The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-16

tried ard trusted friends, who en- that field OF
battle had yielded up their lives in defence of
their counry's rights. Gallant, brave and
lam2nt5d fellows, you could not have dled
more nobly, or in a neslsr cause"
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Th. Manufacture of American Salt In Case
Of War.
To understand how much the actual de.
pen6ence on a foreign supply OF salt can be
injurious to the Confederate States, in case 0.
war, VS. have frst to examine the general in
2uencs Of salt upon Internal relations, and to
kHow we'll Is unsuspscted weight in the bal
asce 0! power. Historical Testimony Is unani-
nous upon thts subject. and the experience of
mab kind Will be also cogrobora ted by tbs
double .rfal II the United Stats In the year
OF the1c political Independence, aud during
the second war with the mother coCutry
At every F-rioa in the history Of the
wsrl1, with every advance of civ'iizattJ N,
what dc we seeS The people who haze
abandoned 10 foreign nations ths supply
OF salt, vera chastlsed, sooner or later, Tor
their carelessGess. From tribe TO tribe
rs froh people to people, the control CT
lhis vital article has always given some as.
a,adahcy, and often an inevitable dominion;
for the manufacturer OF salt controls al
ways, in ssme respects, the health and So
eiAl well doing OF the people obliged 70 buy il.
Who rules, indeed, the Chinese popu'a lion, II
not he Tartar race, who, after their first in
terceurse with China rs sa1t-tTaders, becaTna
~ last rhe conquerors Of this Empire -
Thanks are due by these barbarians 20 the
their wilderness. by the use Of which they
csn tin ae their primitive trade; and loading
win salt innunerabie c3nels, taka in re-.
turn, the thread, linen and miiiet Of China {;
they bring back also with them the Obedi ence
OF their con <urners, because salt is the most
necessary article in all these exchanges.
Look at tina negro race in Atricl Who are
their rulers, il not the Arabs and II 0ors, mas
.ers of ine1haustibe salt lakes and mines,
whilst the poor Nigriuan is absolutely de
privsd of salt in the interior OF his deser ,s
Singular exception 10 the laws OF Providence,
who, after layiShing this vital element
throughout. the world, has refused il TO the
some Of Ham. Hence the NANTES tation CT Il
Few social law, which has estsbl sned the
most serious and instructive intercourse De-
tween tha tropical and northern population
OF Africa. The want OF salt on the one side,
and the esupsrabundance OF IL on the other,
have brought nearer, as IL Asia, III spite Of
sickiy AND i'm neenetraote soLtudss, the most di-
rsr-s2eu races. One born I'd rule, a. the oEhNr
10 aasy. or zach q relation the result was al
most iasvitabls. The superior race uses aud
abu5as its natural advaa tayas and as neces-
sity is superior to Utility, as lie prevails over
luxury and we'll being, the master of this
vital merchandise rules the market keceiv-
ing III return the gold dust and ivory from
The Nigritian, the Arabs and NJ )ors often
carry away the negro himself obliged to We
up his liberty because nature has made him
dependent on i foreign supply Of salt
The Engiish dominion n tho East Indies
produce L. the last cen,ury an ANALOGOUS
<GClAL PnsOOi0NEoi. " nSn the L1ercitGSs W
ren HsEtins established his exclusive and
dreadful monopoly Of sal. The tiIn0rous
AEiatio At this very time gives his Eaglish
ruler the title Of 1aGstsr or the Salt, sho wiag
by this Qualifca.io that salt Is regarded by
them "a the infai!ioIe index Of power and true
privilege OF conquest.
Such being the influential trade and produc.
tioa OF salt, what ought 10 be done BY 80 free
stroIg and far seeing a people as the Amer
cans, II not to manufacture all the 9uao thy
thai they consume At FIRST an Afterwards e1
change the residue with inferior races or
forsign cCuEtriesf Bat how short Is the indi-
geuous production from the present Consnmp
ZION in tie Confederate ard United States?-
Instead OF producing all their salt, they are
importing yearly II millions Of bushels, and
especially all the salt wantat for their
provisions ard Northern fisheries. Daring
1888, Ter Instance, New York i'm ported 5!2
$50 bushels OF toyeigu saltj Coarles1Cn bli l51
sesnels; SAVANNAH SIX, ,ses bushels, and SO on,
IN Priadelphia, NV Orleans aud other
places. So that tho total imp0rtat! IN causes
- saste OF two three millions Of dollars,
which certainly would De better applied TO in
t9rnal Improvements and cultivation of the
Sou,hern ses-coasts. Now, ask # tbs Goa
fsderate States are rich enough 70 pay for her
salt, as France for her Rloryf
We must even confess II frankly young
America, eoEf1ient in a dream of perpetual
peace, as much perhaps as In her productive
s'reng, n for every kind of wealth, does not
inquire about her consumption OF salt, either
foreign or domestic Very well ! Lei, If you
will. the greatest part of this vital element
remain in the hands Of the foreign counsries.
and believe in their sntents cordtois. Butre.
membsr, also, the heroic trial OF your iEde-
pendence, and the want and deficiency of salt
during your second war against your cid de-
nominatHs. Keep well the records yet living
or the 4 Atltntic shores aud teaching the
distress OF these hard times, whea your peo
pIs were tocKlug from the Allegheny moua-
tsins TO the sea coast to make, al heavy cost,
aud Ia limited quantity, from the ocean brine.
fais is worth your remembrance.
The hist tory Of the Southern States will en-
tighten par tic alarly the matter put before US
and recommended Itself as testimony Of
general experience 70 be repeated clear, pre-
else and conclusive experience which exceeds
all others as the most mournful summary
and faithful ex xpres-ion Of the grea+ drama Of
the American Liberty At this crisis SO in.
gepious in regard 20 the supply OF provisions
OF prime necessity, gunpowder and salt were
squaly wanted, and IL was urgent 20 manu-
faeture them both, at the double means of life
and vie Dry. European governments, Jealous
OF keeping their colonies under per petual vas
slASe, were also very well acquain ted vi n
the fiscal importance OF the salt they were
manufacturing 1T the lowest price and sup
plying ~ the highest. The absolute monopoly
or tkjs ar tcle Aas been always the aim OF heir
policy, and IL was the most av.rIclous re9u-
lation Of eta England toward hef cOl0oiaI de-
pepasaees. Look now at the colonie5 when
the English salt, tbs only salt used tor
their food and OF iInmsdist necessity. rapidly
d. m nisaed. 4 tremendous scarcity OF the
vital element appeared IN The market, and no
domestic prod uc ton was ready To coun ter c :
it Under such unforeseen circumstances
lawg,ysrs, the very best friends OF liberty aud
economical principle, were obliged 10 tx Il
maximum price on salt, and 10 regulate its
sale, doing what iu a normal situation would
have BEEN the most anti-economicai. an Il. lib
eral Later, III France, under similar out
more tragieal circumstances, the National
Convention tried slso, oy a maxim um force, 20
coanteract tho scarcity Of 1898, bat in Fran .
also the evil increased by the remedy ifself ;
30 that tho American maximum Of lT7o can
now DO better 0nders TODD, AID will be 10 lnv Ia
bsred.
Let rs read In the resolu Of the Pro-
visioRal Congress of South Uarolaa, II arch
lI78. the fall testimony OF this great ex p eri.
eilee
"Baersds. Information has been laid before
the Congress that certain persons do monopo-
lize the necessary article Of salt, and dem aud