Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-22

Of sister, to our Congress and say, we wan
more protection upon this or that article, an
she will, have no doubt, receive it. She vii
be met in the most frntcrnal and complying
! spirit.
! What is the state Of tho cotton trade? Tn
North by virtue of their manufactures buy ou
cotton They then take our cotton to Europe
they buy for it European manufactures; The,
| take these manufactures and carry them to boS
ton, New York or Philadelphia, whence the,
distribute to US and all over the continent. Blu
this all depends on the fact that they have man
ufacturcs 10 buy the cotton with. New York
! Boston and Phadelphia in fact, fa!ten upo
the handling Of cotton, and | ask why it's yol
do not avail yourselves of the advantages ~hcl
these possess; why llo you not take the plac
! Of New York, engage in manufactures, Sell u
! your goods, take ollr cotton and send 1t 10 Ell
rope for goods, and thus make this city Tin
centre OF the earth? know that in the out
set foreign imports would come direct 10 OH
ports, because you have not the manufacture,
goods TO buy the cotton with, and We wcul,
have 10 send the cotton direct 10 Europe. Bu
after 4 while you would have Il monopoly o
| our trade having all the facilities 10 build up
manufacturing business extensive enough 70
the requirements Of the whole country.
What would be the effect Of this? You
villages would grow into towns, and your towns
would grow into cities. Your mines woult
begin to be developed, and would throw thc
riches over the whole land; and you woult
see those lands enhanced, which you have nov
to give away, almost, for nothing.
say, then, it is in your power, by joining
our Southern Confrd.racy, TO become grc,
manufacturing empire. II you do not consider
our organization as it IS now made gooC
enough, 80 down to Montgomery, and say
change this in such and such form, and
venture to assert that they will meet you ir
the spirit in which you 20. rs things now
stand, there is great drain Of wealth from the
South 10 the North. The operation OF the
tariff, which 4; present averages about 20 pei
cent is to enhance the prices Of foreign good;
upon US to that extent; and not only foreign
goods, but domestic goods, - they will always
prescrrc strict ratio with the price charged
for in:cer imports. The South is thus heavily
taxed What the amount of tribute is which
she pays to the North in this FORM have not
accuratrl; ascertancd. Il is difficult to find
out how much tribute she pays in this
form, but from rough estimate which
Of goods consumed by the South a,
s25o,ooQ. 600 annually, slough Northern
gentleman puts it at $500. .00U, 600; but put.
ling 1t at $25v, 900, 900, the tribute which the
South pays to the North annually, according
TO the present tariff geo per cent? amounts to
$50, 6UU, 600 Then there arc the navigation
laws which give the North monopoly OF the
coaS,ing trade The consequence Of this mo-
:, Il, ,r1 tt,,t
tent enhances the price OF goods upon US. There
is the Indirect carrying trade, in which they
also have monopoly. Instead o! o1r goods
coming to us direct, they now come by New
York, Philadelphia or Boston. Last year the
amount of goods that came 10 the South by
this indirect route was about SI2 ,OUO, 600
which were not carried at a less cost Than
$1,000, ,0G0, which, Of course, had TO be paid by
us. In the matter OF expenditures we have
not more than one fifth allotted 10 US, whereas
we ought TO have onclhird. In 1860 the cx-
pvnditnrcS were $50, 900, 600, and the proper
ton Of this which is lost 10 us By an unjust
system OF discrimination amounts 10 nearly
$50. GOO. 600. This is perpetual drain upon us
AIr. BEsSISG then referred TO the drain in the
matter Of fugitive slaves, and proceeded to
ask what would Virginia gain by joining the
Southern Conirderacy? What, said ne. Is The
state OF things now on the border? Is it
such as TO prevent the escape Of slaves e
[, is not There is a remedy for this. The
state of things OF the other side of the line
should be such that slaves would not be in
duced Voluntarily to run of, and If they did,
that they would again soon gladly return. II
YOU were with us II would become necessary,
in order to collect our revenue, to station pnlce
officers all along the border, and haze there
bodies OF trooI,s. II could be easily made part
Of the duty Of these officers to keep strict
watch along there AMI intercept every slave,
and keep proper surveillance on all who may
come within the line Of particular localities. -
Is not that arrangement better than any iugi-
tive slave law that You could get: Most as
suredlY it is. If we were separated from the
North, the escape Of a fugitive slave into their
territory would be but the addition OF one saw
age To the number they have already. Q,augh-
teri Separate us from the North, and the
North will be no attraction to the black man
no attraction 10 the slaves. 1t is not from n
love for the black man that they receive him
now; but it is from hatred TO slavery, md
from hatred to the owners OF slaves.
Is not this better remedy than anything
that you can get out OF Congress or IN any iHTu
Of legislation?
As regards the Territorial evil, viii show
that the remedy for that 100, is in separation.
We want land, md have right 10 1t. How
are we to get our share Of il? Can We get IL
in the Union! Never Put what you please
IN the Constitution, you never can get one 'oot
Of that land to which you have SO just a claim.
Why? Kansas tells the reason. The policy
IF the Black Republican party is 70 have this
land settled up by those who do not own slaves
Their policy is the Homestead BILL You can
enjoy ali these things if you join us; and not
only that, bu. you can enjoy them IN peace
Cotton is peace. 1t is IN article OF lndIspen'
sable necessity to the nations OF tho "orld,
and thcy cannot obtain it without peace
Whenever there is war they cannot have 1t,
and will therefore have peace Join US, there
fore, and you will have the advantage OF en-
Toying all those benefits in peace.
Suppose you join the North, what can they
give YOU? Nothing. They will maintain, IN
The matter Of manufactures, competition that
will dcstr you. You cannot 60 into any
market in the world and compete with them
They have the start oi you, und you cannot
catch up. Flow will the with agricultural enter.
prize ? Manufactures give the most active ::tin:
ulant TO agriculture, and when you caraot build
UP manufactures, yon must suffer in your agri::
cultural pursuits Then there is the social and
religious aspect OF the question. Go with US,
and the irrepressiblc conflict is at an end. We
arc the same in our social and religious attri.
butes. We have common bible; we knecl at
the same altar, break bread together, and there
can be no difficulty between US on this score
Then there is the political question. Suppose
YOU Join US and also the other border States,
which they will, if you comc in. We SHALL
have territory possessing an area Of $50 or
900, 600 square miles, with moro advantages
than any similar extent Of territory on the face
Of the earth, lying as it is between the risht
parallels Of latitude and longitude, having the
rlirht sort Of coast facilities, and abounding in
every production that eau form the basis Of
prosperity and power
Mir. BssS,ss referred to the probability Of
the Pacific States forming distinct Conlede;
racy utter q separation shall once occur ano
-. a;,,,,.d hr;.pv nm thr general cOrTup.