Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-18
RICHMOND WHIG.

VOLUME IS.


obces us order to prevent public opinion being sur
-is,d by event. 20 abandon the discussion Of secondary
at- aud arrive az at by lar the most lmpOt,ut
1re4iou which is proceeding rapidly from moment To
moment towards being submitted 90 the decision OF the
governments Of Europe.
The American Union exists no longer. South Carolina,
Georgia Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana Texas aud Flo
ID ga are the moment 40 which We write, assembled u
Convention 10 Montgomery, with the OBJECT OF forming
new Consideration. Ia entering on bis functions Nr.
lincoln wI 6ud himself face 20 face Nth another Con
el,raton regularly constituted, which De viii b9 obi
gel TO recognize independent nation OF reduce 10y
force OF srms.
Tb, time for recrimiastou is pas phlosophc asprs.
tons however seductive they may be-, must vanish be-
for, reality reason commands to master thcm, that
SIC mIy before us q situation OF ahucS in which
more general interest is involved fer the
Il. t.LrI'.1t M tf tHorttlq rf PEE dDorS ot Europe de-
u I lJ tie rscegriioH Of Us 'rAVlisacs and clag-
ay1 place aaanQ hs al'ioas Of me globe.
n presence of chat approaching eventually it appears
10 , ad sgeusabe To- give rapid sketch ct the imp0r
tarce OF this confederation
The Southern States, 20 the number Of fteer COM
mis-. slpeia.-s OF a million Of square miles vi h q,
cai.1g tbe portoa o, common territory 20 walsh the
separation Will eat.,ie them. They extend the
CO.'S. ON jhe Chesapeake 90 the Gull OF Mexico into
watch the Mississippi empties Itself, al,er course OF
400 miles through Lou sa1a, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Henucky NJ ,sour aud Arkansas presenting the Ouly
uJsma and economic means Of transport for zoe pro-
dlc'i5ns Of considerable portion Of the Western
safes.
Tae.r population. entirely devo.ed to agriculture on
Lr-e .cse amounts 20 more than twelve millions OF u-
ati.tnts. Their principal productions 5,des building
Gabe very much esteemed a, the North, and even IN
Europe are tobacco, sugar, rice, and cotton The cot
ton crop annually, i5ou 900 bales, rep
re,-u,ug th- sum Of s1uuulnUu. SlNOuuotuo
R.,e zlUoJUUuG 5000 ju0
Tobacco luvUU"o1'@ 2ooVo'o'
Scar 15uuUUuOs l5UunuJU
F5oI munitions Of war aU,uU1uvoC 6Uuouto
Total ll"OuUuuUpi. S22t uuUtuu
hr, portion OF tbc products figure nov In the eN-
p1, uade f,om the ports Of Nca York, Boston, aud
pa0lpbis where thev are stored before crossing The
Atlantic
r- i,.rs,,, cr ro,Yl,tol on , soil where the uuin-
b,j and roc,ltv,ed p,-s far slrpass the qulati,y
Of ,ltimrl lands being u..m9,l,d r ia reasonable 70
.,.. tl,s ID, a ,,ur, more or I,s, remote hc figures
o. ,,-,t,r nd i,g alton ,vili follow Irgcre. sion
r.r,r.I 10 tbc increase Of population.
The nra,tlr-..of tls rtr confederation IS tt-u iH',-
a,... tiaif .p b Ear,psll Interests iH gH.rf and
F.a.l interest, i1 particular. Ali those Sates, We
nav. .ld ar, producers II uecesstri.s aud consumers
OF -srlC,c.rrrd productions Ia time they will extend
t..i- r-,lr.. .ot. and ,og.ump,iou
All tlrir p,rs will be- open 10 the commerce Of the
rol aud + Franc. kuaas pos 10 profit by that favor
stl. r.gulir. which facilitates the tutting in prlc.
a'', ~ -, in,e,gr,,rl H., lie
T,1-,ror bsr trade NAV. notwithstanding distance, Lc
come fp. iIe ,otlu.i itor with that Oi tine Northern
S.s. f- lcr prou ..ions aiways In demand ia foreign
49,. viii .sd b.s.e.. iu III. dim .r,rc. Of thr manu-
..,.1, -.i., s,, advantage u.a aa she cu.t tom Cu.
,ri IN riI ., ,rte lI, a.l bg aav Of repri,al be
Ir,.-4 o1 rer. u5i. coming i,ui ,he Northern tcpub-
b. .f ,.l,-, ron.iis-,.l. market 10 Fegch goods.
w S.t,-,. Es.t. {,a-r Is bs,.E. f.fs! o. BE-
,f.,.. ,,u,.I. .JtsIl. lfg.a.t5 f....!t.
- L..'.F . aim. g.. "a r..-.rf. a'i f5. sf-
-l. f-.,..,r. $50. '..5a. --E .-t.t a.r, a-.su-
t.,.y.. ~ t ,t. ...llf-f,. .f ti- Nar.L ir e5r-t
-..~. 90, .,,..., ..,f... Distraction ti- S. i,5-
. , .i ..l L,.,5s Goa. id at 10 fsfth5ut ilsf ua.-.
W. ,o I,-s.r ,I an are thank God wren it was
md bo,.. Of sayipg b-tr said lfom the tribune,
.tp.-.s5 the r,I,,ia- r,tl-r team q principle
r.. r,,ri,1l,,, tb, d,.c'1paents 20 which We have
I "A IN, attsnrio OF our readers and economists may
bs ,...,d a,d arranged under certain utersoguor.s:
D. lan ElrJp, to-iiy do without Ams lean cotton:
Size already ,rrertlius friendly relations With Brszl,
p,.,, p.., tl. litl of C4ll Manila countries which
Owe tr rr,.r.ry 90 similar institutions. auj mosr-
~ ,.i . Il, r,.,ss s5.-o. be--u,. &c IS the uroduc-
'lb5r sy.ts.a which .lc di-auuro,e,s Evidently
r-tt-- --ri r...r. from, B., O.. dancer to ,6, ~
t ,.. .t.,s.-. ,rtI .,I.. r.,y1.U. o. tbe
,l.s.- l- .,..t 4, i.{ material p,.a 4i. H..
- q s.r. "a. comm. l,,s.s-t ,f tbis c-utr,, 10,
,r,,. Nth ts. is-r.1,s of c.tt.l Istot t,c cot
o f-,, os E.aIinF aud especially that OF Lancashire,
Sufficiently critical condition 0read, 10 inspire fear
o. m -.rus d orders resulting from tse distress OF her
orrrt.iytsy
% there czi,i another soil aud another climate so
MI si ....j 4 to the euI.grc OF cotton
For many uators. TO EagIlai has long sought in
vain far g, solrtior o.. tLis probl m.
Fi- F-,ug, We. which, more Fortunate poss, s'es Al
rcrl bu which clulot count on crop sufficient Or her
ovu consumption until aer the psopuug OF that colony
and series Of agricultural studies and experiments IN
tle acc.imatiz ,'j0n o, cotton ON African soil.
OUGHT On deprive uu. commerce aud trat o. the
.ataint- OF ey hanging r productions aug transport
il, chem directly betN oa frc- and ae Southern STATE s.
aud sacrifice interests oilnDrtut 90 question OF false
plIAatbrOpvT No lJ|.r ought. ou che contrary, 20
-tlp this opportunity ot extending s,r comtIo rc. ret
tsrs ah ti.ln with sjea 70 employ che Influence
selling from i- which Wold Doe thr obtaining by dtg'ee7
add .g s more humane Eud pCiitis manner change D"
..s,r svsf.r. of labor instead u proceeding like the
N-tfer- State and masking 10 question OF ruin and
..,i.,f ,t D.. that Hr5 the eu,-l American question:
vtl.b sentiment alone cannot r,soyea mAlDer sats
f..o-y to al the great Interests d sake.
B-' in swatug ths Sc results, which Mould Low roa.
I'D, cordial rec0m- given - lsope 20 the new Con-
t{r,-i, Ist true u,luthrJpi,s bc assured they are
wonderfully mistaken in regard 70 the real condition Of
the black OF the South We willingly admit that their
error "a pardou.b'e for they have learned the relations
OF master and slave from the work Of Mr. Eeeshes
stose Shall we ook for that condition IN the lCcuoa-
t,,s Of HAS romance raised 90 the iwpo.0u-e Of PHI
i.ogb, dissertation bu much rather inspired, uncon-
s,,iIr 10 the author by the desire " leading pu,hc
s1iro1 astrlv. of provoking revolution, ana OF le-
rss,.ts-r. rdarism AMI revolution romance Is
80. 81 fnrv which one cannot refute and which can
no. serve as bsss 70 any argument l1 our discussion
We must seek elsewhere for suhouus aud mates AL
Facts are eloquent. aud statistics teach Us that under
the superuteuttuce OF those masters, 80 cruel and so
terrible If ~, ar. 20 believe Mrs StOEe the black pop
Ito, NJ tbe south increases regularly 10 greater pro
f-.o- ti.r tfe Whit. while la the Antilles, IN Africa
r.