New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-23

menu ~ SUCH Time OF 8eneIh dihuPtioh aho
bankruptcy, in even the suIest enterprises. The
public credit finds itself equally unable to help
on these wise and benefcent measures Tor the
development Of the State. To come to particu-
lars, the promoters of Direct Trade announce as
necessary to the proper development OF their
scheme, the opening of the Harbor Of Brunswick,
long recognized as the best the Atlantic Coast
south OF Norfolk, and indeed the ealy one oner-
ing sufficient depth of water and 6xedness OF
channels and the building up there OF CONNER
cal interest of capital and connections sufficient
to compete successfully with other cities IN the
transaction of transatlantic trade. As ne
cessary preliminary to this, railroad con-
muDicatpns with the interior must DO
constructed For years this attempt has been
tagging along, with gait that has promised III
for Ultimate success. The Brunswick aud Al
bany Road, for twenty years past has been
yaiDiy cropping its way westward, seeking but
never finding that rich vein of traffic which was
to empty its golden current into the ncbie Bay
Of Brunswick. A generation Of spectators,
pvwn SICK at last with hope long deferred, dis
yusted with disappcintment-to say nothing OF
\ sss,d flies and free 6ghts-the only staples OF the
! Jecality-bave grown incredulous Of its future
tame, ard withdrawn the light Of their coante-
! nance from that particular quarter OF the ATTAIN
| tic coast. More recently, however, new enter
prise, fathered by more means, and conducted
with more energy, under tho style Of 1.-The
| Macon and Brunswick Railroad" has revived
the hopes Of brunswick. Changing the tactics.
and, instead Of going out from place where
n.tbpg was--the identical place, it may be SAID,
where niaa st-and trying at dead loss to bring
something into it, the effort now 10 to push
out from Macon-a city Of wealth aud enterprise
"a road which sball pay its own way, UNTIL BY
A bold rush through he pine barreis, it can
reach the "City Chat is to beg by the Sea-"
This enterprise, difficult enough IN itseif under
the most favorable auspices, does not announce,
in its present progress, the slOries Of Secession
Secession for Georgia is not procession for IT. 10
vain has it sought the countenauce Of the State
| duEnp the late session OF the Legislature. The
State has had to husband its resources" for
the sake of other matters more prs"ingly i'm
portant 70 the cause OF Secession. For the pres
ent, then, this cake Of Direct Trade remains un-
baked IL Is dough iDstead Of do-a Ought diff
ference to one ubacqnamted with the Epgll,h
language, but very significant to railread as well
as pathological experts. And what better does
next year promise for our Direct Trade trends
Does the political sky promise TO blow clear OF
| clouds by that time Will the up-ro!lng debt
Of Georgia allow Of more use of ia credit
then than now VIII privute capital be
more emancipat@d then, amId the hubbub d
political charges and reconstructions, and, per-
haps. the clash Of arms How long will these
thinse be lAely 10 pustpoDe the material ard,
| public and private, which, under the Union,
might have air, ady been forestalledf And while
au this deia, 10 suffered, Savannah and other
'ports in present operation mus, reap al the first
fruits Of Direct TTAde-wai concentrate its hr't
efforts, and absorb its interests. Thus. tle pre-
poadersnce they already possess, under the rr-
isting state Of things will be continued and
aggravated under the new, and al other com-
p-iitors viii have 70 labor under these additional
| vantages before they can resp any reward
Tor heavy outings and great sacrifices. How long
will this take, and how much VIII 70 c.sti
| Another serious dra VI back consists in the ex-
,s,euoe Of active State rvslrrs, made more sensl.
| i've ana stttpu"us W Soe W hoiPo VI "'S"'ksA-
ration "a. We must call It)-that Of State sey
ereigpt,--upon which The Gull Stat.s are attempt
| ing TO white. The feeling Of common na-
tonaty which Vas domn ant In the Union will
be exchanged for a sentiment of State PRIDE and
| i.alony Each State will strive 70 secure TO its
own ports the first slender beginnings Of FREE
trade Thu, its first eforts will b. dissipat-d
and weakened. The superior advantages OF
Brunswick rs a port a-o very obvious. They
are sufficiently Indicated in the fact that at New
Orleans bsbterage 10 necessary To the distance Of
| more than hundred miles, at Mobile for thirty
miles, ut Savannah for about twenty, but at
| Brunswick none at all 10 needed Yet Secession
will interfere for years with the opening OF
Brunswick Harbor. After this 10 at last sccom-
plisbed, the rivalres and interests combined
against it will tend still longer to delay its use
~ any great extent.
But Secession. in attempting to stop the veins
through which the hlsod Of Southern trade has
hitherto flown oGtward, has suieidally severed
a-o the arteries which bring down the life giving
| streams. The brunswick and Savannah roads
have been struggling ~ increase aud extend their
| North Western connections, counting largely upOn
the business afforded by the varieA products Of
the fertile area through which they ramliy. To
say nothing of the rival claims of Mobile and
| New Orleans, whose connections are quite as
direct and more complete, the apprehension has
already arisen tina all these expectations will be-
| disappol nted by tho recrennt turning NoItbward