Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-31
YANKEE PROJECT CTRCUm-
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VENTED.
We are pleased to see that an act
was passed BY the Southern Congress previous
to its adjournment, prohibiting the shipping Of
cotton from the Confederate States except
through ports on the sea coast. The APPEAL
has been The consistent advocate Of this meas
ure for months past, and has again and again
urged the absolute necessity Of Its passage.
In doing 50 We have sacrificed our prsjndiees,
and pursued a pollcy which ostsnsibly mill
tatsd against Interests Of a local character.
The act, to say The least, is the work Of q
farsssing, comprehensive and vigilant states
msnship. It is just what The present and
prospective condition Of political affairs in the
new Republic imperstively demands. The
blockade Of Southern ports, under its influence,
will Be tantsmount to a mere paper edict, and
Yankee schemes viii stsggsr with paralysis
beneath the giant blow.
The North has all along been fully conscious
from the tone Of the British press, that the
cotton trade between America and Europe is
under 10 circumstances whatever to be inter-
dieted. They understand very well that it
was in no spirit OF unnecessary buster or idle
gsseousae that Lord DEsBY's organ, the Lon
don Herald, recently announced that "f cot
ton cannot is Eot By fair means they must not
seruple 70 use fsul means, or the daily bread OF
-four or FIVE millions Of the working population
will be at once stopped" Hence the object to
cut Of all transit BY way Of Charleston, ss-
vannsh, M5bile and New Orleans. with the
expressed design Of forcing the staple up The
country 50 that it may pass through the porte
OF New York, Boston and Portland. All
this is to be done with the double object
OF gratifying The morbid cravings Of
YANKEE a~varice, snd satisfying the stern de-
msnds Of British necessity. The hope was
entertained that so wise and prudential a pro-
jeet would secure the cooperation and sympa-
thy Of all Europe.
Bot how happily does this smsnation Of
southern ststesmanshiP put an end to the
sweet visions Of northern cupidity. Cotton
must 20 ever The Atlantic to Gil the demands
Of the foreign manufacturing intsrest-snd it
cannot 90 North. The question is naturally
suggested, what route will Il goP There is,
seeording to the statement Of the Liverpool
Timer. but about FIVE months supply at pres
ent in TIE English market. This will last IN
I'll The first OF October probably, when the new
crop will be balsd and ready FOR shipment. Al
there is no prospect Of The South being aput
81 ehsins'' previous to bat period, we presume
that LIscoLN's Blsck-R Republican squadron
will still be lowering on The southern COST,
unless dispersed BY be benign visitation OF
the yellow fever, or soma ether equally vel
come epidemic. A conflict viii then arise be-
tvsrn the alternative Of letting six millions Of
British and French subjects periah By s'ar-a-
tion-with a certainty Of both -CoverRnents
being rsvolutIonizad-and Of ~iisregsrding an
illegal and Unconstitutional blockade. The
recent proclamation Of Qaetn YIoToRrA, an
nouncing The policy Of The English crown as
one Of neutrality, wisely and significantly
maintains tbat this blockade, in order 10 be
recognized, must Be both "~legaLy and actually
esisblsh-d.D Ibis leaves an excellent loop
hole Of retreatIn case The Washington dynasty
persists in it's present hesdloDc and preciPitats
career. We only assert a fact when We state,
that BY the middle Of September next, the cot
ton trade between Europe and the Southern
gorts will be progressing with p%unctual and
undIsturbed regularity, or that ''dsnger Of
WARP on he part Of England, 50 lately spars-
hended by an influential London journal, viii
have become a startling realization.