Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-13

The Policy and Prospects OF ths
southern Confederation
From Tee New York Herald
The Southern Confederation is marching
steadily on with its organization, and the pol
icy which it is inaugursting promises to add
stability to its existence and dignity to It's tu-
ture. There are many features about this new
Government which are calculated to invest il
with advantages superior to those which the
/ Northern COnfederacT enjoys In the hrsi
I place Il is maintained BY able statesman hat
we at the North can boast OF more OF the DEM
/ sgogue class in the composition OF cur Gov
eminent than Of that higher order Of patriots
l which shine so brilliantly in the ranks Of the
early founders OF the republic.
Jefferson Davis, the President Of the South
ern Confederacy, is a soldier as well as a
statesman. He il firm, bold, quick and daring.
/ Mr.. Stephens, too, is gifted with ine intel
I leet. and the wisdom which dictated The selec-
/ tion Of conservative minds for the cabinet 10
! The exclusion Of the more ultra politicians Of
/ the South, forms a striking contrast with the
! party animus that inspired the elevation Of
certain extremists to seats in the cabinet coun-
| el Of the Administration at Washington. The
/ Southern Confederaey now comprises seven
I States, wi'h a total population Of over Eve
millions, and should subsequent events drive
/ the border slave States into coalition with
I those already seeded consummstion which
! the latter are endeavoring TO bring sbout-the
I ConfedsTscy will be composed Of fifteen SOW
/ ereign States, with population Of u ,433, 400
or nearly two-thirds Of the population Of
I the Northern Confedersey Of nineteen States.
/ The population Of the seven States now united
under one government is distributed as follows
south Carolina. 1851
torlaa ls9ss
Alaoanla ......s----.s---- sti
Louisiana. ee6 4sl
Mississippi
Texas, ...s....s--- 'l1aao
oss i54
The southern government, It viii be seen, is
making active preparations to strengthen itself
l in case dfficuity should arise with The north
ern administration. An army is now being rap
| idly organized and equipped. By the adoption
OF the old and somewhat equitable tariff Of
the United States, the South has gained an i'm
mense advantage over the N0rth, az many arti-
cles Of foreign merchandise will be excluded
| from our ports By the exorbitant anc in some
cases prohibitory duties imposed BY the Nor
rill tariff; and thus, while importasions viii
/ fall away in the northern cities, they viii in
crease and are even now Increasing in the ports
Of Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans and
Charleston. At the same time that foreign
nations are seeking more friendly ports with
their goods, the products and manufactures OF
the Northern States will be subjected to an
equal dgty with foreign manufactures on the
southern border measure which will prove
protective Of southern industry and enterprise,
as well as productive Of considerable revenue
to the South.
Again, in the matter Of expansion the South
ern Confederacy has much the advantage over
the Northern. There are the cotton lands Of
Mexico, which, in the ordinary course Of
things, NAV probably be absorbed by the south
ern section, and ultimately, no doubt, Cuba
also NAV be annexed 10 the adjoining free
States on this continent, and thus enjoy that
Independence, as member Of seit-governed
empire, for which her people have been 30 long
pining: in which event the Gulf Of Mexico
will be transformed, as it were. into al inland
lake, and the commsrce ef the tropical States
Of both North and South America will find
ready and profitable mart for their products in
the various ports Of the Cult The rich re-
sources Of Mexico and the South American
States can thus be developed for the benefit Of
the southern Confederacy, instead Of being
converted, ss they are now, to the profit OF
England AMI France BY means OF the regular
steam communication kept up between them
and these latter countries. The statesmen Of
The South are not bliRd to the Importance Of a
closer intimacy with Mexico and the republics
Of Central and South America, which has been
restricted heretofore by the selfish policy Of
northern politicians: and now that they are Al
liberty 10 act FOR themselves they will no doubt
sndesvor to divert the trade OF those countries
from European channels into their own ports,
even il their policy should not involve immedi-
ate measures Of annexation.
And to counterbalance this adhesion OF COM
mercial or territorial strength to the Southern
ConfederacY, what has the Northern Confed-
eracy to fall back upon? Nothing but the an
nexation OF the British provinces. And what
reason is there 70 expect that anything short
Of annexation will increase the advantages
which our contiguity to British America now
insures us? We cannot hope for any inordi-
nate growth Of inter-trade with the British
possessions. Unlike the southern government,
we at the North can open up no new fields Of
enterprise such as the unfallJwed fields OF Mex
leo, Central America and the South American
republics afford to the ssgscity OF the Southern
States. Wanting a convenient market for
their products, much Of the most valuable re
sources Of these tropical countries, both in
mineral and agricultural wealth, have been
neglected; but with the adoption Of a liberal
policy and the establishment Of a regular CON-
municstion on the part Of the Southern Con-
federacy, there may be no limit to the riches
they are capable Of developing, most Of which
will certeiRlT inurs to the benefit Of that gov
ernment which encourages its development.
Apart, then, from the mere question Of terri
torial acquisition-whieh would seem almost
inevits ble-the South has a splendid opPortu-
nifty Of building hersefup BY availing itself Of
the commercial resources Of adjacent coun-
tries.
Thus, By the calm and dignifsd setion Of the
new government, by the enrolment Of a nu-
mercus and patriotic army, BY the adoption Of
a favorable tariff, BY al the advantages which
surround il, the Southern COnfederacy to-day
gives promise Of permanency and prospeTi-
ty which those who rely upon the success Of
coerciVe measures TO bring the seeding States
back into the Union cannot well despise. And
vet We can find nothing foreshadowed in the
dim and half defined policy Of Mr.. Lincoln but
coercion, so far as the ambiguous language Of
bis inaugural stands the test Of anslTsis-co-
ereion If be can, federation IL be must.