The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-01-22
The Tone Of the Press.


sidercd being fair Issue with the powers that be-
Georgia came outnext scattering murmurs we're heard
in Alabama; ana one journal al least in New 0reau,
had The independence 10 occasionally fire off cannon
charged with truths Now we find the most canoroUs
presses Of that city almost mum. The Bulletin, which
hasawavs sustained such digniGed character, land
whose editor now holds a cooues commission in the
army now begins to grit its teeth Speaking Of the
uertness of the government, the Bulletin asks has
our government taken all the advantage Of these great
facts that they are capable Of aordng us Hast given
England and France all the motives in its power to
cause them to break the tramme which the enemy has
imposed upon our commerce? Those countries desire
nothing so much as an unrestricted market for their
manufactures We have that market. 1t is now closed
to them and though we are suffering from this close
almost "a much in some respects they are, yet We
ourselves impose restrictions upon it in addition To
those which the enemy has put upon it! We re-
/ fuse to supply them with the motives within con
troll to aid us in restoring the trade between US and
/ them Tie rumor from Richmond IS that a committee
Of congress has reported against the suspension Of the
confederate tariff during the We regard this as
grave mistake and We hope congress will not adopt the
report Of what use is a tariff without commerce.
Proclaim absolute free trade with Europe during the
war and lis trading nations will strain every nerve and
resort to every possible thwart the efforts Of
our enemies to keep trade paralised"
/ eve hold out to government and people alike by
such measure the strongest inducements to open com
muncatous With U.s. to disregard Intellectual block
AIDE, and to become our friends in fact If not il name.
Congress may rest assured that if it resolve stick
to tariff under the extraordinary Circumstances in
which the Conlederacy is placed, it win go contrary to
the universal public sentiment Of the people There is
absolutely no difference Of opinion among them upon
the point Every man I'll The south is ii favor Of pro-
claiming immediate and unconditional free trade with
Europe during the war Such measure would bemagi-
cal in its effects and believe would give business
to the British Frenchand Spanish fleets in the gulfand
elsewhere within two months, perhaps within one. If
the eyes Of congress are SHUT the people should open
them. A blow may nov be struck, which, if it do not
speedily end the war Viii nfuse such vigor ana caati-
city into the trade and commerce of the Confederate
States aud such buoyaucy into their people will d.
vest the Of its principal burdens. The congress
man who sticks to old theories despite the total change
of circumstances does comprehend the emergency
aud is unfit for bis position"
On the Potomac in the matter Of trade things are
carried Oh very differently to what they are here, As
appears from the following extract from the Richmond
Examiner, persons high in authority winhing at tie
introduction of yankee merchandise other than nipple
ments or munitions of war, and the payment for the
same in gold That readers may see how very DIFF
ferent is the rule of public conduct in Virginia and
Louisiana in this particular, we append tie article We
a, LII. .I,.o IL