Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-28
Pur INV, re nRAKEs.

T. is the bounden duty Of the South to ust
every honorable and legitimate means in bel
power 70 weaken and harrsss the enemy, dur.
ing The continuance OF the present conflict
Nothing viii be so effective in carrying nj
tbi- purpose, we think, as to turn against them
the instrument which they themselves have
sou sht to use. Trade end commercial inter-
course OF al kinds should complet " cease be-
tween The two ssctions-beirg Subjected, if
Dscesssry, to a legislative embargo. The
blocksdiDg business is snpbaticslly q two
edged sword, and viii injurs both parties if
strictly enforced, though in IN unequal proper
ton Ire LIEcoLH Government has adopted
It, however, as one Of its many selected agen-
cies through which to expedite ths delightful
task Of southern suhjueation. We can not DO
otherwise than accept the challenge, and leave
toe consequences 10 the future. The expected
working Of his blockade is too well Known
to need any lengthy elaboration. Yankssdom
already CHATS in lustfUl anticipation owe the
harvest which they imagine will be rssped
from IL 1t their hands. It lie supposed by these
political money changers that the trade Of the
So m, being cut Of from foreign ports BY their
bloeksding squadron, now kept on the Gulf
coast. viii seek new channels up The eoEHtry,
and flow through the cities OF the North-Esst.
They expect, in other words,-as we have fire
quently shown from the tens Of the northern
presto grow rich from this Infamous work
OF attempted oppression.
We should turn our attention to the best
means Of nippine this whole scheme while it
is vet merely in embryo. One important step
has already been taken in this direction BY the
establishment Of an effective blockade on the
Mississippi river at This city-s movement
whose wisdom is pslpsbie and uBdoubted. Let
the same principle be put in operation every
where on the borders Of the Confederate States
bv voluntary associations Of citizens, until Il
can be made a law by the Confederate
Congress. Abolitiondom, and al who cast
their lot with the North, would in this
way be deprived Of many articles Of scom-
msree which are chiefly OF southern growth,
aad without which they would Be sub
eetsd 20 great inooBvsaieaee and privs-
ton. Sugar, rice and cotton should Of course
b. especial subjects OF attention in this mat
ter. Not one barrel Of the former nor bale Of
tha later should b. allowed TO 60 beyond tie
northern terminus Of the Confederate Govern
me1t Let the embargo be particularly strict
in reference 10 cotton. There is no necessity
tat the coming crop should be disposed Of in
agsat bury, sny way. Planters through out
the S nth will make this fsn unusua " large
eops OF everything else bat COTTON Toey will
raise their own brsadstuas, pork. beef. and
o-hsr provisions, to a greater extent than ever
b fore, and, in fact, will live within them
. yes. sltogsber independent Of The Yankee
r%'publie. They can dispense With their Ordi-
nv visits 70 ths springs-their yssrly invest
N nts of surplus money in swamp lsnas and
n.gross-and al unnecessary EXPENSES and
l%uxuriss. The money for which their crop Of
e,tfon is sold will not, under such cireum-
. snces, be needed 50 early a. usual.
The question then arises % to what in The
mean time is 10 ye done with the supply Of The
great staple. n the blockade OF our ports is
sfsetual and complete e eannot pass over be
sea 10 81 foreign demsnd on Southern bottoms
-and our drfsrmina'ion lie that It shall ueuer
81 any contingency 60 North. The Hon. How
Eli CoBB has in a late speech given ns . 20
lH'ion % this difficulty. He has wisely sur-
gsstsd that the plant. r. sell their cotton. or at
least a portion Of e., 70 the Confederate States,
and take Government bonds 10 payment for
th' sane. The Government could thus non
opolizs The cotton trade entirely, and make its
own arrangements with Great Britain and
France IN regard to furnishing them With
what they nay need-wbieb, as the London
HsraI hss recently remarked, they viii have
whether BY "msans fair or foul" Let this
cotton Be sold to foreign purchasers at the
southern marts, vith the distinct understand
Ing that they shall not violate the law forbid
ding itspssssgs North This will accomplish
all that We desire. Tue biocksis OF oor coast,
which is 1T erlv unconstitutional, viii be pro-
bounced 50 BY European powers, and tbs cot
ten trace viii progress as usual, under foreign
aaspiees, even e. The risk Of incurring the
wrs b OF TIE old Federal RumP, which drsga
out is moribund existence at Washington.
Again We say pat dotsA The 5rakes o. them
on every size, snd the snsmy will yet fan 10
TIE ditch which they have dug for the South.
Patriotism and policy alike demand that this
course should be followed