New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-13
rrlss elsssa sTaTIss AND EssaaE M ADta.

,rraE M sT sg'Es 5 AND sslsz aHa TRADE.
The distinguished correspondent Of the London
Times Rnssell in his last letter to that jour
mall sIis allndes to free trade and pio6t of sena9
for Douglas.
NH. Douglas, whose mental capacity is a splendid |
Of his enormous political activity, and
of % high political rank " unattaehed,' z is under
stood to be engaged on vast system for establish
ing duties all over the North American Continent |
in the nature of a Zollyerein.
tits his opinion that the North, in case of sepa-
ration, must fight the South on the arena OF free
trade--that the tariff must be completely altered,
and that the duties must be lowered from point to
point, in proportion as the South bids against the
North for the commerce of Europe, till the rednc-
lion reaches such point that the South, forced to
raise revenue for the actual expenses of Govern
ment, and unable to struggle against the superior
wealth of the North in such . contest, is obliged
to come to an understanding With its powerful
competitor. ana to submit to q treaty Of commerce
which shall include all the States Of the Noftn
American Continent, from the lsthrnus OF Panama
to the ice of the Arctic seas. The Canadas are, OF
course, included in such a project: indeed II IS
difficult to say where the means OF escaping lIoh
| their present embarrassment VIII not pc Sought Ny
4 the leading statesmen of America.
4 Mr.. Russell will probably learn in very short
4 time that the policy Of the South tends towards
absolute free trade and The abolition Of cnstom-
II houses. Tie retention Of the tariff 1857 was
4 a measure Of necessity. The Confederate Gov
Il eminent Was overwhelmed on all sides by pressing
business, and had they attempted to put in opera
ton d new system of revenue, they would have
4 Substituted confusion for regularity and derange-
n nent for order Therefore, they wisely continued
HI the old system, which was thoroughly understood,
while at the same time they proceeded to digest
and perfect plan of levying duties upon imports,
a whereby free trade, comparatively speaking was
a very nearly arrived at. No doubt this plan Will
be Improved upon and such alterations and reduc-
lions made. as experience may demonstrate to be
advisable as soon as the Congress gets clear OF the
M exigefleies which the Wanton war OF Lincoln mas
III thrust up0n them.
E. Ir. Russell will also learn another fact, which
neither the leaders of the North nor the states
men Of Europe have ever appeared capable OF
clearly comprehending. That fact is this: The
III impression has gone abroad that the North is the
M rich and the South the poor section, OF the late
I American Union. Nothing could be further from
the truth than this. The North has grown rich of
the patronage the use Of the products and legal
lied plumber of the South. This is the reason why
the North will not consent to a peaceabe separa-
u tion. This is the reason why the Abolitonists de-
clare they will maintain q Uaason-what wretched
Ipergersion Of d noble word by blood and bayo
r nets They know that twelve months OF separa
ton would show them up in their true eolors be
fore the world, while the maiigned South, for the
first time, would occupy her rightful position-tha
z of the richest country on the surface of the
4 globe--a country that can stand a more thar
d double taxation that any other country can stand
and still be richer in prosperity and resources thar
Z many other countries which now affect to deride
4 her poverty.
Long before the Government of Abolitondom
. can afford to relnquish its hold upon whatever du
|, ties upon the imports its people must have, and
Il can collect them the Government Of the Confeder
. ate States will have established revenue system
which Will approximate free trade SO closely that
it win be styled in England positive free trade
Then the superior wealth of the z South will be
acknowledged and the poverty of the North to
; the establishment of the Old World, be made mani
4 fest Wewant things to take this direction as soon
t as possible When we have peace and free trade,
j 4 we will soon learn the people Of the earth how
easily, how, withoutan apparent effort we can sup
port ourselves pay all our expenses, however
arge-and increase in all the elements of solid ant
enduring prosperity, in a degree that they now
I have no conception of.
All the South has ever asked for was faf
p chance an honest opportunity to display the mag
!, niticence and boundlessness of her resources
4 hampered by bounties paid to the North, tariff
enacted for the benefit of the North, and Norther
! incubusses generally and particularly. This she
) row about to have and thank COP for it.