Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-06-01
The Louisville and Nashville Rail
Road.

4 dispatch from Louisville, which viii be
found in our telegraph column, says there
are rumors in that place .'that the Nashville
road will be enlarged Monday" Should
these rumors prove correct, the firmness and
courage of Kentucky will be put to severe
test. She has maintained her fidelity to the
Union, Notwithstanding the fact that she has
witnessed the suspension of the Federal Con-
stitution and the usurpatiOn of authority by
the Republican dynasty at Washington to in
tercept her lawful commerce, and thus mate
rally injure the business and prosperity of
her citizens; and it will remain to be seen
whether she will submit to the further usur-
patton of putting an unauthorized embargo
upon channel of trade, within her borders,
over which she has control, and which was
constructed, at the expense of millions of
dollars, to build up the interests of her peo-
pie, and to open to them certain avenue,
at all seasons, to the lucrative trade of the
South. If she does submit, she will be un-
true to the high character which she enjoys
wherever the fame of Kentucky statesmen
and Kentucky soldiers is known.
we Tue Is Ill
emanation from the mischievous brain of
the Secretary of the Treasury, who ''hates
slavery and Shareholders" and suggested
perhaps by business men North of the Ohio
whose trade has already been cut off by the
unjust and illegal orders of the Federal Gov
ernmenf Cincinnati, New Albany, and 9TH
er places, having been denied the privilege
OF exchanging their stocks of provisions for
Southern gold, they could not consent that
Louisville should enjoy the privilege The
spirit is contemplate, but characteristic. 1t
strikes us that the whole proceeding is ri
dieulous. 1t is what may be appropriately
termed 'biting off ones nose to spite ones
provisions worse than the North needs gold.
The provisions will spoil, and, after awhile,
be worthless on the owners hands There
will be no discount on the value Of our gold.
To sensible people, who can see beyond their
noses, it is manifest that the North would do
well to make the exchange, war or no war.
The season is fast approaching when the grain
fields of the South will yield an abundant
harvest. The pasturage for cattle and sheep
Is abundant, while the supply of fresh meats
of all kinds, is bountiful. The South does
not. therefore, seriously need what the river
blockade cuts of, and will not sensibly feel
the loss 1t will be found eventually that
the real loser is the North.
We shall have chance to retaliate. The
cotton mills in the North, unless they can
obtain supplies of the great Southern staple,
must come to stop, and the owners and
operatives suffer. So long as the present
state of things continues, and embargOes up
on trade are enforced, not one bale of cotton
will be permitted to go from the South TO
any Northern State. We shall then see where
the shoe pinches severest-
The effect of this war upon unrestricted
Southern people. 1t will force them to de-
pend more upon themselves-to develOpe
still further the resources of their section
and to diversity their resources to an extent
never heretofore contemplated We have the
soil, the climate, and all the productions ne
cessary to the support of the human race,
and every thing calculated to make US a
great manufacturing as well as agricultural
people. The more we are taught to rely upon
our own ample resources, whether by the les
sons of common sense and prudence, or of
bitter experience, the greater the advantages
which will accrue. We shall yet be thankful
for the short-sighted policy of our enemies,
which caused US TO carve out our indepen-
dence by industry and hard labor.