Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-08-28

The amount of cotton which runs the blockade does
not seriously improve the finances of the planters Or Of
the country, while it does tend to staVe off for cur
Northern enemies and our English unrends the evil
day of absolute restitution of that important staple
Hardly day passes without New York arrival or
clearance at Nassau, the bringing assorted cargo
to II. Addery G. Co.. Sawyer & Menenedez, or some
other shipper there, the other carrying away cotton
naval stores for the benefit of Northern factories Now
these Yankee assorted cargoes are not brought for
sumption in Nassau. The shipping agents for the trade
with New York and other Northern ports are also the
agents for running the blockade with Southern ports
They receive the cotton that slips out from Southern
ports they receive the Yankee Notions that in fact
though not directly are exchanged for this cotton
These notions reach here they captured the
may be- But let us say that they do reach here,
our experience is that every cargo that arrives and is
toned out, a new departure for fresh and
most awful rise in prices If any good has arisen to
the people out of the running OF the blockade we do
not know it. At first cotton was not allowed to be
shipped to an enenys port, and nominally this is so
STILL but i'll fact By shipping cotton to Nassau second
handed but MISUNDERSTOOD trade kept up with Yam
keedom OF which all the advantages are on their side
and oil the disadvantages On ours. We burn our cot
ton that it may moi fall into the hands Of the enemy
But why cotton and naval stores than other
property? Because we regard the exclusive possession
and control of these staples as placing in hands
powerful weapon to against enemies-a mighty
lever with which, sooner later to move the world
1t is not the money for if the rule Of destruc
tion would apply to other property Now does it not
present queer spectacle to the planter the Miss
issppi its tributaries in Georgia the Caronas in
Tennessee Or Alabama burning has cotton that the enc
my may not get hold of it yea more our troops burn
ing cotton least the enemy should have chance to buy
it for gold at Memphis, Nashville elsewhere, and at
the same time see vessels carrying out cotton to Nassau
for Yankee use and bringing back Yankee goods to be
sold at prices that would astonsh Old Nick himself and
make the bones of the Verest that lived turn
in his coffin for rage that he had died before his time
and never had the supreme felicity of selling at block
ade prices
We except of course vessels bringing in arms and
ammunition and government stores, from general
remarks. These must be had But why, after q vessel
on speculation has run the blockade whether on En-
gsh other account should she be allowed to add to
her thousand per cent? profits the additional privilege Of
carrying out cotton naval stores to supply open
enemies more than doubtful friends The government
wants many things for the coming winter but most
pecialy does it want shoes and blankets. Where such
supplies as these are brought the authorities ought to
give permission for outward Cargoes but very seldom
otherwise. All this running of the blockade is matter
of business-a speculation and nothing mOre-nothng
wrong in it and nothing meritorious.