2 1Iss Mr. King maintains that her people
did not abrogae the right which it then possessed and has
never lost o leave the Union us had entered it, by
vote of the people legally expressed in the exercise of its
sovereignty" Such the law How has it been nterpre
tedp The Northern States have pcrsstenty attempted
give TO the constitution Illegal extension, and to the
executive power the character In some sort OF an uni
tied power In thus acting for the benefit Of their
merce and manufactures they did not hesitate to whiting
ly exaggeate the meaning Of the constitution to the de
trment Of the Southern States producing and agrcu
tual country which they sacrificed to Nr selfish policy
This struggle has been going for thty years. during
which other questions Of still more Wit Importance have
arisen which the Northern States have crafy employed
to ensure the triumph Of their projects and impose
toms legislation based upon tariffs always protective and
often prohibtory.
Turning to tho commercial aspect of the subject Mr.
King says
European nations long accustomed to consider the city
of New York as the great commercial mart Of the United
States, still believe that the wealth prosperity of the
American Union depend exclusively upon the wealth
commercial prosperity Of the Northern States Nothing
is more ase and present political circumstances require
from not only the interest Of the South but still more
Of Europe, to clearly point out the which have
produced this accumulation Of riches and To distinctly
establish the origin Of this marvellous prosperity Of tho
Northern States. These causes, plainly indicated, will
prove to European nations how easy would be for them
to assume toward the agricultural States Of tho South
the commercial and financial position Of which the
North has been In possession up to the present time.
soil iufertiie in its nature, and an anfavorabe
climate, limiting the agricultural production the
necessities of local consumption rst urged the Northern
States TO seek fortune in and industry They
seso the the SDEE ~ the @
petey excluded from the coaeting trade, saddled
with tonnage duties. The development OF the marine
OF the Northern States constantly demanded more sailors
and high premiums given to those engaged in the
mackere and cod sheres under the pretext that
necessary to create reserve, for the coast defence
Mr. King then gives account Of the rise OF uanufac-
lures In New England, with the 6rs tariffs voted by
cessve Congresses down to 1928 the fiscal law OF which
year $3.50 ourageousy violated the principles Of taxation
fixed by the constitution and the justice due the Southern
States, that the latter offered resistance whose vigor
threatened the existence Of the government itself This
resistance gave birth TO the tariff of 1885, well known
under the name Of the Compromise tariff, which the
the North obliged to concede to the South
to calm the irritation. The compromise Of 1888 did,
deed satisfy the South but 1t excited in the Northern
States resentment which has been
gushed They have always desired To be reyenged and
have sought return to the system Of high protec-
tive duties This question Of economy is at the bottom
first position and has at last ended that separation
which 1t was on the point Of causing thirty years ago If
dominates all othors would suffice point the pre-
cipation with which the Morrill, tariff passed the
momsnt the cotton States had left the Union.
1.-The compromise Of 1888 provided TINT the custom
duties should annually decrease until $780, when they
were To be reduced to twenty cent ad vsorem. But
in 1912 the protective system again restored the
duties diminished thirty per cent ad valorem in 1886
10 descend to twenty four per cent in 1851 From that
time forward the protectioniss sought TO ally themselves
with all the factions q the country To obtain possession
Of the government they offered farms to the German
Irish and proposed to give to everybody The
election Of Mr. Lincoln finally demonstrated TO the South
that understanding existed among the Northern
to carry on against the South Of opinion be
cessary by force Under these seeing the
useessness Of the struggle the Southern States Withdrew
Mr. King then endoavors show from the census re-
ports and other the contributions Of the South
Northern industry
The manufacture of cotton under the protective sys-
tenn from 04s $40 in 1920, reached $50 10l s53 in
1880 increase Of 300 per The States of New
York and Massachusetts, have published their statistical
reports for 1855 compared with those Of 1850 they testify
to marvellous development Of the industry Of those
States The manufactured products Of Massachusetts
1905 $40 $751; nearly 200 per cent increase in five
years In 1850 the production Of the State Of New York
was sss so4 4o3 in 1856 1t had reached 1917 ss,
more than 400 per cent From the official statistics Of
1850 appears that these two States manufactured
h Hs soss IS nsseqf s sass E sas 4a
the North amount TO 81 ,230 GOO, 600, Of which
about $500 100000 are exported to the South
This wonderful developenent OF the manufacturing
industry OF the North dates from the peace Of 1916 1t
has been produced by the protective system, which, i'm
posing hcavy duties upon Foreign manufactures, thus
offered premiums to home productions 1t gave to the
Northern States monopoly Of the Southern market CIV
Ing to them also, average bftft tr enty Ave per
cent goods Of Northern manufacture The New Eng
land States, though essentially devoted manufactures
produce, with the exception of small quantity Of wool,
none of the raw material necessary to their industry
Nor do they produce either coal, iron or grain The
Of 1850 shows that they produce only s5 worth of
agricultural products per capita, which is insufficient for
their cwR consumption An able pubiicist Of Boston has
established that in 1885, onehird OF the -four and Eve
seventies Of all the wheat sold at Boston from South
Thp not DD1y North Ctut..
cotton tobacco and sugar. but 1t also furnishes them
enormous quantities Of corn rice potatoes flax timber
-four grain, cattle and other articles. According to the
Of 1850 the number of beads Of cattle in the South
and North, respectively, was:-
Head
Difference in favor Of the South ,..... 414 hQ3
The concentration Of commerce in the CITY OF New YORK
and the extraordinary developement of the manuaclr
ing industry OF the Northern States obge the people Of