New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-25


school, has been that the North was growing rich
by making tho South poor. We were guilty
of the crime Of selling her everything she needed.
The original sin was aggravated by the iact mat
thereby we made profit. Had these notions,
FROM OGDEN tOothpicks TO sewing .machines' been
supplied from Europe, they would have cost the
South third more. Certain it il, IN addition,
thnt if they had been thus supplied ut higher
prices. wo should have beard no complaint tha'
Europe was growing rich at the expense OF the
South. No matter what emotions might have
been practccd in that quarter, no notice would
have been taken OF them 50 long as ll0s0 Nho
procticed tbom continued to hay cotton. The
I foreign market for that staple WIS the supreme
| good the home market q contemplate incident.
IA vital part of this nsane theory that the North
was making the South poor, was the belief that
the latter could get On swiumingly without the
former. FREQ Trade with Europe in everything
required for Southern consumption was to ne
the panacea 1t was thus admitted tina, p0na
cea Of some kind was needed but the fact was
strangely overlooked that as ii was to Free Trade
with the North, at minimum prices too, that the
Impeachment of the South was TO be- attributed,
50 the same trade with Europe, at maximum
prices. would exhaust her With infinitely greater
rapidly. That exhaustion was going on was
eyerywhcre admitted but the grief was that it
was tho North, not Europe, by which il was
occa,icncd. England was welcome to make
Whatever profit She could by Supplying the South,
but il vas rank oppression for the North to do 20,
even at price, third tower.
For the ycriiication Of the theory, that the
South could do better without toe North than
with n tie test Of rebellion has been invoked.
We concede il, thorOughness and potency as
sucl. Tie philosophers Of ancient times were
noted ior procaim.ng tLeorios, aud then casting
ABOUT cor facts to sustain them. The philosophy
OF the South has been Of the same sort. Instead
of Grst combining aud analyzing the cloud oil
iacts within her reach, she has created, from
the chaos of rebellion, new set as destructive
to her iayorito theory as to her vitality. Tested
by her own remedy, IL ia found TO be a
ruinous and humiliating iallscy. The longer
her cslrapaeneni from the North is continued,
The more multiplied become The proofs that
without MS tbe is destitute and helpless.
Every authentic account from that quarter
confirms Il. Two months beo the keeper of 4
clearinghouse in Nashville made proclamation
TO hg customers that he could supply 10 more
drinks urirs. they saved aud returned to him
their corhs. No fresh supplies could be had,
because intercourse with the North had ceased.
Northern ladies leaving the South were be-
sought by tho'e who remained, to leave their
stock Of needles, seWiug-cott0n, pins and
combs "a the stock ON Maud Was 80 far
exhausted that needle. were selling Mt five
cents apiece Tie embargo shut out all sup
plies, aud the South manufactured neither
corks. needles pins, nor spool cotton. News- I
papers have reduced their dimensions One.hall, /.
Tor want Of paper while others have ceased to
be published for the same reason. No printing
ink can he had, no types supplied if they were
wanted, because the North alone produces
them.
Spies from the South are picked up in |
Northern cities and committed to prison, haY !
ing come among II. TO purchase every conceiy- /.
able comfort and necessity, whether peaceful
or Warlike. Smuggling and running the block /
ude are attempted under various flags and at
oil risks, most Of those attempting them being
loaded with Northern products. Medicine is
known 10 be scarcer IN the South than gold. I
The advent of n small supply of quiuine is ex-
ultingly proclaimed by the poycrty-strcken /
newspapers. while schooner load OF Northern I
traps, flat slip through the blockade, is pro-
nouucod equal TO fortune for It's lucky owner. .
Every description Of Northern manufactures is
sought for at extrayagant prices by the peo.
pie who went into rebellion because they
could DO better without us than with U.s.
The supply of shoes is exhausted hats are .
not 10 be had, aud salt is Obtanable only at
prices which prove its scarcity. Coffee sells /
at s. cents, sugar at 20, bacon at 40. The ,
ccmmonest articles of household consumption |
are equally scarce. The Richmond Examiner /
admits that starch, ,oap, ink, paper, and a
hundred other commodities are used up. 1t
calls upon the people 10 save their rags aud .
grease, and exhorts hou'ekeepcrs to try and
make their own soap. II tells Nirginians they |
must pocket their PRIDE and do these degrad-
ing things 1--WE are too genteol,' that
paper says, E" to supply our own need. Our
"children have been reared in habits of waste .
"fuuess and extravaganza; our very servants .
"defpiso saving, and have no notion Of col
lectins scraps. Rags, sheets OF paper, bits
Z" Of twnc, pens, pins, needles, bottles, ore
" daily swept away, burned up, or cast on rub.
" bsh.heap,, which they are too lazy to pick
" NJ. or even TO sell for cash, and which, in