New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-25

\ TIE New York = World, )" which ought to know
better induiges is the following deleetable bit Of

Ike New York s World, y which ought TO knot
better indaiges In the following ieectable bit Q
nonsense:
II the disanion madness is perseyered in, it /
/ probable that the Federal Government, with hui
| name desire TO spare unnecessary bloodshed, viii
i merely abolish the ports of entry in all the sece
ding States, aud then, by policy of wise and mas
! terly inactivity, leave secession to work its owl
4 cure. AZ few well manned ships Of war outside the
8harbors Of Charleston, of Savannah, of Mobile
1 and, if Louisiana should seceae, of New Orleans
would be saifieient to maintain nm effective block
4 ade of these ports, and ruin the commerce of the
cotton States None of these States have the means
of prosecuting iostiities bysea. They could never
beat oil blockade 50 long it suited the purpose
! of the Federal Government to continue it. With.
cut hoedshed on either side they could be reduced
/ to state of hapetess and helpless imhecility Eng.
land would. TO BE sure, still need their cotton; but
her necessity et buying would not be greater than
| their necessity to sell, The cotton crop would be
sent ortl by railroad, and shipped from Northern
ports; the goods for Southern consumption would
be imported through the same channels.
The idea of blockading our ports by the Federal
Government, and thus reducing rs to a state of
helpless and hopeless imbecty I is the veriest
stuff ever palned off upon the credulity or the
| malice Of an Abolition public. The whole para
graph, in fact, abounds in absurdites. From the
beginning of the article, where adeubt is suggested
of the perseverance, of the South in its struggle for
independence, down to the close, there is d con
slant succession and tumble Of ridiculous and in
consistent propositions.
Let the Federal Government of the North at
tempt blockade of ours ports, if it choose-it
will make but little difference with us. Under no
circumstances could a blockade be kept up beyond
q few weeks. But it will never be commenced.
The threat is as silly as it is mpotent And then
the idea of running our commerce by a blockade,
and ia the next breath, declaring that our cotton
Wonld 50 North yrairoad, only proves that this
political economist does not know what he is talk
ing about. We are to be ruined because we can
not get our cotton to market, ana then we are to
get our cotton to market ina different direction?
Such is the precious logic to which these people
are driven, Infatuated as they are by the holy
struggle of the South to secure her rights and de.
fend her honor.
y We are told, further, that England would still.
need our cotton, but that " her necessity Of buy.
ing would not be greater than the necessity of the
South to SELL This is not so. Our necessity to
sell is nothing compared with the necessity of Eng
land to bny-bnt still, We intend to sell, and what
i more, We intend to ship our cotton through the
delta of the Mississippi. ofthat, let The North be
assured. If there be any doubt Of the "necesstg't
Of England to buy cotton, perhaps somebody's
eyes may be opened by the following from a Brit
lsh paper, in response 70 question Of how they
are 10 obtain their supplies Of cotton, except from
rs:
This The question 1e7tic comes home to as 00st
foreibg IN Lancashire. 70 is a question of life
a'id dedft e u.s. Il concerns as fd,. more deeply
n :
What is the meaning of our consumption of slave
IA ffI,o.pa
That IS produced in the United States? It means |
He annual payment of ESQ, 900 600 to the slave
owners Of that Confederation. It means the con.
seTsion Of | lS3 $4,000 pounds of raw cotton into
si32 ,0o0, eco valne of manufactured goods. Ti
'iedfs half the declared palte of all on. exports,
means the expenditure of at least e25 600 900 in
Fages in this country alone. 1t means the en-
,soyment IN our cotton factories Of 800 0Go peo
ne, young and old. 1t means the dependence of OF
3dsf 100000 persons more belonging to Uaftous
tdsSes, upon The continuance of Lei, ndust,.f 1T
leans. within moderate estimate, a capital Of
l5o QUO 900 sunk in mills and machinery for weaye
~, spinning, printing and otherwise preparing the
tape for the markets Of the world 1t means AZ
EAST 100000 tons of shipping employed in con.
eying the raw material to Great Britain and in
arrying the manufactured article to the various
eglons OF the earth. 1t means a marine force of
= least 10000 men to equip the fleet Of cotton
alps. It means the employment of the mass of i
m aftisans in every department of trade and
1t means the prosperity Of our
lieiGudAlS4A Dul%QlSc0unG6rS and
rokers, the security of our public funds the main
nance sof oar national credit. In MEANS THAT
VERY MAN, WOMAN, ASD CHILD IN THE UNITED |
SISGboM " DIRECTLY CONCERNED MORE on LESS N
He PERI A4IENcE OF A BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL IN
GsTRY WHICH Defends Upon THE PRODUCE OF |
MEXICAN SLAVERY. Ir MEANS A POSSIBILITY OF
ALLURE N 1RES SUPPLY OF A RAW MATERIAL, AND
THIS CASE, INDIVIDUAL AND NATIONAL RUIN. AND
AskaGPFCY, REVOLUTION, ANARCHY. THIS is THE
ERRlBLE sfGN1FIcATIoN or OUR CONSUMPTION OF
IA |
8ERlCA.
Ihat Is Wslas well-informed British journal saws
nd yet this writer in the s'Worldn talks ippantly
oout England's necessity to buy being no greater
an our necessity to sell!
From the above statement it will be seen that
e annual value Of Engand's cotton manufactures
aches the enormous sum of one hundred and :
ifty-two millions Of pounds, or six hundred and
zty millions Of dollars It is further declared
at six millions Of persons, in Great Britain. are
pendent upon this business for the means Of life
is further declared that failure in the supply of
ton wonld produce .tindiyidual and NATIONAL,
in ba,it7al'tcy revolution and anarchy!" Yet
9 New York World expects that a blockade ;
1nld be kept up at the Southern ports, and the
ies Of tile South thus reduced TO state of
lpless and hopeless imbecility!n
Besides Great Britain, France Is largely inter. y
ted Id cotton manufactures Her purchase of
g raw material Is not so great, but she makes
ont Of it, and the value Of the manu-
stured goods is thus much increased When. ,,
afetore, the North proposes to blockade our
uthernp ports. we will merely reply that England
q France both have very large and efficient
Fies. That's all.
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